I was born in Denison, Texas and commanded all the U.S. Forces in the European Theater during WW2.
Who is General Dwight D. Eisenhower?
100
This enormous event marked the start of Great Depression in 1929.
What is the stock market crash of 1929?
100
A long period of time without precipitation and a leading cause of the Dust Bowl.
What is drought?
100
The Axis Powers.
Who are Germany, Italy, and Japan?
100
I was in bit of a controversy when I fired some Texas Rangers as governor.
Who is Governor Miriam Ferguson?
200
I was born in Fredericksburg, TX and commanded all the U.S. Forces in the Pacific Theater during WW2.
Who is Admiral Chester W. Nimitz?
200
Many people blamed me for the Great Depression since I greatly underestimated it.
Who is President Herbert Hoover?
200
These five primary states were affected by the Dust Bowl.
What are Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas?
200
Sewing parachutes, building airplanes, and assembling military weapons.
What are some of the typical jobs that women in wartime production might have?
200
The Smith v. Allwright case.
What is the 1944 U.S. Supreme Court case that ruled that all-white Texas primaries were not legal?
300
I was born in Uvalde, TX and served as President Roosevelt's Vice President during his first presidential term in the 1930s. I also helped push forward New Deal programs.
Who is Vice President John Nance Garner?
300
In the 1930s, the prices of oil, cotton, and wheat drastically dropped due to this common practice.
What is overproduction?
300
Many people became ill and died from this particular sickness during the Dust Bowl.
What are lung diseases?
300
These three reasons explain why Texas was an ideal location for military bases and training during WW2.
What is a mild climate, a central U.S. location, and great wide open spaces?
300
This U.S. Supreme Court case ruled that the University of Texas must admit an African American that applied to UT law school and was rejected because of his race.
What is the Sweatt v. Painter case?
400
My campaign song became the unofficial state song of Texas in 1938 when I became governor.
Who is Governor W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel?
400
These reform programs were initiated by President Roosevelt as a way to economically get America working again.
What is the New Deal?
400
A new method of farming to conserve water by plowing around rather than up and down.
What is contour plowing?
400
Many Texans rationed items, collected scrap iron, and contributed to the Red Cross and other agencies during the war.
What are some ways Texans on the homefront sacrificed for the war and/or contributed to troops overseas?
400
This popular and well-known poster with "Rosie the Riveter" had this exclamatory phrase.
What is "We Can Do It!"?
500
My hometown is Bonham, TX. I served as Speaker of the House in Congress for 17 years and I helped establish several reform programs as part of the New Deal.
Who is Sam Rayburn?
500
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), National Youth Administration (NYA), and Public Works Administration (PWA).
What are alphabet agencies?
500
The federal government paid farmers to do this method as a way to prevent topsoil from blowing away and forming sand dunes.
What is planting trees as windbreaks?
500
The Cold War.
What is the post-WW2 period when the U.S. tried to prevent the spread of communism from Soviet Russia?
or
What is the non-military conflict between the U.S. and Soviet Russia after WW2?
500
When the Japanese cut off the supply line from Southeast Asia it resulted in the U.S. making this substitute product.