Ever since oil was found in January 1901 at Spindletop Texas has been permanently changed. The discovery of oil has not just changed the economics in Texas it has changed how Texans act, think, and live their lives. Without the impeccable change, oil has brought people in Texas, their lives would be colossally different. One thing that happened after the discovery of oil was social change. This means that the way people were treated or the way they lived their lives changed dramatically. Oil in Texas was not only a source of income it became a new way of life.
To begin, the Minorities in West Texas was one of the biggest social changes that occurred after oil discovery. This document is the one that should get the 30-minute airtime. The minorities …show more content…
This document should receive the 20 minutes of airtime. Oil in Texas was not only affecting the individual person it was breaking apart families. This is a very big social change because the once happy families of Permian Basin are being torn apart. Divorces are becoming more popular in the area because men are now spending longer, harder hours at their jobs leaving their wives to take care of the house and children all by themselves. Since the men spent long hours working they became closer to their co-workers they would sometimes act too crazy and embarrass their wives. The wives would then feel as if they had to leave the husband entirely to save themselves from embarrassment. In 1930 the national divorce rate was 1.6, but in Ector County, Texas the rate was 3.74. This means the divorce rate in one county was ten to twenty times more than the rate for the whole country. Divorce is definitely a big social change because families are not staying together and they are being broken apart, which goes against lots of morals and rules at the time. Divorce is very sad and heartbreaking, but with family bonds being loseded by oil related jobs divorce was only right around the corner. Oil in Texas made divorce a more normal part of life than it was before, so I know this document (D) should one hundred percent get the twenty minute air …show more content…
This document should not be in the radio show. Texas legislature set aside a huge plot of land for a future university, because the land was not useful for profit. When oil was found the state decided to try and find oil on the land. Luckily, tons of oil was being produced every day which came to a total profit of $4.4 billion. This huge profit made the legislators donate another million acres to the school. The money made off of selling the oil went to the school, thus allowed the school to be built and opened. The social change is that with the opening of the university more people could go to school and get an education. This ment the uneducated people of Texas could now become educated and have a better chance of getting good jobs. This document (A) needs to be excluded because the social change was not very big. People had still been going to school and getting good jobs way before The University of Texas. All UT did was allow for education to happen. The radio show does not need to include this
To begin, the Minorities in West Texas was one of the biggest social changes that occurred after oil discovery. This document is the one that should get the 30-minute airtime. The minorities …show more content…
This document should receive the 20 minutes of airtime. Oil in Texas was not only affecting the individual person it was breaking apart families. This is a very big social change because the once happy families of Permian Basin are being torn apart. Divorces are becoming more popular in the area because men are now spending longer, harder hours at their jobs leaving their wives to take care of the house and children all by themselves. Since the men spent long hours working they became closer to their co-workers they would sometimes act too crazy and embarrass their wives. The wives would then feel as if they had to leave the husband entirely to save themselves from embarrassment. In 1930 the national divorce rate was 1.6, but in Ector County, Texas the rate was 3.74. This means the divorce rate in one county was ten to twenty times more than the rate for the whole country. Divorce is definitely a big social change because families are not staying together and they are being broken apart, which goes against lots of morals and rules at the time. Divorce is very sad and heartbreaking, but with family bonds being loseded by oil related jobs divorce was only right around the corner. Oil in Texas made divorce a more normal part of life than it was before, so I know this document (D) should one hundred percent get the twenty minute air …show more content…
This document should not be in the radio show. Texas legislature set aside a huge plot of land for a future university, because the land was not useful for profit. When oil was found the state decided to try and find oil on the land. Luckily, tons of oil was being produced every day which came to a total profit of $4.4 billion. This huge profit made the legislators donate another million acres to the school. The money made off of selling the oil went to the school, thus allowed the school to be built and opened. The social change is that with the opening of the university more people could go to school and get an education. This ment the uneducated people of Texas could now become educated and have a better chance of getting good jobs. This document (A) needs to be excluded because the social change was not very big. People had still been going to school and getting good jobs way before The University of Texas. All UT did was allow for education to happen. The radio show does not need to include this