Unit 11 - Great Depression / WWII

Industries in Texas with women working in factories was a result of

• New Deal

• The Dust Bowl

• WWII

• 1920s

Which Texan served as Vice President under President Franklin Roosevelt? 

• Audie Murphy
• Chester Nimitz
• John Nance Garner
• Lyndon B. Johnson

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

What caused the Great Depression to be damaging to the agricultural sector? 

• the stock market crash
• a severe drought
• huge insects
• high unemployment

Which occurred first? 

• Great Depression
• Dust Bowl
• New Deal
• World War II

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.

How did supply and demand affect the economy of Texas during the Great Depression? 

• Supply of products decreased
• Overproduction led to price decreases 
• Underproduction caused price increases
• None of the above

Which is true about the 30's dust storms? 

• States outside the Dust Bowl were affected
• temperatures decreased

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

• underproduction of oil and crops
• overproduction of oil and crops

Which conclusion is supported by the data in the Map?

• Dust storms affected a large part of Texas.

• Dust storms didn't affected a large part of Texas

• Dust storm affected only eastern State

• Dust storm didn't affect any states