SS8H8 WWI,Great depression to New Deal, WWIIl Study Guide

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Which of these was a factor in the U.S. entry in World War I? The halt of the German army, The sinking of the Lusitania, The signing of a peace agreement, The death of the heir to the Italian throne

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The sinking of the Lusitania

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A major stock market collapse that led to investors losing over 40 billion dollars

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Stock Market Crash of 1929

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An intense devotion/loyalty to ones own ethnic group

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Nationalism

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Georgia becoming too reliant on cotton causing the state's economy to become vulnerable, allowing what later environmental development to cripple the state's economy?

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the boll weevil infestation

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Why did Governor Eugene Talmadge strongly oppose President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs?

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They provided aid to African Americans.

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Why was the Rural Electrification Administration important to Georgia?

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Much of Georgia's population lived in rural areas that did not have access to electricity

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World War I began with which two countries?

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Austria-Hungary & Serbia

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Children in Georgia were MOST LIKELY to support the war effort during WW1 by

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working in victory gardens.

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The 1915 boll weevil infestation in Georgia contributed to what development?

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the migration of millions of African American residents to cities in the north

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How did FDR's ties to Georgia impact the state during the Great Depression?

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FDR witnessed the struggles of farmers on his visits to Warm Springs & provided electricity and aid to rural areas through New Deal programs.