WorksheetsFlorida in WW2
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 20mins
Many people in Florida suffered financial ruin during The Great Depression largely due to
World War 1
the high price of land
1926 Hurricane
Pest Invasion
Many ____________________________________ died during the 1928 hurricane because they were unable to find shelter.
soldiers
stock brokers
fruit flies
migrant workers
The amount of citrus grown in Florida dropped by more than a half because of the
Mediterranean fruit fly
Burmese python
hurricanes in Florida
production of orange juice
Many people in Florida lost their life savings when
the fruit flies invaded
the hurricanes hit
the stock market crashed
tourism decreased
President ___________________________________ helped pull the US out of the Great Depression in 1932 with programs that gave people jobs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Napoleon Broward
Abraham Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
The Civilian Conservation Corps was a program that gave jobs to 40,000 people to
build bridges
plant trees
build roads
all of these
What important industry provided jobs for people in Tampa and Jacksonville?
citrus
cigar
paper
tourism
What did Florida provide that helped the US economy during World War 2?
Florida had a good climate for training soldiers
Tampa and Jacksonville were shipbuilding centers
More than 250,000 Floridians volunteered to serve
All of these
True or False: German prisoners of war (POWs) were forced to work in Florida harvesting fruit and vegetable crops.
True
False
While the men were serving in World War 2, the women were not allowed to work in factory jobs which the men had left behind.
True
False
During the war, many people stopped visiting Florida because of
gas was saved for war planes, tanks, and jeeps
fear of prisoners of war
the devastating hurricanes
fear of snowbirds
In what year was Cape Canaveral established as a place to test rockets and missiles?
1984
2000
1950
1940
The people who returned from war were able to acquire healthcare and jobs with help from the government's _____________________________________ .
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Census
Prisoners of War
Society of Migrant Workers
In your opinion, which event had the largest impact on the state of Florida?
The Great Depression
World War 2
Mediterranean Fruit Fly
1926 and 1928 Hurricanes
Explain why you chose your answer for the previous poll.
List some ways that Florida was able to solve that problem.
