Texas History - Unit 9- Review Game 4 Question Preview (ID: 58891)


Prosperity And The Great Depression. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

The League of United Latin American Citizens wanted ...
a) equal rights for Mexican Americans.
b) guaranteed citizenship and equal rights for immigrants from Mexico.
c) better relations between Washington and Mexico City.
d) to take control of South Texas.

'Ma' Ferguson offered Texans ...
a) 'a chicken in every pot.'
b) 'two governors for the price of one.'
c) 'more Yankee dollars than we've ever had before.'
d) 'high priced cotton and good times too.'

One reason the economy slowed after the war was that ...
a) too many people were looking for work.
b) government spending decreased.
c) not enough workers could be found.
d) newly discharged soldiers did not like industrial work.

The Dust Bowl was caused by ...
a) overgrazing, plowing, and drought.
b) sheepherders who fenced the open plains.
c) government programs that encouraged farmers not to grow crops.
d) too many wildcatters drilling for oil.

President Roosevelt proposed a program called the New Deal to help Americans hurt by the depression.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

Jazz was created by white musicians, but quickly taken up by African Americans.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

The Great Depression began with the crash of the stock market.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

The depression was far worse in Texas than in most other states.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

Oil continued to boom in Texas through the 1920s.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

In the early 1920s, cotton prices fell to as low as 4 cents a pound.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

Mexican Americans were allowed to vote everywhere in Texas, but could not attend white schools.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

The Texas economy boomed right after the war.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

The Ku Klux Klan was politically powerful in the early 1920s.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

African Americans were effectively barred from voting in Texas during most of the early 1900s.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

Crisis struck the oil industry in the early 1930s because of ...
a) higher taxes on oil producers.
b) severe water pollution near the East Texas oil fields.
c) overproduction following the East Texas discovery.
d) declining production in West Texas.

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