World War 1 To World War 2

Question 1

FDR thought of what program while at this home in Warm Springs, GA?

Answer 1

REA

Question 2

Who was known as the “father of the two-ocean navy”?

Answer 2

Carl Vinson

Question 3

Who helped build up the military and also helped bring military bases and military projects to Georgia?

Answer 3

Carl Vinson and Richard Russel

Question 4

Who was known as the “Father of the School Lunch Program”?

Answer 4

Richard Russel

Question 5

Because of what acts were the U.S. was not allowed to sell weapons to any country at war?

Answer 5

Neutrality Acts

Question 6

What did U.S. provide before Pearl Harbor to aid Great Britain and the Soviet Union?

Answer 6

Lend lease (Lending or renting weapons and supplies to our allies)

Question 7

How did World War 1 begin?

Answer 7

When Germany invaded Poland in 1939.

Question 8

When did the US enter World War 2?

Answer 8

When Japan attacked at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Question 9

What did the US practice before the attack on Pearl Harbor?

Answer 9

Isolationism

Question 10

Axis Powers

Answer 10

Italy, Japan, and Germany

Question 11

Allied Powers

Answer 11

US, Russia, Great Britain, China, and France

Question 12

What was FDR’s connection to Georgia?

Answer 12

The time he spent in the Little White House in Warm springs (the mineral waters relieved his polio symptoms).

Question 13

Where did FDR die?

Answer 13

Warm Springs

Question 14

What were major military installations in Georgia during WWII?

Answer 14

Fort Benning, Camp Gordon, and Warner Robbins air base

Question 15

Where were many American soldiers trained?

Answer 15

Georgia’s Fort Benning

Question 16

What helped soldiers returning to civilian life after WWII?

Answer 16

The G.I. Bill

Question 17

What was one of the worst of World War 2?

Answer 17

The Holocaust

Question 18

What was the mass murder (genocide) of European Jews, Gypsies, Poles and Slavs by Nazi Germany?

Answer 18

The Holocaust

Question 19

What forced many Americans to turn against isolationism and to consider how horrible discrimination and prejudice are?

Answer 19

The Holocaust (Hitler’s final solution)

Question 20

What built B-29 bombers in Marietta?

Answer 20

The Bell Aircraft Company

Question 21

What were built in Savannah and Brunswick?

Answer 21

Liberty ships

Question 22

What did Governor Eugene Talmadge support?

Answer 22

Reducing property taxes, white supremacy, and resisting New Deal programs

Question 23

How did Governor Talmadge resist integrating the University of Georgia?

Answer 23

By firing two administrators, Georgia’s public colleges and universities oat their accreditation due to his actions.

Question 24

Who was popular with rural voters?

Answer 24

Talmadge

Question 25

What war ended on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month?

Answer 25

World War 1