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Texas History
Rationing, Spindletop, Suffragist, Jim Crow Law
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Social Studies
7th Grade
04/30/2013

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Term
______________________ relates to life in the city.
Definition
Urban
Term
To limit food or goods to ensure adequate supplies to soldiers is known as ________________________.
Definition
Rationing
Term
___________________ is a period of low economic activity often marked by high unemployment.
Definition
Depression
Term
September 8, 1900 _______________________ was struck by a huge hurricane that is known as the worst natural disaster in U.S. history.
Definition
Galveston
Term
________________________ became the leading retail center in Texas.
Definition
Dallas
Term
__________________________ are those supporting women’s right to vote.
Definition
Suffragists
Term
In 1919 the _______________________________ was approved, putting prohibition into effect.
Definition
18th Amendment
Term
In 1902 a __________________________ kept many poor and minority citizens from voting.

A ______________________ was established in the early 1900s to discriminate against poor.
Definition
Poll Tax
Term
_________________________ required segregation of public facilities such as hotels, restaurants, and restrooms.
Definition
Jim Crow Laws
Term
The ________________________ was caused by severe drought and overgrazing on ranches.
Definition
Dust Bowl
Term
People, families, and equal rights have to do with ____________________ effects.
Definition
social
Term
Prosperous times followed by a period of hard times is known as the boom and bust ________________.
Definition
cycle
Term
On January 10, 1091, _____________________ the first major oil well in Texas was discovered.
Definition
Spindletop
Term
Texans ________________________ items during the World Wars to support the war effort.
Definition
rationed
Term
_____________________________helped to end the poor economy of the Great Depression.
Definition
World War II
Term
The ________________________ was created by President Roosevelt to put Americans back to work.
Definition
New Deal
Term
WWII ended when the U.S. dropped the __________________________ bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Definition
Atomic
Term
During the World Wars ______________________ began working in factories and businesses.
Definition
women
Term
The U.S. got involved in WWI because a ____________________ submarine sunk a boat with U.S. passengers.
Definition
German
Term
Oil companies and more jobs helped the Texas economy after the oil ___________________ in the early 1900s.
Definition
boom
Term
To protect the city from destruction by hurricanes, Galveston raised the _______________________ of the island.
Definition
elevation
Term
_______________________ became important to the economy of Texas when oil production increased.
Definition
industries
Term
The 19th amendment gave women the right to ______________________.
Definition
vote
Term
Unemployment, the stock market crash, and bad banks lead to the Great _______________________.
Definition
depression
Term
______________________ focuses on gaining the right to vote during the women’s movement.
Definition
suffrage
Term
4. Supply and demand says that when there is a limited supply and a high demand the prices will go ____________.
Definition
up
Term
The 18th amendment established _________________________ in order to reduce crime, poverty, and violence.
Definition
Prohibition
Term
Money and jobs have to do with _________________ effects.
Definition
economic
Term
The Women’s Army Corps was established by Oveta Culp ______________________.
Definition
hobby
Term
The Galveston _______________________was built to prevent storm surges of future hurricanes.
Definition
Seawall
Term
Texas is an ideal place for military bases because of the good ______________________ and open spaces.
Definition
climate
Term
Overproduction made ____________________ prices drop in the 1920s.
Definition
cotton
Term
The U.S. joined WWII after Japan attacked ______________________________.
Definition
Pearl Harbor
Term
Laws and government have to do with __________________ effects.
Definition
political
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