Set 1 WW2

Question 1

1. Lend-Lease Program
   March 11, 1941- September 1945
   WW2 Era

Answer 1

1. The purpose of the act was to enhance the defense of the USA.
2. This program allowed the US to supply other countries with free supplies.
3. Some of these countries were the Republic of China, The UK, France, and the Soviet Union.

Question 2

2. Pearl Harbor
   December 7, 1941
   WW2 Era

Answer 2

1. It was a Japanese bombing of a US base
2. This influenced the US to join the war
3. It took place in Hawaii on a Sunday morning.

Question 3

3. Bell Aircraft
   Founded July 10, 1935- July 5, 1960
   WW2 Era

Answer 3

1. The Bell Aircraft Corporation was an aircraft manufacturer of the United States, a builder of several fighter aircraft for World War II
2. It was most popular for the Bell X-1
3. It produced the first supersonic aircraft.

Question 4

4. Georgia’s Impact on WW2
   September 1, 1939- September 2, 1945
   WW2 Era

Answer 4

1. 320,000 Georgians served in the U.S. Armed Forces during the war
2. There were many military bases in Georgia
3. Georgia provided food also to soldiers fighting in the war.

Question 5

5. Tuskegee Airmen
   1941-1946
   WW2 Era

Answer 5

1. The Tuskegee Airmen were dedicated, determined young men who volunteered to become America’s first Black military airmen.
2. Those who possessed the physical and mental qualifications and were accepted for aviation cadet training were trained initially to be pilots, and later to be either pilots, navigators, or bombardiers.
3. Tuskegee University was awarded the U.S. Army Air Corps contract to help train America’s first Black military aviators because it had already invested in the development of an airfield, had a proven civilian pilot training program and its graduates performed highest on flight aptitude exams

Question 6

6. Richard Russel
   Lived: Nov 02, 1897 - Jan 21, 1971 (age 73)
   WW2 Era

Answer 6

1. He was an American politician
2. He served in the senate for almost 40 years
3. He was Georgia’s 66th Governor

Question 7

7. Carl Vinson
   Lived: Nov 18, 1883 - Jun 01, 1981 (age 97)
   WW2 Era

Answer 7

1. Former member of Georgia’s house of representatives
2. He was influential in the 20th century expansion of the U.S. Navy.
3. He is the longest-serving member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Georgia.

Question 8

8. Holocaust
   Start date: 1941 End date: May 08, 1945
   WW2 Era

Answer 8

1. The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the World War II genocide of the European Jews.
2. The Holocaust took place in Europe
3. The Holocaust was led by Adolf hitler

Question 9

9. 1946 Governor’s Race
   Held on November 5, 1946.
   Post-War Period

Answer 9

1. It is notable in that the incumbent, Governor Earl Warren, was nominated by both the Republican and Democratic parties, as well as the Progressive party.
2. known as the three governors controversy
3. When Eugene Talmadge died, the General Assembly chose his son, as governor. The lieutenant governor Melvin Thompson, objected and claimed that he should be the new governor.

Question 10

10. William B. Hartsfield
    March 1, 1890 – February 22, 1971
    Post-War Period

Answer 10

1. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, and served as its mayor from 1937 to 1941 and again from 1942 to 1962
2. He served as mayor for six terms
3. Hartsfield received an honorary degree in Doctor of Laws from Oglethorpe University in 1961.

Question 11

11. Ivan Allen Jr.
    March 15, 1911 – July 2, 2003
    Post-War Period

Answer 11

1. an American businessman who served two terms as the 52nd mayor of Atlanta
2. Allen provided pivotal leadership for transforming the segregated and economically stagnant Old South into the progressive New South.
3. He is credited with leading the city through an era of significant physical and economic growth and with maintaining calm during the civil rights movement .

Question 12

12. Major League Sports
    1968
    Post-War Period

Answer 12

1. Ivan Allen Jr. also persuaded the NFL to start a new franchise in the city, which became known as the Atlanta Falcons.
2. The basketball team, the Hawks, would follow in 1968.
3. Atlanta has been the home of may other professional sports teams, including men’s hockey, arena league football, and women’s soccer and basketball.

Question 13

13. Herman Talmadge
    August 9, 1913 – March 21, 2002
    Post War Period

Answer 13

1, a Democratic American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Georgia from 1957 to 1981

2. He was A staunch segregationist – a term utilized to whitewash racism
3. Also he was a controversial figure, he was censured by the Senate for financial irregularities, which were revealed during a bitter divorce from his second wife

Question 14

14. One person one vote
    1880
    Post-War Period

Answer 14

1. a slogan used by advocates of political equality through various electoral reforms such as universal suffrage
2. a principle of constitutional law that the equal protection clause requires legislative voting districts to have about the same population
3. One man, one vote is a provision that means that regardless of which region in the county or state a person lives in, their vote is worth the same amount as everyone else’s vote.

Question 15

15. Ellis Arnall
    March 20, 1907 – December 13, 1992
    Post-War Period

Answer 15

1. an American politician who served as the 69th Governor of Georgia
2. He served from 1943 to 1947
3. He was a A liberal Democrat, he helped lead efforts to abolish the poll tax and to reduce Georgia’s voting age to 18.