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Texas and the Great Depression,Dust Bowl and World War II
Texas and the Great Depression,Dust Bowl and World War II
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1
The Dust Bowl was created by
Great Depression and unemployment
Stock Market crash and drought
Bad farming techniques and drought
Bad farming techniques and heavy rains
2
Many farmers lost their farms to the ______ during the Dust Bowl.
communist
cities
banks
Germans
3
Some Texans moved to __________ because of the Dust Bowl.
New York
Montana
Florida
California
4
How did WWII help the economy?
Gave people more food
Gave people more control of government
Increased demand for Texas resources
Decreased demand for Texas resources
5
Rationing during WWII required Texans to use less...
lumber, water, adobe
food, shoes and gasoline
technology, homework, firearms
water, wifi, Facebook
6
How did people buy more stock before the stock market crash?
took out loans
worked overtime
borrowed money from their History Teacher
sold personal items
7
This Texan was FDR's Vice President for two terms
Sam Rayburn
Audie Murphy
John Nance Garner
Dorie Miller
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Erosion
the gradual break down of a surface
the gradual hardening of a surface
the rapid melting of an ice cream
the effect of social media on society
9
How did Texans adapt to the land in order to power new industry?
Drilling for water
Drilling for natural gas and oil
Building wind farms
Building dams
10
Define RATIONING
allowing only a fixed/small amount
allowing math to be done by ratios
Using every resource available
Selling every resource
11
In what year did the stock market crash?
1945
1939
1929
1829
12
_____ helped Texas establish more military bases and military production, boosting the economy.
Texas Revolution
Great Depression
Civil War
World War II
13
FDR introduced the _______ as a solution to the Great Depression.
Third Term
Rationing
New Deal
Atomic Bomb
14
Population increased in Texas during World War II because there was plenty of _______.
Poverty
Political jobs
Education
Manufacturing jobs
15
What is the correct order of events?
WWII, Great Depression, Dust Bowl
Dust Bowl, WWII, Great Depression
Great Depression, Dust Bowl, WWII
Great Depression, WWII, Dust Bowl
16
This famous Texan was a long serving U.S. Congressmen and supporter of the New Deal
FDR
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Beto O'Rourke
Sam Rayburn
17
What event pulled the United States into WWII?
Hiroshima
D-Day
Bunker Hill
Pearl Harbor
18
According to
supply and demand,
what happens when there is
too much
supply of any product?
Prices go down, Economy slows
Employment goes up, Prices go down
Prices go up, Economy grows
Employment goes down, Prices go down
19
FDR's New Deal programs were initially meant
to start WW2
to stop the Dust Bowl
to create jobs and increase employment
to make people poor
20
What is one good thing that came from the Dust Bowl?
Better techniques to conserve and reduce soil erosion
Industrialization created better farming equipment
Techniques to make more Dust
Smaller farms