Social Studies CBA#11 Test Review

What 4 ECONOMIC impacts of WWI in Texas?

• Demand for Texas oil and oil-based products grew

• 200,000 Texans went to fight in WWI.

• Agricultural production led to an agricultural boom

• Women had more opportunities to join the workforce, filling jobs men left behind

• Bought Liberty Bonds or War Stamps which helped fund the war

What 3 SOCIAL Impacts of WWI in Texas?

• Texans are outraged at the Zimmermann Telegram, which Germany sent urging Mexico to join the Central Powers.

• Texans observed “Meatless Mondays”and “Wheatless Wednesdays” so that more food would be available for soldiers

• Some Texans accused GermanAmericans of being unpatriotic and not supporting the United States

• There were Texans among the Americans who were killed on the Lusitania

What 4 POLITICAL Impacts of WWI in Texas?

• The Texas State Council of Defense was established to help organize Texas’s efforts to aid the U.S. in national defense

• 200,000 Texans went to fight in WWI

• Texans are outraged at the Zimmermann Telegram, which Germany sent urging Mexico to join the Central Powers

• In return, Germany would help Mexico regain Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico

• Some Texans accused German Americans of being unpatriotic and not supporting the United States

The Great Depression & WWII era included 3 below:

• 1. High unemployment rate

  2. Business failed

• 1. Dust Storms blowing across the Great Plains

  2. Thousands of Texans fighting overseas

• 1. Military bases being built in Texas

  2. Federal money being given to Texas for wartime production

• 1. Demand for Texas oil and oil based products grew

  2. Agricultural production led to an agricultural boom

Click 3 Impacts of the Great Depression in Texas

• High Unemployment

  &

  Stock Market Crashed

• Businesses

  &

  Banks failed

• Left many families with few opportunities

  &

  Decline in land values

• Millions of people waited in bread lines for food

  &

  Families lost everything and were left homeless

Click 2 SOCIAL Impacts of the Great Depression in Texas?

• Millions of people waited in bread lines for food

• Families lost everything and were left

  homeless

• Government provided food through bread lines and soup kitchens

• The New Deal was created to help people get back to work

Click 2 POLITICAL Impacts of the Great Depression in Texas?

• Millions of people waited in bread lines for food

• Families lost everything and were left homeless.

• Government provided food through bread lines and soup kitchens

• The New Deal was created to help people get back to work

Click 4 ECONOMIC Impacts of the Dust Bowl in Texas?

• Agricultural industry failed

• Farms were lost

• High unemployment rate

• Reduced economic opportunities

• Land value decreased lasting over 20 years

Click 2 SOCIAL Impacts of the Dust Bowl in Texas?

• The New Deal's Agricultural Adjustment Administration helped cotton famers

• Farmers forced to use no-till farming method or abandon their land

• Land value decreased lasting over 20 years

• Government provided food through bread lines and soup kitchens

Click 2 POLITICAL Impacts of the Dust Bowl in Texas?

• Government provided food through bread lines and soup kitchens

• Land value decreased, lasting over 20years

• Farmers forced to use no-till farming method or abandon their land

• The New Deal’s Agricultural Adjustment Administration helped cotton farmers