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WorksheetsTX24 - Great Depression + WW2 [Unit Review]
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 19mins
What event led to the economic boost provided by these business endeavors? [hint: it lasted from 1939 to 1945]
the Great Depression
the New Deal
World War II
the Dust Bowl
In December of 1941, shortly after the attack on (a) , the United States entered the global conflict known as (b) . This conflict would eventually see 750,000 Texans leave home to fight (c) in Europe and (d) in the Pacfic.
Match the following issues of the Great Depression with the correct PEGS category.
the Stock Market crashes in October of 1929, losing billions of dollars and putting millions of people out of work
POLITICAL
long droughts and wind erosion change the landscape of the Great Plains during the "Dust Bowl"
ECONOMIC
President Roosevelt's "New Deal" policies help American citizens during the depression
GEOGRAPHIC
poor farmers left their farms and unemployed Americans waited in soup lines to survive
SOCIAL
Reorder the following BOOMS in the Texas economy.
AGRICULTURAL -
cotton farming
AGRICULTURAL -
cattle ranching
INDUSTRIAL -
railroads spread
INDUSTRIAL -
oil drilling
Which TWO [2] of the following are reasons why Texas was better off than other parts of the country during the Great Depression?
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YOU MUST CHOOSE TWO [2] CORRECT ANSWERS
the "Dust Bowl" didn't affect any parts of Texas, so farming here continued as normal
Most Texans owned stock in the Stock Market, and were warned that the crash was about to happen
Texas had a diversified economy - cotton and cattle agriculturally, and the growing oil industry
frequent blizzards in Texas helped cool the state during the hot summer months
there were over 1000 work camps in Texas filled with workers from the CCC and the WPA
Read the passage shown here.
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Which of the highlighted phrases would fit best in the "E" catagory of a PEGS chart?
FACT: Randolph Field in San Antonio was the leading air base in the U.S. during World War II
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Many (a) were given military training at Randolph Field before heading off to war.
Reorder the following events from the era of Great Depression and World War II so that they are in CHRONOLOGICAL order.
Americans make profits from the stock market in the early 1920s
the Stock Market Crash - stocks quickly lose their value
businesses lose money and have to fire many workers
President Roosevelt starts the "New Deal"
factories reopen to build war machines in the early 1940s
Which PEGS category would the following statement fit best?
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"One significant impact of the Dust Bowl was farmers facing monetary losses due to damaged lands; this led to banks foreclosing on their farms and houses."
P - Political
E - Economic
G - Geographic
S - Social
What one word label fits best on this image and information?
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* economy moving from farms to factories
* causes a rapid expansion of city populations
* seen in Texas in the early 1900s with the discovery of oil
Ruralization
Immigration
Pacification
Industrialization
Read the passage provided.
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Because of its location, the city of ____ became the center for ship-building in Texas during World War II.
Dallas
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Houston
Based on your knowledge of Texas during the "Great Depression and World War II", which TWO [2] of these are reasons why people might migrate from the countryside to the cities?
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YOU MUST CHOOSE TWO [2] CORRECT ANSWERS
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES - factories built during the war have created job opportunities
GOVERNMENT DIRECTIVES - gold found under the ground in the "Panhandle" led to the Texas government claiming that land and forcing farmers to move away
BAD WEATHER - frequent snowstorms and hard rain [especially in West Texas] led to people seeking better made shelters in the cities
CROP FAILURE AND LAND LOSS - the Dust Bowl caused much damage to Texas farms, and many had to be abandoned
During times of war, one Texas-made product that is always in high demand is (a) because it is used to power war machines like ships [made in (b) ] and airplanes [made in the (c) area].
Which Texan is shown and described here?
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* Speaker of the House of from 1931-1933
* Vice President of the U.S. from 1933-1941
Sam Houston
John Nance Garner
James Hogg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
A Texan named (a) served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives during the 1940s and 1950s. He helped pass numerous pieces of legislation, including the "Rural Electrification Act" during the depression and the "Marshall Plan" during World War II.
