Great Depression & WWII Great Depression Dust Bowl New Deal World War II Potpourri Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

$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? (3 Total)

$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 Bowl DOUBLE 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 1 st 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 Potpourri DOUBLE 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 19 th Century (1800s).

Final Jeopardy Answer Horses Railroads Steamboats