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CHAPTER 10 AND 11 TEST REVIEW
What was the name of the passenger ship that was attacked by a German submarine in 1915 killing 128 Americans?
What was the name of the passenger ship that was attacked by a German submarine in 1915 killing 128 Americans?
The Lusitania
What was the name given to the great stock market crash in 1929?
What was the name given to the great stock market crash in 1929?
Black Tuesday
What is a period of little or no rain called? (This happened in Georgia in 1924)
What is a period of little or no rain called? (This happened in Georgia in 1924)
Drought
What is the name of the small beetle that destroyed Georgia’s cotton crop in the 1920s?
What is the name of the small beetle that destroyed Georgia’s cotton crop in the 1920s? Boll Weevil
Who was a three-term Governor of Georgia who was a white supremacist that did not want New Deal programs or college admissions to include African Americans?
Who was a three-term Governor of Georgia who was a white supremacist that did not want New Deal programs or college admissions to include African Americans?
Eugene Talmadge
What was President Roosevelt’s plan to end the Great Depression called?
What was President Roosevelt’s plan to end the Great Depression called? New Deal
Which New Deal program brought electricity to farms and rural homes and made life much easier for farm families?
Which New Deal program brought electricity to farms and rural homes and made life much easier for farm families?
Rural Electrification Act (REA)
What New Deal program provided jobs for young single men building forest trails and roads, planting trees to reforest the land and control flooding, and rebuilding parks?
What New Deal program provided jobs for young single men building forest trails and roads, planting trees to reforest the land and control flooding, and rebuilding parks?
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
What New Deal program created a system for retirement and unemployment insurance?
What New Deal program created a system for retirement and unemployment insurance?
Social Security Act (SSA)
What New Deal program paid farmers not to plant crops on part of their land in hopes of raising prices by cutting production?
What New Deal program paid farmers not to plant crops on part of their land in hopes of raising prices by cutting production? Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
What New Deal program did Georgia’s textile industry resist?
What New Deal program did Georgia’s textile industry resist?
Minimum Wage Act {as part of the NIRA}
Which New Deal program was responsible for such projects in Georgia like Roosevelt State Park in Pine Mountain, Tybee Island’s seawall, Augusta’s Savannah River levee, and Macon’s airport?
Which New Deal program was responsible for such projects in Georgia like Roosevelt State Park in Pine Mountain, Tybee Island’s seawall, Augusta’s Savannah River levee, and Macon’s airport?
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
What New Deal program resulted from President Roosevelt’s view of rural Georgia while sitting on his porch in Warm Springs in the evenings?
What New Deal program resulted from President Roosevelt’s view of rural Georgia while sitting on his porch in Warm Springs in the evenings?
Rural Electrification Act (REA)
What woman was a member of Roosevelt’s “Black Cabinet”?
What woman was a member of Roosevelt’s “Black Cabinet”?
Mary McLeod Bethune
What improvements in farming came about because of the Rural Electrification Authority?
What improvements in farming came about because of the Rural Electrification Authority?
Milking Machines, Electric Water Pumps
and lights
Why did rural African American farmers in Georgia not reap the benefits of many New Deal programs?
Why did rural African American farmers in Georgia not reap the benefits of many New Deal programs?
Grants of money from the Gov’t went to landowners rather than tenant farmers and poor sharecroppers.
Which Georgia Governor allowed the federal government to take over the administration of New Deal programs in our state?
Which Georgia Governor allowed the federal government to take over the administration of New Deal programs in our state?
Eurith “Ed” Rivers
What GA Governor’s actions resulted in the university system being placed on probation with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools?
What GA Governor’s actions resulted in the university system being placed on probation with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools?
Eugene Talmadge
Why did President Franklin D. Roosevelt spend so much time in Georgia?
Why did President Franklin D. Roosevelt spend so much time in Georgia?
The warm springs helped his polio symptoms.
TRUE OR FALSE: The Government gave loans to banks to help restore people’s faith in American banks.
TRUE OR FALSE: The Government gave loans to banks to help restore people’s faith in American banks.
True
What was the main focus of the New Deal programs?
What was the main focus of the New Deal programs?
A plan to end the Great Depression.
Reform, Relief and Recovery
What were 2 ways that President Hoover tried to help the needy and end the depression?
What were 2 ways that President Hoover tried to help the needy and end the depression?
1. Buy farmers crops to help raise the price
2. Hire unemployed people to work for Govt.
TRUE OR FALSE: Soup kitchens, bartering practices, and migration in search of work were common during the Great Depression.
TRUE OR FALSE: Soup kitchens, bartering practices, and migration in search of work were common during the Great Depression.
True
Who was president of the United States when the country fell in the Great Depression?
Who was president of the United States when the country fell in the Great Depression?
Herbert Hoover
What does the term “laissez-faire” mean?
What does the term “laissez-faire” mean?
Attitude that the economy would fix itself if left alone.
During the 1920s, how did female behavior and appearance change?
During the 1920s, how did female behavior and appearance change?
More women worked, new fashions, short hair, makeup, dancing, drinking.
What were some modern home conveniences that appeared in the 1920s?
What were some modern home conveniences that appeared in the 1920s?
Refrigerators, Gas stoves, toasters, sliced bread, prepackaged foods, baby food.
Who was the famous gangster who headed Chicago’s mob and was imprisoned in Atlanta’s Federal Penitentiary?
Who was the famous gangster who headed Chicago’s mob and was imprisoned in Atlanta’s Federal Penitentiary?
Gangster - Al Capone
What was one reason that many black farmers moved to the North during the Great Migration?
What was one reason that many black farmers moved to the North during the Great Migration?
Better pay, education, citizenship rights
What were the two main events that affected GA’s agriculture in a negative way during the 1920s?
What were the two main events that affected GA’s agriculture in a negative way during the 1920s?
The severe drought and Boll Weevil
What was Georgia’s first commercial radio station?
What was Georgia’s first commercial radio station?
WSB
TRUE OR FALSE: Methods for freezing foods, the appearance of convenience foods, and commercial radio stations were all associated with the 1920s.
TRUE OR FALSE: Methods for freezing foods, the appearance of convenience foods, and commercial radio stations were all associated with the 1920s.
True
Why were the 1920s known as the “roaring twenties”?
Why were the 1920s known as the “roaring twenties”?
Life was good, new inventions and conveniences were plentiful.
How long did Rebecca Latimer Felton serve in the US Congress?
How long did Rebecca Latimer Felton serve in the US Congress?
1 day
What did the 19th amendment do?
What did the 19th amendment do?
Gave women the right to vote.
What were the three soldier training facilities in Georgia during WWI?
What were the three soldier training facilities in Georgia during WWI?
Camp Benning, Fort McPherson and Camp Gordon.
What two events led the United States into WWI?
What two events led the United States into WWI?
Zimmerman Telegram and the sinking of the Lusitania
Which of those events in your answer to previous question was the final straw that led President Woodrow Wilson to ask Congress to declare war against the Central Powers?
Which of those events in your answer to previous question was the final straw that led President Woodrow Wilson to ask Congress to declare war against the Central Powers?
The Zimmerman Telegram
Which countries were a part of the Allied Powers in WWI?
Which countries were a part of the Allied Powers in WWI?
France, Great Britain and the
United States
This led to WWll because Germany felt punished for WWl sending their economy into a Great Depression?
This led to WWll because Germany felt punished for WWl sending their economy into a Great Depression?
Treaty of Versailles
After being neutral for some time, why did the United States finally enter WWll?
After being neutral for some time, why did the United States finally enter WWll?
Attack on Pearl Harbor
For years the United State remained neutral to WWll war efforts but this policy allowed us to rent weapons to Great Britain and the Soviet Union.
For years the United State remained neutral to WWll war efforts but this policy allowed us to rent weapons to Great Britain and the Soviet Union.
Lend-Lease Act
What Georgian was known as the father of “the two ocean navy”?
What Georgian was known as the father of “the two ocean navy”?
Carl Vinson
Name 3 ways WWll impacted the economy of Georgia.
Name 3 ways WWll impacted the economy of Georgia.
1. Military forts trained soldiers
2. Bell Aircraft (Marietta) built B-29 bombers
3. Georgia Farms increased due to wartime demands for crops
What was the name given to the mass murder of over 6 million Jews during the 1930s and 1940s?
What was the name given to the mass murder of over 6 million Jews during the 1930s and 1940s?
Holocaust
What was the name given to ships built in Savannah and Brunswick Georgia?
What was the name given to ships built in Savannah and Brunswick Georgia during WWll?
Liberty Ships