Download Chapter 11- New Deal, Great Depression, and WWII

Chapter 11- New Deal, Great Depression, and WWII
Name: _________________________
Directions: Use the information on pages 383-401 to complete the following statements. (sections 2 and 3)
1. Describe two natural disasters that affected Georgia’s economy in the 1920’s.
1. ___________________________________________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________________________________________
2. What was the Great Migration and what economic and social factors led to it?
3. Explain six causes of the Great Depression.
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4. Why did FDR spend so much time in Georgia?
5. What were purposes of the New Deal?
1. ___________________________________________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________________________________________
3. ___________________________________________________________________________
4. ___________________________________________________________________________
6. Why was Roosevelt’s administration referred to as “government by alphabet”?
7. How did the New Deal affect the way Americans viewed government?
8. (True or false) The Great Depression had an impact on most Georgians.
9. President Hoover was the first president to use the power of the ____________________ to help the
economy recover. This plan was (circle one) successful/unsuccessful in ending the Great Depression.
10. Using Figure 39 on page 393, name the New Deal agency that insured home loans for low
income families. ____________________________________________________
minimum wage
rural electrification
CCC
collective bargaining
_______________________ 11. Discussions between a union and an employer to determine such things as
working conditions and employees' wages, hours, and benefits
_______________________ 12. An important New Deal program that resulted in many farmers being able
to have electricity
_______________________ 13. The Civilian Conservation Corps, which constructed sewer projects,
recreational facilities, and municipal facilities throughout Georgia
_______________________ 14. The least amount an employer can pay an employee for a certain number
of hours worked
Richard Russell, Jr.
Eugene Talmadge
Eurith Rivers
Ellis Arnall
__________________________ _ 15. Led Georgia to become the first state in the nation to grant eighteenyear-olds the right to vote
________________________ ___ 16. A conservative white supremacist who did not like federal
government intervention or government debts; tried to rid Georgia of New Deal programs
________________________ ___ 17. Combined many state offices into a few agencies; created the Board
of Regents of the University System of Georgia
____________________________ 18. Supported New Deal programs; obtained federal funds to build
public housing
Section 4 - Directions: Use the information on pages 402-415 to complete the following statements.
1. In the late 1930s, the United States tried to maintain a policy of
_________________________________________ (not taking part in the affairs of other nations).
2. The policy of giving an aggressor what it wants in order to avoid war was used by Great Britain and
France towards Germany in 1938 and was called _____________________________________________.
3. The countries that led the Allied Powers in World War II were _______________________________,
__________________________________, and ____________________________________________.
4. The countries that led the Axis Powers in World War II were _______________________________,
__________________________________, and ____________________________________________.
5. Name the minority groups contributed to the United States' military effort in World War II.
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6. When was Europe freed from Hitler's control? ______________________________________
7. What happened on April 24, 1945? _______________________________________________________
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8. The United States' bombings of ____________________________ and _________________________ in
Japan were the first and last times that ______________ warfare has been used to settle differences
between nations.
9. What is name given to the systematic extermination of 6 million Jewish people by the Nazis during World
War II is the ____________________________________________________________________
10. How did Georgians support the war effort?_________________________________________________
11. Many Georgia military bases during World War II were also ______________________________ for
German, Austrian, and Italian soldiers captured during the war.
12. List a few of the many bases that were created in GA during WWII.
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13. List three ways that life in the United States changed when the United States declared war on
Japan and joined the Allies.
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