20th Century Texas #7

Which of the following completes the web?

• Prices are set by the government.

• Consumers choose what to buy

• There is no competition.

• Resources are limited.

How did occupations change in Texas during World War II?

• Women were trained to provide air support.

• The number of military bases decreased

• Children were not allowed to work in factories.

• Farmers lost their homes and farms.

Which of the following completes the web?

• Hurricanes became stronger.

• People lost their homes and farms.

• Unemployment decreased.

• Crop prices increased.

Many farmers in Texas gave up and left their farms in search of other employment. Other farmers stuck it out until the regular rains returned in 1939. Farmers who weathered the storms put into practice better farming techniques. They began to rotate crops and plant rows of trees to break the wind. “The Dust Bowl”

How did the Dust Bowl help protect the future environment?

• Texas became a state filled with wetlands.

• It allowed eastern cities to grow crops

• The cattle industry disappeared

• People learned how to take care of the land

Which of the following completes the web?

• Job opportunities decreased

• Many Texans lost their jobs.

• Texans rationed food and essential items

• The population of Texas decreased

Which sentence completes the diagram?

• Factories began using coal to run machines

• A new process for mining gold was invented

• Oil was discovered at Spindletop.

• Silver was discovered at Spindletop.

Which Texan should be placed in the empty box?

• Audie Murphy

• Bessie Coleman

• Pattillo Higgins

• Michael DeBakey

Which of the following was NOT one of the materials Glidden used to produce his invention?

• iron nails

• hair pins

• fence wire

• coffee grinder

Which Texan should be placed in the empty box?

• Gail Borden

• Millie Hughes-Fulford

• Joseph Gidden

• Michael DeBakey

What was Borden’s first successful invention?

• meat biscuit

• condensed milk

• printing press

• locomotive bath house