The Great Depression Begins
1929 = _____________ becomes President of the U.S.
Hoover
1930 ________________ Texas Governor.
Ross Sterling
To call the military in to enforce the law
Martial Law
Large ranches of the ________ were divided into __________ farms.
high plains smaller
Merchants accepted ______ as money as banks failed.
coupons
The crash of the __________ caused banks and investors to lose money, factories closed, incomes suffered, people lost jobs, all leading to the ______________.
stock market,Great Depression
1930 = ________ discovers Daisy ________ creating the East Texas oilfield and boom.
Dad Joiner Bradford
1920 thru The Great Depression _________ prices with surpluses.
falling cotton
these prices dropped______ due to overproduction.
Wheat oil and cotton
1929-1931 = Many ______ left _____ for Mexico and some were deported.
Hispanics Texas
Ownership in a company
Drillers were making __________ per day
$10-12
Law passed in Louisiana prohibiting the planting of cotton
drop a crop
Grasses were plowed under and soil exposed, droughts hit as well, and winds blew the soil into the sky causing major
dust storms
A.A. unemployment was ____ and many left Texas looking for __________
high work
Not having a job
UnEmployment
The _____ Texas oil field produced more oil than the rest of the state ____________.
East combined
Texas only partially ____ production and did not fully support ___________.
limited Drop a crop_
Motorists in the Texas Panhandle could not see ____ feet in front of them and breathing in the dirt caused illness and ____
20 lung diseases.
what did rural churches pay their preachers ?
eggs chickens vegetables and firewood
A person who drills for oil in a place where oil has not been found
Wildcatter
1931 = _________ limited the production of oil in East Texas.
TRC
The Average price for a 500 Pound bale of cotton was
28.50
An increase in facility size producing more items at a lower price
Economies of Scale
WILDCARD
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