Boom or Bust
The Great Depression
WW II
Civil Rights
Vocabulary
100

Explain how Florida's the weather affected the land boom.

The weather in Florida is mild and temperate which caused people to want to move here.

100

What weather affected Florida the most during the depression?

A Hurricane in 1935

100
Where was the largest military base in Florida during WWII?

Camp Blanding in Jacksonville.

100
Were sit-ins, wade-ins and marches considered boycotts or civil disobedience?

Civil Disobedience

100

To refuse to buy or use and item or service as a form of peaceful protest.

Boycott

200

Explain how Florida's weather affection the land bust.

Hurricanes and freezes that destroyed citrus crops.

200

What holiday did the 1935 Hurricane hit Florida?

Labor Day

200
Two reasons why Florida was perfect for military training.

Large amounts of available land and mild temeratures

200
What boycott did Rosa Parks initiate?

Montgomery Bus Boycott

200

Refusal to follow rules or laws as a form of peaceful protest.

Civil Disobedience

300

Florida implemented a state Income Tax which led to the Depression.

True/False

FALSE! Florida did not have a state income tax which contributed to the land boom!

300

What insect made Florida farmers have to quarantine their farms?

Mediteranean Fruit Fly

300
What was Florida's greatest contribution to WWII?

Shipbuilding

300

Who was the first Black American student to go to an elementary school for white children in the south?

Ruby Bridges
300

People who work together to bring change.

Activists

400

What were land speculators?

People who bought land at a lower price in hopes of more people moving to Florida then selling at a higher price.

400

What was the cause of the Great Depression in 1929?

The stock market crashed.

400

What the United States part of the Allies or Axis Powers?

Allies

400

Give an example of Civil Disobedience.

Sit-in, wade-in, or march
400

Airplanes that patrolled the Florida coastline looking for German submarines in WWII.

Mosquito Fleet

500

Florida weather and money were cause of the Boom, Bust or Both?

Both

500

What was the cause of railroad tracks being destroyed after the Hurricane in 1935?

Storm Surge

500

What were the roles for women during WWII while the men were fighting?

Driving trucks, nurses, flew military planes, repaired equiment.

500

What groups of people had to fight for civil rights?

Black Americans, Hispanic Americans, Women, Native Americans, Americans with Disabilities.

500

Prejudice or unfair behavior toward others based on age, race, or gender.

Discrimination

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