Im Impact of f Discovery ry Populist sentiment against Standard - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Im Impact of f Discovery ry • Populist sentiment against Standard Oil was particularly strong at the time of the Spindletop discovery and the mega-corporation could not move in on the discovery due to state of Texas anti-trust laws. This opened the door for many companies, foremost among them Texaco and Gulf Oil • Beaumont's population went from 10,000 to 50,000 in 3 months • By the end of 1902, more than 500 companies had been formed and 285 wells were operating

His istorical Context xt • Sep 8 th 1900 … the Galveston Flood … deadliest hurricane and natural disaster in U.S. history … killed 6,000 to 12,000 people • “Remember the Maine!” Spanish -American War 1898 • Six years until Oklahoma statehood (Nov 1907) • Halley’s Comet 1910 • Two years before the Wright brothers get off the ground. • William McKinley assassinated Sep 6 th , 1901 • Queen Victoria’s funeral (1901) • Glenn Pool discovered Nov 1905 • Frank Phillips founded Phillips Petroleum in Bartlesville in 1905 • Michigan schoolteacher Annie Edson Taylor goes over Niagara Falls in a barrel, and survives! (Oct 24 th , 1901)

Popular Songs of f 1901 • Stars and Stripes Forever … John Phillips Sousa (1901) • Beer, Beer, Glorious Beer … The Variety Singers (1901) • Swing Low, Sweet Chariot … Fisk University Jubilee Quartet (1909) • Give My Regards to Broadway … Billy Murray (1905) • In the Good Old Summer Time … J W Myers (1902) • Take Me Out To The Ball Game … Harvey Hindermyer (1908) • In My Merry Oldsmobile … Billy Murray (1905) • Yankee Doodle … Billy Murray (1905)

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