WorksheetsThe Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
The decade following the _________ stock market crash included the smallest numerical increase in the state population since 1860.
October 1929
December 1931
December 1941
April 1934
Texas aimed to lift oil prices by reducing production with regulations and ultimately martial law of ___________ during the Great Depression.
cotton production
lumber production
oil fields
commercial fishing
Governor Ferguson and President Roosevelt took the following action in 1933 to resolve the collapsing bank crisis in Texas.
Authorized the establishment of the Federal Reserve Bank
ordered all banks to remain open
Appropriated all state banks in Texas
Emergency Banking Act
German prisoners were detained in Texas in which of the following locations?
Camp Groce, Houston Prisoner of War Compound, and State Prison in Huntsville
Fort Sam Houston, Fort Bliss, and Fort Crockett
Camp Bullis, Ellington Field, and Fort Andersonville
Camp Chase, Fort Slocum, and El Mira Prison
Wartime demand for oil and __________ pulled Texas out of the Depression.
farm produce
steel
rubber
nurses
During the Depression, ______________ led a strike of Mexican American women in the pecan shelling industry in San Antonio.
Miriam Ferguson
Bell Star
Celina Quintanilla
Emma Tenayuca
In response to falling prices and illegal production of “hot oil,” Texas authorized the _____________ to regulate oil production.
Texas National Guard
Railroad Commission
Texas Oil Commission
Texas Agricultural Commission
The Agricultural Adjustment Act, Civilian Conservation Corps, and Public Works Administration were programs of the ______________ which provided work and infrastructure for Depression era Texans.
New Deal
Bracero Program
Great Society
Job Corp
This popular Western musician and radio personality, ____________, swept into office with 97% of the popular vote deriding politicians and promising to restore traditional, common sense government in Texas.
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Pappy Lee O’Daniel
Paul Harris
Tom Oar
Texas held several internment camps at Seagoville, Kenedy, and Crystal City to detain ____________ during World War Two.
Migrant Farm Workers
German and Italian
Japanese and Japanese-Americans
Native Americans
