Unit 8 Quizizz

What are some examples of projects that were completed by the Civilian Conservation Corps?

(aka the CCC)

• State Parks and planting forests

• Building libraries and banks

• Building the interstate highways

The Lend Lease Act...

(pick two!)

• Loaned, leased, or sold weapons to the Axis Powers to use in WWII

• Loaned, leased, or sold weapons to the Allies to use in WWII

• Was part of the formal surrender of Japan in WWII

• Was a way to contribute to WWII without actually fighting

• Designated federal money to build a military base in Pearl Harbor

FDR chose to build a home in Warm Springs, GA because...

• The beaches were beautiful and relaxing

• He believed that it would help him get re-elected a 4th time

• He used the springs for polio therapy

• He used the springs to help cure his tuberculosis

Georgia helped out in WWI by...

• Building and using more military camps than any other state

• Supplying more soldiers than any other state

• Producing more ships and planes than any other state

• Producing more cotton for the war than any other state

Two factors that led to a significant drop in cotton production between 1915-1930 were:

(pick two!)

• Boll Weevil

• WWI

• Drought

• Farmers moving to urban areas

• Bank failures

Eugene Talmadge didn't like The New Deal programs because they

• made FDR more popular than him

• provided aid to only wealthy people

• provided aid to African Americans

• were originally his idea

Since FDR spent so much time in Georgia, he felt inspired to...

• create programs that helped people in rural areas get out of poverty

• create programs that helped people in urban areas get out of poverty

• create programs that helped people in rural areas get more land

• create programs that helped people in urban areas afford electricity

The Social Security Administration provided/provides aid for:

• the elderly and disabled

• the farmers in rural areas

• failing banks around the United States

• young men who needed jobs

Pearl Harbor was targeted by Japan because...

• The US Navy was preventing Japan from taking over islands in the Pacific Ocean

• The US Navy was preventing Japan from taking over islands in the Atlantic Ocean

• To fight back because the US had declared war on Japan

• To fight back because Germany had declared war on Japan

As part of a New Deal program, farmers were asked to grow fewer crops to help stabilize crop prices. Which program was this?

• The Agricultural Adjustment Act

• The Social Security Administration

• The Civilian Conservation Corps

• The Rural Electrification Administration