Module 5 Flashcards
True/False:
The State Guard was created in 1941 to provide security at home.
True
True/False:
A pipeline was built from Texas to the Northeast to carry oil supplies instead of having ships carry the oil because it was less expensive.
False
True/False:
To aid the war effort, the largest tin smelter in the world was built in Texas City.
True
True/False:
The prisoner camps at Seagoville, Kenedy, and Crystal City differed from most other prisoner camps in Texas because they held civilians.
True
Who was the African American Texan that saved the life of a fellow sailor and had a ship named for him?
Leonard Roy Harmon
Who is the Texan admiral who led the U.S. Pacific Fleet?
Chester W. Nimitz
Who was the Texan naval officer who was the most decorated sailor in the war?
Samuel Dealey
Who was the Texan that led a force of rangers on D-Day?
James E. Rudder
Who was one of five Mexican Americans from Texas to receive the Medal of Honor during World War II?
Silvestre Herrera
Why was gasoline rationed during World War II?
a) Oil production was cut, as oil workers went to work in manufacturing plants.
b) Gasoline is an oil product, and the U.S. military needed oil to power tanks, ships, and planes.
c) The United States did not want to support foreign oil-producing countries.
d) So fewer cars were on the roads to keep them open for the military.
b) Gasoline is an oil product, and the U.S. military needed oil to power tanks, ships, and planes.
Why did the U.S. Army make Texas its main training ground during World War II?
a) Texas’s poor weather would help conceal military activities there.
b) Texas’s location far from the coasts made it unlikely to be attacked.
c) Texas had a favorable climate and open spaces, making it well suited for the task.
d) Texas had many unemployed men to train for combat.
c) Texas had a favorable climate and open spaces, making it well suited for the task.
Which area of Texas did the Civilian Air Patrol scout looking for enemy forces?
a) the Gulf Coast
b) West Texas
c) the Panhandle
d) Central Texas
a) the Gulf Coast
Cities grew larger in Texas during World War II because of the increase in what kind of jobs?
a) agricultural jobs
b) white-collar jobs
c) factory jobs
d) maritime jobs
c) factory jobs
Which of the following events led to the United States’s entry into World War II?
a) Germany’s attack on France.
b) Japan’s conquest of Indonesia.
c) The formation of the Axis.
d) Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor.
d) Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor.
How did Oveta Culp Hobby contribute to the war effort?
a) She earned a Navy Cross for her heroism in battle.
b) She founded the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs).
c) She was the first female fighter pilot to serve in combat for the U.S. military.
d) She organized and commanded the Women’s Army Corps (WAC).
d) She organized and commanded the Women’s Army Corps (WAC).
Why were racial tensions heightened in some places in Texas during the war?
a) Because many Native Americans returned to Texas looking for jobs.
b) Because many African Americans came to Texas’s cities for jobs.
c) Because illegal immigrants from Mexico were allowed to join the army.
d) Because minority workers were paid more than white workers.
b) Because many African Americans came to Texas’s cities for jobs.
What form of discrimination that African American soldiers experienced during World War II ended late in the war?
a) Serving in segregated units.
b) Not being sent to duty overseas.
c) Being assigned to noncombat roles.
d) Lower pay than white soldiers.
c) Being assigned to noncombat roles.
Which area of Texas became one of the most heavily industrialized places in the world during World War II?
a) Western Texas near El Paso.
b) The northern coastal region.
c) The area along the Rio Grande.
d) The Panhandle region.
b) The northern coastal region.
Why were some soldiers from the Thirty-sixth Division called the “Lost Battalion”?
a) They became lost in France after the United States invaded that country.
b) They were captured by the Japanese, who refused to say where they were.
c) They were all lost at sea when the Japanese sank their ships.
d) They lost an important battle in the fighting in Italy.
b) They were captured by the Japanese, who refused to say where they were.
Who invented the integrated silicon circuit, the chip at the heart of modern computers?
Jack Kilby
Who was the first American astronaut to perform a spacewalk?
Edward H. White
Who was an accomplished pediatric surgeon and professor at Baylor University’s medical school?
Benjy F. Brooks
Who piloted the first manned flight in the Apollo mission?
Walter Cunningham
Who pioneered methods for performing open-heart surgery?
Michael DeBakey
