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The Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The decade following the _________ stock market crash included the smallest numerical increase in the state population since 1860.

a)

October 1929

b)

December 1931

c)

December 1941

d)

April 1934

2.

Texas aimed to lift oil prices by reducing production with regulations and ultimately martial law of ___________ during the Great Depression.

a)

cotton production

b)

lumber production

c)

oil fields

d)

commercial fishing

3.

Governor Ferguson and President Roosevelt took the following action in 1933 to resolve the collapsing bank crisis in Texas.

a)

Authorized the establishment of the Federal Reserve Bank

b)

ordered all banks to remain open

c)

Appropriated all state banks in Texas

d)

Emergency Banking Act

4.

German prisoners were detained in Texas in which of the following locations?

a)

Camp Groce, Houston Prisoner of War Compound, and State Prison in Huntsville

b)

Fort Sam Houston, Fort Bliss, and Fort Crockett

c)

Camp Bullis, Ellington Field, and Fort Andersonville

d)

Camp Chase, Fort Slocum, and El Mira Prison

5.

Wartime demand for oil and __________ pulled Texas out of the Depression.

a)

farm produce

b)

steel

c)

rubber

d)

nurses

6.

During the Depression, ______________ led a strike of Mexican American women in the pecan shelling industry in San Antonio.

a)

Miriam Ferguson

b)

Bell Star

c)

Celina Quintanilla

d)

Emma Tenayuca

7.

In response to falling prices and illegal production of “hot oil,” Texas authorized the _____________ to regulate oil production.

a)

Texas National Guard

b)

Railroad Commission

c)

Texas Oil Commission

d)

Texas Agricultural Commission

8.

The Agricultural Adjustment Act, Civilian Conservation Corps, and Public Works Administration were programs of the ______________ which provided work and infrastructure for Depression era Texans.

a)

New Deal

b)

Bracero Program

c)

Great Society

d)

Job Corp

9.

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.

a)

Lyndon Baines Johnson

b)

Pappy Lee O’Daniel

c)

Paul Harris

d)

Tom Oar

10.

Texas held several internment camps at Seagoville, Kenedy, and Crystal City to detain ____________ during World War Two.

a)

Migrant Farm Workers

b)

German and Italian

c)

Japanese and Japanese-Americans

d)

Native Americans