Unit 5 MS Studies Coach Caver

Which economic factor was a major cause of the Great Depression?

. ______________ was a military base opened to train soldiers during World War II

 The greatest economic disaster in modern history was

What amendment to the constitution ushered in a period of prohibition in the U.S.?

 Mississippi built one of the earliest systems of

The lumbering boom in Mississippi lasted until

Very little industry existed in Mississippi with the exception of what?

Who began to play a larger role in the workforce, especially in factories, during World War II?

Which action was a primary objective of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal?

Need to Know all your Vocab words and definitions for test.

 What natural disaster displaced thousands of Mississippians in 1927?

 The _______________ was a series of laws and programs designed to pull the country out of the Great Depression.

During the Great Migration, thousands of

The separation of races is known as

National Prohibition, as authorized by the 18th amendment, stated that

 What president led the U.S. through the Great Depression and World War II?

What event led the United States into the Great Depression?

Of the following, which was not a reason for black migration to the North?

 Sharecroppers generally

During the 1890s, blacks in Mississippi

What event ended the Great Depression in the U.S.?

What newspaper began to spark southern blacks’ interest in migrating north?

 Prohibition, which lasted from 1920 to 1933 was a time when

In 1907, the ________________ invaded Mississippi, destroying the state’s cotton crop.

Who was elected governor of Mississippi in 1902 on the platform of helping poor white farmers?

Mississippi became one of the __________ states in the Union at the turn of the century.