Slide 2 7 th Grade History Bonham Middle School 2013-2014 Slide
3 Table of Contents Defining Characteristics Boom or Bust During
World War II World War II- Political Impact World War II- Economic
Impact World War II- Social Impact John Nance Garner ("Cactus Jack)
Sam Rayburn Slide 4 Defining Characteristics Rationing Military
Installations Internment camps Economy improves in Texas Large
number of Texans, men and women serve in the military Industries
grow oil and gas and agriculture Slide 5 Boom or Bust During World
War II Agricultural became more commercial and less small farms
Prices have fluctuated due to weather, supply and demand Slide 6
World War II-Political Impact Influential powers Oveta Culp Hobby
Organized Womens Army Corp Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Commander of
Pacific Fleet Dwight Eisenhower Allied Commander Sam Rayburn
Speaker of the House (supported financial support for the war
effort) John Nance Garner Vice President Major military bases and
airfields Over 750,000 Texans served in the war Audie Murphy Most
decorated soldier Many Texans received the Medal of Honor Oveta
Culp Hobby Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Dwight Eisenhower Sam
RayburnJohn Nance Garner Audie Murphy Slide 7 World War II-
Economic Impact Improved Texas economy Oil and Gas industry Lumber
Agriculture Cotton Women joined the workforce Slide 8 World War II-
Social Impact Sacrificed on the home front Rationing Migration to
urban areas Desire of minorities to be integrated because of their
involvement in the war effort Over 22,000 Texans died in the war
Slide 9 John Nance Garner ("Cactus Jack) Served as Vice President
under Franklin Roosevelt (1933-1941); he was Speaker of the House
of Representatives (1931-1933 Slide 10 Sam Rayburn As a
longstanding member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Rayburn
supported regulatory legislation such as the Securities and
Exchange Commission and the Federal Communications Commission.
Rayburn also pushed for building farm to market roads and providing
electricity to rural areas
