04/28/2014

1. 04/28/2014 • First- Find your WW 2 note pages in the front of the room • Next- Grab the review page from the front of the room

2. Texas in Great Depression and World War 2 Review for exam 04/29/2014 Answers in Red

3. Name three events that occurred during the Great Depression • New Deal programs, • Dust Bowl drought, and • Boom and Bust in the cotton Industry

4. Put the following in timeline order: New Deal, Dust Bowl, WW2, Great Depression • Great Depression, • Dust Bowl, • New Deal, • WW2

5. What event would include the arrival in Texas of the following industries: new military facilities, naval and air craft production, ammunition plants, petroleum plants? • International conflict (World War)

6. Name 3 economic effects of World War 2 on Texas: • Food and goods were rationed, • Economy began to grow, • Women joined the workforce

7. How did the Dust Bowl impact Texas society? • North Texas farmers moved away to California • Farmers began to work for the WPA-new deal program • Ghost towns developed

8. How did the New Deal programs improve the economic lives of Texans during the Great Depression? • Thousands were employed to build roads and bridges in order to earn money

9. Why were many military bases built in Texas during World War 2? • Texas had a good and moderate climate • Large expanses of land

10. How did the cotton production in Texas change during the 1930’s and 1940’s (Dust Bowl)? • Fewer acres were planted for cotton

11. What happened to the population in Texas during the 1930’s and 1940’s (Dust Bowl)? • Fewer people worked in rural Texas in 1940’s

12. How did supply and demand affect the economy of Texas during the 1930’s (Dust Bowl)? • Supply of products decreased, causing higher prices

13. How did the Dust Storms affect Texas? • Dust storms affected and damaged a large part of Texas (North Texas and the Panhandle)

14. How did the dust storms affect the U. S.? • States outside the Dust Bowl were affected by the dust that blew in from other states

15. How did the Dust Bowl affect economic development in Texas? • Many farms and farm equipment were lost to banks

16. How did Texans react and manage problems arising from the Dust Bowl in the 1930’s? • Conservation with new planting and plowing methods

17. Know the difference between a primary and secondary source and an example • Primary source: diary, autobiography • (first person, I, I, I, I, I, Me, me, me) • Secondary source: encyclopedia, magazine • (gets information from somewhere else)

18. Described Audie Murphy • 1924-1971, • Most famous soldier of WW2 • Celebrated movie star and song writer

19. Describe John Nance Garner? • Served in the Texas House of Representatives, • Speaker of the House for the U. S. House of Representatives, and • Vice-president during Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s first two terms

20. What event would have extremely high unemployment rates? • Great Depression

21. What event helped start the Great Depression? • Black Tuesday (Crash of the Stock market)

22. Describe Oveta Culp Hobby • A journalist, business leader, and public servant, • Formed and led the Women’s Army Corps(WAC) during World War II. • Appointed the first secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare — the second woman to hold a cabinet post.

23. When did World War 2 begin in Europe? • 1939 (Germany invades Poland)

24. What caused the United States to enter WW2? • Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor

25. When did WW2 end? • 1945, with the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan

26. What global event or events contributed to World War 2? • Great Depression, • German’s desire to dominate Europe, and • Japan’s desire to dominate East Asia

27. What was the name of the biggest internment camp in Texas? • Crystal City