Unit #11 Great Depression and WWII Exam REview

By practicing soil conservation, Texans adapted to what natural disaster?

• Galveston Hurricane of 1900

• The Dust Bowl

• The Stock Market Crash

• The Great Depression

The day the U.S. stock market crashed (October 29th, 1929) is referred to by historians as ___________.

• Black Tuesday

• Black Friday

• Red Sunday

• Blue Wednesday

Extreme drought (lack of rain), dry topsoil, and wind erosion were all ____________ causes of the Dust Bowl.

• physical

• human

The chart on the left supports which of the following statements

• The Great Depression was a period of all-time low unemployment

• Unemployment rose to almost 25% during the Great Depression

• The New Deal successfully brought an end to the Great Depression

• An economic boom occurred between 1929 and 1939

Oil and food production were major ways that Texas contributed to the ______

• New Deal programs

• War effort during WWII

• Dust Bowl recovery

• Economic boom of the 1930s

The Japanese attack on what naval base caused the U.S. to join World War II?

• Guam

• Crystal City

• Pearl Harbor

• Fort Hood

What Texan famously served as the first director of the Women's Army Corps?

• Oveta Culp Hobby

• Jane McCallum

• Barbara Jordan

• Rosie the Riveter

What U.S. President promised to provide relief and create jobs for the unemployed through his New Deal programs during the Great Depression?

• Herbert Hoover

• Woodrow Wilson

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Dwight Eisenhower

What U.S. President denied direct government assistance to individuals during the Great Depression, causing unemployment and homelessness to continue to rise?

• Herbert Hoover

• Woodrow Wilson

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Dwight Eisenhower

Although efforts were made, private charities would run out of resources and be unable to do enough to help Americans that were _________ during the Great Depression.

• unemployed (without jobs)

• fighting overseas

• being discriminated against

• Being greedy and corrupt