WW1 & WW2 Summative Review

How did “Liberty” ships affect the workforce in Georgia?

• They created jobs and stimulated the economy.

• They led to unemployment throughout the state.

• They fostered a sense of civil unrest in residents.

• They decreased hourly wages and salaries in the state.

How were Carl Vinson and Richard Russell alike?

• They were both Georgia senators.

• They both served in the US Army

• They both worked for civil rights reforms

• They both brought opportunities to Georgians during WW2

Why did Congress pass the Lend-Lease Act in 1941?

• To stimulate the United States economy

• To stop Japanese aggression in the Pacific

• To supply weapons to the allies so that America would raise money to pay off debt

• To supply weapons to allies to keep America away from the fighting

Which conclusion can be drawn from the information below:

Location: Marietta, Georgia

Dates of Operation: May 1943 to September 1945

War Department input: $73 million

War Department output: 663 B-29s

Employees:  28, 158 at peak in February 1945

• The Bell Bomber Plant helped bring WW2 to a quick end

• The Bell Bomber Plant created jobs and stimulated Marietta's economy

• Closure of the Bell Bomber Plant caused unemployment rates to skyrocket.

• The Bell Bomber Plant was built to help Marietta recover from the Great Depression

How did the boll weevil affect Georgia’s agricultural economy?

• It infested farm machinery factories, causing them to produce less farming equipment.

• It infested farms, causing farmers to get sick and be unable to plant crops

• It destroyed trees, causing orchards to produce less pecans

• It destroyed crops, causing farms to produce less cotton.

Which statement best explains Georgia’s military importance during World war II?

• Its agricultural economy grew necessary food.

• Its wartime industries constructed critical technology such as ships and planes.

• Its natural ports docked damaged ships.

• Its patriotic citizens welcomed fleeing refugees.

What was the purpose of the Agricultural Adjustment Act?

• To bring electricity to rural farms

• To provide agricultural jobs for urban poor

• To raise prices of staple crops by limiting supply

• To provide temporary jobs and education in agriculture

What was one significant result of Carl Vinson’s work?

• U.S. Navy suffered an attack on Pearl Harbor

• U.S. Navy found German submarines in the Atlantic Ocean

• U.S. Navy made him an admiral

• U.S. Navy increased its strength and size

Which of the following best describes Richard Russell’s contribution to the war effort?

• By serving on the Senate’s Naval Affairs Committee, he helped investigators learn how the Pearl Harbor attack was carried out.

• By helping to establish military bases like Georgia’s Fort Benning, he helped the state become an important resource to the federal government.

• By traveling to the war’s regions, he helped develop maps of Europe and the Pacific.

• By working with his states shipyards, he was able to obtain federal contracts to help supply the military with ships built in Savannah and Brunswick.

Which statement BEST explains why President Franklin D. Roosevelt built the Little White House in Warm Springs, Georgia?

• Warm Springs was closer to the Bell Bomber Plant.

• He visited Warm Springs after contracting polio.

• He founded the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation in 1927

• George Foster Peabody, a native Georgian, invited him to build there.