USA HISTORY

LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861

SLAVERY IN AMERICA COTTON SLAVE TRADE AND THE SOUTHERN RESPONSE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is one thing Texas did not supply for the war effort?
A
soldiers
B
food
C
oil
D
Pearl Harbor
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Military posts sprang up statewide to accommodate the constant stream of new recruits, and industrial plants developed rapidly in support of the war effort. As a result, Texas beef, petroleum products, medical supplies, weapons and equipment were used by troops overseas.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sugar, coffee, meat, canned fish, cheese, canned milk, and butter were just some of the foods rationed on the home front.

Detailed explanation-3: -JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR HICKAM (NNS)-The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Texas (SSN 775) was welcomed home by friends and family awaiting their return at the historic submarine piers on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Feb 14.

Detailed explanation-4: -Twenty combat divisions comprising more than 1, 200, 000 troops trained at the fifteen major army camps in Texas between 1940 and the end of 1945. Texas was the center for training army and naval airmen during the war.

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