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The U.S. entered World War 1 in 1917 because the Germans
attacked Pearl Harbor.
sank several U. S. passenger ships
won American Idol
This new deal program helped with the recovery process by hiring the unemployed to work on outdoor projects such as deforestation
PWA
CCC
AAA
FDIC
This new deal programs helps to ensure retirement funds for all americans and helps those in need of immediate monetary assistance
FDIC
SSA
AAA
CCC
This President enforced both New Deals and saw America through the Great Depression and World War II.
Eisenhower
Truman
Hoover
Roosevelt
What 2 things resulted in many Georgians, especially farmers, feeling the effects of a depression during the 1920s, even before the Great Depression started?
Select BOTH that apply.
drought
boll weevil
Stock Market Crash
cotton
What were some results of the droughts and the boll weevil?
Select ALL that apply.
Farmers moved away to find jobs in factories and in northern states.
Cotton production decreased, and was no longer the primary crop.
The number of farms declined.
Georgia crops were destroyed.
What were the main causes of the Great Depression?
Select ALL that apply.
borrowing money
speculation in the Stock Market
overproduction of farm goods and consumer goods
bank failures
Governor Eugene Talmadge was Georgia's governor during the...
Great Depression
Stock Market Crash
boll weevil
New Deal
Governor Eugene Talmadge _____ New Deal programs like the REA.
did not like
liked
Governor Eugene Talmadge caused Georgia's university system to be placed on probation because he _____ college officials who were trying to _____ Georgia's college.
fired, integrate
fired, segregate
hired, integrate
hired, segregate
What were the three main purposes of President Roosevelt's New Deal?
Select ALL that apply.
to improve lifestyles for Americans
to reform the problems in the economy
to relieve the suffering of the unemployed
to create a new and better United States
Civilian Conservation Corps built and improved many state _____, including the Civil War Battlefields at _____ and Chickamauga.
parks, Kennesaw Mountain
parks, Stone Mountain
landowners, Kennesaw Mountain
landowners, Stone Mountain
What was the purpose of Roosevelt's Social Security Administration?
to create a system of retirement and unemployment insurance
to provide funds to run power lines to rural areas
to pay farmers to stop planting, to increase the prices of cotton and tobacco
to share money with sharecroppers and tenant farmers
What did the New Deal's Electrification Project (REA) do for Georgia's farmers?
to create a system of retirement and unemployment insurance
to provide funds to run power lines to rural areas
to pay farmers to stop planting, to increase the prices of cotton and tobacco
to share money with sharecroppers and tenant farmers
How did the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) program help the prices of cotton and tobacco?
The program paid farmers to either stop planting or burn surplus, to increase the prices of cotton and tobacco.
The program paid farmers to continue planting cotton and tobacco, to make it more readily accessible.
The program required farmers to pay to plant cotton and tobacco, which increased the price.
The program required farmer to pay to plan cotton and tobacco, which made it more accessible to consumers.
Why did President Roosevelt spend so much time in Georgia?
He suffered from polio, and he spent time swimming in the healing mineral waters of Warm Springs, GA.
He suffered from polio, and his doctors were in Atlanta, GA.
His family lived in Atlanta, GA, and he liked to visit them.
His friends lived in Atlanta, GA, and he liked to visit them.
What was the reason the United States got involved in World War 2?
The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
The Stock Market crashed.
The United States owed the Allies a favor from World War 1.
There was a surplus of supplies and the United States wanted to get involved.
What countries were the Allied powers in WW2?
Select ALL that apply.
Great Britain
United States
Soviet Union
Germany
Italy
What countries were the Axis powers in WW2?
Select ALL that apply.
Japan
France
Soviet Union
Germany
Italy
Which military installation was used to train troops during WW2. It is one of the biggest and best in the United States today.
Fort Benning
Fort Jackson
Fort Gillem
Fort Gordon
Where in Georgia were Liberty ships built during WW2?
Select ALL that apply.
Brunswick
Savannah
Atlanta
Augusta
What company in Georgia built bomber planes during WW2?
Bell Aircraft Company
Delta Airlines
Southwest Airlines
Bell Airplanes
In what city did the Bell Aircraft Company build B-29 bomber planes?
Marietta
Acworth
Woodstock
Alpharetta
Georgia Senator Richard B. Russell brought or maintained 15 _____ to Georgia using his political power in Washington.
military bases
base installations
school lunches
shopping malls
Georgia Senator Richard B. Russell is responsible for the National _____ Act.
School Lunch
Military Bases
Armed Services
Appropriations
Georgia Congressman Carl Vinson served in Congress for _____ years.
25
15
10
5
Georgia Congressman Carl Vinson helped prepare for the _____ readiness of the United States.
military
school lunch
appropriations
bases
Georgia Congressman Carl Vinson's nickname was...
Father of the 2 Ocean Navy
Father of the Military
Father of the School Lunch
Father of Segregation
Policy supported by Eugene Talmadge:
public welfare
rights for African Americans
reduced property taxes
federal relief programs
What is the policy of giving an aggressor what it wants in order to avoid war?
isolationism
appeasement
militarism
dictatorship
What country did Germany invade that finally led to France & Great Britain to declare war on Germany?
US
Poland
Sudetenland
Soviet Union
When the Allies ran out of money to buy war equipment & agreed to borrow some from the US, this was called the______________.
Agricultural Adjustment Act
The War Relief Act
The New Deal
Lend-Lease act
What happened on December 7, 1941?
Pearl Harbor was attacked
Invasion of Normandy
Germany surrendered
Japan surrendered, ending WW2
Who am I?
Editor of the Atlanta Constitution who coined the phrase "The New South"; he argued for a South that would become much more like the industrialized North. He advocated an economically diversified South with industries and small farms, and absent of the influence of the pre-war planter elite in the political world.
Tom Watson
Henry Grady
Booker T Washington
WEB DuBois
Who Am I?
Georgia U.S. House of Representatives (2 years); was a Populist; He was a champion of the farmer and introduced the Rural Free Delivery(RFD) bill, which required the U.S. postmaster general to find a way to deliver mail to rural homes free of charge.
Tom Watson
Henry Grady
Bourbon Triumverate
Booker T Washington
Who Am I?
believed that by learning a job skill and working hard, African Americans could earn the respect of whites and gain economic equality. He gave a speech about this called “The Atlanta Compromise.”
Tom Watson
Booker T Washington
WEB DuBois
Leo Frank
What events was intended to showcase the economic recovery of the South, highlight the region’s natural resources and to showcase new inventions and to lure northern investors into the area?
Atlanta International Cotton Expo
The New Deal
Atlanta Race Riot
AAA
Who Am I?
felt voting and political equality should be achieved immediately through higher education (Talented 10th) and speaking out against inequality.
Booker T Washington
WEB DuBois
Leo Frank
Henry Grady
Of the following, who supported BOTH white supremacy and increased industrialization of the South?
Bourbon Triumverate
Henry Grady
Booker T Washington
WEB DuBois
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