WWII Facts/US Enters the War
The reason the US joined WWII.
What is Pearl Harbor?
The Father of the Two Ocean Navy
Who is Carl Vinson?
A factory in Marrietta, GA that provided 30,000 jobs
What is the Bell Bomber Plant?
The need for crop diversification was caused by this.
What is the boll weevil?
Who are Carl Vinson and Richard Russell?
The side the US joined in WWII
The creator of the National School Lunch Program
Who is Richard B Russell Jr.?
Type of plane built in Georiga.
What is a B-29?
The Great Migration.
What is the movement of thousands of African-Americans from the South to the North?
Two Georgia politicians who are credited with being progressive and making Atlanta "the city too busy to hate."
William Hartsfield and Ivan Allen Jr.
An act that allowed the US to send $ and supplies to its allies in exchange for military bases.
What is the Lend-Lease Act?
Who is Mayor William Hartsfield?
Two key locations for building big boats.
What are Savannah and Brunswick?
The type of migration WITHIN Georgia during this time period.
The incumbant governnor in 1946
Who was Ellis Arnall?
The final theater of the war.
What is the Pacific Theater?
The man who brought 3 major league sports teams to Atlanta.
Who is Mayor Ivan Allen Jr?
Liberty ship
What are cargo ships built during WWII?
A major CAUSE of migration within Georgia.
What is more industry, technological advances in farming, etc.?
The man who was elected in the 1948 special election.
Who is Herman Talmadge?
The goal of most, if not all, nations during this time period.
What is imperialism?
The man who won the 1946 Three Governor's controversy.
Who is Melvin Thompson?
What are military bases?
Gave us the Interstate Highway System.
Who was Dwight D Eisenhower?
The reason Eugene Talmadge wanted to run for governor in 1946.
What is the end of the white primary?