PRACTICING SOCIAL STUDIES SKILLS
Study the table below and answer the question that follows.
11.
Texans at Work in 1930
INDUSTRY NUMBER EMPLOYED
Agriculture 838,571
Manufacturing and mechanical 386,184
Trade 260,399
According to the table, how many more Texans worked in agriculture than in trade?
a. 125,785
b. 452,387
c. 578,172
d. 638,228
12. Which of the governors listed below worked to bring New Deal programs to Texas??
a. James Ferguson
b. Pappy O'Daniel
c. James V Allred
d. Sam Rayburn
13. Sam Rayburn spent many years serving as
a. Texas land commissioner.
b. vice president.
c. chief justice.
d. Speaker of the House.
14. Blues lyrics often told tales of
a. happy times.
b. difficulties in life.
c. richness and prosperity.
d. oil strikes.
15. The measures that President Roosevelt asked Congress to ease the Depression are known as the
a. Big Deal.
b. New Deal.
c. Nice Deal.
d. Great Deal.
16. Which of the following programs provided payments to retired citizens?
a. Civilian Conservation Corps
b. Social Security
c. both a and b
d. neither a or b
17. Texas celebrated its centennial, or 100th birthday, in which year?
a. 1926
b. 1936
c. 1946
d. 1956
18. J. Frank Dobie was
a. a popular Texas author and folklorist.
b. a blue musician.
c. a Depression-era Texas governor.
d. head of the Texas Civilian Conservation Corps.
19. What is conjunto music?
a. a blend of jazz and blues
b. a blend of traditional German, , Czech, and Mexican music elements
c. a blend of elements of traditional Czech and German music
d. a blend of traditional Mexican and Czech music elements
20. The Dust Bowl affected mainly
a. parts of Southwest Texas.
b. West Texas.
c. parts of East Texas.
d. parts of Northwest Texas.
