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Chapter 11: Flappers, Depression and Global War 1920 – 1945 NAME:______

Multiple Choice

Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 1. In the 1920s, Georgia was not affected by

a. / a prolonged drought.
b. / boll weevils.
c. / the loss of thousands of working farms.
d. / a jump in cotton production and prices.

____ 2. Why were the 1920s known as the “Roaring Twenties”?

a. / The fast pace of life made time roar by.
b. / The violence of organized gangs in cities made life roar by.
c. / The increased speed of new cars roared by carriages.
d. / The good-times atmosphere supported roaring parties.

____ 3. Who was president of the United States when the nation fell into the Great Depression?

a. / Theodore Roosevelt
b. / Herbert Hoover
c. / Franklin D. Roosevelt
d. / Warren Harding

____ 4. Which statement does not describe a reason for the movement of black farmers to the North during the Great Migration?

a. / Health care for African Americans was better in the North than in the South.
b. / Southern public schools for African Americans were poor.
c. / The South restricted the voting rights of African Americans.
d. / Southern agricultural practices were better than northern agricultural methods.

____ 5. To end the depression, President Herbert Hoover did not promote

a. / the use of public works money to make loans to the states.
b. / the government’s purchase of surplus crops.
c. / federal public works projects such as road and building construction.
d. / the organization of the Social Security Administration.

____ 6. The day the nation’s stock market “crashed,” plunging the country into a depression is referred to as

a. / Sorry Saturday.
b. / Depression Monday.
c. / Black Tuesday.
d. / Freaky Friday.

____ 7. Which item was not normally limited or rationed during World War II?

a. / Nylon stockings
b. / Gasoline
c. / Foods such as meat, butter, and sugar
d. / Flower and vegetable seeds

____ 8. Which dictator was the leader of Germany during World War II?

a. / Joseph Stalin
b. / Benito Mussolini
c. / Adolph Hitler
d. / Emperor Hirohito

____ 9. The New Deal programs were intended to

a. / improve national trade policies and taxes.
b. / reduce segregation.
c. / reform the government.
d. / relieve the suffering of the unemployed.

____ 10. Which Georgia governor, whose firing of college deans who wanted to integrate the colleges, resulted in the university system’s being placed on probation with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools?

a. / Richard Russell, Jr.
b. / Herman Talmadge
c. / Ed Rivers
d. / Ellis Arnall

____ 11. Which countries were members of the Axis Powers in World War II?

a. / Germany, Italy, Japan
b. / United States, Great Britain, France
c. / Soviet Union, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia
d. / Czechoslovakia, France, Great Britain

____ 12. Which was not a major military installation in Georgia during World War II?

a. / Fort Benning, Georgia
b. / Camp Gordon, Georgia
c. / Kings Bay Nuclear Sub Base, Georgia
d. / Warner Robbins Air Base, Georgia

____ 13. The famous gangster who headed Chicago’s mob and who was imprisoned in Atlanta’s Federal Penitentiary was

a. / Scarface Al Capone.
b. / Frank Nitty.
c. / “Bugs” Moran.
d. / Baby Face Nelson.

____ 14. Before it officially entered World War II, the United States helped Great Britain by

a. / selling and leasing ships, arms, and supplies.
b. / sinking German submarines that attacked British ships.
c. / escorting British merchant ships in the Pacific.
d. / escorting British warships in Atlantic waters.

____ 15. How did Italy become a member of the Allied Powers during World War II?

a. / Their leader, Mussolini, defected to Germany.
b. / The Italian people overthrew their leader and joined the Allies.
c. / Mussolini signed a treaty with Great Britain and the United States.
d. / Italy had a defense agreement with the United States that went into effect when we joined the war.

____ 16. During World War II, Georgia did not have a prisoner-of-war camp at

a. / Fort Gordon.
b. / Fort Oglethorpe.
c. / Fort Benning.
d. / Camp Stewart.

____ 17. Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave women the right to vote?

a. / Sixteenth Amendment
b. / Nineteenth Amendment
c. / Twentieth Amendment
d. / Twenty-Third Amendment

____ 18. During World War II, Liberty ships were constructed in Georgia at

a. / Brunswick and Savannah.
b. / Columbus and Macon.
c. / Darien and St. Marys.
d. / Augusta and Savannah.

____ 19. The bill passed by Congress to help returning soldiers adjust to civilian life was known as the

a. / Military School Packet.
b. / G. I. Bill.
c. / HOPE Scholarship Bill.
d. / Veterans’ Administration Bill.

____ 20. Which statement best describes the involvement of the United States in World War II before the bombing of Pearl Harbor?

a. / The United States provided lend-lease aid to Great Britain and the Soviet Union.
b. / The United States maintained strict neutrality with no favoritism.
c. / The United States provided advisory troops to aid Great Britain.
d. / The United States secretly sank German submarines.

True/False

Mark A for true and B for False

21. The first atomic bombs in history were authorized by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson and dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, bringing an end to the war against Japan.

22. The leader of the Soviet Union during World War II was Upton Tojo.

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

24. Before entering World War II, the United States tried to maintain a policy of isolationism.

25. The mass movement of thousands of southerners to the North during the early twentieth century was called the Great Translation.

26. In the early 1930s, shacks made of collected junk where homeless people lived were called Black Friday Shoppers.

27. High taxes on imported goods are called tariffs.

28. Roosevelt’s response to the depression was a series of economic recovery programs and social improvement programs known as the Trickle Down Economics.

29. The two forms of music so often associated with the Roaring Twenties were Rock and Roll.

30. Dust Bowl was a small beetle that destroyed Georgia’s primary crop in the 1920s, cotton.

Completion

Complete each sentence or statement.

Wordbank:

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a. Italy ab. Hernando de Soto

b. Eugene Herman Talmadge bc. Kennesaw Mountain

c. Holocaust cd. Marietta

d. Leningrad de. Franklin Delano Roosevelt

e. Spain

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31. ______, 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.

32. Georgia Governor ______disliked federal government programs and government debts so he refused to follow New Deal programs, leading the federal government to take over Georgia’s New Deal administration.

33. ______began the war as a member of the Axis Powers and ended the war fighting alongside the Allied Powers.

34. The American president who directed the United States through most of World War II and was a friend of Georgia, was ______.

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