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

Fill in the Blanks

means the right of women to vote in elections.

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