Name: ______________________________ Period: ___
Test Review – Unit 10 – Great Depression and World War II
The test is Wednesday, May 3 for A day classes, and Thursday, May 4 for B day classes.
Study this review, and also your notes, assignments, and vocabulary from Unit 10.
Great Depression
1. Factors that caused the ________________________________ included risky investments, lower prices, and
overproduction.
2. When something is overproduced, that means that people are making too much of it (more than people want
to buy), and the price _______________ (increases or decreases?). This shows the concept of
______________________________________.
3. Effects of the Great Depression included:
A. High __________________________ (many people did not have jobs)
B. ___________ closed
C. Prices of agricultural goods __________________
D. Many people could not afford _________________ and __________
4. The federal government program to try to fix the Great Depression was called the _____________________.
5. It was led by President __________________________, Vice President __________________________, and
Congressman __________________________.
6. Circle the two leaders who were from Texas.
7. What was the main way that the New Deal tried to help people? ___________________________________
8. Name at least two New Deal projects built in Texas. ____________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________
Dust Bowl
9. Which region of Texas was most severely affected by dust storms? ________________________
Why? __________________________________________________________________________________
10. What is the nickname for the northernmost part of this region? ________________________
11. What were the causes of the Dust Bowl?
___________________, ___________________, ___________________, ___________________
12. How did the use of farm machinery affect the land?
__________________________________________________________________________________________
13. What was the main type of farm equipment that contributed to this? ________________________
World War II
14. What event ended the Great Depression? ____________________
How? _________________________________________________________________________________
15. During WWII, there was _______ (more or less?) demand for Texas products such as oil, cotton, food, and
lumber.
16. In Texas during the era that we are studying (Great Depression and World War II), the rural population
__________________ (increased or decreased?) and the urban population __________________ (increased or
decreased?).
Why? ____________________________________________________________________________________
17. How did women contribute to WWII? ________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
18. What was Oveta Culp Hobby’s main contribution to WWII? ______________________________________
19. What was Doris Miller’s main contribution to WWII? __________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
20. How could a country use propaganda to help win a war? _________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
21. Which side (team, or group of countries)
were these countries on in WWII?
Country
Axis Allies
United States
Great Britain / United Kingdom
France (free France)
USSR / Soviet Union
China
Germany
Italy
Japan
22. What did you learn from the video about Mr. Richard Overton? (other than that he is the oldest living US
veteran of WWII and his is almost 111)
General Information
23. The Great Depression was a very big __________ (boom or bust?).
24. WWII was a very big __________ (boom or bust?).
25. The Stock Market Crash of 1929 marked the beginning of the ________________________________.
26. After the Great Depression had started, the US government tried to fix it by creating the _______________.
27. Later, what finally ended the Great Depression was ________________________.
The Great Depression was approximately 1929-1939.
WWII started in Europe in 1939. The US entered WWII in 1941. WWII ended in 1945.
The armed forces is another word for the military. The Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard
are all branches/parts of the US military (but the Air Force was not established until after WWII).