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

CRCT , JAN 30, FEB 1 ST , FEB 2 nd. WWII. Who was President of the United States at the beginning of the Great Depression?. Franklin D. Roosevelt Martin Van Buren Abraham Lincoln Herbert Hoover. Who took office after Hoover in 1933?. Hoover because he served two terms

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

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  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

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