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Potpourri
100
She was the organizer and first commander of the Women's Army Corps.
Who is Oveta Culp Hobby?
100
Commander of the Pacific fleet who turned back the Japanese navy in World War II.
Who is Chester Nimitz?
100
Separating people according to their race.
What is segregation?
100
Agency created to make sure people don't lose their money when banks fail.
What is the FDIC?
100
President when the Great Depression began, whom many blamed for their losses.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
200
She fired all the TX Rangers because they supported the other candidate in the governor's election.
Who is Miriam "Ma" Ferguson?
200
African American sailor from TX who was recognized for his heroism at Pearl Harbor.
Who is Doris Miller?
200
Forty of these were located in TX during WWII.
What are POW camps?
200
Teenagers and others illegally traveled around the country on freight trains.
What is "riding the rails?"
200
Percentage of the US military made up of Texans in WWII.
What is 7%?
300
She is your favorite TX History teacher.
Who is Ms. Nelson. :-)
300
Soldier from TX who was "Most Decorated" in WWII, winning every US medal for bravery.
Who is Audie Murphy?
300
A series of new laws and programs designed to create jobs and improve the economy after the Depression.
What is the New Deal?
300
Japanese and German immigrants were required to stay here.
What are internment camps?
300
Number of military bases in TX during WWII.
What is 15?
400
She was the first African American to attend an all-white elementary school in the South.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
400
President who introduced the New Deal to help the country recover from the Depression.
Who is Franklin Roosevelt?
400
Germany, Italy and Japan.
Who are the Axis Powers?
400
Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union and the United States.
Who are the Allies?
400
The stock market crashed on this day, beginning the Great Depression.
What is Oct. 29, 1929?
500
She was the assistant principal at Ruby's school.
Who is Miss Woodmere?
500
Supreme Allied Commander during WWII, who was later president of the US.
Who is Dwight Eisenhower?
500
This caused the economy to improve and the population to increase in TX.
What is World War II?
500
There were 3 of these in TX during World War II.
What are internment camps?
500
The Japanese bombed this, causing the US to enter WWII.
What is Pearl Harbor, HI?