World War I & World War II
Georgia's Contributions to World War I
What is food, textiles, and military bases for the war efforts?
A condition that FDR had that attracted him to the state of Georgia
What is polio?
This was feared by many cotton farmers in the 1920s
What is the boll weevil?
This ruthless leader firmly controlled Germany as a totalitarian dictator by 1933
Who is Adolf Hitler?
This led to World War II in Europe
What is Japan's aggression?
President Roosevelt paid farmers to plant less cotton due to this
What is he wanted to restrict the supply in order to raise its prices?
President Roosevelt and Eugene Talmadge both agreed to this one thing
What is farmers needing relief during the Great Depression?
This began when German troops were ordered to attack Poland in 1939
What is World War II?
The statement "a day which will live in infamy" refers to this
What is the bombing of Pearl Harbor?
President Roosevelt created these during the Great Depression to protect the economy
What is the New Deal?
These things caused the Great Depression in 1929
What is falling stock market prices, consumerism, and overproduction?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination in Bosnia led to this
What is World War I?
The Bell Aircraft played this role during World War II
What is it produced more than six hundred bombers and created new jobs in Marietta?
This was created to give benefits to older, retired workers
What is Social Security?
Under this Act, the United States agreed to send supplies and aid to any nation whose defense was important to the national security of the United States.
What is the Land-Lease Act?
These two countries were called the Central Powers during World War I
What is Germany and Austria-Hungary?
Historians consider this to be Georgia's greatest military contribution to the war effort
What is liberty ships produced at the Brunswick and Savannah shipyards?
This person opposed the New Deal programs
Who is Eugene Talmadge?
This person has been given the nickname "Father of the Two-Ocean Navy"
Who is Carl Vinson?
These fighting ships kept traveling under water to sink U.S. ships in the Atlantic because they believed the ships were taking military supplies to England
What is German U-boats?