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5th 6 weeks
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Oveta Culp Hobby | Colonel in the Women’s Army Corps during WW2 |
| Dwight Eisenhower | Important US military leader during WW2 |
| Rosie the Riveter | imaginary female person that represented all women who went to work in the factories during WW2 while the men were at war |
| Hector P. Garcia | founded American G.I Forum and fought discrimination against Hispanics |
| Zimmerman Telegram | sent by Arthur Zimmerman to Mexico trying to get them to join them in WW1. Germany promised to help the Mexicans get back the southwestern U.S |
| Texas oil and entire world | Texas thrust into world market because of the global demand for oil |
| Economic effect of WW2 on Texas | caused us to move toward industrialization, and most people became employed |
| Urban Texas | grew in Texas because industrial jobs near cities grew and people moved to town |
| Texas “Black Migration" | oil industry gave them economic opportunities and better jobs… so they moved |
| Germany’s promise to Mexico | If Mexico would join WW1, Germany would help them get back southwestern U.S |
| Urban | Life in the city |
| Rural | Life on the farm |
| Effect of Texas oil production during WW2 | helped the allies win WW2 |
| Effect of Dust Bowl | brought on farm subsidies, use of irrigation, new farming techniques, and population re-distribution |
| Great Depression and its effect on women/minorities | they lost jobs to Anglo males |
| Place the following in correct order Dust Bowl - WW2 - Great Depression - WW1 | WW1 - Great Depression - Dust Bowl - WW2 |
| Current stimulus is to Obama as _____________________ is to FDR | New Deal |
| Cause of Dust Bowl | drought, poor farming techniques |
| U.S. reason for entering WW2 | Attack on Pearl Harbor |
| U.S. reason for entering WW1 | Sinking of the Lusitania, Zimmerman Telegram (Zimmerman Telegram was the last straw) |
| Petrochemical Industry | industry that produces many things from crude oil… very important industry |
| Wildcatters | people who roamed the country looking for places to drill for oil |
| Alphabet Agencies | Created by New Deal… like WPA, PWA, FDIC etc. |