CA5 Review

How did New Deal programs change the lives of Texans during the Great Depression?

• Thousands found employment building roads and bridges.
• Gas rationing helped to reduce traffic in busy cities.
• Cotton prices were fixed to keep farmer on the land.
• Additional government funding was provided to oil companies.

What year did Spindletop take place?

• 1900
• 1901
• 1905
• 1907

WW2 in TX brought about the need for what industries?

• All of the Above
• Military facilities
• naval/aircraft production
• ammunition and petroleum plants

What happened to cotton production in TX during the 1930s-1940s?

• Cotton farms moved closer to cities.
• Fewer acres were planted for cotton.
• Farmers increased prices for cotton.
• Cotton production per acre increased.

What was one thing that the populist movement addressed in TX?

• extend voting rights to women
• regulate factories
• protect agricultural workers
• control oil prices

What economic affect did the Dust Bowl have on TX?

• farms were lost to the banks
• The demand for Texas crops declined.
• Employment in major cities increased.
• Oil production declined in West Texas.

Where would the name Camp Bowie derive from?

• It is named after an old Indian fort from the frontier days
• It is named after a famous hero of the Alamo.
• It is named after a former military post set up during the First World War.
• It is named after the first oil well to become a gusher in Texas

Which Texan was elected governor with the support of groups like the Texas Farmers Union, Farmers' Alliance, and the Grange?

• Jay McCallum
• Dan Moody
• Howard Hughes, Sr.
• James Hogg

Served in the Texas House of Representatives ; Served as the Speaker of the House for the U.S. House of Representatives; Served as vice-president during Franklin Roosevelt's first two terms Who Am I?

• Lyndon B. Johnson
• John Nance Garner
• Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Sam Rayburn

What did the railroad system help spark the growth of?

• mass transit systems in Texas cities
• the number of female railroad conductors
• coal mining in Texas to supply the railroads
• urban centers like Dallas and Houston