Georgia and the Great Depression and World War II
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| What is another name for October 29, 1929? | Black Tuesday
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| What term was used for someone who borrowed money to buy stocks? | Speculator
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| What Georgia crop saw a rapid decline in the 1915-1930? | cotton
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| What is another name for October 29, 1929? | Black Tuesday
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| What term was used for someone who borrowed money to buy stocks? | Speculator
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| What Georgia crop saw a rapid decline in the 1915-1930? | cotton
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| What was the nickname for the decade of the 1920's? | Roaring 20's
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| Three reasons why cotton failed as a crop during this time | Boll weevil, Drought, End of WWI and the demand for cotton
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| What campaign promise did FDR make to the people of America to get elected? | A New Deal
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| What was the nickname for the decade of the 1920's? | Roaring 20's
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| Three reasons why cotton failed as a crop during this time | Boll weevil, Drought, End of WWI and the demand for cotton
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| What campaign promise did FDR make to the people of America to get elected? | A New Deal
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| Which new deal program helped to keep the price down on farming products? | Agriculture Adjustment Administration AAA
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| Which new deal program helped young single men by putting them to work in camps, paying them and their familes, and taught them skills | Civilian Conservation Corps CCC
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| Which new deal program brought electricity to rural areas? | Rural Electrification Administration REA
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| Which new deal program still exists in about the same form as it was originally planned? | Social Security Act SSA
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| The Tennessee Valley Authority, TVA,created three lakes in North Georgia what are they? | Blue Ridge Lake, Nottely Lake, and Lake Chatuge
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| Which New Deal Commission was set up to oversee the buying and selling of stocks? | Securities and Exchange Commission SEC
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| Which GA Governor supported Roosevelt at first, but then saw him as a threat to GA way of life? | Eugene Talmadge
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| What type of government believes government should own all major services and means of production? | Socialist
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| Governor Talmadge openly called this president a socialist. | FDR
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| Georgia town where FDR came for polio treatment. | Warm Springs, GA
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| Stock market role in creating the Great Depression | Stock Speculation
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| Agriculture role in creating in the Great Depression | 60,000+ farms closed due to drought, boll weevil and low demand for cotton
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| Government role in creating the Great Depression | Federal Reserve printed too much money
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| What happens when too much money is printed? | The value of the dollar goes down.
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| What effectively ended the Great Depression? | World War II
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| What was the average Americans role in creating the Great Depression? | They charged many items on Credit
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| What was industry and business' role in creating the Great Depression? | Workers were fired because there was too much surplus and no one to buy it
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| What event brought the US into WWII? | The bombing of Pearl Harbor
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| When was Pearl Harbor bombed? | The morning of December 7, 1941
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| What did FDR call Dec 7? | A date that will live in infamy
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| Where were women called who cut their hair short, and wore shorter skirts? | Flappers
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| What is the word that means a nation's policy of extending its boundaries? | Expansionism
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| Which GA Governor ran on a platform of helping the farmers, reducing property taxes, and cutting state spending? | E. Talmadge
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| Because of Talmadge's decision to bar African Americans from UGA, the college lost accreditation, what was this called? | Cocking Affair
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| What did Clarence Birdseye invent? | Frozen foods
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| Which economic policy keeps government from interfering with business and industry? | Laissez-faire
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| Eugene Talmadge stated that the people of Georgia only had three friends, the friends were God, Sears Roebuck, and who? | Eugene Talmadge
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| Which radio station first aired in GA during the 1920's? | WSB
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| What did WSB broadcast during this time? | Farm reports, kids shows, baseball games
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| What do the call letters W. S. B. stand for? | Welcome South Brother
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