Texas in the 20th Century Vocabulary Lesson

Multiple Choice

What was the Dust Bowl?

• A war in Europe

• A period of severe dust storms in the 1930s

• A government program

• A type of farming machine

Multiple Choice

What was the New Deal?

• A weather event

• A set of programs to help the U.S. recover from the Great Depression

• A law about farming

• A protest

Multiple Choice

What does the word “migration” mean?

• Staying in one place

• Voting in elections

• The movement of people to live or work somewhere else

• A type of weather change

Poll

Which of these best describes the goal of a reform movement?

• To fix problems in society

• To increase taxes

• To build new roads

• To go to war

Multiple Select

Which of the following were goals of progressivism?

• Improve education

• Make government better

• Fix working conditions

• Increase military spending

Multiple Choice

Populism was a political movement that supported big banks and wealthy business owners.

• True

• False

Open Ended

What kind of life does agrarianism support?

Multiple Select

Which of the following were changes brought by labor reform?

• Shorter work hours

• Safer working conditions

• Fewer farms

• More pollution

Poll

Which group most benefited from the Civil Rights Movement?

• Factory owners

• African Americans

• Farmers

• Business investors

Match

Match the following description:

• Environmental disaster

• Government recovery plan

• Relocation

• Farmer support

• Equal treatment under the law

Dust Bowl

New Deal

Migration

Populism

Civil Rights

• Dust Bowl

• New Deal

• Migration

• Populism

• Civil Rights