WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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Many Texans moved from rural areas to cities to work in booming industries
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Many Texans began to enroll in new deal programs
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Texas became more involved with the stock market due to oil becoming more valuable
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -War-related industry lured farmers, small-town residents and others into developing urban centers. Many workers were women, and many were other than Caucasian. Texas quickly became more urban than rural, with a net population growth of 33 percent, and the Great Depression faded into memory.
Detailed explanation-2: -Economic Impact of WWII in Texas The war improved economic conditions in Texas by erasing the effects of the Great Depression. Industrialization in Texas increased as new factories opened to keep up with the demand for war materials.
Detailed explanation-3: -WWI had a great impact on Texas and the need for oil. It also impacted the need for change in our society: the Reform Movement and the Women’s Suffrage Movement. Texans also helped by planting extra “war gardens.” Texan farmers devoted new areas of their land for additional food crops.