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Chapter 22: The Great Depression
      
  1.Who was governor of Texas when the Great Depression began?  
  a.   Herbert Hoover  
  b.   Miriam Ferguson  
  c.   Ross Sterling  
  d.   John N. Garner  
      
  2.What was the Daisy Bradford No. 3?  
  a.   the first oil well on Spindletop Hill  
  b.   the first oil well in West Texas  
  c.   the first oil well in Galveston Bay  
  d.   the first oil well of the East Texas Oil Field  
      
  3.Which of the following was NOT a result of overproduction at the East Texas Oil Field?  
  a.   Prices skyrocketed as wells were drilled in unlikely places.  
  b.   Prices went down as supply increased and demand stayed the same.  
  c.   The Texas Railroad Commission issued an order to limit production in the East Texas field.  
  d.   The governor declared martial law and sent the Texas National Guard to the East Texas field.  
      
  4.Which of the following statements about cotton farmers in Texas is true?  
  a.   The prices that farmers received for cotton increased during the 1920s.  
  b.   Many farmers voluntarily reduced the number of acres planted in cotton.  
  c.   Many new farms were settled between 1932 and 1937.  
  d.   The plan known as drop-a-crop was not successful.  
      
  5.President Roosevelt's programs that tried to help people during the Great Depression were called the ________.  
  a.   Fair Deal  
  b.   War on Poverty  
  c.   Great Society  
  d.   New Deal  
      
  6.Many of Texas's state parks were developed by the ________.  
  a.   Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)  
  b.   Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)  
  c.   National Youth Administration (NYA)  
  d.   Federal Communications Commission (FCC)  
      
  7.New Deal programs helped rural Texans in all the following ways EXCEPT ________.  
  a.   paying farmers to destroy crops  
  b.   building dams to generate electricity  
  c.   paying farmers to slow down soil erosion  
  d.   paying farmers to increase cotton production  
      
  8.Which of the following statements about Sam Rayburn is FALSE?  
  a.   He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives 24 times.  
  b.   He proposed the Rural Electrification Administration to help rural people get electrical service.  
  c.   He was Speaker of the House for 17 years.  
  d.   He reorganized the Texas Rangers.  
      
  9.Why is Dr. Lawrence Nixon an important person in Texas history?  
  a.   He fought for civil rights and won two victories in the U.S. Supreme Court.  
  b.   He hosted a daily radio show and campaigned for governor.  
  c.   He was elected 24 times to the U.S. House of Representatives.  
  d.   He arbitrated the Pecan Shellers' strike.  
      
  10.What organization worked for Mexican American rights in the court system, in hiring, and in education?  
  a.   the NAACP  
  b.   the WPA  
  c.   LULAC  
  d.   the School Improvement League  

 





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