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

Chapter 11- New Deal, Great Depression, and WWII
Reading Notes
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.
2. What was the Great Migration and what economic and social factors led to it?
3. Explain six causes of the Great Depression.
4. Why did FDR spend so much time in Georgia?
5. What were 4 purposes of the New Deal?
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 way of life of most Georgians was not greatly affected by the depression.
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. ____________________________________________________
Match the following terms to their correct descriptions.
A. minimum wage
D. CCC
B. rural electrification
C. 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
Match each New Deal Georgia governor to his correct description.
A. Richard Russell, Jr.
C. Eurith Rivers
B. Eugene Talmadge
D. Ellis Arnall
____ 15. Led Georgia to become the first state in the nation to grant eighteen-year-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. Circle the letter of the correct answer. 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
A. neutrality.
C. appeasement.
B. isolationism.
D. sectionalism.
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. True or false, Mexican Americans, women, and African Americans all greatly contributed to
the United States' military effort in World War II. _____________________
6. When was Europe freed from Hitler's control? _______________________________
7. What happened on April 24, 1945? _____________________________________
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. Circle the letter of the correct answer. The name given to the systematic extermination of 6
million Jewish people by the Nazis during World War II is known as
A. the Holocaust.
C. concentration camps.
B. atomic warfare.
D. the Blitzkrieg.
10. Circle the letter of the correct answer. How did Georgians support the war effort?
A. They donated pints of blood for the war wounded.
B. Students collected items soldiers might need.
C. People planted, maintained, harvested, and canned foods from their "Victory Gardens."
D. All of the above.
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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