WWII in TX
This event caused the United States to enter World War II.
Pearl Harbor
This movement fought to end segregation and discrimination in the 1950s and 1960s.
Civil Rights Movement?
This famous cattle trail moved cattle north after the Civil War.
Chisholm Trail
Howard Hughes developed this type of drill bit.
rotary drill bit?
This event in 1929 helped begin the Great Depression.
stock market crash
Texans had to limit the use of goods like sugar, rubber, and gasoline during WWII. This was called this.
rationing
This minister became famous for leading peaceful protests and speeches.
Martin Luther King Jr
This invention ended open-range cattle herding.
Answer: What is barbed wire?
Texas became a leader in this industry during the 1900s.
oil industry
Many Americans experienced this during the Great Depression.
unemployment
Women who worked in factories during World War II were commonly called this nickname.
Rosie the Riveters
This former Texas senator became president after John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
Lyndon B. Johnson?
After the Civil War, ranchers used cattle trails mainly for this purpose.
moving cattle to markets/railroads?
This Texas city is home to one of the largest petrochemical industries in the state.
Houston
This environmental disaster was caused by drought and poor farming practices.
Dust Bowl
This describes a social impact of World War II in Texas.
women and minorities taking factory jobs
This law restored voting rights for African Americans.
Voting Rights Act
This technological advancement helped ranchers ship cattle faster.
railroads
A “boom” means rapid economic growth, while a “bust” means this.
economic decline
President Franklin D. Roosevelt created these programs to provide jobs and relief.
New Deal programs
This president called Pearl Harbor “a date which will live in infamy.”
FDR
This Supreme Court case helped end segregation in schools.
Brown v. Board of Education
The years shown on cattle trail maps prove this happened after the Civil War.
new cattle trails were added?
This happened because improved drilling technology allowed oilmen to reach deeper oil reserves.
Texas oil production increased
This graph evidence showed the effects of the Great Depression.
unemployment spiking in the early 1930s