Unit 11 Great Depression and WWII

Served as vice-president during Franklin Roosevelt's first two terms. Who is described? (7.18B)

• Sam Rayburn

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• John Nance Garner

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

What event led directly to the U.S. involvement in WWII?

• German submarines launched an attack on Washngton D.C.

• Russian assassins managed to kill the U.S. Presidnet

• Japan attacked the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

• Germany invading Poland

What major event started the Great Depression?

• Dust Bowl

• President Hoover being elected as president

• Overproduction of Oil and Cotton

• Stock Market Crash

Over plowing the land, severe drought & digging up the prairie grasses...all led to the?

• Great Depression

• WWII

• Black Tuesday

• Dust Bowl

The New Deal Programs were enacted by which president?

• Herbert Hoover
• Franklin Roosevelt
• Abraham Lincoln
• George Washington

The crash of the stock market was known as...

• D - Day

• Black Friday

• Black Tuesday

• End of Times

What would be the best title for this bar graph?

• Unemployment

• Texas population

• Business Profits

• Home Ownership

What important role did Oveta Culp Hobby play during World War II?

• Commander of the Women's Army Corps

• Creator of the Red Cross

• First Lady of the United States

• Governor of Texas

Which of the following best describes the Great Depression?

• A period of economic success and progressive ideas

• A time period in which thousands of Americans mourned the loss of WWII soldiers

• A time period where the banking industry improved even after the Stock Market crashed

• A time of high unemployment and low economic activity occurring between WWI and WWII

What year did the stock market crash?

• 1917

• 1933

• 1929

• 1923