Unit 7 Review - Texas History

Which war below is described by the following events:  Problems with Mexico with the Zimmerman Telegram, Discrimination against German immigrants in Texas, the sinking of the Lusitania, women serve as nurses during the war

• World War II

• World War I

• Civil War

• Texas Revolution

Which product below in Texas was most effected during the war because of the need for uniforms and blankets?

• Cotton

• Corn

• Tobacco

• Cattle

Put the following events in correct chronological order:

• Spindletop, World War I, The Great Depression, Cattle Drives, Civil War

• Civil War, Cattle Drives, Spindletop, World War I, The Great Depression

• Cattle Drives, Civil War, World War I, Spindletop, The Great Depression

• World War I, The Great Depression, Spindletop, Cattle Drives, Civil War

Which era below is described by the following events: 25% of Americans out of work, Banks failed, Farms failed, Businesses failed, Dust Storms blew across the Great Plains, The New Deal

• World War II

• Oil Boom at Spindletop

• The Great Depression and Dust Bowl

• World War I

Which war below is described by the following events:  Pearl Harbor, Atomic Bombs, Texas had plants to produce aircraft and ammunition, D-Day, women worked in factories, Bracero Program

• Civil War

• American Revolution

• World War II

• World War I

Which event below is described by the following words:   People hungry, farms failed, Dust Storms, drought, Texans and Oklahomians moving to California, Dust Pneumonia

• The Dust Bowl and the Great Depression

• Reconstruction

• Roaring Twenties

• World War II

The worst part of the Great Depression when unemployment was the highest was during the Dust Bowl years of...

• 1920-1929

• 1932-1935

• 1941-1945

• 1917-1919

What was probably the greatest social impact of the Dust Bowl years?

• Digging dirt out of what little food they had

• Having to wear a face covering

• Dust Pneumonia

• People from Texas and Oklahoma having to move everything to California

Which of the choices below caused the Dust Bowl?

• Nothing, just a fluke

• Extreme heat

• Not enough crop farming

• Overplowing and the extreme drought

What was used to encourage women to work in factories during WWII?

• Propaganda Posters

• Cash Payouts

• Promises to bring loved ones home early from the war

• Government paid jobs when the war was over