Georgia in World War I

Georgia in World War I

Follow along with me so we can answer informal questions!

Multiple Choice

What was one of the main reasons the United States entered World War I/

• The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald

• The Great Bread Riots

• The sinking of the Lusitania

• The Death of Sirhan Sirhan

Multiple Choice

What was one of Georgia's main contributions to WWI?  (Hint - GA provided more of this than any other state)

• Fighter Pilots
• Military Training Camps
• Flu Cases
• Machine GUns

Multiple Select

In which ways did Georgia contribute to the war effort during World War I?

• military installations that trained soldiers and held prisoners

• textile mills produced cloth for military uniforms

• railroads and ports transported supplies and soldiers to Europe

• thousands of Georgia citizens joined the U.S. armed forces

• civilians grew their own crops in "victory gardens" so more food could be exported to Europe

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was not a way Georgia helped during World War I?

• Georgia's textile mills produced uniforms for the war

• Georgia sent troops to fight in the war

• Georgia sent bulldozers to plow up battle fields

• Georgia's military bases trained many soldiers

Multiple Choice

What was the boll weevil?

• a popular music group of the 1920's

• Atlanta's first baseball team

• an insect that destroyed much of Georgia's cotton crop in the 1920's and 1930's.

• a giant insect that is destroying most of Africa's crops.

Multiple Choice

Which BEST describes the immediate cause of the Great Depression in the United States?

• The state programs led by Eugene Talmadge created a depression

• The New Deal

• The Stock Market Crash

• Black Friday