WWI to WWIIReview

Nazis’ mass murder of European Jews

the Holocaust

U.S. president during World War II

President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Texas women helped the war effort during World War I by

becoming factory workers.

President Wilson’s response to the raid on Columbus, New Mexico, was to

order General Pershing to pursue Pancho Villa into Mexico.

German submarines sinking ships carrying American passengers caused

President Wilson to bring the U.S. into the “Great War.”

The largest flight training school in the world was located at

Camp Kelley.

most decorated soldier of World War II

Audie Murphy

Mexican American leaders in Texas urged their people during World War I to

support the war effort.

The alphabet agencies were created by the

New Deal.

The memorial erected on the battlefield to the east of Houston as part of the Texas Centennial was _____________

The San Jacinto Monument

Petroleum produced in violation of the Railroad Commission’s orders was ___________________.

Hot Oil

Axis powers

Germany, Japan, and Italy

Another name for World War I was ____________________.

The Great War

The influence of African American jazz was so great in the 1920s that some historians refer to that decade as the _________________.

Jazz Age

After World War II, the United States was committed to stopping the spread of

Communism.

“A date which will live in infamy” was the day

the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.

Program in which the U.S. lent military equipment to the Allies

Lend-Lease Act

During WWII, parts of Texas experienced population growth because of

wartime employment opportunities.

Texan who commanded the Pacific fleet

Admiral Chester W. Nimitz

The U.S. needed to make synthetic rubber for use in World War II because

the Japanese had cut off the supply from Southeast Asia.

A political theory that includes eliminating private property is

communism.

The Axis powers agreed by treaty

not to attack each other.

In the 1940s, the number of people of Mexican ancestry living in Texas was

more than 800,000, less than 1 million.

nations fighting the Axis powers

Allies

commanded the Allied forces in Europe during World War II

General Dwight Eisenhower

The United States declared war against Japan in 1941 because of

the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Overproduction of oil was finally controlled in 1935 when

state and federal laws were passed.

President Herbert Hoover

underestimated the Depression.

The Works Progress Administration (WPA)

created mostly construction jobs.

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

provided outdoor employment.

Dallas was chosen as the site for the Texas Centennial because

Dallas contributed almost $8 million to build facilities.

During the 1920s and ‘30s, cotton prices were driven down by

Overproduction.