CRCT , JAN 30, FEB 1 ST , FEB 2 nd

1. CRCT , JAN 30, FEB 1ST, FEB 2nd WWII

2. Who was President of the United States at the beginning of the Great Depression? • Franklin D. Roosevelt • Martin Van Buren • Abraham Lincoln • Herbert Hoover

3. Who took office after Hoover in 1933? • Hoover because he served two terms • Franklin D. Roosevelt • Martin Van Buren • Abraham Lincoln

4. What was the NEW DEAL? • An attempt at fixing the country’s economy • Franklin D. Roosevelt’s plan for economic recovery • Roosevelt’s plan that creation of jobs and national relief programs would help the economy grow • All of the above

5. What was the Agricultural Adjustment Act? • An act that lowered the price of crops and expanded the supply • An act that paid farmers to plant less crops to decrease supply and raise the price • An act to pay sharecroppers and tenant farmers • All of the above

6. How did the Agricultural Act hurt the actual person doing the farming? • Many were sharecroppers or tenant farmers and did not own the land • Many were sharecroppers and tenant farmers and planting less crops meant less money for them • Farm land owners profited • All of the above

7. Why couldn’t rural areas get electricity? • Northern companies did not like the South • The people living in these areas were all former slaves and Southern companies did not want to help them • Private electric companies would not offer services to them • Electricity wasn’t invented yet

8. What was the rural electrification administration? • An agency that provided loans to states • An agency that provided loans to states so they could improve electric service to rural areas • An agency that provided loans to states to build power plants and power lines • All of the above

9. Was the REA successful? • Yes, because this changed the power companies’ control over service – within 4 years Georgia was leading the country in the number of REA groups • No because electricity had not been invented yet • No because there wasn’t enough hydroelectric power • Yes because tenant farmers gained money

10. What was the WPA? • Works Progress Academy – a place to train people to handle their finance • Works Public Assistance – An agency that gave money to farmers to stay home • Works Progress Administration – Largest relief program in history that provided temporary jobs for men and women in construction and education • All of the above

11. What was the Social Security Act? • Provided old age benefits for retiring workers • System run by the federal government for retirement benefits • System offering insurance for unemployed and disabled • All of the above

12. What two regional conflicts did WWII result from? • Europe and West Asia • Europe and East Asia • East Asia and Mexico • West Asia and South America

13. Which two countries sought to expand their borders in the 1930s? • Italy and France • United States and England • Soviet Union and Germany • Germany and Japan

14. How long did WWII last? • From 1860 to 1865 • From 1940 to 1950 • From 1914 to 1918 • From 1939 to 1945

15. Who were the ALLIED POWERS? • Germany, Italy and Japan • Britain, France and later Soviet Union and United States • France, Germany, Italy, Japan • China, Soviet Union, Italy

16. What was “the Greater Germany?” • In 1938, Germany took over Austria • In 1938, Germany took over Australia • In 1938, Germany declared war on Israel for the “greater good of Germany” • In 1938, Germany allied with Italy and Japan to create a Greater Germany

17. What was a BLITZKRIEG? • “lightning war” where German armies quickly invaded other countries • The name of the German plane capable of higher speeds than allied planes • The name of the German submarine capable of higher speeds than other submarines • “German Tank” – the fastest tank used in WWII.

18. What was the Holocaust? • Nazi Germany’s systematic control of Europe • Nazi Germany’s blitzkrieg invasion of Poland • Nazi Germany’s systematic killing of Jews, communists, Gypsies, intellectuals, and political dissenters • Nazi Germany’s Kristallnacht

19. When did the Holocaust end? • It ended in 1918 with the Treaty of Versailles • It ended in 1945 with the formation of the United Nations • The Holocaust ended in 1945 when the allied powers won the war and freed those held in concentration camps • All of the above

20. What was the official position of the United States throughout the 1930s about involvement in the World War? • The US kept itself politically and militarily apart from the rest of the world • The US practiced the policy of isolationism • The US was still recovering from the Great Depression and did not want to get involved • All of the above

21. In 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced the United States would become the “great arsenal of democracy”. What did this mean? • The US would sell weapons to its allies • The US would sell weapons to the Axis Powers • The US would sell weapons to the Central Powers • All of the above

22. How did this arrangement benefit Georgia? • Roosevelt’s policy gave jobs to the unemployed; jobs which ultimately benefitted Georgia • Roosevelt’s policy did not allow the US to get involved • Roosevelt’s policy helped the Axis powers gain strength • Roosevelt’s policy helped the Central powers gain strength

23. What was the LEND LEASE ACT? • An act passed in 1941 • An act that gave Roosevelt the right to send weapons to allies who were fighting a common enemy but could not pay • An act that allowed Roosevelt to help his allies • All of the above

24. What happened December 7, 1941? • The armistice ending the war was signed • The first shots of WWII were fired • Japan attacked a US naval base in Hawaii and bases in the Phillipines • All of the above

25. What motivated Japan to end the War? • The 1945 bombing of two major Japanese cities • The Treaty of Versailles, which gave Japan land • The holocaust, which made Japan end their relationship with Germany • A treaty drafted by Carl Vinson

26. Name three men who helped shaped Georgia’s experience during the WWII. • Carl Vinson, Richard Russell, F.D. Roosevelt • Carl Vinson, Tom Watson, Rebecca Latimer Felton • Booker T. Washington, WEB Dubois, Carl Vinson • Carl Vinson, Eugene Talmadge, Tom Watson

27. How did Carl Vinson help the U.S. Navy? • Wrote many bills that expanded the U.S. Navy • Set the record for building the most Liberty ships with his team • Was Captain of the most successful nuclear invasion • All of the above

28. How did Russell bring wartime growth opportunities to Georgia? • Russell worked to bring over a dozen military bases to Georgia • Russell served on the Senate Naval Affairs Committee and sponsored bills to bring wartime opportunities to Georgia • Russell traveled to Europe and the Pacific and became an expert in military strategy. • All of the above