World War 1
"Food is ammunition" on a poster
What is a Victory Garden
It is a cycle that caused the Great Depression.
What is the reduction of purchasing power?
Remember Pearl Harbor.
What encourage support for the USA entering WWII?
Minimum wage laws would threaten white supremacy
National government was infringing on GA.'s economy
Georgia's way of life was being threatened
Why did Eugene Talmadge oppose the New Deal in Georgia?
1. Workers and employees fund it through payroll deductions
2. Signed into law by FDR in 1935
3. provided support for retirees over 65
4. Unemployment insurance and welfare programs
What is the Social Security Administration?
purchasing war bonds
What did Ga. citizens contribute to the war effort during WW I?
Banks made too many loans and as customers lost jobs, cleared out their savings; banks ran out of money and closed.
What caused bank failures during the Great Depression?
Popular support for USA entering WWII
1939 1941
for 42% 91%
What is how Pearl Harbor's bombing by Japan change American support for entering the war?
The New Deal threaten to reduce state's right.
What did Eugene Talmadge argue?
paid farmers to produce less
purchased agriculture from farmers to redistribute as relief
What was raised farm prices and allowed farmers to purchase manufactured goods? AAA
100,000 participants
3,000 died in battle
War Bond purchases
Growing Victory Gardens
What were Georgia's contributions to WW I?
Between 1930-1933 there was rising unemployment leading to the Great Depression.
What were the causes: Raising unemployment caused reduced purchasing power, closing businesses, and growing unemployment. It a cycle.
Gave aid short of joining the war.
What is USA sent supplies to Allies to fight the Axis powers but claimed to be neutral?
President Roosevelt traveled to Warm Springs frequently to recover from complications of polo.
How was Ga. significant in FDR's life?
Served on a powerful senate committee
pushed military bases in GA.
opposed civil rights
Who is Richard Russell?
Expanding the railroads and textile mills
What would the Bourbon Triumvirate most likely support?
The state's reliance on a single crop (cotton). the Boll Weevil and the dought.
What factor caused Ga. to experience the depression before the rest of the country?
this allowed the US to give aid to Great Britain even though they could no longer pay for it.
What was the lend lease act?
He sponsored numerous bills to increase the production of warships and airplanes vital to the military.
How did Carl Vinson help Georgia's economy?
\It improved the state's park system
What is the CCC in Georgia?
Encouraged Northerners to invest in the South
What was the main reason for International Cotton Exchange?
He noticed a lack of lights and high cost of electricity in rural Ga.
How did FDR's visit to Georgia influence the New Deal? REA
B 29 bombers
troops deployed to Europe from Ga ports
prisoners of war housed in Ga military bases
What are Georgia's contributions to World War II?
Richard Russell and Carl Vinson
Who created a critical role in creating jobs for Georgians during WWll?
trained men and women for military
built B-29 bombers
built Liberty ships
What did Georgia do during WWII?