The Great Depression & WWII review

What physical factor contributed to the Dust Bowl of the 1930s?

• a period of unusually hot, dry weather

• a series of tornadoes that struck the Plains

• thunderstorms flooding the farmland

• several severe winters resulting in the "big die-off"

How did the Dust Bowl affect economic development in Texas?

• Many farms made money from the banks.

• Oil production increased in West Texas.

• Many farms were lost to banks since they couldn't grow crops.

• Employment in major cities varied.

In Texas, the arrival of new military facilities, ammunition plants, petroleum plants, naval and aircraft production are the direct result of -

• an international conflict

• an economic depression

• the New Deal

• the Dust Bowl

What were the five "Dust Bowl" states during the 1930s?

• Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico

• Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas

• Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico

• Texas, Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma

How did New Deal programs change the lives of Texans during the Great Depression?

• Additional government funding was provided to oil companies.

• Cotton prices were fixed to keep farmers on their land.

• Gas rationing helped to reduce traffic in busy cities.

• Thousands found employment building roads and bridges.

The Great Depression greatly damaged agriculture in Texas by -

• needing the New Deal programs

• a severe drought that cost them crops to sell

• changing from cotton to oil uindustry

• the introduction of rationing

A person who served in the Texas House of Representatives, Speaker of the House, and Roosevelt's Vice President?

• John Nance Garner

• Sam Rayburn

• Miriam Ferguson

• Kay Baylee Hutchison

Which Texas city became the largest naval air-training center, in the world, during WWII?

• Corpus Christi

• San Antonio

• Houston

• Galveston

How did WWII affect the home front, especially Texas?

• Many dealt with rationings and food shortages

• Almost everyone needed to work in the farms and not the factories

• People only needed to give up appliances to be used to make weapons

• Everyone, including the rich, had to help

Why were military bases built in Texas during WWII?

• Texas had many people ready

• Texas was empty and had few land obsticles

• Texas' moderate climate and expansive land made it ideal

• Most of Texas was by the ocean