1. WWI thru WWII Study Game

2. What countries were Allied Powers in World War I? France Great Britain Russia

3. Billy is trying to research WWI and its causes and some website said that the cause was the assassination of Archduke and Duchesse Ferdinand of Austria/Hungary. Is this true? yes

4. A.appeasement B.nationalism C.imperialism D.marketing

5. What was the “final blow” that led President Woodrow Wilson to ask Congress to declare war against the Central Powers led by Germany in World War I? The Zimmermann Telegram, urging Mexico to attack the U.S.

6. Who was the dictator of Italy who sent troops into Ethiopia in 1935? Mussolini

7. Which side of WWI consisted of Russia, France, Great Britain, and the U.S.. Allied Powers

8. At which Georgia military installation were most army infantry in Georgia trained during World War I? Camp Benning

9. In the 1920s, Georgia was NOT affected by 1.An increase in cotton production and cotton prices 2.A prolonged drought 3.Boll weevils 4.The loss of thousands of working farms

10. What was the nickname given to the day in 1929 the stock market “crashed” dramatically? Black Tuesday.

11. What was the term used to describe cargo ships built by the United States in World War 2 to help support the Allied war effort by shipping supplies to the Allied forces? Liberty Ships

12. What term describes the belief that economic problems can work themselves out in the marketplace without government help or controls? Laissez-faire

13. This man was assassinated by a Serbian man. Because of his assassination, Austria declared war on Serbia, thus starting WWI.

14. Why did President Franklin D. Roosevelt spend so much time in Georgia? The warm mineral waters of Warm Springs relieved his polio symptoms.

15. When Great Britain and France let Hitler take over Sudetenland, a part of Czechoslovakia, to avoid war, what policy did they use? Appeasement

16. Fort Benning Alex is an infantry soldier. He was sent to a camp that trains infantry soldiers in Columbus. To which fort did Alex likely go? Tilak Patel and Hitesh Honkanadavar16

17. Where is the factory where 30,000 men and women built B-29 bombers at the Bell Bomber Plant? Marietta

18. What was the purpose of the Social Security Act? It was to create a system of retirement supplement PLUS unemployment and disability insurance.

19. Though its design was intended differently, which group ended up benefitting most from the AAA? Property Owners

20. Civilian Conservation Corps Which New Deal program was responsible for such projects in Georgia as Roosevelt State Park in Pine Mountain, Tybee Island’s seawall, Augusta’s Savannah River levee, and Macon’s airport?

21. What was the law that provided college or high school education and low interest mortgages to World War II veterans? G. I. Bill

22. What New Deal program resulted from President Roosevelt’s view of rural Georgia while sitting on his porch in the evening?

23. Which Georgia governor whose firing of college deans who wanting to integrate the colleges resulted in the university system’s being placed on probation with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools? Eugene Talmadge

24. What law said that Allies could buy arms from the US if they paid cash and carried them in their own ships? Answer: Lend-Lease Act QUESTION :

25. Which countries were members of the Axis Powers in World War II? Germany Italy Japan & Hungary (minor player)

26. Bell-Aircraft- Marietta GA Linda works at the biggest aircraft facility in the Deep South. She has to put the wings on the B-29 bombers that were being built for the US Army. At which aircraft facility does Linda work? 26

27. Which dictator was the leader of Germany during World War II? Adolf Hitler

28. In the late 1930s, the United States was not taking part in the affairs of other nations. This policy is known as what? Isolationism

29. What term best describes the involvement of the United States in World War II before the bombing of Pearl Harbor? Neutrality

30. What did the Lend-Lease Act do for countries like the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union? It provided Allied countries with war materials. 30

31. Where was President Franklin D. Roosevelt when he died on April 24, 1945, while sitting for a portrait at the Little White House? Warm Springs, Georgia

32. Which was NOT a major military installation in Georgia during World War II? A. Fort Benning B. Camp Gordon C. Kings Bay Nuclear Sub Base D. Warner Robbins Air Base, Georgia

33. Who was the Georgian known as the “father of the two-ocean navy”? Carl Vinson

34. Which New Deal program federally insured individual savings accounts so that people did not lose their money if banks failed or closed their doors? Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

35. Why did the United States re- examine its policy of isolationism toward the end of WWII? Because of all the people that died in the Holocaust. 35

36. The ________ ________ Act set up a system of pensions for older people and is still in use today.

37. It was the movement of the blacks to the North to find better jobs. What was the Great Migration?

38. Many state parks would NOT have been possible without the work of which government program? CCC (& WPA in less cases)

39. This was the “Final Straw” for President Woodrow Wilson that caused him to ask Congress to declare war on Germany.

40. A)France, Great Britain, Austria-Hungary, and Russia B)Germany, France, the U.S., and Russia C)Germany, Great Britain, Russia, and the U.S. D) Russia, France, Great Britain, and the U.S.

41. ____________________ was a small beetle that destroyed Georgia’s primary crop in the 1920s, throwing the state into an early depression. The boll weevil

42. WHICH OF THESE WAS NOT AN ATTRIBUTE OF FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT? A. URGING CONGRESS TO PASS A SERIES OF LAWS KNOWN AS THE NEW DEAL B. BECOMING PRESIDENT DESPITE FIGHTING POLIO C. KNOWN FOR HAVING A LAISSEZ-FAIRE ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE ECONOMY

43. How did Hitler come into power? Germany was in a terrible state after the war from the penalties that were opposed on them. The Nazi party promised to make them great again. Germans elected Hitler to office.

44. ____________________ was a term used to describe efforts to provide money and goods or services to people with special needs during the Great Depression. Relief

45. Roosevelt’s response to the Great Depression was a series of economic recovery programs and social improvement programs known as what? The New Deal

46. What happened on December 7, 1941 on a Sunday morning at 8:00 a.m. that caused President Roosevelt to call the day a “day that will live in infamy.” The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

47. Georgia Governor ____________________ disliked federal government programs and government debt, so he refused to follow New Deal programs, leading the federal government to take over Georgia’s New Deal administration. Eugene Talmadge

48. Where in Georgia were Liberty Ships constructed during World War II? Brunswick & Savannh

49. Bell Aircraft Company assembled B-29 bombers for the U.S. Army Air Force at the plant located in ____________________, Georgia. Marietta

50. The _____________ _______________ _______________ ________________ was set up to insure deposits people made into banks. This is still around today and insures $250,000 per account. Hint: It is four words. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

51. People were borrowing more money than they could repay People were borrowing more money than they could repay Over-production of crops and goods Over-production of crops and goods Tariffs Tariffs Speculation Speculation Failure of banks Failure of banks Laissez-faire Laissez-faire What were the causes of the Great Depression?

52. Many of the dictators who rose to power made nonaggression pacts, agreeing not to wage war against each other. Hitler made this pact with a man who had gained control of the Soviet Union. What man was this? Joseph Stalin

53. The attack on ____________________________ brought the United States into World War II. Pearl Harbor

54. Why did the United States re- examine its policy of isolationism after discovering the German concentration camps? We blamed our policy of isolationism on our ignorance of Hitler’s “final solution”.

55. Which president was brave enough to lead the U.S through the Great Depression with the New Deal programs? Bill seems to think it was Herbert Hoover. Is he correct? No, Roosevelt

56. Former Georgia Governor ___________________________,who served 38 years in the U.S. Senate, is often known as the “Father of the School Lunch Program” and a strong supporter of military preparedness. Richard Russell

57. _______________________, which means “sacrifice by fire”, is the term used to refer to the murder of over six million Jews and others in Nazi concentration camps. Holocaust

58. The destruction of the Lusitania caused by whom? The Germans

59. After Roosevelt began his Lend- Lease program with Great Britain, what would have been Hitler’s belief concerning the United States’ attitude toward Germany? The U.S. was, in fact, taking sides with the British.

60. What is the big deal about the Superior Court in Georgia? It is the top ranking TRIAL court in Georgia

61. True or False: A joint committee is also a standing committee? FALSE

62. The _______________ Committee’s bills deal with the states’ laws and court system. Judiciary

63. The false stories spread of attacks on whites by African Americans resulted in what ?. The Atlanta Race Riot of 1906

64. After a bill is introduced (read out loud), to whom is it assigned? The clerk assigns it to committees of both the House and Senate.

65. What is the minimum age requirement to serve in the Georgia Senate? Must be at least 25 years of age.

66. What gave more political power to less populated rural counties than urban counties and allowed the rural counties to maintain power in statewide elections? The county unit system

67. What happens to a bill passed by the legislature if the governor does not veto it, but does not sign it? After six days in session it will become a law without the governor's signature.

68. What must happen before a bill is voted on? It must be reviewed and passed by a committee.

69. How can the General Assembly pass a bill over a governor's veto? General Assembly can override a veto by a 2/3 majority of both the Senate and the House.

70. The task of turning an idea into a law belongs to ___________________________ The legislature

71. Who is in charge of the GA House of Representatives? Speaker of the House

72. A group of legislators organized by subject area every legislative session is known as what? A standing committee

73. 73 In what country did Eugene Jacques Bullard participate in various combat pilot missions? A: Portugal B: Russia C: USA D: France

74. What group of people excelled as bomber escorts and flew more than 15,000 combat sorties? Their excellent service led U.S. president Harry S. Truman to integrate the U.S. military. The Tuskegee Airmen