Unit 7 (The 20Th Century)
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Unit 7 (The 20th Century)
SS8H8 The student will analyze the important events that occurred after World War I and their
impact on Georgia.
a. Describe the impact of the boll weevil and drought on Georgia.
b. Explain economic factors that resulted in the Great Depression.
c. Discuss the impact of the political career of Eugene Talmadge.
d. Discuss the effect of the New Deal in terms of the impact of the Civilian Conservation Corps, Agricultural Adjustment Act, rural electrification, and Social Security.
SS8H9 The student will describe the impact of World War II on Georgia's development
economically, socially, and politically.
a. Describe the impact of events leading up to American involvement in World War II; include LendLease and the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
b. Evaluate the importance of Bell Aircraft, military bases, the Savannah and Brunswick shipyards, Richard Russell, and Carl Vinson.
c. Explain the impact of the Holocaust on Georgians.
d. Discuss the ties to Georgia that President Roosevelt had and his impact on the state.
Boll Weevil
Def: a______, grayish ______with a long snout, whose larvae, when hatched in the immature _____ of
cotton plants, destroy the______of cotton. Impact on GA: lots of______was ______.
Drought on GA
In______, GA ______were hit with a major______. It slowed down ______
but ______most of GA’s ______crops. Over ______farm workers left ______between
1920-1925. The number of working ______fell from ______to______.
When farms______, banks that had ______farmers money took ______losses. Many farm
related______closed. ______was in a deep ______.
Economic Factors from Great Depression
Causes:
1. People ______more ______than they could afford to______. It hurt ______
and ______had to ______off______.
2. Many ______had produced more ______than they could______. Farmers were also
______of overproduction.
3. After ______, Americans wanted to ______with other______. U.S. & other ______
had enacted ______(taxes). The______tariffs made it ______for other ______to
sell their ______in the ______to get money with which to______wartime ______and
American______.
4. Speculation in the ______market-1920’s most ______bought ______and ______
only a ______of the ______at the time of the______. Even though ______was not
______for, the ______had right to ______it. Stock price went ______,the investor
______the stock and made enough to finish ______for______. This ______price
of stocks ______, making them______than what they were really______. Many
______had purchased large ______of______. When market______, the banks lost a
lot of______. Citizens found out and went to get their ______from the ______and they
______.
5. ______(don’t care) ______of the ______people, ______, and
______leaders. Almost every ______official believed the ______itself, not
the ______would work out any______. President ______did nothing about it.
New Deal
1932- F.D. ______was elected ______in middle of______.Congress
passed a ______of ______that came to be known as the______. Purpose of these
______was to bring about______recovery, relieve the ______of the______,
reform ______in the ______, and improve______.
AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Act)
Farm______, of money from the______, went to property ______rather than to the
______farmers, who were mostly ______.
Political Career of Eugene Talmadge
GA Gov in______- was a dramatic politician made his ______on a ______in the middle
of the______. Told people that they had _____ friends-______, ______, and
______. Talmadge was as a ______white ______who didn’t like ______Gov’t
intervention or______debts. He disliked______, ______, and
______programs. He tried to get rid of the ______Programs in______. He
used ______to build ______more often than to help the ______.
He reduced ______taxes, ______and some ______fees. He was
elected to ______term in______. When Talmadge ______to follow
______regulations, the ______took over ______programs in
GA. He ran for ______and lost. 1940- he ran for ______again and______. He
began using modified ______of ______program. GA’s ______grew.Talmadge
convinced the______of ______to fire _____ people that wanted to ______UGA. He
also got rid of ______members of the board of ______who publicly ______what
he did.
Lend-Lease
Roosevelt watched as______, ______, ______, and ______
carved up the world. Most ______didn’t want to get involved but ______was
an ______and ______wanted to help. He thought ______Great Britain
could stop ______from crossing the______. 1930- ______passed
______to keep the______. out of another______. One of those ______
wouldn’t allow the ______to sell ______to any ______nation. 1939- Roosevelt
asked and got a new ______that allowed the ______to buy ______IF they paid _____
and ______them in their ______ships. 1940-Roosevelt gave ______old ______
and traded ______destroyers for ______bases in ____ Hemisphere.1941- when ______ran
out of ______to buy ______Supplies, ______authorized ______to
______OR ______arms to them. After ______invaded the ______in
1941- ______gave ______aid to ______as well. ______subs
were seen so ______ordered the ______to escort ______ships part of
the way across the______.
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
American-Japanese ______were______.To protest ______expansion, we
stopped exporting______, ______, ______, and ______gas to
______. After Japanese invaded ______in 1941-______seized all
Japanese ______in the_____. Badly needing ______that Roosevelt ______off, Japan
______to ______the ______(now Indonesia) in late ______. Only thing to stop
the Japanese was the ______stationed at______, Hawaii.Dec.____, 1941 (Sunday
Morn) around ___am- the ______attacked ______and it was over by _____am. All ___
battleships in ______were ______or severely______. More than ______planes were
destroyed.Over ______people were ______and over______were ______.
Roosevelt called it “______”. Over ______the U.S.______were
aboard the U.S.S. ______, which ______with most of her ______aboard.
Now the ______sinking site is a ______monument.Dec. ____th- ______declared war
on ______and the______. Entered______.
Allied Powers-______, ______, & ______
Versus
Axis Powers- ______, ______, and ______
Bell Aircraft- Guided reading notes on separate worksheet
Military bases- Guided reading notes on separate worksheet
SavannahBrunswickShipyards- Guided reading notes on separate worksheet
Richard Russell- Guided reading notes on separate worksheet
Carl Vinson- Guided reading notes on separate worksheet
Impact of the Holocaust on Georgians
The______given to the systematic ______(killing) of ____ MILLION______.
Anadditional ______million people, labeled as“______” were also ______by the
______before and during______. In the______, many ______from______,
______, ______,and______. Prisoners, including______,
were______in chambers theythought were______. Their______were
______(burned) in huge ______or ______into mass______. The
deaths of these______, ______,______, ______, ______,
______, and ______or ______disabled all fit ______plan to rid
______of what he called “______” people. 1986 ______on the
______was established “to take ______from the ______of the ______and use
them to help ______newgenerations of ______beyond ______and______.
Through a variety of______, the Commission fosters______, ______and
character______among the young ______of the ______.” Each year, the
______sponsors an ______and ______contest for GA ______and ______students.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
______President - (born) March 4, 1933–(died) April 12, 1945. Roosevelt lived at ______GA in
______Co. at “______”. He first visited the area in ______
seeking treatment of the ______for his crippling ______. Polio- disease of the ______
often causing ______.Married- ______.
Roosevelt’s ties and impact on GA
1. REA- ______- Warm Springs and ______GA gets ______at a low cost.
2. Little White House in Warm SpringsGA- put ______(small town) on______, well-known.
3. Warm Springs for Rehabilitation- donated ______to help ______.
4. Brought in economy $$ for Warm Springs with ______coming to ______and ______-
people still visit ______today.
5. New Deal Program (TVA)- we now have______, ______, and______