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Depression/New Deal Flashcards

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What was the last straw in the build up for the U.S. declaring war on Germany?

A

The Zimmerman telegram

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Who urged Mexico to attack the US?

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Germany

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3
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What unrestricted submarine warfare?

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The sinking of the Lusitania

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What helped convince Americans to fight the Germans?

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British anti-German propaganda

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What happened Georgia’s Camp Benning in World War I?

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US soldiers were trained. This military base and others helped Georgia economically.

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How did Georgia support the war effort in World War 1?

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Transporting soldiers and supplies, making uniforms, and supplying food

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What were The major threats to Georgia’s farmers in the 1920’s and 30’s?

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Boll weevil, falling prices, and drought

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Who did not prosper in the “Roaring Twenties”?

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Georgia’s farmers (farms were lost too)

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Why did many Georgia farmers did not notice the Great Depression?

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They had been suffering for many years?

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What helped bring on the Great Depression?

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Speculating in the stock market, overproduction, and bad loans

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When did the stock market crash?

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Black Tuesday

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What happened as a result of the Great Depression?

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Banks failed, people lost their jobs, and businesses were forced to close

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What was the government policy of leaving the economy alone called?

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Laissez-faire

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Who started the New Deal to help those suffering in the Great Depression?

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Franklin Roosevelt

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What were the purposes of the New Deal?

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Economic recovery, relieving the suffering of the unemployed, and reforming the defects in the economy

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What did the CCC do in Georgia?

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Build levees, parks, and airports

17
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What did the REA do?

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Provided loans to farmers’ co-ops to help run power lines and provided farm subsidies (money) to property owners in Georgia

18
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What did the AAA do in Georgia?

A

Paid farmers to destroy their crops to control prices and provided farm subsidies (money) to property owners in Georgia

19
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What is a system of retirement and unemployment insurance(gov’t pension)?

A

Social Security

20
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What is the order of the events we are learning?

A

World war 1, Roaring Twenties, Great Depression/New Deal, and World War 2

21
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What are permanent committee (lasting one session to the next) called?

A

Standing committees

22
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What committee handles bills involving taxes?

A

Ways and means

23
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What committee works on the budget(spending)?

A

Appropriations

24
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Wha committee works on bills concerning the states’ laws and court system?

A

Judiciary

25
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What are organized for special task and lasts until the work is complete (temporary)?

A

Special committees

26
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What committee works on assigned issues and concerns between sessions of the legislature?

A

Interim

27
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What are appointed when house and senate pass different versions of a bill, made up of three representatives and three senators, and tries to write one version of the bill to pass?

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Conference

28
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What committee is made up of both representatives and senators and works on the assigned topics and issues?

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Joint

29
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What river is between South Carolina and Georgia?

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Savannah River

30
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What river is part of the border between Alabama and Georgia?

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Chattahoochee River

31
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What states border Georgia?

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Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Florida

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What is located in the Southeastern United States, the continent of North America and the Northern and Western Hemispheres?

A

Georgia

33
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What cities are on the Fall Line?

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Columbus, Macon, and Augusta

34
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What was triggered in Europe when Austrian Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated?

A

World War 1

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