Modern georgia to ww1

1. Modern georgia to ww1 Unit 7

2. Which of the following is a reason why the US decided to enter World War I? • Russia was planning to attack the United States • The heir to the throne of Austria Hungary was assassinated • The Triple Entente kept attacking US ships • German U-boat attacks made Americans angry

3. answer German U-boat attacks made Americans angry

4. How did Georgians feel about the Selective Service Act? • Georgia was one of the few states where the act did not cause controversy because people were so eager to serve. • Many Georgians opposed the act because they feared it would hurt farmers. • Many Georgians did not worry about the act because it only applied to northern states. • Georgians refused to obey the act because most people in the state believed the war was wrong and very few agreed to serve in the armed forces.

5. answer Many Georgians opposed the act because they feared it would hurt farmers.

6. Which of the following is TRUE regarding Georgia’s contributions to WWI? • Georgia provided needed textiles, food, and military bases for the war effort. • Georgia could only supply soldiers because times were hard for farmers. • Georgia only allowed African-Americans to be drafted because whites were needed to work on farms. • Thousands of Georgians were drafted but only a few hundred served in the armed forces because the state reused to officially support the war.

7. answer Georgia provided needed textiles, food, and military bases for the war effort.

8. What is a boll weevil? • A farmer who refused to move to the city despite hard times economically. • Someone who buys more than they save. • An insect that destroyed cotton crops in the South. • An African-American who moved north during the 1920’s & 1930’s.

9. answer An insect that destroyed cotton crops in the South.

10. What impact did overproduction have on Georgia farmers? • It raised farm prices and made them prosperous right before the Depression. • Caused farm prices to drop and made it difficult for farmers to get out of debt. • It had little effect on farmers because most of them did not buy stocks. • It almost wiped out farmers because most of them had diversified their crops.

11. answer Caused farm prices to drop and made it difficult for farmers to get out of debt.

12. What was the name of President Roosevelt’s programs designed to help people during the Great Depression? • The New Deal • The Great Migration • Consumerism • The CCC

13. answer The New Deal

14. Which of the following provided money for people who were out of work as well as retirement pay during and after the Great Depression? • The CCC • The Agricultural Adjustment Act • The REA • Social Security

15. answer Social Security

16. Which of the following would FDR and Eugene Talmadge have MOST AGREED on? • Farmers needing relief during the Great Depression. • Georgia needing the New Deal to help it economically. • Social Security • The federal government’s proper role during an economic crisis

17. answer Farmers needing relief during the Great Depression.

18. Which of the following would a cotton farmer in Georgia MOST have feared in the 1920’s? • The Great Migration • Prosperity • The Boll Weevil • Subsidies

19. answer The Boll Weevil

20. A farmer who grows more than one crop has done what? • Subsidized • Consumed rather than saved • Overproduced • Diversified

21. answer Diversified

22. Overproduction, falling stock prices, and consumerism all contributed to what? • The Boll Weevil • The Great Migration • The Great Depression • Droughts

23. answer The Great Depression

24. Which of the following BEST describes President Roosevelt’s approach to dealing with the Great Depression? • He wanted the government to do as little as possible because he believed the economy would eventually fix itself. • He believed in using government programs to end the crisis. • He believed the states, rather than the federal government, should be responsible for dealing with economic problems. • He wanted farmers to produce more cotton so that they could get out of debt.

25. answer He believed in using government programs to end the crisis.

26. How did the Agricultural Adjustment Act help Georgia’s farmers? • It paid them not to produce certain crops in an effort to raise farm prices. • It paid them to produce more cotton so they could make more money. • It ended subsidies. • It paid farmers to move to Georgia as part of the Great Migration.

27. answer It paid them not to produce certain crops in an effort to raise farm prices.

28. Which of the following is still around today? • The Great Depression • Social Security • The CCC • The REA

29. answer Social Security

30. Which statement is TRUE regarding Eugene Talmadge? • He was governor of Georgia when the boll weevil arrived. • He was a huge supporter of the New Deal. • He caused great controversy by claiming that blacks had the same rights as whites. • He was the biggest political hero to Georgia’s white rural farmers since Tom Watson.

31. answer He was the biggest political hero to Georgia’s white rural farmers since Tom Watson.

32. Who was the totalitarian dictator who rose to power in Germany and started World War II? • Benito Mussolini • Adolf Hitler • Tojo Hideki • Franklin Roosevelt

33. answer Adolf Hitler

34. Why did Japan bomb Pearl Harbor? • They feared the US would join forces with Hitler. • They were responding to the fact that Congress had declared war on them. • They feared the US naval fleet anchored there and wanted to destroy it. • They wanted to invade the Soviet Union.

35. answer They feared the US naval fleet anchored there and wanted to destroy it.

36. What were the “Liberty Ships”? • Ships sank at Pearl Harbor • German submarines lurking off the Georgia coast during WWII • Ships constructed at Georgia shipyards • Ships built at the Bell plant in Marietta

37. answer Ships constructed at Georgia shipyards

38. What does the term “Little White House” refer to? • Roosevelt’s home in New York • The portion on the White House where Roosevelt spend most of his time • Roosevelt’s vacation home in Warm Springs, Georgia • The governor’s mansion in Atlanta

39. answer Roosevelt’s vacation home in Warm Springs, Georgia

40. Which of the following led to World War II in Europe? • The bombing of Pearl Harbor • The sinking of US ships off the coast of Georgia • Japan’s aggression • The rise of totalitarian leaders in Europe

41. answer The rise of totalitarian leaders in Europe

42. Which one of the following people would have been MOST supportive of the Lend-Lease act? • A British general • An isolationist • An Italian soldier • Tojo Hideki

43. answer A British general

44. What was President Franklin Roosevelt talking about when he referred to December 7, 1941, as “a day that will live in infamy”? • Hitler’s invasion of France • The bombing of Pearl Harbor • Germany’s surrender • The beginning of the war in Europe

45. answer The bombing of Pearl Harbor

46. What role did Bell Aircraft play during WWII? • It made many of the ships that fought in the Atlantic • It produced most of the ships that fought in the Pacific • It employed many civilians and gave birth to the town of Warner Robbins • It produced more than 600 bombers and created many new jobs in Marietta

47. answer It produced more than 600 bombers and created many new jobs in Marietta

48. Many historians consider which of the following to be Georgia’s greatest military contribution to the war effort? • Liberty ships produced at the Savannah and Brunswick shipyards • Prisoner of war camps • Small business started by Atlanta’s Jewish community • Warm Springs

49. answer Liberty ships produced at the Savannah and Brunswick shipyards

50. Who is the following quote talking about? “Good thing Georgians elected him to Congress. If it weren’t for him, our Navy never would have been able to beat the Japanese. No wonder they call him, “the father of the two ocean navy.” • Franklin Roosevelt • Carl Vinson • Richard Russell • Benito Mussolini