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Early 20th Century Vocabulary
Richard B. Russell
Lusitania
Early 20th Century Vocabulary
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Lusitania
A US battleship that sunk a British passenger ship
The queen of Germany that declared war on England in 1915
The name of the of the country that started WW I
A British passenger ship sunk by German U-boat in 1915
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Richard B. Russell
Known as the "Father of the school lunch program"
helped bring military bases to GA.
GA Governor and US Senator (7 terms)
Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee
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Stock Market
A new franchise that focused on selling shares of farms in the South.
A grocery store that needs new products to open
A system for buying and selling shares of companies
A place in New York where cattle were sold in the early 1900's
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Zimmerman Telegram
A letter sent by President Zimmerman to keep the US out of WW I
A message sent to Germany to warn of an invasion by the US
A message sent to the US warning of a Japanese attack in WW I
A telegram Germany sent to Mexico to ask them to attack the US
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Carl Vinson
Helped bring the Liberty ships to GA
Supported military ship building in GA; Savannah and Bruswick
Believed that the US should support a "2 ocean Navy"
Served 50 years in the US House of Representatives
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Civilian Conservation Corps
A recycling plant that helped fund the war in 1941
A place for unemployed women to go and find jobs
A new form of the military to help out with WW I
A New Deal program that hired unemployed men to work on projects
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Lend-Lease Act
A law that allowed sales or loans of war material during WWII
Designed to keep the US neutral in WW II
US sends aid of tanks, supplies, and food to Allied countries
Law passed by FDR
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Boll Weevil
A musical instrument that you play by striking a boll.
A loom invented to weave cotton into thread.
A strange animal from Africa that is endangered.
Grayish insect that lays eggs in cotton bolls, destroying the cotton
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Eugene Talmadge
GA politician that became president of the US in 1945
4 time governor of GA; opposed New Deal policies, white supremacist
Worked with FDR to pass new Deal programs in GA
Supported black farmers in GA with integration policies
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The New Deal
Created by FDR
laws passed during the Great Depression from 1933-1942
The goal of these laws was to end the Great Depression
A series of laws designed to provide relief, recovery, and reform
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World War I
A war between the Allies and Central Powers from 1914-1918
A war between Russia and the US in early 1900's
A war between the colonies and England in 1776
A war between the US and Mexico in 1812
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Created New Deal programs during Great Depression
32nd US President
President during most of WW II
had a home in Warm Springs GA
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Military Camps
A major port in Georgia that built tanks and ships.
A place to send prisoner's of war during the Mexican-American War
Georgia's main contribution to the WWI; 5 bases built during WWI
A place to send children in the summer for fun activities.
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World War II
War fought in Europe and Asia
US joined the war on Dec. 7, 1941 after the attack on Pearl Harbor
A war that happened from 1941 -1945 in Europe
War between the Allies and the Axis powers
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Social Security Act
Guaranteed retirement payments for workers at age 65
established payments for people with disabilities
set up unemployment insurance for workers
established payments for dependent mothers, children, widows
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Rural Electrification Act
The goal of this Act was to bring electricity to rural areas
made loans so that rural areas could develop their own power supply
A form of capital punishment
A power company created to help urban centers with electricity
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Liberty Ships
Built in Savannah and Brunswick
A small military destroyer ship used in WW II
A ship that helped bring Holocaust refugees to GA.
Cargo ships built during WWII to bring supplies to Europe
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Pearl Harbor
US military base in Hawaii that was attacked by Japan Dec. 7, 1941
A place that the US used to find precious jewels to fund the war.
The attack of this military base caused the US to enter WW II
A secret plan to involve Mexico in the war.
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The Great Depression
A time period of recovery after an economic depression
Event that caused WW II
Economic crisis due to stock market crash 1929 continued through the 1930's
A time when the whole country was sad because Lincoln died.
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Bell Bomber
The name of the plane the dropped the bomb at Hiroshima.
Factory located in Marietta, GA that built B-29 bombers during WWII
The bell that was built to replace the Liberty Bell.
A factory in the US that built the nuclear bomb that bombed Japan.
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Agricultural Adjustment Act
A law that required land owners to share profits with sharecroppers
A las that paid farmers to plant crops - this was to lower prices
A law that counted how many people lived on farms in the 1930's
A law that paid farmers not to grow crops - this was to help raise prices
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Subsidy
a submarine that attacks passenger ships
a government payment that supports a business or market
a person that helps teachers when they are absent
a subway train that goes into the city
