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Chapter 21: World War I and the 1920s
      
  1.Who did General John J. Pershing and 6,000 troops from San Antonio pursue in 1916?  
  a.   Victoriano Huerta  
  b.   Emiliano Zapata  
  c.   Pancho Villa  
  d.   Porfirio Díaz  
      
  2.What was the largest flight training school in the world during World War I?  
  a.   Camp Logan  
  b.   Kelly Field  
  c.   Stinson Field  
  d.   Camp Houston  
      
  3.People on the home front during World War I sacrificed in all of the following ways EXCEPT ________.  
  a.   they took part in the Liberty Loan campaigns  
  b.   they voluntarily rationed food  
  c.   they gave their cities German names  
  d.   they gave generously to the Red Cross  
      
  4.Why did the Texas economy prosper from World War I?  
  a.   because Texas produced so many things the military needed  
  b.   because Texas sent the most soldiers overseas  
  c.   because Texas held meatless Tuesdays and wheatless Mondays  
  d.   because the governor reduced the salaries of state workers  
      
  5.After World War I, sharecroppers experienced ________.  
  a.   a drastic improvement in their standard of living  
  b.   severe poverty  
  c.   a new plan to grow crops other than cotton  
  d.   a share in the wealth of other Texans  
      
  6.Who did the Ku Klux Klan NOT target after World War I?  
  a.   African Americans  
  b.   Jews  
  c.   Germans  
  d.   Catholics  
      
  7.Who was Annie Webb Blanton?  
  a.   a pioneer aviator  
  b.   secretary of state under two governors  
  c.   superintendent of public instruction for two terms  
  d.   a civil rights organizer  
      
  8.Why did Texas quickly create the Texas Highway Department?  
  a.   because more than one million cars and trucks were registered by 1826  
  b.   so it would be eligible for federal funds for highway construction  
  c.   because the growing number of drivers demanded better roads  
  d.   because the quality of roads varied tremendously from county to county  
      
  9.The first radio broadcasts in Texas were from ________.  
  a.   WFAA in Dallas  
  b.   KILE in Galveston  
  c.   WBAP in Fort Worth  
  d.   science departments of Texas universities  
      
  10.What was a by-product of Texas's shift from a rural to an urban state?  
  a.   an increase in cotton production  
  b.   more time spent on recreation and leisure  
  c.   less time spent on recreation and leisure  
  d.   a decrease in new technologies such as motion pictures  

 





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