Great Depression & WWIIGreat Depression

Dust Bowl New Deal World War II

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$100 Question from Great Depression

During the 1920s, many people invested lots of their money in what?

$100 Answer from Great Depression

Stocks or Stock Market

$200 Question from Great Depression

The Stock Market crash on October 29, 1929 marked the end of the boom years and set off a series of events that led to the Great Depression. This day is also known as what?

$200 Answer from Great Depression

Black Tuesday

$300 Question from Great Depression

Why did the Depression not affect Texas as badly as other parts of the United States at first?

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$300 Answer from Great Depression

- Few Texans invested in the Stock Market- More farmers than industrial workers- Texas had been a poor state before the

stock market crash

$400 Question from Great Depression

What crop was heavily affected by the depression that soon spread worldwide, which led to many Texans losing their jobs and businesses closing?

$400 Answer from Great Depression

Cotton

$500 Question from Great Depression

Based on the idea of supply and demand, the overproduction of an item would cause the price to do what?

$500 Answer from Great Depression

Decrease

$100 Question from Dust Bowl

Due to the Dust Bowl, what happened to many farmers in Texas?

$100 Answer from Dust Bowl

Lost their farms

$200 Question from Dust Bowl

In the mid 1930s, a terrible drought hit Texas and states in the Great Plains. As a result heavy winds and nothing but dry Texas soil soon led to dust storms, which were also called what?

$200 Answer from Dust Bowl

“Black Blizzards”

$300 Question from Dust Bowl

Texas and other states affected by the Dust Bowl learned to manage problems from this in the 1930s. What are some examples of how we learned to manage the Dust Bowl?

$300 Answer from Dust Bowl

- Planted new trees and vegetation to prevent erosion

- Soil Conservation

$400 Question from Dust BowlDOUBLE JEOPARDY

As a result of the Dust Bowl, many people in Texas moved to what state?

$400 Answer from Dust Bowl

California

$500 Question from Dust Bowl

Because of the Dust Bowl and other things happening in the world, many Texans moved from rural Texas to where?

$500 Answer from Dust Bowl

Urban Areas or Citities

$100 Question from New Deal

What was the purpose of the New Deal?

$100 Answer from New Deal

To create new jobs for people and to climb out of the Great Depression

$200 Question from New Deal

The New Deal provided what types of jobs to help improve the lives of Texans during the Great Depression?

$200 Answer from New Deal

Construction jobs such as building roads and bridges

$300 Question from New Deal

What president was responsible for creating many of the New Deal programs?

$300 Answer from New Deal

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)

$400 Question from New Deal

Who was Governor of Texas during the Great Depression and New Deal?

$400 Answer from Cattle Industry 2

Miriam “Ma” Ferguson

$500 Question from New Deal

What national monument was created during the Great Depression as a way to help create more jobs?

$500 Answer from New Deal

Mount Rushmore

$100 Question from World War II

World War II led to the creation of what types of industries in Texas?

$100 Answer from World War II

- New Military Facilities- Naval and Aircraft Production- Ammunition Plants- Petroleum Plants

$200 Question from World War II

What group helped to win the war because of the work they did in the factories back in the United States?

$200 Answer from World War II

Women

$300 Question from World War II

Why were many military bases during World War II built in Texas?

$300 Answer from World War II

Texas had a good climate and lots of land

$400 Question from World War II

Who was the most decorated soldier of World War II?

$400 Answer from Farming

Audie Murphy

$500 Question from World War II

Why did the United States finally join the Allies during World War II?

$500 Answer from World War II

Bombing of Pearl Harbor

$100 Question from Potpourri

What does bias mean?

$100 Answer from Potpourri

Prejudice towards one person, thing or group

$200 Question from Potpourri

Provide some examples of secondary sources.

$200 Answer from Potpourri

-Encyclopedia

-Textbook

-Biography

$300 Question from Potpourri

Who was John Nance Garner?

$300 Answer from Potpourri

- Served as FDR’s 1st Vice President- Served as Speaker of the House

$400 Question from Potpourri

Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower?

$400 Answer from Potpourri

Supreme Allied Commander of European Forces

$500 Question from PotpourriDOUBLE JEOPARY

How was World War II able to end the Great Depression?

$500 Answer from Potpourri

Created thousands of jobs and helped kick start the economy.

Final Jeopardy

Name 3 major means of transportation in the late 19th Century (1800s).

Final Jeopardy Answer

HorsesRailroadsSteamboats