Great Depression
This event in 1929 helped cause the Great Depression.
What is the stock market crash?
This policy involved giving in to aggressive countries to avoid war.
What is appeasement?
This attack in 1941 brought the U.S. into WWII.
What is Pearl Harbor?
Americans did this to goods like food and gasoline during WWII.
What is rationing?
This happened to Texas’ economy during WWII.
What is it became more industrialized?
This was a time when many Americans could not find jobs.
What is the Great Depression?
Germany’s invasion of this country started WWII in Europe.
What is Poland?
This famous invasion took place on the beaches of Normandy.
What is D-Day?
Women who worked factory jobs during WWII were often called this.
What is Rosie the Riveter (Rosies)?
This San Antonio air base was called the “West Point of the Air.”
What is Randolph Field?
This environmental disaster hurt farmers in Texas during the 1930s.
What is the Dust Bowl?
This treaty after WWI helped create anger in Germany.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This battle took place in the Pacific and was very costly for U.S. troops.
What is Iwo Jima?
The government sold these to help pay for the war.
What are war bonds?
Many Texans moved to cities for this reason during WWII.
What are factory jobs?
Unemployment did this in the early 1930s.
What is it increased sharply (spiked)?
This leader of Germany broke agreements and expanded territory.
Who is Adolf Hitler?
This war lasted from 1941 to 1945 for the United States.
What is World War II?
Factories in Texas began producing these for the war.
What are planes, tanks, and weapons?
This type of training took place at military bases across Texas.
What is military training?
This president created programs to help Americans during the Great Depression.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This alliance included Germany, Italy, and Japan.
What are the Axis Powers?
This Allied victory marked the beginning of the end for Germany.
What is D-Day (or Normandy invasion)?
This group took on many new jobs while men were at war.
Who are women?
This describes how Texas helped the U.S. win WWII.
What is producing supplies and training soldiers?