Important People
Great Depression
Dustbowl
World War II
Random
100
The name of the President who served during both the Great Depression and World War II. (Hint: many refer to this president by his initials.)
Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt? (FDR)
100
The name of the day where the United States stock market crashed, marking the beginning of the Great Depression.
What is Black Tuesday?
100
Explain what the Dustbowl was.
What was the period of severe dust storms that affected the United States during the 1930's?
100
The names of the countries that were a part of the Axis Powers.
What are Germany, Italy, and Japan?
100
Describe what the Stock Market is.
What is a market where people buy and sell shares of companies?
200
The name of the President whose poor handling of the Great Depression led to him not being reelected. (Hint: homeless shantytowns were named after him during this time.)
Who is Herbert Hoover?
200
The definition of an economic Depression.
What is a period of time marked by poor economic performance and high unemployment?
200
True or false: Temperatures were lower on average during the Dustbowl.
False, temperatures were on average higher.
200
The names of the countries that make up the Allied Powers.
What are Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and eventually the United States?
200
The Bill created in order to help Veterans go to college/receive job training after World War II.
What is the GI Bill?
300
The name of the longest serving U.S. Speaker of the House. (Hint: He helped create the Securities and Exchange Commission.)
Who is Sam Rayburn
300
The name of the policies created by FDR in order to fix the Great Depression.
What is the New Deal?
300
Name one of the PHYSICAL causes of the Dustbowl.
What was either:
1. A severe drought that made the land dry and hard.
2: Hot winds causing erosion on topsoil, creating giant dust clouds.
300
The name given to the prison camps where Japanese-American citizens were forcibly relocated to during World War II.
What are internment camps?
300
The two fears people had in regards to President Roosevelt were:
Some people thought he had become too powerful, and that the government had become too large.
400
The name of the former UIL Director who wrote "Adventures with a Texas Naturalist."
Who is Roy Bedichek?
400
The nickname of the shantytowns that started appearing around major cities due to Hoover's poor leadership.
What are Hoovervilles?
400
Name one of the HUMAN causes of the Dustbowl.
What was either:
1. Farmers overplanting crops, causing the soil to become sandlike.
2. Ranchers allowing cattle to overgraze, leaving the soil susceptible to erosion.
400
The name of the event that caused the United States to join World War II.
What was the Attack on Pearl Harbor?
400
The name of the Texas born individual who became the Vice-President during Roosevelt's presidency.
Who was John Nance Garner?
500
The name of the woman who held the position of Commander of the Women's Army Corps during World War II.
Who is Oveta Culp Hobby?
500
The name of the government relief program created by FDR that had young men work towards improving America's public lands.
What was the Civilian Conservation Corps?
500
The way Texans changed how farming/ranching was done in order to deal with the Dust Bowl. (Has to do with soil)
What is Soil Conservation?
500
The date of the event that Franklin Delano Roosevelt described as a "Day that will live in infamy."
What was December 7th, 1941?
(This was the Attack on Pearl Harbor)
500
The name of the woman in this political cartoon.
Who is Rosie the Riveter?