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Unit 8 Georgia Studies

Total questions: 125

Worksheet time: 1hrs 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Georgia played a _____ role in World War I.

a)

significant

b)

unimportant

c)

minor

d)

moderate

2.

What is true about Georgia's contributions to World War I?

a)

home to more training camps than any other state

b)

contributed more than 1 million men and women by the end of the war

c)

contributed more than 100,000 men and women by the end of the war

d)

contributed more than 10,000 men and women by the end of the war

e)

liberated more American soldiers than any other state

3.

Which of the following did Georgia contribute to World War I?

a)

military training bases

b)

soldiers

c)

textile facilities and uniform making

d)

food supply

e)

cotton supply for clothes

4.

During the Great Depression, farming systems failed where?

a)

southern states

b)

mid western states

c)

northern states

d)

throughout the USA

e)

USA and Japan

5.

Which of the following apply to the Great Depression?

a)

economic depression

b)

worldwide

c)

national

d)

decade long

e)

5 year long

6.

_____ Stock Market Crash

a)

New York

b)

Georgia

c)

American (USA)

d)

New Jersey

e)

Washington

7.

Stock Market Crash date

a)

1929

b)

1936

c)

1941

d)

1906

8.

Which is true of the Stock Market Crash?

a)

Because of it, stocks lost 90% of their value.

b)

Because of it, stocks lost 93% of their value.

c)

It contributed partially to the Great Depression.

d)

It was the sole cause of the Great Depression.

e)

US went to war with Japan because of it.

9.

What happened during the Great Depression?

a)

People had to speculate/guess about stock prices pushing up.

b)

People invested their money in a stock only to see the stock's value go down.

c)

margin buying (borrowing money)

d)

People could not pay their bank loans.

e)

Stocks increased in value while employment rates decreased.

10.

Which were economic factors of the Great Depression?

a)

high unemployment

b)

hoarding money

c)

not putting money in banks

d)

not spending money

e)

high level investment in banks

11.

Great Depression: Where did droughts occur?

a)

southern USA

b)

western USA

c)

entire USA

d)

southern and western USA

e)

"dust bowl states" (east coast, northern and southern states)

12.

Droughts led to...

a)

dust bowl

b)

increase cotton farming

c)

high demand for slave labor

d)

laissez-faire

e)

monsoons

13.

President Herbert Hoover used _____ approach in business.

a)

laissez-faire

b)

calm

c)

stock market

d)

supply and demand

e)

government regulatory

14.

Which applies to laissez-faire?

a)

hands off

b)

no government involvement

c)

problems can fix themselves

d)

supply and demand

e)

mixed-command market

15.

When did the Boll Weevil insect invade farms throughout Georgia?

a)

1972

b)

1966

c)

1915

d)

1947

16.

What did the Boll Weevil do?

a)

put southern region in economic depression before most of the nation

b)

cause tobacco plant supply to go down, thus ruining the economy

c)

increased production rates of industrial tools and products

d)

bowl a wee little evilness towards Georgia and the South

e)

you do realize that you're the only one who thinks your jokes are funny, right?

17.

What did the Boll Weevil do?

a)

attack and destroy cotton which was very important for the Georgia economy

b)

attack and destroy tobacco which was very important for the Georgia economy

c)

destroy thousands of crops

d)

hurt Georgia's economy and contributed to Great Depression

e)

destroy many plants, leading to soil erosion and the Dust Bowl

18.

Cotton production in Georgia dropped drastically between?

a)

1914 to 1923

b)

1915 to end of World War I

c)

1923 to beginning of World War II

d)

1896 to 1957

e)

1937 to 1947

19.

Drought did not occur in Georgia, although Georgia still suffered some of the effects because neighboring states like South Carolina did suffer a drought.

a)

true

b)

false

20.

When was there small amounts of water in Georgia?

a)

1920s and 1930s

b)

1920s through beginning of World War II

c)

1945 to 1963

d)

late 1900s

21.

Choose the answer(s) that makes the statement true. Dust Bowl out west in _____.

a)

Oklahoma

b)

Texas

c)

Tennessee

d)

Virginia

e)

Oregon

22.

Drought in GA and Dust Bowl

a)

cut agriculture production due to lack of rain

b)

dry lands in the wild west

c)

over construction

d)

over grazing by farm animals

e)

over using the land

23.

Which of the following was not a result of the GA drought?

a)

failing cotton prices

b)

failing tobacco prices

c)

reductions in workforce

d)

African Americans forced into labor again by poor whites

e)

These were all results of the GA drought.

24.

Some people in Georgia never even knew there was a Great Depression because it did not affect them too greatly as compared to the other states and they had just recovered from the drought and were prospering economically.

a)

true

b)

false

25.

Some people in Georgia never even knew there was a Great Depression because they had been struggling economically for years (1920s and 1930s).

a)

true

b)

false

26.

Some people in Georgia never even knew there was a Great Depression because they had been struggling economically for years (1930s and 1940s).

a)

true

b)

false

27.

Georgia was affected the most _____ during the drought.

a)

agriculturally

b)

economically

c)

industrially

d)

locally

28.

New Deal: _____ plan.

a)

economic

b)

industrial

c)

agricultural

d)

none of these

29.

New Deal was whose plan?

a)

president

b)

citizens

c)

Congress

d)

Georgia

30.

What did the New Deal provide?

a)

jobs

b)

education

c)

money

d)

crops eg. rice and indigo

e)

none of these

31.

What did the New Deal do?

a)

start up America's economy again after the Great Depression

b)

cause the Great Depression

c)

increase the socioeconomic division between the rich and the poor

d)

take away jobs from farmers and increase employment among factory workers, merchants, etc.

32.

Which programs apply to the New Deal in Georgia?

a)

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

b)

Agricultural Adjustment Administration/Act (AAA)

c)

Rural Electrification Administration/Act (REA)

d)

Social Security Act (SSA)

e)

none of these

33.

Which programs apply to the New Deal in the USA?

a)

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

b)

Agricultural Adjustment Administration/Act (AAA)

c)

Rural Electrification Administration/Act (REA)

d)

Social Security Act (SSA)

e)

none of these

34.

Which is true about CCC?

a)

men worked forests planting trees

b)

prevented soil erosion

c)

fixed dams

d)

improved forest fire protection

e)

conserved animal habitats that were endangered

35.

Which areas apply to CCC?

a)

Tybee Island

b)

Roosevelt State Park

c)

Savannah River Levee

d)

Macon's Airport

e)

farms throughout GA

36.

AAA paid farmers to produce _____ crops.

a)

more

b)

less

c)

same amount of

d)

this is a weird question

37.

AAA paid farmers to produce less _____.

a)

cotton

b)

corn

c)

wheat

d)

rice

e)

milk

38.

AAA goal

a)

raise prices and value of crops later

b)

raise prices and value of crops now

c)

increase supply and decrease demand of crops

d)

make crops more affordable for people

e)

make crops less affordable for people

39.

Who was helped the most with the AAA?

a)

white property-owning farmers

b)

poor white farmers

c)

black property-owning farmers

d)

poor black farmers

40.

REA

a)

providing electricity to rural areas

b)

increasing electric supply in urban cities

c)

helping farmers get out of economic crisis

d)

all of these

41.

President Roosevelt envisioned the REA while doing what?

a)

looking into the night at Warm Springs, GA

b)

traveling with his family in Augusta, GA

c)

overseeing a construction project

d)

shopping at the local farmer's market and talking to a little boy

42.

SSA still exists today.

a)

true

b)

false

43.

SSA helped young people especially.

a)

true

b)

false

44.

SSA: Gov't paid retired people.

a)

true

b)

false

45.

Roosevelt's New Deal programs were aimed at providing _____ of the American economy.

a)

recovery, relief, and reform

b)

answers, reflections, and misshaps

c)

unison, pride, and nationalism

d)

problems, issues, and dilemmas

46.

New Deal: New government agencies were created.

a)

true

b)

false

c)

duh

d)

idk

47.

New Deal: Relief to millions of _____ people.

a)

leave the blank blank

b)

unemployed

c)

alive

d)

worldwide

48.

Were families near starvation?

a)

yes, before New Deal

b)

yes, after New Deal

c)

not before New Deal, but during yes

d)

no

49.

New Deal: recovery programs aimed at helping _____.

a)

the economy

b)

agriculture

c)

farmers

d)

global trade

50.

New Deal: Reform aimed at making changes at ways Americans did what?

a)

worked

b)

did business

c)

lived

d)

farmed

51.

New Deal Program

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

Roooooosevelt the Franklin

c)

Eugene Talmadge

d)

Eugene Tail Magic

e)

Abraham Lincoln

52.

Who benefited the most from the AAA program?

a)

white property owning farmers

b)

white sharecroppers/tenant farmers

c)

black property owning farmers

d)

black sharecroppers/tenant farmers

e)

poor black and white farmers

53.

Federal grants went to (1)_____ who were white rather than (2)_____ who were mostly black and did not own land.

a)

1) property owners | 2) tenant farmers & sharecroppers

b)

1) tenant farmers & sharecroppers | 2) property owners

c)

1) slave owners | 2) slaves

d)

1) wealthy farmers | 2) poor farmers

54.

Eugene Talmadge was GA governor in what dates?

a)

1933 - 1943

b)

1933 - 1946

c)

1876 - 1906

d)

1432- 1601

55.

Eugene Talmadge fully supported FDR's New Deal program.

a)

true

b)

false

56.

Eugene Talmadge never fully supported FDR's New Deal program.

a)

true

b)

false

57.

Eugene Talmadge thought the New Deal program promoted what?

a)

communism

b)

socialism

c)

democracy

d)

education

58.

Eugene Talmadge did not support the United States federal government and New Deal.

a)

true

b)

false

59.

Eugene Talmadge supported the United States federal government and New Deal.

a)

true

b)

false

60.

Eugene Talmadge opposed minimum wage.

a)

true

b)

false

61.

Eugene Talmadge supported minimum wage.

a)

true

b)

false

62.

Eugene Talmadge was a _____.

a)

abolitionist

b)

communist

c)

socialist

d)

segregationist

63.

Who did Eugene Talmadge support?

a)

rural countryside Georgians and farmers

b)

poor blacks and whites

c)

white land owners

d)

urban residents

64.

What did Eugene Talmadge believe in?

a)

white supremacy

b)

segregation

c)

minimum wage

d)

AAA

65.

Why did Eugene Talmadge not believe in minimum wage?

a)

It would be giving equal pay to blacks and whites.

b)

Blacks would be supreme.

c)

Whites would be supreme.

d)

He did believe in it.

66.

Why did Eugene Talmadge believe in minimum wage?

a)

Blacks would gain their equal status next to whites.

b)

It would end segregation.

c)

Blacks would finally be supreme.

d)

He did not believe in it.

67.

Which statement is true?

a)

Eugene Talmadge supported the New Deal at first, but then thought it was threatening Georgia's way of life.

b)

Eugene Talmadge opposed the New Deal at first, but then thought it would be beneficial to Georgia's way of life.

c)

Eugene Talmadge never supported the New Deal one bit.

d)

Eugene Talmadge always supported the New Deal 100 percent.

68.

Eugene Talmadge's opposition to the New Deal led to...

a)

the federal government taking over the program in GA temporarily

b)

the federal government taking over the program in GA permanently

c)

him getting arrested and being sentenced to three months in prison

d)

He did not oppose the New Deal.

69.

Eugene Talmadge's support toward the New Deal led to...

a)

him becoming the unofficial chairman of it in GA

b)

him becoming the official chairman of it in GA

c)

him receiving national recognition from FDR

d)

He did not support the New Deal.

70.

FDR made several trips to _____.

a)

Warm Springs, GA

b)

Milledgeville, GA

c)

Memphis, TN

d)

Charlotte, NC

e)

Starry Skies, GA

71.

FDR's home in Warm Springs was called?

a)

Little White House

b)

Georgia Presidential Palace

c)

Georgian Retreat

d)

The Roosevelt Cottage

72.

When did FDR first visit the mineral springs in Warm Springs?

a)

1933

b)

1946

c)

1924

d)

1938

73.

Why did FDR visit naturally heated mineral springs?

a)

treatment for his polio related paralyisis

b)

vacation

c)

celebration for end of Great Depression

d)

none of these

74.

Warm Springs, GA has what?

a)

rehab facilities for polio patients

b)

palm trees

c)

balance of farms/rural areas and urban areas

d)

none

75.

What happened in Warm Springs, GA?

a)

FDR got inspiration for New Deal programs.

b)

FDR got married here.

c)

His wife Eleanor Roosevelt passed away here.

d)

all of these

76.

FDR called Warm Springs, GA the birthplace of what in 1938?

a)

Rural Electrification Administration

b)

Agricultural Adjustment Administration

c)

the New Deal

d)

all of these

77.

How did FDR imagine the REA?

a)

looked into dark night while in GA

b)

looked at constellations in starry night sky in GA

c)

skiing on the slopes of Pine Mountain, GA

d)

none of these

78.

Bombing of Pearl Harbor took place where?

a)

Japan

b)

Georgia

c)

Coasts of California

d)

Hawaii

79.

Pearl Harbor was a _____ attack by the Japanese.

a)

surprise

b)

expected

c)

frequent

d)

mandatory

e)

constructive

80.

Pearl Harbor: Japanese attacked...

a)

pacific theater/region

b)

Georgia/Florida border

c)

China, Indonesia, and Russia

d)

atlantic theater/region

81.

Why did Japan bomb pearl harbor?

a)

to weaken America's pacific naval warship fleet strength

b)

to get America involved in World War II

c)

to scare FDR into backing down from presidency

d)

to force Hawaiians into labor

82.

Pearl Harbor: The Japanese were in the pacific region extracting what?

a)

oil

b)

rubber

c)

cotton

d)

metal

83.

Pearl Harbor: Japanese extracting resources from Pacific theater, USA's presence in the region _____ Japan's ability to import oil.

a)

threatened

b)

enhanced

c)

helped

d)

increased

e)

scared

84.

The attack on Pearl Harbor changed America's _____ ways and got this country _____ involved in international issues.

a)

isolationist | more

b)

isolationist | less

c)

outgoing | more

d)

outgoing | less

85.

The Bombing of Pearl Harbor forced America into the war.

a)

true

b)

false

c)

idk man

86.

Before the attack on Pearl Harbor, America involved itself in the war and was supportive of joining.

a)

true

b)

false

c)

bruhhhhhhh

87.

What did America use to try to stay out of WWII?

a)

A. Lend Lease Program

b)

B. Pearl Harbor

c)

C. New Deal Programs

d)

America tried to be involved in the war.

e)

A, B, and C

88.

Georgians wanted to enter WWII.

a)

true

b)

false

c)

duh

d)

bruh. rlly?

89.

Internment camps for Japanese were the _____ thing to do for America's protection.

a)

right

b)

wrong

c)

no correlation

90.

Japanese internment camps were a fair and just policy for Asian Americans after Pearl Harbor.

a)

true

b)

false

91.

Lend Lease Act: Americans would lend or lease military equipment and supplies to European countries such as...

a)

England

b)

France

c)

China

d)

Germany

92.

Why did USA do Lend Lease Act?

a)

so that it could stay neutral

b)

so that it could stay protected

c)

so that it could stay (somewhat) isolated

d)

so that it could get involved in the war without sending soldiers

e)

so that it could get involved in the war by employing and deploying many troops

93.

Lend Lease Act: Who benefited the most from the cash and carry policy?

a)

Great Britain

b)

Japan

c)

USA

d)

France

94.

When did FDR sign the lend lease program?

a)

1941

b)

1945

c)

1889

d)

1906

e)

1937

95.

Which was a Georgia training camp?

a)

Fort Benning

b)

Fort Anderson

c)

Fort Scott

d)

Highland Army Camp

96.

Fort Benning was used during World War I.

a)

true

b)

false

97.

Fort Benning was used during World War II.

a)

true

b)

false

98.

Fort Benning still exists.

a)

true

b)

false

c)

bruh

99.

Fort Benning currently trains Army _____.

a)

infantry

b)

maturity

c)

navigation

d)

bombing

e)

It is not in use today.

100.

Fort Benning currently trains _____.

a)

pilots how to fly bomber jets and other advanced modern airplanes

b)

navy admirals how to navigate the ocean and sea attacks

c)

wut even is fort benning

d)

none of these

e)

It doesn't exist anymore.

101.

What is infantry?

a)

soldiers on foot for combat

b)

soldiers in air for combat

c)

soldiers out to sea for combat

d)

none of these

e)

we dont need to know this for our unit right?!!!

102.

Where was Bell Aircraft located?

a)

Marietta GA, Cobb County

b)

Marietta GA, Forsyth County

c)

Milledgville, the capital of GA at the time

d)

Milledgeville GA, Cobb County

e)

Atlanta, GA

103.

The Bell Aircraft Corporation was known as what?

a)

Bell Bomber

b)

Plane Provider

c)

Georgia Aircraft

d)

none of these

104.

Select all that apply to the Bell Aircraft.

a)

a main industrial center

b)

largest plant in the South

c)

World War III

d)

World War I

105.

Select all that apply to the Bell Aircraft.

a)

used during World War II

b)

made B-29 Bombers for the USAF

c)

employed many Georgians

d)

government-owned plant

e)

closed after World War II

106.

What does USAF stand for?

a)

United States Air Force

b)

United States Army Force

c)

Union of Soviet Aircraft Forces

d)

none of these

107.

When did Bell Aircraft re-open?

a)

1951

b)

1962

c)

1946

d)

It never closed.

e)

It never re-opened.

108.

Bell Aircraft re-opened and became home to what?

a)

Lockheed-Georgia

b)

Marriet-Georgia

c)

it didn't

d)

Aircraft Missions

e)

the name stayed the same

109.

Georgia _____ World War II effort.

a)

contributed to

b)

slowed down

c)

It had no effect.

d)

ruined the

110.

How did Georgia help the World War II effort?

a)

It didn't.

b)

by building cargo ships also known as Liberty Ships at shipyards

c)

by supplying food and providing shelters for soldiers.

d)

none of these

111.

Shipyards/ports in Georgia during World War II

a)

Savannah

b)

Brunswick

c)

Deep Ocean

d)

Augusta

112.

Largest deep seaport on the east coast in USA

a)

Savannah

b)

Brunswick

c)

Virginia

d)

Washington, D.C.

113.

How were the Brunswick and Savannah ports created?

a)

FDR announced Emergency Shipbuilding Program.

b)

Georgia's soldiers did not have enough supplies.

c)

Ronald Reagan ordered them to be created.

d)

none of these

114.

Richard Russell

a)

Georgia governor

b)

U.S. Senator

c)

expert military strategist

d)

U.S. Representative in House

e)

longest serving member from Georgia

115.

Carl Vinson

a)

Georgia governor

b)

U.S. Senator

c)

expert military strategist

d)

U.S. Representative in House

e)

longest serving member from Georgia

116.

Strongly opposed civil rights law.

a)

Richard Russell

b)

Carl Vinson

c)

both

d)

neither

117.

Secured military installations and CDC facility in Georgia.

a)

Richard Russell

b)

Carl Vinson

c)

both

d)

neither

118.

Assisted in creating many military opportunities in Georgia.

a)

Richard Russell

b)

Carl Vinson

c)

both

d)

neither

119.

created school lunch plans - biggest legislative accomplishment

a)

Richard Russell

b)

Carl Vinson

c)

both

d)

neither

120.

Worked to improve navy and aircraft for national defense WWII.

a)

Richard Russell

b)

Carl Vinson

c)

both

d)

neither

121.

Expanded naval aviation, pilot training, and helped create air bases.

a)

Richard Russell

b)

Carl Vinson

c)

both

d)

neither

122.

made laws which sped up naval construction, eased labor restrictions in shipbuilding industry

a)

Richard Russell

b)

Carl Vinson

c)

both

d)

neither

123.

brought jobs to Savannah and Brunswick ports

a)

Richard Russell

b)

Carl Vinson

c)

both

d)

neither

124.

Institute of Public Affairs at UGA renamed _____ Institute of Government.

a)

Carl Vinson

b)

Richard Russell

c)

both

d)

neither

125.

father of two ocean Navy

a)

Richard Russell

b)

Carl Vinson

c)

both

d)

neither

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