How did the oil boom have a political impact on Texas

Spindletop affected Texas politically,because it lead to the government taxing oil. Since there was such a large amount of oil being produced, more people could easily find jobs.

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b) race riots in several cities

the correct answer is: (1) affected by gerrymandering; (2) not affected by gerrymandering.

gerrymandering is known as a practice that intends to establish a some kind of political advantage for a particular party or group. to do this district boundaries are manipulated. the new resulting district is named a gerrymandering.

in other words, what gerrymandering does is to draw the boundaries of electoral districts trying to benefit the party who is doing it. sometimes, the party controlling the legislature will redraw it so they can maximize the number of districts they are likely to control.