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Pgs 111-151 Kayla
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Borrowing more money than could be repaid Speculating in the stock market Overproducing farm products What did these events lead to? | The Great Depression |
| Grants of money from government are called | Subsidies |
| The purpose of social security is to create a system of retirement and unemployment | insurance |
| The United States entered World War II when Japan attacked | Pearl Harbor |
| Where in Georgia were Liberty ships built during World War II? | Savannah and Brunswick |
| Which New Deal program was responsible for such projects in Georgia as Roosevelt Park in Pine Mountain, Tybee Island's sea wall, Augusta's Savannah River Levee, and Macon's airport? | Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) |
| The Holocaust was a name given to the tactics used by Hitler and the Nazis for exterminating 6 million Jews and other | "undesirables" |
| Who was the world leader who instigated the Holocaust? | Adolf Hitler |
| The NIRA affected Georgia because it resulted in a strike in the | textile industry |
| After World War II, one of Georgia's most important agricultural products was | poultry |
| What was the most important crop in Georgia before World War II? | cotton |
| What Georgian was known as the "father of the two-ocean navy?" | Carl Vinson |
| The Georgia military base that did NOT also serve as a prisoner of war camp was | Fort Campbell |
| What group of workers was NOT covered by Social Security? | Farm workers |
| Ellis Arnall was the first governor of Georgia to serve a term of | four years |
| When did the Atlanta Hawks arrive in Atlanta from St. Louis? | 1968 |
| What Georgia city is the financial, communication, and transportation center for the Southeastern United States? | Atlanta |
| What percentage of Georgia's population today lives in the metropolitan Atlanta area? | just over 50% |
| Which crop is grown only in northwest Georgia? | berries |
| What type of aircraft was built at the Bell Aircraft Marietta plant? | B-29 bombers |
| What Georgia governor served during the Great Depression and spent a great deal of his time speaking out against New Deal, blacks, and the metropolitan areas? | Eugene Talmadge |
| Which policy did Governor Eugene Talmadge support? | reduced property taxes |
| Besides the boll weevil, Georgia cotton farmers in the 1920s were hurt by | droughts |
| What organization was founded two months after the 1960 sit-in at the Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina? | SNCC |
| Who was one of the first blacks to be admitted to the University of Georgia? | Charlayne Hunter |
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