The purpose of social security is to...

create a system of retirement for the elderly

Why did Franklin Roosevelt spend so much time in Georgia?

warm mineral waters of Warm Springs to ease his polio

The Holocaust was a name given to the tactics used by Hitler and the Nazis for

exterminating6 million Jews and other “undesirables.”

Two events occurred causing Georgia’s economy to be weakened before the the Great Depression?

theboll weevil and the drop in cotton prices

What famous statement refers to the attack on Pearl Harbor?

" a daythat will live in infamy”

Laissez-faire policies of the U. S. government helped bring about the depression by

Notdoing anything to solve the country’s economic problems

Georgians did not feel the impact of the stockmarket crash because

thestate was already in a depression.

Descirbe the involvement of the United States in World War II before thebombing of Pearl Harbor

TheUnited States provided lend-lease aid to Great Britain

Why did the U.S. start a lend-lease system of war equipment?

Its allies ran out of money with which to buy the equipment

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1
The purpose of social security is to...
give all workers in the U.S. a plan for the future
create a system to save banks from collapse
protect the financial power of the federal government
create a system of retirement for the elderly
2
Why did Franklin Roosevelt spend so much time in Georgia?
Roosevelt’swife was a native of Calhoun
was a native of Augusta and traveled widely across the state
Roosevelthad originally been a farmer and he loved farm life
warm mineral waters of Warm Springs to ease his polio
3
What United States president’s policies are blamed for the Great Depression?
HerbertHoover
HarryTruman
FranklinD. Roosevelt
DwightEisenhower
4
What type of aircraft was built at the Bell Aircraft Marietta plant?
fighterjets
jumbojets
727s
B-29bombers
5
The Holocaust was a name given to the tactics used by Hitler and the Nazis for
exterminating6 million Jews and other “undesirables.”
eliminatingwar prisoners.
frighteningthose who opposed Adolph Hitler.
getting rid of the bodies of those who died in World War II.
6
Besides the boll weevil, Georgia cotton farmersin the 1920s were hurt by
frosts
tornadoes
droughts.
fires
7
Auschwitz....Dachau...Treblinka... all have what in common?
battlefields of Europe
concentration camps
Allied Forces general
Axis Power capitals
8
Two events occurred causing Georgia’s economy to be weakened before the the Great Depression?
election of Woodrow Wilson and the beginning ofWorld War I
adoption of child labor laws and the county unitsystem
theboll weevil and the drop in cotton prices
prohibition and disenfranchisement
9
What famous statement refers to the attack on Pearl Harbor?
" a daythat will live in infamy”
“the British are coming”
“shotheard around the world”
“wehave only begun the fight”
10
The U.S. entered World War II when Japan attacked
Manchuria
Midway
China
Pearl Harbor
11
The boll weevil larvae feed on the...
white, fluffy cotton.
yellow flowers on the plant
. leavesof the cotton plant
insects that are found on the stalk.
12
This Georgia governor served during the Great Depression and spoke out against the NewDeal?
EllisArnall
RichardRussell
EurithRivers
EugeneTalmadge
13
Laissez-faire policies of the U. S. government helped bring about the depression by
Overextending trade agreements
Givingbusinesses too many loans.
Notdoing anything to solve the country’s economic problems
Encouragingpeople to invest in the stock market.
14
Georgians did not feel the impact of the stockmarket crash because
state constitution prohibited investing in the stock market
thestate was already in a depression.
bankswere protected by state insurance.
citizens had little money invested in the stockmarket
15
Where in Georgia were Liberty ships built during World War II?
Brunswickand Savannah
St.Simons Island and Augusta
Brunswickand Jekyll Island
Atlantaand Augusta
16
What Georgian is known as the “father of the two-ocean navy?”
RichardB. Russell, Jr.
WalterF. George
CarlVinson
BenEpps
17
Descirbe the involvement of the United States in World War II before thebombing of Pearl Harbor
TheUnited States provided advisory troops to aid Germany.
TheUnited States provided lend-lease aid to Great Britain
TheUnited States secretly sank German submarines
U.S. maintained neutrality with no involvement at all
18
From what group of voters did Talmadge receive his greatest support?
black voters
rural voters
women voters
wealthy voters
19
TheUnited States entered World War II when Japan attacked...
Manchuria
PearlHarbor
China
Midway
20
Who was the world leader who instigated the Holocaust?
EmperorHirohito
AdolfHitler
JosephStalin
BenitoMussolini
21
The name of Hitler's war tactic...
Frontal Assault
Blitzkrieg
Shock Tactics
Linear Ambush
22
What was NOT a purpose of the New Deal?
toimprove lifestyles for Americans
toreform the defects in the economy
torelieve the suffering of the unemployed
toprovide loans to students
23
Why did the U.S. start a lend-lease system of war equipment?
Its allies ran out of money with which to buy the equipment
It's allies preferred to lease the equipment
It could charge interest and make more money
It would get the materials back at the end of the war
24
The boll weevil originally came from?
Texas
Mexico
Mississippi
Florida

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