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