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Social Change Of Oil In Texas

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When oil was first found in Texas it changed things financially for the state, but the social changes it brought with it were just as important. Finding oil in Texas brought in new jobs for Mexican Americans and African Americans, higher divorce rates, new towns, and helped schools. African Americans and Mexican Americans couldn't get jobs on oil rigs, but the oil industry gave them spin off jobs. The spin off jobs were jobs that require no skill for example, carrying luggage, cleaning house, clearing land, and doing laundry. Oil changed the lives of Mexican and African Americans in many ways, for example oil offered a chance to have higher wages and make more money .Oil also helped with the education of African and Mexican Americans,
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