Georgia Studies Unit 8

Name the person who wrote two bills expanding naval strength and had the GREATEST impact on the U.S. victory in WWII?

• Carl Vinson

• FDR

• John F. Kennedy

• Harry Truman

Name the person from Georgia who served decades in the U.S. House of Representatives, was the “Father of the Two Ocean Navy” (bringing about many employment opportunities in Savannah and Brunswick and won the Medal of Freedom?

• Martin Luther King

• Carl Vinson

• Eugene Talmadge

• Henry Hudson

Richard Russell

• was a regular man from Washington DC who settled down in Georgia.

• was from rural Georgia and helped with rural elctrification

• was an expert military strategist, Congressman (senator) and he helped bring military opportunities (bases) to Georgia during WW II.

• represented Georgia four times in the Senate

How were Richard Russell and Carl Vinson similar?

• Neither was willing to work with the Republican majority in Congress to help Georgia.

• They both supported the institution of slavery

• They both loved peaches

• Both served in Congress for many years building up their power and influence.

What facility provided higher government revenues to states that had them?

• Buildings

• Military bases

• Buses

• Parks

How did World War II helped bring about an end to economic depression in Georgia?

• Peach production increased

• Georgia grew more peanuts

• Georgia manufactured planes and ships for the war

• The navy established a traing facility in Georgia

What was manufactured in Marietta, Georgia?

• Boeing 757

• Bell Aircraft B-29’s

• Cruise ships

• Portable homes

What was the Lend-Lease Act?

• policy Roosevelt and Congress developed to assist the Allies before the United States entered World War II.

• A policy of lending or leasing money to the needy.

• A policy of lending or leasing warships to Germany

• None of the above

What made the attack on Pearl Harbor very devastating?

• 50,000 naval personnel lost their lives

• most of the U.S. Navy ships were in the harbor.

• The war was about to end but now had to continue

• It was not devastating

What was the major impact of the Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor?

• US Navy was destroyed.

• US entered WWII

• All Asians were imprisoned

• None of the above