1. AKS 39 WWI & Great Depression

2. Question # 1:
What were the MAIN causes of WWI? Describe one of the four major causes in detail.

3. Answer to Question # 1:
Militarism: Building up military forces led to an arms race and strong military forces
Alliances: Prior to WWI, alliances were formed which led to an all out European conflict once war broke out
Imperialism: Colonies brought wealth and power to the mother country and Germany wanted to be a super power like Britain
Nationalism: Pride in one’s country led to countries competing for wealth and power

4. Question # 2:
Who was Archduke Franz Ferdinand? Why was he assassinated?

5. Answer to Question # 2:
Ferdinand was the prince to the Austro-Hungarian thrown
He was assassinated due to Serbian nationalism who wanted to be independent from the A-H empire

6. Question # 3:
How did the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand lead to WWI?

7. Answer to Question # 3:
Due to pre-war alliances, once Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbian all of the rest of the European powers joined the war

8. Question # 4:
How were Georgians most able to impact WWI? Describe all four major ways they were able to impact WWI in detail.

9. Answer to Question # 4:
Forts: Due to ample land and suitable climate Georgia was a good location to build military forts to train soldiers for WWI
Shorts: Due to the abundant supply of cotton, textiles were produced and sent to Europe to support the war
Ports: Savannah and Brunswick were good deep water ports to send troops and supplies to Europe
Transports: Good infrastructures of roads and railroad tracks allowed for supplies and troops to move quickly from the interior of Georgia to the port cities

10. Question # 5:
What major events (two of them) drew America in WWI? Describe both events.

11. Answer to Question # 5:
Unrestricted submarine warfare: including the sinking of the Lusitania
Zimmerman Telegram: Germany sent a coded telegram to Mexico trying to convince them to join the war effort

12. Question # 6:
Which three countries formed the Triple Entente? Which other countries eventually joined the allied forces?

13. Answer to Question # 6: Great Britain France Russia
Eventually America joins the allied forces in 1917

14. Question # 7:
Which three countries formed the Triple Alliance? Which other countries eventually joined the central forces?

15. Answer to Question # 7: Germany Austria-Hungary Italy
The Ottoman Empire joined the central powers

16. Question # 8:
How did drought lead to the Great Depression?

17. Answer to Question # 8:
The drought led to crop failure. Most of Georgia’s citizens were farmers or worked in the textile mills, so the drought led to a depression in GA in the 1920s.

18. Question # 9:
How did the boll weevil impact cotton production throughout the United States? How did this hurt Georgia’s economy?

19. Answer to Question # 9:
Boll weevil was a small grayish beetle that destroys the cotton plan by eating the seeds before it flowers.
Hurt GA since cotton was grown in abundance

20. Question # 10:
What was the Stock Market Crash of 1929?

21. Answer to Question # 10:
It was the start of an economic downturn that led to the Great Depression

22. Question # 11:
What were some of the major economic reasons that led to the Stock Market Crash of 1929? Describe each in detail.

23. Answer to Question # 11:
Bank Failures: Loaned too much money on credit and couldn’t pay back investments after the crash. People lost their life savings.
Reduction in purchasing: People were fearful of losing their money so they stopped buying products, leading to more unemployment.
High Protective Tariffs: High taxes on exports which led to Europe not being able to pay off their war debts to the U.S.
Over borrowing: Too many people buying on credit they couldn’t afford throughout the 1920s
Overproduction: America continued to turn out high yields though European economy recovered and didn’t depend on American products as much. Surplus of Agricultural and industrial goods. Farms went into foreclosure.
Laissez Faire: Hoovers plan to recover the economy was non-government interference in the market place which turned out to be a disaster since the economic downturn was too big for businesses to fix themselves.

24. Question # 12:
Who was Eugene Talmadge? Why was he known as “Mean Gene?”

25. Answer to Question # 12:
Talmadge was a southern white supremacist who did not like government intervention. He especially disliked relief efforts, public welfare, and federal assistance programs.
He used federal funds to build highways and not to provide relief to people struggling to find jobs.
Eugene got the Dean of Georgia Southern University fired for his plans to integrate (open the school to members of all races) the school.

26. Question # 13:
What were the New Deal programs intended to do?

27. Answer to Question # 13:
To create jobs and bring the U.S. out of the economic depression

28. Question # 14:
What was the intended purpose and impact of the New Deal program the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?

29. Answer to Question # 14:
Provided jobs for young single men building forest trails and roads, planting trees to reforest the land and control flooding and building parks.
Raised morale for young men who were able to earn money to send home to support their families

30. Question # 15:
What was the intended purpose and impact of the New Deal program the Rural Electrification Act (REA)?

31. Answer to Question # 15:
Rural Electrification Act brought electricity to poor rural farmers throughout the U.S.
It raised the standard of living for these people and create jobs running lines

32. Question # 16:
What was the intended purpose and impact of the New Deal program the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)?

33. Answer to Question # 16:
Government subsidies were paid to farmers to destroy their crops & livestock and only plant certain crops to lower the surplus of agricultural products to raise the price of crops

34. Question # 17:
What was the intended purpose and impact of the New Deal program Social Security?

35. Answer to Question # 17:
- A federal administration put in place in 1935 in which younger people work and pay taxes to take care of older citizens and those who cannot work.

36. Question # 18: Mini DBQ Constructed Response:
Utilizing both of these pictures (documents) discuss the impact of the Great Depression and the response of the Federal Government under President Roosevelt.

37. Documents
Doc Doc. 2

38. Answer to Question # 18:
- Tell of what you know of the New Deal Programs and how the government was trying to provide relief to unemployed Americans