Question

The Texas legislature regulated the oil industry in all of the following ways EXCEPT:

a.
putting limits on the number of roughnecks allowed in nearby cities
b.
putting caps on the amount of oil that could be produced
c.
creating fire protection and safety standards
d.
creating environmental protection standards

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

a.

putting limits on the number of roughnecks allowed in nearby cities

b.

putting caps on the amount of oil that could be produced

c.

creating fire protection and safety standards

d.

creating environmental protection standards

Answer 2

a. putting limits on the number of roughnecks allowed in nearby cities

Explanation:

• With massive oil strikes in Corsica in  the year 1894, and the explosion of Spindletop in the year 1901, private oil contractors dubbed the wildcatters easily stalked Texas for big money and better chances in Texas oil ground
• Boomtowns emerged and derricks soared in every location in Texas where oil seemed feasible. Thousands of inexperienced farmers  abandoned their farm machinery and moved to boomtowns. When they have learned to carry heavy cables and pipes on the derrick floor, farmers then had become  oil workers and and graduated to roughneck status.
• Gov. Ross Sterling widened the authority of the Texas Railroad Commission setup a regulatory order for the hugely expanding oil industry to  in the year 1932.