Names
Industry
Great Depression
Who's Who
Get With the Program
100
First woman govenor of Texas
Who is "Ma" Ferguson?
100
The demands of WWI brought about growth in this industry.
What is oil industry
100
President who created such programs a WPA, FDIC and AAA
Who is Franklin Roosevelt?
100
Michael DeBakey, Benjy Brooks, Denton Cooley
Who made great contibutions to the medical field in Texas?
100
Movement started in the cities that wanted to improve society through the power of government.
What is the Progressive movement?
200
Named the NASA space center named after this politician
Who is Lyndon Baines Johnson
200
When transportation increased after WWI, this system had to improve also.
What is the system of roads and highways?
200
Name of FDR's program to get US out of the Depression
What is New Deal?
200
Walter Cunningham
Who was the Apollo 7 astronaut that spent 11 days in space?
200
Gave women the right to vote
What is the 19th ammendment?
300
Worked for women's rights and suffrage
Who is Jane McCallum
300
This event caused Texas to increase in population, develope new industries, and improve transportation
What is entering WWI?
300
Banks make too many loans, Stock Market crashes, Banks close their doors.
What are the causes of the Great Depression?
300
Zimmerman telegraph
What is the reason Texas entered WWI?
300
This caused the US to develop the space program and new technology.
What is the Cold War.
400
Texan Populist governor who established Texas Railroad Commission
Who is James Hogg?
400
Spindletop caused Texas to become a leader in this industry.
What is the oil industry?
400
Increased demands for war materials, fuel and food had this effect on the Great Depression
What is "helping to end" the Great Depression?
400
Ku Klux Klan
What is a white, racist group that persecuted blacks?
400
A system of government in chich power is divided, or shared, between a central government and the states.
What is Federalism?
500
Organized Women's Army Corps
Who is Colonel Oveta Culp Hobby?
500
This led to a boom in the computer technology industry in Texas during the mid-20th century.
What is creation of NASA Space Center in Houston?
500
City governments did this to help citizens during the Great Depression.
What is organize plays and musicals or sponsor gardening projects or pay people to clean up city streets.
500
Howard Hughes, Sr.
Who patented a drill bit that could drill through rock?
500
Americans forced Natives onto reservations.
What is Manifest Destiny?
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