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1
What natural region of Texas did the Dust Bowl effect most?
Mountains & Basins
Coastal Plains
North Central Plains
Great Plains
2
What is a positive result of WWI & WWII in Texas
Returning black soldiers faced discrimination
Increased job opportunities
Texans protest & riot during war years
Many Texans lost their lives
3
What major event did the assassination of Franz Ferdinand cause?
Civil War
World War II
Cold War
World War I
4
Who made a large oil discovery in East Texas in 1930 during the Great Depression?
C.M. 'Dad' Joiner
Anthony Lucas
Howard Hughes Sr.
John D. Rockefeller
5
How were Americans expected to help during the war years of WWI & WWII?
Drill for oil
Buy War Bonds
Sell their cars
Eat out of garbage cans
6
Who designed a drill bit to cut through hard rock ten times faster than previous designs?
Anthony Lucas
John D. Rockefeller
Edwin Drake
Howard Hughes Sr.
7
Which of the following would not be an Allied Power during WWII?
Germany
France
Great Britain
Soviet Union
8
Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt's vice president in 1932?
John 'Cactus Jack' Garner
Barack Obama
Howard Hughes
Herbert Hoover
9
What is a framework or tower that supports the drill over a deep hole called-
Arbitration
Strike
Suffrage
Derrick
10
Who served as Speaker of the House & was elected 24 times to the House of Representatives?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John 'Cactus Jack' Garner
Howard Hughes Sr.
Samuel Rayburn
11
During WWII, which of the following caused an increase in urban growth?
Improvements to the oil industry
Increase in industrial jobs
Low prices for farmland
Hurricanes along the Coastal Plains
12
Where did the deadliest natural disaster take place in American history?
Galveston
New Orleans
Hiroshima
Houston
13
President Roosevelt's 'New Deal' was meant to-
Put unemployed back to work
Get the U.S. into WWII
Decrease the debt after WWI
Increase his chances at being reelected
14
What major event started with a stock market crash?
19th Amendment
WWII
WWI
Great Depression
15
Which of the following was not built during the Great Depression?
Hoover Dam
USS Texas BB-35
San Jacinto Monument
San Antonio Riverwalk
16
What is it called if you are not aligned with either side during a conflict?
Indecisive
Allied
Neutral
Axis
17
Who was president during WWI?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Woodrow Wilson
Abraham Lincoln
18
Who was the most decorated soldier for the Army to come out of WWII?
Samuel Dealy
Audie Murphy
Chester Nimitz
Oveta Culp Hobby
19
What amendment finally allowed women suffrage rights?
15th
18th
19th
14th
20
What year was a major oil discovery made near Beaumont, TX on Spindletop hill?
1900
1876
1901
1861
21
Which of the following Texans was not important during WWII?
Ovetta Culp Hobby
Hector P. Garcia
Chester Nimitz
Howard Hughes Sr.
22
What amendment prohibited the sale, manufacture, & distribution of alcohol in America?
18th
15th
13th
19th
23
Which event would cause Americans to want to join the fight in WWI?
Pearl Harbor
Germans sink Lusitania
Zimmermann Telegram
Oil discovered at Spindletop
24
Which of the following events would be a 'bust' for the boom & bust cycle?
19th Amendment
Oil discovered at Spindletop
Great Depression
World War I