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

1
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TRUE OR FALSE
The U.s tried to stay out of both World War One WW1 and World War Two(WW11)

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True

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

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False

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

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False

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

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False

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

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False

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

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False

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

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False

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TRUE OR FALSE:
The Great Depression barely effected Georgia

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False

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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

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True

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

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False

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

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False

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

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True

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

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True

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

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True

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

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True

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

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True

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

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False

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

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True

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

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True

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

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True

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___________ 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.

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AAA(Agricultural Adjustment Administration)

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

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1924 Drought

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

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CCC(Civilian Conservation Corps)

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24
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__________ 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

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The New Deal

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25
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__________ 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).

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FDR (Franklin D Roosevelt)

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

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Eugene Talmadge

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27
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___________ 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).

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Great Depression

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28
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___________ 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.

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SSA(Social Security Act)

29
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__________ insect that destroyed large amounts of cotton grown on southern farms in the 1920s.

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Boll Weevil

30
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__________ new deal program that helped to bring electric power to rural(country) areas that had not previously received electricity.

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REA(Rural Electricity Act)

31
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sneak attack against a US naval base in Hawaii by the empire of Japan on December 7, 1941.

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Pearl Harbor

32
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policies by the United States at the beginning of World War II to allow Great Britain and other allies to borrow or rent weapons

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Lend Lease Act

33
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Location of two deep water ports in Georgia; factories built liberty ships.

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Savannah, Brunswick

34
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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.

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Bell Bomber

35
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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

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Warm Springs

36
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served 25 consecutive terms in the US House of Representatives from 1914 to 1965; helped to expand the US Navy during that time

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Carl Vinson

37
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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

A

Richard Russell

38
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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.

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military training bases

39
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why did FDR visit warm Springs to be in the waters?

40
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Richard Russell was nicknamed the father of the school _________ Program.

41
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Who was the leader of Germany during World War II?

42
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Carl Vinson was nicknamed the father of the _________.

43
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which side won World War II

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Allied powers

44
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African – Americans gained better jobs and better pay after this.

A

World War 2

45
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this is where some people had to live during president Hoover‘s presidency because they were homeless and unemployed.

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Hoovervilles

46
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many of these field after the stock market crashed. now, they are protected by the FDIC.

47
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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.

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Lend Lease Act (1941)

48
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Four time Georgia governor that fought against Roosevelt’s New
Deal policies.

A

Eugene Talmadge

49
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New Deal program that provided retirement and unemployment insurance for American taxpayers.

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Social Security Act(SSA)

50
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An insect that feeds on cotton crops; It decimated cotton production in GA durin the early 1920’s.

A

Boll Weevil

51
Q

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

52
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One of the worst droughts in Georgia’s history; led to a poor economy in GA prior to the Great Depression.

A

The Drought of 1924

53
Q

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

A

World War I(1914-1918)

54
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Influential Georgia
politician who pushed for military funding and helped create military bases in GA.

A

Richard Russell

55
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The President that created the New Deal Programs which helped bring the United States out of the Great Depression

A

Franklin D. Roosevelt

56
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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”

A

Carl Vinson

57
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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 __________________.

A

Military bases

58
Q

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.

A

Pearl Harbor

59
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A factory located in Marietta, Georgia, that produced B-29 bombers for the U.S. war

A

Bell Bomber Plant

60
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Name given to a series of federal programs
spearheaded by President Franklin Roosevelt in order to help the nation recover from the Great Depression.

61
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The New Deal program designed to build the infrastructure and bring electricity to rural areas.

A

Rural Electrification Act (REA)

62
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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.

A

Warm Springs

63
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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.

A

Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

64
Q

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

A

World War II (1939-1945)

65
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A New Deal program that hired unemployed young men to work on public works projects like bridges, roads and parks.

A

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

66
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One of the worst droughts in Georgia’s history; led to a poor economy in GA prior to the Great Depression.

A

The Drought of 1924

68
Q

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

A

Immediate causes of world war 1

69
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.allainces
.nationalism
.militarism

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long term causes of world war 1

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