WW1
When does WW1 start?
1914
When was WW2?
1939
1941
1945
When was the dust bowl?
1930's
When was the Galveston hurricane?
1900
When was the stock market boom?
1920
The war was between which two groups?
The Triple Allies and the Central Powers
The war was between which two groups?
Allied Powers and Axis Powers
Where was the Dust Bowl?
Across American and Canadian prairies.
Why was Galveston not warned about the hurricane?
Ships at sea did not have the capability to telegraph their observations of the weather to be able to warn anyone.
When was the stock market bust?
1929
What recent inventions are used in battle?
Airplane
Tank
Machine Gun
Lethal Chemical Gas
Telephone
What types of technologies were used in WW2?
B-24 Bombers
Freighters
Munitions
What did FDR's new deal do?
-Paid farmers to not farm
-Paid farmers to try new soil conservation techniques
-Bought 140 million acres to be federally protected
What was the Economic effect of the hurricane?
Shipping and manufacturing businesses left Galveston after the hurricane to avoid future disasters. As a result, the economy fell to gambling and bootlegging.
Why did banks close?
They ran out of money because nobody could pay their debts.
Which group won the war?
The Central Powers
Why did the war take place?
Japan bombs
Pearl Harbor
How did farming families react to the Dust Bowl?
They migrated to California.
What was the political effect of the hurricane?
Houston commissioners were given one responsibility to ease the burden of rebuilding the city. Houston would replace Galveston as the biggest port in Texas.
Where did the homeless live?
in shantytowns or Hoovervilles
Why did the U.S. join the war?
A German sub sinks the British passenger ship "Lusitania". The Zimmerman telegraph.
Where did the war take place?
Europe
North Africa
Pacific Islands
Why did the Dust Bowl happen?
New innovations in farming led to over farming of the prairies.
What was the social effect of the hurricane?
Deadliest natural disaster in U.S. History - nearly 8,000 deaths reported
That happened to Texans after the stocks dropped?
They lost most or all of their money and jobs.