Georgia and World War II
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- Q1Why did the United States start a lend-lease system of war equipment?It could charge interest and make more moneyIt would get the materials back at the end of the warIts allies ran out of money with which to purchase the equipmentTheir allies preferred to lease the equipment45s
- Q2Which describes the involvement of the U.S. in WWII before the bombing of Pearl Harbor?The U.S. sent advisory troops to aid GermanyThe U.S. secretly sank German submarinesThe U.S. provided lend-lease aid to England and the Soviet UnionThe U.S. was neutral and had no involvement at all45s
- Q3The US entered WWII when Japan attackedMidwayChinaEnglandPearl Harbor45s
- Q4What famous statement refers to the attack on Pearl Harbor?"we have only begun to fight""day that will live in infamy""the British are coming""shot heard round the world"45s
- Q5What happened to the Bell Aircraft plant that began during WWII?It closed down before WWII endedIt has continued to operate as Bell Aircraft without changeIt's now part of the Lockheed Martin aircraft plantIt became part of Hartsfield-Jackson airport today45s
- Q6Which was a major contribution by Georgia to support the fighting in WWII?Radar technology was developed and tested in GeorgiaMilitary bases were established that trained large numbers of troopsHospitals trained large numbers of doctors and nurses for the Medical CorpsResearch was completed in Georgia that led to the atomic bomb45s
- Q7What were the Liberty Ships?submarinesbattleshipscargo shipslanding craft45s
- Q8Where were the Liberty Ships built?Savannah and AtlantaColumbus and SavannahBrunswick and MaconBrunswick and Savannah45s
- Q9What was the impact of Richard Russell's service in the US Senate from 1932 to 1971?It showed that a Republican could be repeatedly elected in GeorgiaIt gave Georgia strong leadership in the Senate as a result of his length of serviceIt declined because he did not have a strong military recordIt was not significant because he had no political opposition45s
- Q10Because of Richard Russell's sponsorship of a program for school children, he earned the nicknamefather of the school lunch programfather of the county school systemfather of the graded schoolfather of Common Core45s
- Q11The youngest governor in Georgia history wasCarl VinsonEugene TalmadgeRichard RussellWalter George45s
- Q12Who said the most expensive thing in the world was a weak Army and Navy?Franklin RooseveltRichard RussellEugene TalmadgeCarl Vinson45s
- Q13Who was known as the "father of the two-ocean navy"?Richard RussellCarl VinsonFranklin RooseveltWalter George45s
- Q14Who was the world leader that started the Holocaust?Benito MussoliniJoseph StalinEmperor HirohitoAdolph Hitler45s
- Q15The Holocaust was the name given to the actions used by Hitler and the Nazis forgetting rid of the bodies of those who were killed during WWIIfrightening those that opposed Adolph Hitlereliminating prisoners of warmurdering 6 million Jews and other groups of people45s