Great Depression and WWII

On what issue did Vice President Garner come to disagree with President Roosevelt during the Great Depression

• a law regulating stock trading

• the lack of New Deal programs in TX

• the amount of federal spending

• the leadership of Democratic Party

How did WWII affect daily life for Texans on the home front

• Their land was sometimes taken to be used for building military bases

• they dealt with rationing and food shortages

• they faced high unemployment rates

• they struggled with low wages

How did wartime demands affect migration within TX during WWII?

• Only a few rural Texans moved to the cities, as most factory jobs were being filled by out-of-state immigrants

• some 500,000 urban Texans moved back to farms to fill the agricultural needs created by the war

• some 500,000 rural Texans move to cities between 1940 and 1943 to take factory jobs

• little to no migration occurred within the state in the wartime years

How did the Dust Bowl impact Texas society?

• Children moved from factory work to field work

• some North Texas farmers moved west to California

• Minority groups gained legal protections for equal pay

• Women began working in the fields in much greater numbers

what is internment?

• a group of people moving from one location to another

• a holding of a person due to criminal activities

• to bring charges against a person

• a holding of a group of people for political or military purpose

How did the Texas economically benefit from U.S. involvement in the Second World War?

• Texans became wealthy serving as soldiers in the war

• rationing consumer goods stimulated the growth of businesses

• Natural resources in Texas were needed to supply the war effort

• Locating internment camps in Texas brought consumers to the region

The Great Depression in Texas was especially damaging to the agricultural sector because of

• a severe drought

• the New Deal programs

• the introduction of rationing

• a bust in the cotton industry

What led to the failure of a large number of banks in 1929?

• the high prices of stocks following Black Tuesday

• rising oil prices

• rising crop prices

• declining levels of business activity

What was one reason behind the creation of the alphabet agencies in the 1930's

• to employ people during the Great Depression

• to fix state and federal election laws

• to celebrate the centennial of Texas

• to lower the amount of Social Security payments

Based on the excerpt, what can you conclude about the role of American women in WWII?

• Women's roles in the military were limited to cooking and other support services.

• women were largely disinterested in the war and directed their attention to other activities

• Women held important roles in the military and worked hard to succeed

• Although women wanted to help the war effort, they were not allowed