Texas History

Fort Burrows

Chapter 17 Review

  1. internment -
  1. aliens -
  1. pension -
  1. centennial -
  1. erosion -
  1. foreclosure -
  1. stock -
  1. Fascism -
  1. collateral -
  1. blackout -
  1. depression -
  1. rationing -
  1. dictator -
  1. empires -
  1. isolationist -
  1. What did Women’s Air Force Service Pilots( WASP ) do during WWII?

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  1. When was Texas’ centennial ?
  1. When did the United States enter the second world war ?

Why ?

  1. What four events lead to ‘Black Tuesday’ ?

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  1. Why did private charities stop providing relief to people?
  1. Who was the only two-term female Governor of Texas ?
  1. What did Texans ration during WWII ?
  1. What nickname was given to the Texas dust storms?
  1. List the 3 Allied powers we discussed in class ?

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  1. What caused the Depression to begin to hurt Texas?
  1. What industry became the most important in Texas during WWII?
  1. List the 3 Axis powers we discussed in class ?

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  1. What role did Dwight D. Eisenhower’splay in WWII:
  1. Which Texan served as Roosevelt’s vice president, for 2 terms, and then decided to

work against him and the New Deal?

  1. What fourfactors contributed to the Dust Bowl?

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  1. List three causes of the Great Depression:

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  1. List three ways WWII changed the Texas economy.

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3)

  1. What was the New Deal?

Which President wrote the New Deal ?

  1. What region of Texaslost 1/3 of all farms due to the Dust Bowl?
  1. What was Avenger Field:

Where was it ?

  1. What was the short-term effect of the New Deal?
  1. Why was Texas not affected by the Depression at first?

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38. List the New Deal agency that built Red Bluff Dam & Reservoir ?

39. Why did many, if not most, Texas farmers lose their family farms ?

.40. Stock is a share of ownership in a ______? ,

.41. Who were pensions designed to benefit ?

.42. What 3 natural causes contributed to the Dust Bowl ?

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.43. The worst storms of the Dust Bowl were called what ?

.44. Who did President Hoover believe should provide relief to those in need ?

.45. What was the name of President Roosevelt’s plan to heal the economy ?

.46. Under fascism, a country is completely controlled by what ?

.47. Texas was the largest training ground for who ?

.48. Rationing made everyday items available When and How ?

.49. What happens during a wartime blackout ?

50. What was the results of Smith v. Allwright :

51. What year did the Great Depression begin? ______

52. What year did the Japanese drop bombs on Pearl Harbor ? ______

53. Who was the first Native Texan to serve as Commander In Chief ? ______

54. What three things did Texas have that brought the country kids to the city ?

1 ______

2 ______

3 ______

55. School children grew these in their yards. ______

56. Which town or Region became the home of aircraft plants? ______

57. What one factor allowed Hitler to become dictator of Germany ? ______

58. Pearl Harbor was in which American Territory ? ______

59. The Social Security Administrations’ first Texas office was in ______

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