My Very Own Vocab Table –20th Century Georgia (WWI, Great Depression, & WWII)

Vocab Word / Definition Use the vocab word IN A SENTENCE. Visual by you! Hashtag:
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World War I
World War I World War I, international conflict that in 1914–18 embroiled Many people died in World War I. #FirstWorldWar
(1914-1918) most of the nations of Europe along with Russia, the U.S., the
Middle East, and other regions.

Isolationism The United States believed in isolationism at #ByYourself

a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other the beginning of World War I.
groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.

Military bases There are multiple military bases built in #ArmyPitStops

A military base is a facility directly owned and Georgia when World War I started.
operated by or for the military or one of its branches
that shelters military equipment and personnel

Heading Towards the Great Depression & The Great Depression

boll weevil The boll weevil was a horrible pest for #PestsOfTheSouth
a small weevil that feeds on the fibers of the cotton boll. It Georgian farmers.
is a major pest of the American cotton crop.

drought A drought is a period of drier-than-normal conditions. Droughts can wipe out crops in an instant. #TemperaryDesert
Great The Great Depression was a severe global economic The Great Depression left many people #NoMoreJobs
Depression downturn that affected many countries across the world. jobless or even homeless.

Franklin Franklin Delano Roosevelt, commonly known by his Franklin Delano Roosevelt created jobs for #FDR
Delano initials FDR, was an American politician and statesman the unemployed during the Great Depression.
Roosevelt who served as the 32nd president of the United States
(FDR) from 1933 until his death in 1945.

Eugene Eugene Talmadge was an attorney and American Eugene Talmadge was for the common man #FortheGeorgianFarme
Talmadge politician who served three terms as the 67th governor of and the Georgian farmer.
Georgia.

The New Deal The New Deal included new constraints and safeguards The New Deal focused on relief for the needy, #FinanceRedo
on the banking industry and efforts to re-inflate the economic recovery, and financial reform.
economy after prices had fallen sharply.

Civilian The Civilian Conservation Corps was a voluntary government The Civilian Conservation Corps gave jobs to #MachineryBuilders
Conservation work relief program that ran from 1933 to 1942 in the United many unemployed men throughout the
Corps (CCC) States for unemployed, unmarried men ages 18–25 and United States.
eventually expanded to ages 17–28.

Agricultural The Agricultural Adjustment Act was a United States federal The Agricultural Adjustment Act made sure #ExtraSupplies
Adjustment law of the New Deal era designed to boost agricultural prices less crop were left over.
Act (AAA) by reducing surpluses.
Rural The Rural Electrification Act of 1936, enacted on May 20, The Rural Electrification Act gave electricity to #ElectricityforAll
Electrification 1936, provided federal loans for the installation of electrical rural areas in the United States.
Administration distribution systems to serve isolated rural areas of the United
(REA) States.

Social Security The Social Security Act of 1935 is a law enacted by the 74th The Social Security Act gave people extra #ExtraSecurity
Act (SSA) United States Congress and signed into law by US President security.
Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Warm Springs FDR visited Warm Springs multiple times #SecondHome

The location where Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd president during his career.
of the United States found the strength to resume his
political career and a positive outlet for his own personal
struggle with polio through creation of the Warm Springs
Foundation.

World War II
World War II World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict World War ll was one of the deadliest wars in #AlliesVs.Axis
(1939-1945) that lasted from 1939 to 1945. The vast majority of the world's the history of wars.
countries, including all the great powers, fought as part of two
opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis.
Lend-Lease Lend-Lease, formally the Lend-Lease Act and introduced as Lend-Lease Act was very good for United #FoodForTheAllies
Act 1941 An Act to Promote the Defense of the United States, was a States’ allies.
policy under which the United States supplied the United
Kingdom, the Soviet Union, France, Republic of China, and
other Allied nations with food, oil, and materiel between 1941
and 1945.

Pearl Harbor The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Pearl Harbor is the memorial of multiple navy #JapaneseSurpriseAttac
Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States ships.
against the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu,
Hawaii, just before 8:00 a.m. on Sunday, December 7, 1941.

Bell Bomber Air Force Plant 6, known during World War II as the Bell The C-130s are made at the Bell Bomber #BomberFactory
Plant Bomber Plant, is a government-owned, contractor-operated Plant.
aerospace facility at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta,
Georgia.

Savannah and The natural harbor of Brunswick, located 70 miles south of The ships at the Savannah and Brunswick #DoubleDoozy
Brunswick Savannah, had a long maritime history before the outbreak of shipyards are so big.
shipyards World War II.

People and Other Terms You Need to Know:

Overproduction: - a factor that led to the Great Depression; farmers, businesses and industries producing more than people could buy. #TooMuchSupply
1918 Influenza pandemic: (February 1918 to April 1920). Flu pandemic made worse by the movement of troops after WWI. It infected 500 million #SpanishFlu
people – about a third of the world's population at the time – in four successive waves. The death toll is estimated to have been somewhere between
20 million and 50 million.
Richard Russell: Former governor of Georgia (1931-33) and U.S. senator (1933-1971). He was known for working to strengthen national defense as #MoreForts
well as for opposing civil rights.
Carl Vinson: A Georgia native who served in the U.S. House of Representatives (Nov 1914-Jan 1965). He was the first to hold congressional office for a #50YearCongress
period of 50 years. He is known as “The Father of the Two-Ocean Navy.” Man