Economic Bust
This event on October 29, 1929, is known as the start of the Great Depression.
What is Black Tuesday?
This 10-year period of extreme drought affected the entire Great Plains
What is the Dust Bowl?
He was the U.S. President who promised a "New Deal" to end the depression.
Who is FDR?
The U.S. entered WWII after Japan attacked this naval base in Hawaii.
Pearl Harbor
This Denison-born general commanded Allied forces in Europe.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
These "shacks" or homeless camps were named after the President many blamed for the crisis.
What are Hoovervilles?
These two human activities—overplowing and this—led to soil erosion.
What is overgrazing?
This Texan was the longest-serving U.S. Speaker of the House.
Who is Sam Rayburn?
During the war, Texans had to do this to limit their use of gas, food, and tires.
Rationing
This Fredericksburg native was the commander in chief of the Pacific Naval Fleet.
Chester Nimitz
This is what happens to the price of goods when there is more supply than demand.
What is decrease?
This state was the primary destination for many Texans fleeing the Dust Bowl.
What is California?
This New Deal agency was created by Sam Rayburn to protect stock consumers.
What is the Securities and Exchange Commission?
Texas provided 80% of this vital resource needed for the Allied war effort.
Oil
She was the director of the U.S. Women’s Army Corps (WAC).
Oveta Culp Hobby
Initially, this Texas industry helped many people keep their jobs during the bust.
What is the oil industry?
These giant clouds of topsoil sometimes blocked out the sun in the middle of the day.
What are Dust Clouds?
He was the Texan who served as FDR's Vice President, known as "Cactus Jack".
Who is John Nance Garner?
These were built in Texas to detain Japanese Americans considered "threats".
Internment Camps
J. Frank Dobie is credited with helping save this iconic Texas animal
Texas longhorn
This "cycle" describes the periods of growth and recession in the Texas economy
What is boom and bust cycles?
To prevent future erosion, Texans began practicing this type of conservation.
What is soil conservation?
These were the three "R's" promised by the New Deal programs
Relief, Recovery, Reform
This term describes the shift of Texans moving from rural areas to cities for jobs.
Urbanization
This historian and director of the Texas State Historical Society published The Great Plains.
Walter Prescott Webb