Q3 Topics

Why was Georgia important to the World War I effort?

• The Lusitania was sunk just off the coast of Georgia.

• Georgia was the most outspoken state against the war.

• Many US Soldiers trained in Georgia training camps.

• The treaty that ended the war was signed in Georgia.

For an extended period of time from 1915 through the

1980s, cotton farmers in Georgia were having

unprofitable years because they were having to spend

much money on pesticide while at the same time

reducing the number of acres on which they could

farm. What was a primary cause of this negative

consequence?

• the cotton gin

• the boll weevil

• new legislation

• railroad construction

Which two words describe the impact of the boll weevil

on Georgia?

• positive, political

• negative, irrigation

• negative, economic

• positive, agricultural

How were Georgia’s farmers helped by the New Deal?

• Cotton prices were reduced to the lowest they have been in

  years.

• The Social Security Agency agreed to pay them for any land

  they could not use.

• The Agricultural Adjustment Act combined many smaller farms

  into fewer, larger ones.

• Electricity was finally provided for many farms due to the push

  for rural electrification.

Which was a direct impact of the Civilian Conservation

Corps?

• it created more jobs and parks for Georgians

• it provided retirement pay for the elderly

• farmers were paid to produce less cotton

• racial segregation was greatly reduced

Why was the bombing of Pearl Harbor a significant

event during World War II?

• It prevented Japan from invading the United States.

• It put an end to the lend lease program.

• It caused the United States to get involved in the war.

• It was the first use of nuclear weapons in war.

Savannah and Brunswick were important to Georgia’s

efforts in World War II in which way?

• These were the two cities selected to build Bell Aircrafts.

• Those are the two places where most of Georgia’s infantry were

  trained.

• Franklin Roosevelt used those locations as his primary

  headquarters in Georgia.

• A large number of military ships and sea vessels were built in

  the shipyards in these cities.

Some of the ships and bombers built in Georgia in the

early 1940’s was loaned to Britain for use in the war.

This practice of lending war materials to Great Britain,

France, and USSR was known by what name?

• Lend-Lease

• Pearl Harbor

• the Holocaust

• the New Deal

How was Marietta able to sustain such a large

population increase in the 1940’s?

• the physical size of the city more than doubled during this time

• construction of military aircraft, like the Bell Bomber, provided

  jobs

• construction of military aircraft, like the Bell Bomber, provided

  jobs

• Marietta became the new capital city of Georgia when Atlanta

  was burned

The list best describes which Georgian?

• Carl Vinson

• Jimmy Carter

• Richard Russell

• Eugene Talmage