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TEXAS IN THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND WWII

TEXAS IN THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND WWII. UNIT 11. GREAT DEPRESSION . THE FOLLOWING ARE CHARACTERISTICS OF TEXAS DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION. NEW DEAL PROGRAMS DUST BOWL DROUGHT BOOM AND BUST IN THE COTTON INDUSTRY. IMPORTANT EVENTS. GREAT DEPRESSION DUST BOWL NEW DEAL WORLD WAR II.

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TEXAS IN THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND WWII

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  1. TEXAS IN THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND WWII UNIT 11

  2. GREAT DEPRESSION • THE FOLLOWING ARE CHARACTERISTICS OF TEXAS DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION. • NEW DEAL PROGRAMS • DUST BOWL DROUGHT • BOOM AND BUST IN THE COTTON INDUSTRY

  3. IMPORTANT EVENTS • GREAT DEPRESSION • DUST BOWL • NEW DEAL • WORLD WAR II

  4. W.W.II ON TEXAS • THE ECONOMIC EFFECT OF WORLD WAR II ON TEXAS. • WOMEN JOINED THE WORK FORCE • ECONOMY BEGAN TO GROW • ITEMS WERE RATIONED

  5. MILITARY BASES IN TEXAS • AIR FORCE: BROOKS CITY-BASE, DYESS, GOOD FELLOW, LACKLAND, LAUGHLIN, RANDOLPH AND SHEPPARD. • ARMY: FORT BLISS, FORT HOOD, FORT SAM HOUSTON AND RED RIVER DEPOT. • NAVY: JRB(FT. WORTH), NAS(CORPUS CHRISTI) AND NAS(KINGS VILLE) • MILITARY BASES IN W.W.II WERE BUILT IN TEXAS BECAUSE OF THE MODERATE CLIMATE AND LAND.

  6. THE IMPACT OF THE DUST BOWL • NORTH TEXAS FARMERS MOVED WEST TO CALIFORNIA. • DUST STORMS AFFECTED A LARGE PART OF TEXAS. • MANY FARMERS LOST THEIR LANF TO BANKS. • STATES OUTSIDE THE DUST BOWL WERE AFFECTED. • PLANTED NEW TREES AND VEGETATION TO PREVENT EROSION.

  7. NEW DEAL PROGRAMS • IMPROVED THE LIVES OF TEXANS DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION BY EMPLOYING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO BUILD BRIDGES, ROADS AND SCHOOLS.

  8. COTTON PRODUCTION • THE COTTON PRODUCTION IN TEXAS DURING THE 1930’S AND 40’S DROPPED AND FEWER ACRES WERE PLANTED. • FEWER PEOPLE WORKED IN RURAL TEXAS DURING THE 1940’S.

  9. KEY PEOPLE • AUDIE MURPHY • JOHN NANCE GARNER • MIRIAM A. “MA” FERGUSON

  10. SUPPLY AND DEMAND • OVERPRODUCTION LED TO PRICE DECREASES IN TEXAS, WHICH LED TO ECONOMIC DOWNFALL IN THE 1930’S.

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