stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
Great Depression/WW2 Review Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
Great Depression/WW2 Review
Great Depression/WW2 Review
43 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
2,019 plays
Ch. 23 and 24 Texas History
Flashcards
43 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
43
Answers
1
A large combat unit in an army; during WWII between 10,000 and 16,000 soldiers
Battalion
Division
Cadet
Regiment
2
Which was
NOT
a way Texas farmers met the need for farm labor?
New farm machinery
Chinese migrants
Illegal immigrants from Mexico
Women
3
Which Texan commanded an Army Ranger battalion that helped in the D-Day invasion of France?
James Earl Stepanowicz
James Earl Johnson
James Earl Jones
James Earl Rudder
4
What was a Hooverville?
Gated community located near Steele High School
Luxury community in New York's Central Park
Temporary shelters made of tents or scrap metal
Temporary communities in apartments buildings in Washington
5
Abundance in natural gas, water, timber, & sulfur helped bring great industrial _____ in Texas?
Political debate between Republicans and Democrats
Concerts
Expansion
Retraction
6
What did Franklin Roosevelt say was needed to solve the Great Depression?
Make American Great Again Slogan
New Deal for the Canadian people
New Deal for the American people
Hope and Change for America
7
What led to the failure of a large number of banks in 1929?
Which is NOT a reason?
Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)
Falling stock prices
Declining business levels
Investors unable to repay their loans
8
What city was home to the largest naval air-training center in the world during WWII?
Naval Air Station at South Padre Island
Naval Air Station at Corpus Christi
Naval Air Station at Galveston
Naval Air Station at El Paso
9
Fredricksburg, TX native who commanded the US Pacific Fleet during WWII?
Austin F. Stephenson
George W. Bush
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Chester A. Nimitz
10
Fearful of an attack from air or sea many Texas cities practiced ... ?
Fire drills
Air raid drills
Submarine drills
Tornado drills
11
Which 2 groups of Texans often faced discrimination while serving in the military in WWII?
African Americans and Polish Americans
Teletubbies and Ant Man.
Tejanos and Irish Americans
African Americans and Tejanos
12
What is the name of the time when the economy collapsed worldwide and millions were unemployed?
Great Recession
Gray Day
Great Depression
Memorial Day
13
What event caused the United States to enter World War II?
March 2, 1492/Columbus bombing
Dec. 7, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Feb. 29/Blame Canada
911/Twin Towers
14
When the Japanese refused to surrender dropped another bomb on the city of?
Toyota
Tokyo
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
15
In the 1930’s, what factor did
NOT
contribute to the dust bowl of the 1930s?
Record high temperatures & severe droughts
Over planting of corn
Over planting of wheat
Locusts, dust storms ... etc.
16
What role did the Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASPS)
NOT
play in the war?
Mixed gun powder and loaded shells
Flew planes and bombers
Tested damaged warplanes
Towed targets
17
Who benefited from the CCC?
Young men who wished to move to Canadia
Young men to go back to college
Young men to work on public projects
Teletubbies. They gotta be good for something!
18
Why did many Texans leave their homes in rural areas?
Found work in cities
Fun and better social lives
Wanted to experience farm life
Better restaurants and clubs
19
Why did the price of oil drop in the 1930’s?
Large supply of new oil from East Texas made prices drop
US applied sanctions to Iraan and Afghanistan oil.
US stopped importing Canadian oil.
Limited supply of new oil made prices drop
20
For both African Americans and Tejanos, their wartime experience made them determined to get?
Equality for women
Equal rights
Equal pay
Movie roles after the war
21
A refusal to work as a protest against wages or working conditions
refuge
Concerto
Strike
Con chair toe
22
What was the Dust bowl?
Due to the dust storms the Great Plains became the Dust Bowl
Bowl of fruit
Bowl of locusts
Dust tastes good. You ate it when you were a kid :)
23
What did Miriam “Ma” Ferguson accomplish as governor in 1932?
20 million in "bread bonds"
5 million in "bread bonds"
10 million in "bread bonds"
1 million in "bread bonds"
24
What was
NOT
a reason behind the creation of the alphabet agencies in the 1930s?
Provide government relief
Declaration that the people needed to do for themselves
Provide jobs
Designed to push the economy in right direction
25
The day the Stock Market crashed came to be known as
Gray Day
Black Tuesday
Black Friday
Black Monday
26
Who was the most highly decorated American in WWII (From Hunt, TX)?
Ricky Bobby
James Dean
Audie Murphy
John Wayne
27
What issue helped inspire Mexican American's to form LULAC?
Money to tear down the wall between US and Mexico
Better conditions in segregated schools
Lower taxes
Money to build a wall between US and Canada
28
Denison, TX native who was commanding General of all Allied forces in Europe in WWII?
George H.W. Bush
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Stephen F. Austin
Chester A. Nimitz
29
What were farmers encouraged to do to reclaim farmland in the Dust Bowl area?
Sell the farm and move to the cities
Grow asparagus.
Grow more wheat
Rotate crops
30
In 1945, the United States dropped what on a Japanese city to force an end to the war?
Fire Bomb/Tokyo
Tidal Wave/Fukushima
Atomic Bomb/Hiroshima
Cannon Ball/Hirakawa
31
How many Texas women served in the armed forces during the war?
1,200
12,000
12
None women could not serve in the armed forces in WWII
32
An army unit consisting of 3 to 4 companies of troops (500 to 900 soldiers).
Cadet
Battalion
Division
Regiment
33
How did everyday life in Texas change during the war?
Rationing of Teletubbies (Only 2 of em during wartime)
Netflix was turned off
All cellphones had to be turned into the government
Rationing of food and other supplies needed during war
34
Why was the Roosevelt ticket especially strong in Texas in the 1932 presidential election?
Texan John F. Kennedy ran as FDR vice president candidate
Texan John Nance Garner ran as FDR vice president candidate
Texan Billy Joe Jimmy Jack ran as vice president candidate
Texan Ricky Bobby ran as FDR vice president candidate
35
How did the Texas Railroad Commission solve the problem of low oil prices?
Ordered all oil drillers in Texas to cease and desist (stop)
Ordered oil drillers in East Texas to limit production
Ordered oil drillers in East Texas to increase production
Ordered the OKIE from Las Palapas
36
A government agency formed during the New Deal that was known by its first initials
OMG Agency. This is the right answer 4 sure!!!
Alpha Omega Agency
Alpha Beta Agency
Alphabet Agency
37
What did President Hoover say cannot cure economic depression?
France
Judicial action or Executive pronouncement
Wishful thinking and empty promises
Legislative action or Executive pronouncement
38
What similar problem did cotton farmers and oil producers share?
Cotton is very soft :)
Cotton prices crashed
Cotton prices remained the same
Cotton prices rose
39
What is "relief" in the Great Depression?
Aid to people who are out of work or poor
A prescription a lot like Advil
Aid to millionaires who are struggling
Tax cuts for struggling billionaires
40
A place for buying and selling stocks (shares of ownership) in a corporation.
Stick Market
Stuck Market
Great Depression
Stock Market
41
Why could the topsoil in the fields in the Great Plains
NOT
stay in place?
Corn fields died due to drought
Wheat fields died due to drought
Great flood of 1492
Great drought of 1942
42
Who was the US President in 1929?
Bill Clinton
Franklin Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Herbert Sherbert
43
Why did the U.S. Army make Texas its main training ground during WWII?
Good climate and wide open spaces
Bad climate and wide open spaces
Proximity to France
Proximity to Mexico
