unit 9 (WW2, WW1, Boll Weevil, etc)

Question 1

TRUE OR FALSE
The U.s tried to stay out of both World War One WW1 and World War Two(WW11)

Answer 1

True

Question 2

TRUE OR FALSE
Japan was our enemy in both WW1 and WWII

Answer 2

False

Question 3

TRUE OR FALSE
When WW1 broke out, people in the US saw Getmany as an evil empire that needed to be stopped.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

TRUE OR FALSE
After WWI, The US decided to keep a very strong army in case we had to go to war again.

Answer 4

False

Question 5

TRUE OR FALSE
The Treaty of Versailles is generally considered a fair peace treaty

Answer 5

False

Question 6

TRUE OR FALSE
During the 1920’s, there was little organized crime in the U.S

Answer 6

False

Question 7

TRUE OR FALSE
The Great Depression did not have a huge effect on the US economy.

Answer 7

False

Question 8

TRUE OR FALSE:
The Great Depression barely effected Georgia

Answer 8

False

Question 9

TRUE OR FALSE
Between WWI and WWII, there was an attempt by world powers to create an international organization whose goal was to prevent war

Answer 9

True

Question 10

TRUE OR FALSE
American women did not play a large role in winning WWI and WWII

Answer 10

False

Question 11

TRUE OR FALSE
The style of fighting in WWI and WWII was pretty much the same

Answer 11

False

Question 12

TRUE OR FALSE
During the Great Depression, the US government greatly increased its powers and created expensive social programs like social security

Answer 12

True

Question 13

TRUE OR FALSE
The US bombed enemy cities in WWII, killing hundreds of thousands of civilians

Answer 13

True

Question 14

TRUE OR FALSE
US industrial power was a major factor in the Allied victories in both WWI and WWII

Answer 14

True

Question 15

TRUE OR FALSE
The US and its Allies put the leaders of Germany and Japan on trial after WWII

Answer 15

True

Question 16

TRUE OR FALSE
One of our allies during WEII, Joseph Stalin, was known for being a brutal dictator

Answer 16

True

Question 17

TRUE OR FALSE
The US and France were the two “superpowers” to emerge from WWII

Answer 17

False

Question 18

TRUE OR FALSE
WWI and WWII allowed American culture, like Jazz music, to spread more easily across the world.

Answer 18

True

Question 19

TRUE OR FALSE
WWII allowed the US to emerge as a dominant industrial power

Answer 19

True

Question 20

TRUE OR FALSE
During WWI and WWII, the US government drafted(forced into the military) men who did not have full voting rights.

Answer 20

True

Question 21

___________ New deal program that restricted agricultural production by paying farmers to grow less crops; hope to fix the issues of over production of farming products.

Answer 21

AAA(Agricultural Adjustment Administration)

Question 22

__________ period of time with little or no precipitation(rain); huge academic issue states where agriculture (farming) is a major economic activity.

Answer 22

1924 Drought

Question 23

___________ New deal program that created new jobs in order to build parks, sewer, systems, bridges, etc.

Answer 23

CCC(Civilian Conservation Corps)

Question 24

__________ FDR‘s plan to ease and lead America out of the Great Depression; created numerous government agencies in order to assist workers(reformed, labor laws in farming practices) and create jobs

Answer 24

The New Deal

Question 25

__________ Elected as president of the United States in 1932; elected to a total of four terms of office as president(serve longer than any other president); president during most of the great depression in World War II; died in 1945(replaced by vice president Harry Truman; Truman served until the end of World War II and was the leader that decided to use atomic bombs on Japan).

Answer 25

FDR (Franklin D Roosevelt)

Question 26

___________ powerful governor of Georgia during the 1930s and 1940s; very critical Franklin D Roosevelt and his new deal programs.

Answer 26

Eugene Talmadge

Question 27

___________ economic crisis in the United States from 1929 into the start of World War II; began with the stock market crash on Black Tuesday (October 29, 1929).

Answer 27

Great Depression

Question 28

___________ new deal program designed to assist the unemployed and elderly worker; originally served as insurance for employees that lost their jobs during the great depression.

Answer 28

SSA(Social Security Act)

Question 29

__________ insect that destroyed large amounts of cotton grown on southern farms in the 1920s.

Answer 29

Boll Weevil

Question 30

__________ new deal program that helped to bring electric power to rural(country) areas that had not previously received electricity.

Answer 30

REA(Rural Electricity Act)

Question 31

sneak attack against a US naval base in Hawaii by the empire of Japan on December 7, 1941.

Answer 31

Pearl Harbor

Question 32

policies by the United States at the beginning of World War II to allow Great Britain and other allies to borrow or rent weapons

Answer 32

Lend Lease Act

Question 33

Location of two deep water ports in Georgia; factories built liberty ships.

Answer 33

Savannah, Brunswick

Question 34

marietta factory used to build B – 29 bombers during World War II; began assembling bombers for the US Air Force in 1943 and created 668 planes prior to closing in 1945.

Answer 34

Bell Bomber

Question 35

Georgia said he visited by Franklin D Roosevelt, many times during his presidency; site of the little White House in the location of FDR’s death

Answer 35

Warm Springs

Question 36

served 25 consecutive terms in the US House of Representatives from 1914 to 1965; helped to expand the US Navy during that time

Answer 36

Carl Vinson

Question 37

served in the US Senate for 38 years; helped to improve the military preparedness of the United States by increasing the military budget and helping to create additional military bases in Georgia

Answer 37

Richard Russell

Question 38

Georgia had more of these during World War I than any other state. McPherson, Gordon, and Benning were a few. you are also contributed men, food, and cotton for textiles.

Answer 38

military training bases

Question 39

why did FDR visit warm Springs to be in the waters?

Answer 39

Polio

Question 40

Richard Russell was nicknamed the father of the school _________ Program.

Answer 40

Lunch

Question 41

Who was the leader of Germany during World War II?

Answer 41

Hitler

Question 42

Carl Vinson was nicknamed the father of the _________.

Answer 42

Navy

Question 43

which side won World War II

Answer 43

Allied powers

Question 44

African – Americans gained better jobs and better pay after this.

Answer 44

World War 2

Question 45

this is where some people had to live during president Hoover‘s presidency because they were homeless and unemployed.

Answer 45

Hoovervilles

Question 46

many of these field after the stock market crashed. now, they are protected by the FDIC.

Answer 46

banks

Question 47

This act allowed the U.S. government to send billions of dollars in supplies and military equipment to Allied countries before the US officially entered WWII.

Answer 47

Lend Lease Act (1941)

Question 48

Four time Georgia governor that fought against Roosevelt's New Deal policies.

Answer 48

Eugene Talmadge

Question 49

New Deal program that provided retirement and unemployment insurance for American taxpayers.

Answer 49

Social Security Act(SSA)

Question 50

An insect that feeds on cotton crops; It decimated cotton production in GA durin the early 1920's.

Answer 50

Boll Weevil

Question 51

A British passenger ship that was sunk by the Germans in 1915 during WWl. Over 100 Americans were killed.

Answer 51

Lustiania

Question 52

One of the worst droughts in Georgia's history; led to a poor economy in GA prior to the Great Depression.

Answer 52

The Drought of 1924

Question 53

Major war primarily between European powers; The U.S tried to stay neutral but entered the war in 1917.

Answer 53

World War I(1914-1918)

Question 54

Influential Georgia politician who pushed for military funding and helped create military bases in GA.

Answer 54

Richard Russell

Question 55

The President that created the New Deal Programs which helped bring the United States out of the Great Depression

Answer 55

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Question 56

Georgia politician who was an advocate for a strong U.S. military and especially pushed for expansion of the U.S. Navy. He is sometimes called the father of the "Two Ocean Navy"

Answer 56

Carl Vinson

Question 57

One of Georgia's major contributions to both World War I and World War I| was the fact that any soldiers trained here on the states __________________.

Answer 57

Military bases

Question 58

American Naval base in Hawaii; a surprise attack on the base by Japanese forces on December 7, 1941 resulted in the U.S. entering World War II.

Answer 58

Pearl Harbor

Question 59

A factory located in Marietta, Georgia, that produced B-29 bombers for the U.S. war

Answer 59

Bell Bomber Plant

Question 60

Name given to a series of federal programs spearheaded by President Franklin Roosevelt in order to help the nation recover from the Great Depression.

Answer 60

New Deal

Question 61

The New Deal program designed to build the infrastructure and bring electricity to rural areas.

Answer 61

Rural Electrification Act (REA)

Question 62

The Georgia city that was home to Roosevelt's "Little White House;" It had warm water mineral springs which he used as a rehabilitation center for polio symptoms.

Answer 62

Warm Springs

Question 63

A New Deal program that paid farmers a stipend not to grow crops. This lowered the supply in order to increase the price of agricultural products.

Answer 63

Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

Question 64

The most destructive war in human history; it included the events of the Holocaust and caused the death of millions of people.

Answer 64

World War II (1939-1945)

Question 65

A New Deal program that hired unemployed young men to work on public works projects like bridges, roads and parks.

Answer 65

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Question 66

One of the worst droughts in Georgia's history; led to a poor economy in GA prior to the Great Depression.

Answer 66

The Drought of 1924

Question 68

.assassination of archduke franzferdinand(1914) .alliances .telegram hijacked by british and told to US about Germany trying to get in touch with Mexico

Answer 68

Immediate causes of world war 1

Question 69

.allainces .nationalism .militarism

Answer 69

long term causes of world war 1