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The Great Depression, Dust Bowl, New Deal, and WWII
Quiz by Melissa Ridings
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​What part of Texas did the Dust Bowl affect the most?
The Panhandle
The Gulf Coast
The Mountains and Basins
Houston
​For what reason did Texans ration, or limit, their food during the early 1940s?
To support the war effort during the Second World War
What part of Texas did the Dust Bowl affect the most?
For what reason did Texans ration, or limit, their food during the early 1940s?
There were many songs written during the time of the Dust Bowl. How did these songs depict the change dust storms caused in the artists' lives?
What events from the 1930s may have influenced the population growth of urban areas?
Which political leader in Texas pushed for building farm to market roads and getting electricity in rural areas?
What caused the Great Depression to end?
What was the purpose of the New Deal?
In what way did World War 2 affect the Texas economy?
What caused the Dust Bowl?
Put the following events in the correct chronological order:
How did the Dust Bowl change society in Texas?
How did the New Deal help thousands of Texans during the Great Depression?
Economically how did the Dust Bowl affect the development of Texas?
How did Texas try and counteract the problems of the dust bowl?
John Nance Garner was a member of the House of Representatives that served as Speaker of the House and later was Vice President under FDR's first two terms.
Audie Murphy was the most decorated US soldier of WW2 and would go on to become an actor.
In what way did the overproduction of oil, gas, and agricultural products change the Texas economy during the Great Depression?
What can you tell from the image attached?
How many Internment/POW camps were in Texas?
The United States had its only training ground in Texas during the war.
