Texas History World War I and the 1920s

Indicate whether the statement is true (T) or false (F).

Chinese immigrants who returned with General Pershing from Mexico received special permission to settle in Texas.

• True

• False

Indicate whether the statement is true (T) or false (F).

The increasing availability of affordable consumer goods changed the lives and routines of urban residents.

• True

• False

Indicate whether the statement is true (T) or false (F).

Jobs created by the increased demand for consumer goods prompted many urban Texans to leave their homes.

• True

• False

Indicate whether the statement is true (T) or false (F).

Some Americans who were opposed to immigration adopted a view called consumerism.

• True

• False

Indicate whether the statement is true (T) or false (F).

During the 1920s, some young women called “flappers” attended dance clubs and dressed in the latest fashions.

• True

• False

Match each item with its description.

• installment plans

• a method for purchasing merchandise using monthly payments

• rationing

• shifts from prosperity and profitable markets to poor markets and economic struggles

• boom-and-bust cycle

• investments issued by the government and bought by Americans to help pay the costs of war

• consumer goods

• items like vacuum cleaners and washing machines

• war bonds

• limiting the consumption of certain goods

Based on the excerpt, why did the Zimmermann telegram propose a German alliance with Mexico?

• in case the United States sided with Japan

• in case the United States failed to remain neutral

• in case Germany started submarine warfare

• in case England decided to make peace

According to the excerpt, how did Zimmermann’s proposal to Mexico involve Texas?

• Texas’s coast would come under submarine attack.

• Texas would be encouraged to remain neutral if war broke out.

• Mexico could offer secret terms to Texas to join the war.

• Mexico would be allowed to reconquer lost territory in Texas with Germany’s support.

How were Mexican Americans who immigrated to Texas after World War I treated?

• They became targets of discrimination.

• They were denied work in agriculture.

• Texans helped them find manufacturing jobs.

• Texans supported their efforts to settle in the state.

How did State Senator Margie Neal of Carthage help bring about social change in Texas in the 1920s?

• She encouraged flappers to abandon traditional cultural values.

• She won passage of a law that provided funds to help disabled people find jobs.

• She worked to save the Alamo and other historic sites.

• She organized a group to promote education for African Americans.