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Great Depression, Dust Bowl, WWII
Great Depression, Dust Bowl, WWII
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1
The gradual wearing away of the soil is called:
erosion
foreclosure
Dust Bowl
rationing
2
What effect did the Great Depression have on unemployment?
The unemployment dramatically decreased
The unemployment rate dramatically increased
There was no change in the unemployment rate
Only farmers saw an increase in unemployment
3
Internment means:
confinement
reducing your usage of certain products in wartime
a totalitarian form of government
working as an apprentice
4
Texas was involved in WWII in all of the following ways EXCEPT:
Providing most of the agricultural products
Military training bases
Providing most of the oil
Internment camps
5
Who was MOST LIKELY to be a victim of a foreclosure?
A teacher
A farmer
A politician
An engineer
6
Which DOES NOT match this analogy: supply and demand--->free enterprise system
Supply and demand --> price
Supply and demand --> price control
boom and bust --> price
Boom and bust --> supply and demand
7
The discovery of oil at Spindletop was responsible for:
A diversified economy
All of these answers
Industrialization
Urbanization
8
Who was likely to be a victim of foreclosure?
People who lost money in the stock market
The unemployed
All of these answers
Farmers
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Why were farmers more likely to be foreclosed upon?
They lived too far away from wealthy urban areas
They were unable to produce crops because of the Dust Bowl
They lost more money in the stock market crash
They bought too much stock on a margin
10
The biggest economic impact of WWII is that it:
it led to decreased urbanization and industrialization
it extended and worsened the Great Depression
ended the Great Depression
it led to mass unemployment
11
The rights due to all citizens under the constitution are:
Federalism
Unalienable Rights
Individual Rights
Civil Rights
12
Who produced 90% of the oil for WWII?
Britain
America
France
Texas
13
Losing your property to the bank because you are unable to repay your loans is known as:
foreclosure
stock
depression
debt
14
All of the following are causes of the Dust Bowl EXCEPT:
High annual precipitation
Destructive farming methods
Drought
Too many grazing animals on the land
15
The Great Depression and Dust Bowl occurred in which time period?
The 1930s
The 1940s
The first decade of the 20th century
The 1920s