The Great Depression
What was the Great Depression?
Stock Market Crash
Dust Bowl
What does
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Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
What was the policy of the government at the begin of WW2?
Isolationism - we did not want to get involved
Describe how the Spanish changed the Native American Texas
the search for gold
the spread of religious beliefs
Horse changed plain Natives way of life
Diseases
New Weapons
Define Nationalism
the belief that your country is better that another.
What reforms (Changes) did the Dust Bowl cause to take place?
Planting Trees
Reducing Plowing / plowing to hold water
Crop Rotation (changing crops every few years to keep nutrients in the soil)
Money for farms to change farming systems.
What was the importance of the Zimmerman Telegram?
It was a secret message to Mexico from Germany offering the Mexican Cession back if Mexico would attack the US. This was so that the US would stay out of WWI in Europe. This made the US realize that it could not stay out of the World War.
How did women's roles change during WWII
women went to work in the factories making weapons, became business owners, volunteered to be nurses, fly untested planes
Describe the Mission Era of Texas History
the building of presidios, pueblos, and missions.
It failed overall
Define Stock
stock - a part of company sold to raise money for the company to use.
Name a social impact that the great depression had on people during the great depression
Men left to find work due to high unemployment, women stayed behind with children and did the best they could to survive.
How did alliances cause countries with no will to fight to join WW1
the countries were forced to support their allies in this conflict.
What attacked the US would be called "a day in infamy" by President Roosevelt?
the Attack on Pearl Harbor
What led to the Texas Revolution?
the banning of slavery in Texas by the Mexican gov't
Taxes on imported goods (tariffs)
No more immigration from the US
Define Alphabet Agency
three letter agencies that were created during the great depression to help reduce the unemployment rate.
CCC - Civilian Conservation Corp.
WPA - Works Progress Administration
FAP - Federal Arts Project
What was the Black Tuesday? Why did this day ruin so many banks.
the day stocks lost their inflated value, banks had loaned money to investors who could not pay it back
Describe how buffalo soldiers would be important during WWI?
their fight with the Apache would give them valuable experience in war.
How did WWII led to urbanization in Texas?
The war effort lead to women taking factory jobs, people moving to cities where factories were located, making cities grow. The factories also produced many more goods for consumers (cars, refrigerators, radios) which increase the standard of living.
Describe the Civil War Era. What part did Texas play in the Civil War?
The civil war was a battle over the right of the southern states to leave the USA but would become over slavery later. Texas play a very small role in the Civil War.
Who was Rosie the Riveter?
the name given to a propaganda character who encouraged women to take the place of men at war.
Name an issue that would cause farmers to go "bust".
Locust (grasshoppers)
Drought
High Winds
Low Crop Prices
Name two inventions that made WW1 deadlier than any other war in early history and forced soldiers to hide in trenches?
Air Planes
Machine Guns
Tanks
What was fat man and little boy?
the code names given to the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Name three wars that occurred during modern Texas Era
WW1
WW2
Vietnam War
Cold War
Oppenheimer - "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds" . What was he referring to?
his invention of the atomic bomb. He repeated this quote from a Hindu book (Vedas), and how it would change the world but not for the better.