Causes
US Involvement
Georgia Contributions
End of the War
Effects
100
What is a leader who rules a country through military strength?
A dictator
100
What was the US attitude towards the war at the start of the war?
Isolationism or Neutrality
100
Who was the President at the start of the war, who died in Warm Springs, Georgia, before the war was over?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
100
Who won World War II--the Allied Powers or the Axis Powers?
The Allied Powers
100
What were the social effects of World War II on women and African Americans?
Many women started working in factories, and some joined the armed forces. When the war was over, may did not want to return to working in the home. Many African Americans joined the military and emerged as heroes in the war. They were not content to return to segregated society, forming the basis of the modern civil rights movement.
200
Who was the leader of Italy during World War II?
Benito Mussolini
200
Who were the major Allied forces? Who were the major Axis forces?
The Allied forces included the US, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union (France, too). The Axis forces were Germany, Japan, and Italy.
200
What did Bell Aircraft manufacture?
B-20 bombers
200
Where were the two atomic bombs dropped?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
200
What was a political effect of World War II on Georgia?
Georgia emerged as a power in the area of national defense because of the contributions of Carl Vinson, Richard Russell, and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Georgia was home to military bases, shipyards, and Bell Aircraft.
300
Stalin was the leader of what country in World War II?
Soviet Union
300
What was life like for African Americans before, during, and after the war?
Before the war, African Americans lived in a segregated society, marked by the use of Jim Crow laws. Some early equal rights movements had started. During the war, many African Americans served their country in combat, many emerging as heroes. At the conclusion of the war, African Americans were not content returning to a segregated society, paving the way for the modern civil rights movements.
300
What were Georgia's three contributions to World War II?
Military Bases, Shipyards, and Bell Aircraft
300
What did US troops who ended the war in Germany find?
Evidence of the Holocaust--Concentration Camps
300
What was a political effect of World War II on the United States?
The U.S. emerged as a super power, in part because its use of the atomic bomb and its strong economy. The U.S. also began to rethink its policy of isolationism after witnessing the horrors of the Holocaust.
400
What land did Germany attempt to reclaim at the start of World War II?
Land it lost in World War I--the Rhineland
400
What was life like for women before, during and after the war?
Before the war, women mostly worked in the home. During the war, they joined the armed forces and worked in factories. After the war, many did not want to return to working in the home.
400
What are two ways Georgia military bases, shipyards, and Bell Aircraft affect Georgia?
They boosted the economy and employed people.
400
What is the day that the troops stormed Normandy, France called?
D-Day
400
What was an economic effect of World War II on Georgia?
Georgia's economy improved, largely because military bases, shipyards, and Bell Aircraft provided jobs and brought money into the state. Farmers profits tripled.
500
What are two causes of World War II?
Actions of dictators and Aggressive actions of Germany
500
What are three reasons the US got involved in World War II?
Lend Lease, US escorts of British ships, and the bombing of Pearl Harbor
500
Which two Congressmen from Georgia pushed for a strong national defense?
Carl Vinson and Richard Russell
500
Which President authorized using the atomic bombs on Japan?
President Harry Truman
500
What was an economic effect of World War II on the United States?
World War II helped improve the US economy and pull it out of the Great Depression.
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