Question 1

Why did the United States start a lend-lease system of war equipment?

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

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It could charge interest and make more money

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It would get the materials back at the end of the war

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Their allies preferred to lease the equipment

Question 2

Which describes the involvement of the U.S. in WWII before the bombing of Pearl Harbor?

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The U.S. provided lend-lease aid to England and the Soviet Union

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The U.S. sent advisory troops to aid Germany

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The U.S. secretly sank German submarines

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The U.S. was neutral and had no involvement at all

Question 3

The US entered WWII when Japan attacked

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Pearl Harbor

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Midway

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China

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England

Question 4

What famous statement refers to the attack on Pearl Harbor?

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"day that will live in infamy"

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"we have only begun to fight"

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"the British are coming"

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"shot heard round the world"

Question 5

What happened to the Bell Aircraft plant that began during WWII?

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It's now part of the Lockheed Martin aircraft plant

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It closed down before WWII ended

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It has continued to operate as Bell Aircraft without change

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It became part of Hartsfield-Jackson airport today

Question 6

Which was a major contribution by Georgia to support the fighting in WWII?

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Military bases were established that trained large numbers of troops

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Radar technology was developed and tested in Georgia

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Hospitals trained large numbers of doctors and nurses for the Medical Corps

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Research was completed in Georgia that led to the atomic bomb

Question 7

What were the Liberty Ships?

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cargo ships

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submarines

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battleships

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landing craft

Question 8

Where were the Liberty Ships built?

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Brunswick and Savannah

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Savannah and Atlanta

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Columbus and Savannah

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Brunswick and Macon

Question 9

What was the impact of Richard Russell's service in the US Senate from 1932 to 1971?

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It gave Georgia strong leadership in the Senate as a result of his length of service

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It showed that a Republican could be repeatedly elected in Georgia

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It declined because he did not have a strong military record

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It was not significant because he had no political opposition

Question 10

Because of Richard Russell's sponsorship of a program for school children, he earned the nickname

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father of the school lunch program

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father of the county school system

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father of the graded school

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father of Common Core

Question 11

The youngest governor in Georgia history was

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Richard Russell

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Carl Vinson

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Eugene Talmadge

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Walter George

Question 12

Who said the most expensive thing in the world was a weak Army and Navy?

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Carl Vinson

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Franklin Roosevelt

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Richard Russell

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Eugene Talmadge

Question 13

Who was known as the "father of the two-ocean navy"?

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Carl Vinson

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Richard Russell

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Franklin Roosevelt

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Walter George

Question 14

Who was the world leader that started the Holocaust?

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Adolph Hitler

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Benito Mussolini

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Joseph Stalin

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Emperor Hirohito

Question 15

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

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murdering 6 million Jews and other groups of people

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getting rid of the bodies of those who were killed during WWII

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frightening those that opposed Adolph Hitler

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eliminating prisoners of war

Question 16

Why did Franklin Roosevelt spend so much time in Georgia?

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Roosevelt used the warm mineral waters of Warm Springs to ease his polio

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Roosevelt had originally been a farmer and he loved to farm life

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Roosevelt was a native of Augusta and traveled a lot in the state

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Roosevelt's wife was born in Calhoun and they often visited her relatives

Question 17

Where did Roosevelt die while sitting for a portrait?

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Warm Springs, GA

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Hyde Park, NY

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Washington, DC

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Atlanta, GA

Question 18

Which statement BEST describes Georgia's military importance during WWII?

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Many factories that built war technology were built there

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It had several natural ports

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Its economy was historically agricultural

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It had a large Jewish population

Question 19

What is one significant result of Carl Vinson's work as a representative from Georgia?

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The US Navy increased its size and strength

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President Roosevelt was reelected three times

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The US naval base in Pearl Harbor was bombed by Japan

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Vinson was appointed admiral in the US Navy

Question 20

Why did Japan bomb Pearl Harbor?

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They feared the US naval fleet anchored there and wanted to destroy it

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They were afraid that the US would join forces with Germany

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They were responding to the US declaration of war on Japan

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They wanted to invade England

Question 21

Which of the following led to World War II in Europe?

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The rise of totalitarian leaders

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The sinking of US ships off the coast of Georgia

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The bombing of Pearl Harbor

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Great Britain's aggression

Question 22

Who would have MOST supported the Lend-Lease Act?

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A British general

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Emperor Hirohito

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An isolationist

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A German soldier

Question 23

How was Georgia impacted by the Holocaust?

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Holocaust survivors settled in Georgia and helped change the way minorities were viewed

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Georgia tried and convicted many Nazi war criminals

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Georgia had no connection to the Holocaust

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Georgia donated large sums of money to survivors in Europe

Question 24

Many historians consider this to be Georgia's greatest contribution to the war effort during WWII.

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Liberty Ships built in Savannah and Brunswick shipyards

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Allowing FDR to visit Warm Springs and the Little White House

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Victory Gardens planted by Georgia's citizens

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Establishing prisoner of war camps on the barrier islands

Question 25

What role did Bell Aircraft play during WWII?

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It built over 600 bombers and created new jobs in Georgia

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It made many of the ships that fought in the Atlantic Ocean

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It employed many civilians and gave birth to the town of Warner Robbins

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It built the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan

Question 26

Which of these was part of Georgia's contributions to WWII?

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All of the above

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Building planes and ships

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Military bases and troop training

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320,000 Georgians joined the military

Question 27

Which is not part of Richard B. Russell accomplishments?

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Had a nuclear aircraft carrier named after him

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15 military bases brought or maintained in Georgia

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Served 38 years in the U.S. Senate

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The National School Lunch Program

Question 28

Eugene Talmadge believed in which of the following ideas?

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White supremacy

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Higher taxes

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The New Deal

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Desegregation

Question 29

Who built B-29 bombers at an aircraft facility in Marietta?

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Bell Aircraft

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The U.S. Air Force

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General Motors

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Ford Airplane Company

Question 30

Military bases impact local economies in all these ways except

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Businesses leave because of the extra competition

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New businesses are created to support the military post

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Visitors to the post often stay and eat in the area around the post

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Soldiers spend money in the nearby town

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