The Great Depression
This 1929 event caused stock prices to collapse and began the Great Depression.
What is the Stock Market Crash (Black Tuesday)?
This physical cause of the Dust Bowl meant very little rainfall.
What is drought?
The president who created the New Deal was this man.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)?
Leaders with complete power over a country are called this.
What are dictators?
Texas provided about this percentage of the oil needed for the war.
What is 80%?
These were camps of homeless Americans during the Great Depression.
What are Hoovervilles?
This practice loosened the dirt in the ground with tractors.
What is overplowing?
The New Deal promised Relief, Recovery, and this.
What is Reform?
Trying to avoid war by ignoring aggressive actions is called this.
What is appeasement?
To save supplies, Americans were limited in how much they could buy/use, which was called this.
What is rationing?
Texas was less affected at first because this industry continued to provide jobs.
What is the oil industry?
Strong winds picked up dry soil and caused this problem.
What is erosion (dust storms)?
This Texas leader served as FDR’s vice president.
Who is John Nance Garner? Cactus Jack
Germany invaded this country in 1939, starting WWII in Europe.
What is Poland?
Families grew these to help feed themselves and the military.
What are victory gardens?
How did farmers negativley impact the Great Depression?
Overproduction of goods led to laying off employees
Many Texans left the state and moved here to look for work.
What is California?
Before entering the war, the U.S. tried to remain this.
What is neutral?
During the war, many Texans moved from farms to cities, which increased this.
What is urbanization?
One solution Texans used to prevent future Dust Bowls was this.
What is soil conservation (planting trees/protecting grasses)?
This Texas leader helped create the SEC to protect investors.
Who is Sam Rayburn?
This 1941 event caused the U.S. to officially enter World War II.
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?
What is the GI Bill?
This law helped returning soldiers pay for college and buy homes.