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What agency was created to give benefits to the elderly and disabled?
SSA; Social Security Administration
List 2 contributions Georgia made to WWI
Sent over 100,000 troops, Military bases, Rationing and Victory gardens, production of crops and supplies
a New Deal program that hired unemployed young men to work on public works projects such as improve infastructure and create parks
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
How did the Agricultural Adjustment Act of President Roosevelt's "New Deal" help Georgia's farmers?
Farmers paid to diversify crops, plant something else, which caused the price of cotton to increase.
Name at least 3 causes of the Great Depression (none of which were related to natural disaster).
The Stock Market Crash of 1929, Bank failures, Overproduction, Consumerism, Use of Credit, Speculation
What Georgia governor openly opposed the New Deal Programs and resented federal government involvement in state affairs?
Eugene Talmadge
Citizens on the home front contributed to the war efforts and help themselves by planting these!
Victory Gardens
What was Georgia's major contribution to WWI?
Training soldiers, training facilities, or military training bases
What was FDR's special connection to Georgia?
FDR visited Georgia often for the therapeutic waters of Warm Springs.
The Great Depression began with the Stock Market Crash of 1929 but was worse in Georgia due to what two events?
boll weevil and severe drought
Carl Vinson was known by what popular nicknames during his service to his country.
Father of the Two Ocean Navy
Richard B. Russell was committed to providing good nutrition to school children. What did he consider to be his most important creation?
National School Lunch Program
Richard B. Russell was influential in bringing what research facility to Georgia that is still in use today, especially as we fight corona.
CDC, Center for Disease Control
Vinson and Russell both advocated for a strong _____________.
military
How did Savannah and Brunswick play a part in Georgia's contributions to WWII?
Shipyards, build Liberty Ships
During WWII, Georgia operated many military facilities. How did these facilities improve the economy of Georgia?
Put folks to work, they spent money in surrounding area, visitiors came/spent money, businesses like resturants, hotels got customers
This facility put Marietta, Georgia on the map in 1940's due to Georgia war contributions.
Bell Bomber Plant
The event that led to the U.S. entering the fight during WWII?
bombing of Pearl Harbor by Japan
At the beginning of WWII, the U.S. position was to remain________.
Neutral
The act that allowed the U.S. government to send billions of dollars in supplies and military equipment to allied countries in exchange for U.S. rights in their military bases.
Lend-Lease Act