Unit 10 Study Review

Question 1

Who was the famous TrackStar who won four medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin?

Accepted Answer

Jesse Owens

Question 2

The great depression in Texas was especially damaging to the agriculture sectors because of a?

Accepted Answer

Severe Drought

Question 3

Who created the new deal?

Accepted Answer

Franklin Roosevelt

Question 4

A partial shares of a company

Accepted Answer

Stock

Question 5

Why were military bases built in Texas during World War II?

Accepted Answer

Warmer Climate

Question 6

A group of homeless people that lived in shacks made of cardboard boxes and trash were called ?

Accepted Answer

Hoovervilles

Question 7

Drought, no rain, hot temperatures, wind and poor agriculture methods caused?

Accepted Answer

The Great Depression & Dust Bowl

Question 8

Dust storms affected how many Texans?

Accepted Answer

Half

Question 9

New military facilities, naval and aircraft production, ammunition plants, petroleum plants were the result of what?

Accepted Answer

Wars overseas

Question 10

The stock market crashed on October 29, 1929 was called?

Accepted Answer

Black Tuesday

Question 11

WW2 caused people in Texas to ration?

Accepted Answer

Food, Shoes and Gasoline

Question 12

The new deal programs changed the lives of Texans by employing people to build?

Accepted Answer

Raods and Bridges

Question 13

During the 1940s, cotton production in Texas...

Accepted Answer

Increased

Question 14

Relief programs to feed the unemployed

Accepted Answer

Soup Kitchens and bread lines

Questions 14