TX20 - New Deal

The two events that directly led to U.S. involvement in World War I were the sinking of the "Lusitania" and the -

• Zimmerman Note

• Zuckerberg Message

• Zeigler Report

• Zalinski Letter

During World War I, many people in Texas began __________ to provide additional food for their families.

• planting "victory gardens"

• working 2nd or 3rd jobs

• robbing banks

• digging for gold

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted women the right to vote? [hint: this issue was often called "suffrage"]

• 19th

• 18th

• 20th

• 23rd

From 1920 to 1933, alcohol was banned in the United States. This time period was known as -

• Prohibition

• the Dry Decade

• Just Say NO!

• Liquor Banning

This chart shows the effects that the Great Depression had on unemployment in the United States. The depression started with the Stock Market crash on October 29, 1929, which is commonly known as -

• Black Tuesday

• Red Thursday

• Gray Sunday

• Blue Monday

Overproduction of crops and over-grazing of the land were some of the HUMAN causes of the "Dust Bowl". What were some of the PHYSICAL causes?

• heat, lack of rainfall, and heavy winds

• freezing temperatures that lasted a month

• excessive rains that led to flooding

• a raging wildfire that destroyed three cities

Which area of Texas was most affected by the "Dust Bowl"?

• north Texas, in the area known as the "Panhandle"

• west Texas, mostly around the El Paso area

• east Texas, close to the Louisiana border

• south Texas, where the Rio Grande empties into the gulf

What name was given to the "towns" built by homeless people during the Great Depression? [hint: they were named after the man who was U.S. President at the start of the depression]

• Hoovervilles

• Rooseveltowns

• Wilson Cities

• Coolidge Camps

President Roosevelt created a number of government programs that were designed to help the U.S. get out of the Great Depression [mostly by increasing the number of available jobs]. His programs were known as -

• the "New Deal"

• "Work for America"

• the "Great Uplifting"

• "Plan for Prosperity"

Which of these Texans served as Franklin D. Roosevelt's Vice President from 1933 to 1941?

• John Nance Garner

• Sam Rayburn

• James Hogg

• Richard King