United States History-WWII/Great Depression 6th Grade

Some Texans moved to California during the 

• First World War
• Second War War
• Dust Bowl
• Civil War

Who was the movie star that was from Texas that was the most decorated soldier of World War II?

•  English Prime Minister  Churchill
• Dorie Miller
• Audie Murphy
• President Herbert Hoover

How did the Dust Bowl affect the economy of Texas? 

• Flooding hurt farmers.
• Many farmers lost farms to banks.
• More people started farming.
• It did not effect the economy.

Which occurred first?

• Great Depression

• Dust Bowl

• World War I

• World War II

During the Great Depression, prices declined and economic growth slowed because of

• underproduction of oil and crops

• overproduction of oil and crops

What was the name of the worst economic time in our country?

• The Really Bad Time

• The Great Depression

• World War II

• The Roaring Twenties

What was one economic effect of the Dust Bowl?

• Loss of farms due to loss of income

• Tensions between the U.S. and Mexico

• War with Germany

• War with Japan

What was one social effect of the Dust Bowl?

• The huge drop in the stock market

• Texans moving to other states

• The government declaring a state of emergency

• FDR declaring war on dust

What were some ways that farmers caused the Dust Bowl through their actions?

• Over plowing and over grazing by cattle and other livestock

• They dusted their houses too much

• Fence cutting wars

• Buying too much land and not being able to pay back the bank

At the beginning of World War I the United State

• Remained neutral; did not take sides

• Fought against the British and the Allied powers

• Fought against Mexico

• Fought against Germany and the Central Powers