World Wars
In the early 1900s, Texans rationed supplies, 500 Texas women served as nurses, and approximately 5,000 gave their lives.
What is World War I
The Great Depression in Texas was especially damaging to the agricultural sector.
What is a severe drought?
President who initiated the New Deal
Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
Franklin D. Roosevelt's Vice President during his first two terms.
Who is John Nance Garner?
The arrival in Texas of the industries such as new military facilities, naval and aircraft production, ammunition plants, and petroleum plants was the result of this.
What is international conflict?
The New Deal programs changed the lives of Texans during the Great Depression.
What is thousands of Texans found jobs building roads and bridges?
The damages of the dust bowl in Texas
Texas benefited economically from U.S. involvement in World War II by supplying the war effort.
What are natural resources?
October 29, 1929
What is Black Tuesday?
The CCC
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps?
What is fewer acres of cotton were planted?
Why many military bases were built in Texas during the Second World War.
What is Texas' climate and large expanses of land?
Cause of the Great Depression
What is the stock market crash?
President before FDR who was partially blamed for the Depression
Who is Herbert Hoover?
He held the role of House Speaker for the longest time.
Who is Sam Rayburn?
Texas was changed after World War II in several ways, such as. . .
What is a demand for equal rights by women and minorities?
What is an increase in the urban population?
What is a boost to the economy due to defense spending?
Brought the U.S. out of the Great Depression
What is the start of World War II?
The 3 R's of the New Deal
What are relief, recovery, and reform?
The program created to help farmers during the Great Depression and New Deal.
What is the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)?