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| Germany, Italy, and Japan |
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| Britain, France, USSR, China, and eventually the US |
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| governor of GA, he feared the New Deal would threaten Georgia's way of life; he openly opposed President Roosevelt; in 1940, when he was re-elected as governor by attacking many New Deal Programs; when he heard that certain professors at UGA supported integration, he presented the issue to the Board of Regents; after replacing three of the board members so they all agreed with him, they voted and the professors were fired; this interference caused the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools in 1941 to remove its accreditaion of University of Georgia and other white public colleges in the state; many Georgians were outraged and students began protest demonstrations |
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| president of the United States when the Great Depression set in; he felt that the the government should not interfere with the economy and the business could take care of itself; as the depression worsened, President Hoover and Congress set up government programs to lend money to keep banks and businesses going; he, however, was not able to end the Depression |
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| president of the United States during most of WWII and when Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan |
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| an economic depression where sales, profits, and investments fall, forcing factories to produce less and lay off some of their workers; as unemployment rises, causing demand for new goods to fall, another cycle of unemployment and falling sales begins |
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| became president following the death of Franklin Roosevelt; authorized the use of the atomic bomb on Japan |
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| Explain the conditions and events that led to World War II. |
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| The causes that led to WWII were rise of dictators. Benito Mussdini of Italy organized the Facist party and invaded Ethiopia. In Germany, Adolf Hitler, built up the strength of the Nazi party and signed a treaty of alliance with Italy. Hitler and Stalin of USSR also signed the Nazi-Soviet Pact. military leaders of Japan took power and Japan began and all-out war with China. Other causes include poor economic conditions world wide, and ineffectiveness fo League of Nations. |
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| Describe Georgia's role in World War II. |
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| The United States got many of it's silks from Asian countries. After Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, we no longer had access to those silks. Georgia, especially, was told to go into overdrive in cotton production. Rafts, parachutes, uniforms, etc. were being made from cotton that came from states like Georgia. |
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| Explain the conditions and events that led to the Great Depression. |
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| The stock market crashed in October of 1929. Stock brokers had allowed their clients to give things like $10 for a $100 share (purchasing on margin). This inflated the stock market, giving the shares of stock no REAL value. The values, of each share, that were given to the public were really fake. Eventually, everybody tried to sell their stock at one time because this effect gradually hit the public. When everyone was a seller and nobody was a buyer, the United States went into a depression. |
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| a popular title given to the various recovery programs developed during President Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration to end the Great Depression; he aimed toward relief, recovery, and reform |
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