Dust Bowl
People
WW II
New Deal
Great Depression
100
Caused the Dust Bowl.
What is drought and poor farming practices.
100
Most Decorated soldier during WWII.
Who is Capt. Audie Murphy?
100
America called this a "Day that will live in Infamy."
What is the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec 7, 1941.
100
This was the first task of the New Deal.
What is put people to work.
100
Started the Great Depression.
What is the Stock Market Crash of 1929.
200
What Texans planted to help stop the Dust Bowl.
What is trees and other vegetation.
200
This President was credited with ending the Great Depression.
Who is President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
200
How many Texans fought in WW II.
What is 750,000.
200
Fort Parker State Park and many other State Parks were built by them.
What is the CCC - Civilian Conservation Corps.
200
Farmers lost their farms to them.
What is the banks.
300
The Dust Bowl caused these in surrounding States -
What are Dust Storms?
300
He was FDR's Vice President.
Who is John Nance "Cactus Jack" Garner?
300
Why military installations were built here during WWII.
What is moderate climate and large expanses of land.
300
Because of the New Deal thousands of Texans were employed to do this.
What is build roads and bridges.
300
This event brought the end to the Great Depression.
What is World War II.
400
Some North Texas farmers moved here.
What is to California?
400
Five star Admiral and Commander of the Pacific War.
Who is Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz.
400
Because of wartime factory jobs.
What is women went to work.
400
Information about the New Deal can be found in encyclopedias which are this type of "source."
What is a secondary source.
400
The bust in the Cotton Cycle was caused by this.
What is overproduction and lowering prices.
500
These were the worst years of the Dust Bowl.
What is 1934 to 1936.
500
Served 24 years as Speaker of the House and is credited with helping to pass the New Deal.
Who is Sam Rayburn?
500
Put these events in order: New Deal, Dust Bowl, WWII, Great Depression
What is Great Depression, Dust Bowl, New Deal, WWII.
500
The New Deal was nicknamed this.
What is the "Alphabet Soup" Agencies.
500
The amount of Americans without a job during the Great Depression.
What is 25%.
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