Chapter 22 and 23 Review Name 3 problems during the Great Depression. Banks failed Unemployment rose People went into debt.

Chapter 22 and 23 Review

Name 3 problems during the Name 3 problems during the Great Depression.Great Depression.

Banks failed

Unemployment rose

People went into debt

Why did Herbert Hoover do almost nothing to help at the beginning of the

Great Depression?

He underestimated He underestimated how bad the how bad the Great Depression Great Depression would be.would be.

Name 3 ways the federal government tried to help farmers

in the Great Depression.

Paying them to plant trees as windbreaks

Paying them to reduce the amount of crops they planted

Teaching them better farming techniques

What did many Mexican What did many Mexican immigrants in Texas do during immigrants in Texas do during

the Great Depression?the Great Depression?

They moved back to Mexico because there were no jobs in Texas.

The immigration rate decreased.

¡Adiós, Texas!

What was the New Deal?

Franklin Roosevelt’s plan to Franklin Roosevelt’s plan to end the Great Depression.end the Great Depression.

Who was the U.S. President in 1929 when the Great Depression

began?

Herbert Hoover

Who was head of the NYA (Nation Youth Administration)

in Texas?

Lyndon B. JohnsonLyndon B. Johnson

The series of storms that blew away all the soil in the Texas

Panhandle, causing farmers to lose their crops and farms

was called -

The Dust The Dust BowlBowl

Refusal to work as protest against the employer is called a -

STRIKE!

Which President led the U.S. out of the Great Depression?

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Someone who takes control of a country through force and has

complete control over the government is called a -

dictator

The mass murder of European Jews by the Nazis during World

War II is known as the -

Holocaust

The Alphabet Agencies were created by President Roosevelt’s -

New Deal

LULAC works to support the rights of which group of people?

Latin Americans (Mexican Americans)

What monument was built to celebrate the Texas Centennial?

San Jacinto Monument

What agency provided employment to plant trees to

prevent erosion?

CivilianCivilianConservationConservationCorpsCorps

What agency created construction jobs such as roads,

bridges, dams, and buildings?Works Progress AdministrationWorks Progress Administration

Which 3 countries were known as the Axis Powers in World War II?

GermanyGermany

JapanJapan

ItalyItaly

Which 3 countries were allies of the United States in World War II?

BritainBritain

FranceFrance

Soviet UnionSoviet Union

What event caused the U.S. to declare war on Japan

and Germany?

Japanese attack on

Pearl Harbor

Which soldier received more medals than any other American

in World War II?

Audie Murphy

Who organized the WACS (Women’s Army Corps)?

Oveta Culp HobbyOveta Culp Hobby

On what city did the U.S. drop an atomic bomb, bringing

an end to World War II?Hiroshima

What law helped veterans (former soldiers) by paying

college tuition and giving low interest loans to buy houses

and businesses?

G.I Bill of G.I Bill of RightsRights

The period between 1945 and 1964 when 76 million Americans

were born is know as what?The Baby

Boom

The system of government where the government owns all property and businesses and

eliminates all religions is called -

Communism

The fear that Communism would spread to the U.S. and the accusation of many innocent Americans of being Communists was known as the -

Red Scare

In what war from 1950 – 1953 did the U.S. work with United Nations troops to stop the spread of Communism?

Korean War

Who worked with the NAACP in Houston to end racial

discrimination?

Christia Adair

Which Mexican American/Texan Which Mexican American/Texan was awarded the Congressional was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor and is buried in Medal of Honor and is buried in

Houston National Cemetery?Houston National Cemetery?

Macario Garcia

Which Texas was Speaker of the House of Representatives from

1940 to 1961?

Sam Rayburn “Mr. Sam”

Who was the U.S. Vice President who brought NASA to Houston?

Lyndon B. Johnson

Who sued the University of Texas Law School when they would not allow him to attend

because of his race?

Heman Sweatt