THE STUDENT WILL DESCRIBE THE IMPACT OF WORLD WAR II ON GEORGIA’S DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICALLY, SOCIALLY, AND POLITICALLY. SS8H9
Dec 16, 2015
THE STUDENT WILL DESCRIBE THE IMPACT OF WORLD WAR II ON GEORGIA’S DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMICALLY, SOCIALLY, AND POLITICALLY.
SS8H9
Lend-Lease
America watched as Germany carved up the world. America did not want to get involved. Congress had passed neutrality acts to keep the United States out of another war.
Lend-Leasecont.
Under those acts the president would not let anybody sell weapons to any warring nations.
However in 1939 Roosevelt asked for and got a new law that allowed the Allied Powers to buy arms if they paid cash and transported them on their own ships
Lend Leasecont.
When Britain ran out of cash Congress authorized Roosevelt to lend or lease arms to them.
After Germany turned on the Soviet Union, Roosevelt gave lend-lease aid to the Soviets as well.
Pearl Harbor
Meanwhile American and Japanese relationships got worse.
America stopped exporting planes aircraft parts aviation gas and metals to Japan to stop their expansion.
Roosevelt also seized all Japanese property in the U.S.
Pearl Harborcont.
Needing oil badly, Japan then invaded the Dutch East Indies.
The only force that could stop them was the US Navy stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Pearl Harbor
Suddenly on Dec 7, 1941 around 8am the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor for a solid two hours.
Severely damaged the navy’s fleet and over two thousand people were killed.
One day later the US declared war on Japan and the US entered World War II.
A few days later Germany and Italy declared war on the United States
Surprise Attack Makes them successful!
Destroying Naval Ships
Battleship Row
Impact of WWII on Georgia’s economic development
SS8H9 b. The student will evaluate the importance of Bell Aircraft, military bases, the Savannah and Brunswick shipyards, Richard Russell, and Carl Vinson.
Bell Aircraft
After Pearl Harbor the government decided to build B-29 bombers.
The Bell Aircraft Company of Buffalo, New York, won the contract and built a plant in Marietta. In spring 1943, Bell Aircraft began assembling bombers, by April 1945 they were employing 27,000 employees.
The plant closed in 1945 when they closed they had built 668 planes.
In 1950, the Air Force convinced Lockheed Martin Corporation to reopen the Marietta plant, the plant is still in operation today.
Bell Aircraft Airplane
Military Bases
What happened to Georgia’s economy after the war?
Millions of federal dollars were poured into the state for military bases. Fort Benning, Camp Gordon,Fort Stewart, Hunter Air
Field and Warner Robbins.
Military Bases
Fort McPherson was a major induction center for new soldiers.
Fort Gillem was an army storage facility and railroad yard.
Prisoners of war were held at Forts Benning ,Gordon, Oglethorpe, and Stewart.
1943 Cobb County Airport became the Marietta Army Airfield.
The Atlanta airport became an air base in 1941.
Military Bases Photos
Fort McPhersonFort Gillem
Prison Camp in Ga
Ga prison camp
Richard B. Russell
Georgia’s youngest governorMember/Speaker of House of RepresentativesCombined boards of trustees of state colleges
and universities into one agency-Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
Served 38 years in U. S. Senate
Richard B Russell
Advisor to 6 presidentsServed as president pro tempore of the
Senate/3rd in line for presidency
Carl Vinson
25 consecutive terms in U S House of Representative
Chairman of the House Naval Affairs Committee/14 years/represented GA’s interest in the military
Major influence in promoting a strong national defense
Oversaw passage of Vinson-Trammel Act
Carl Vinson
Authorized manufacture of 92 major warships
Before Pearl Harbor he helped passage of 2 important bills through Congress 1.)
expansion of naval aviation system to 10,000 planes, trained 16,000 pilots, established 20 air bases
2.) eased labor restrictions in shipbuilding industry and allowed faster construction of navy ships
“Father of two ocean navy”
Carl Vinson
Pushed for strong defense throughout Cold War with Soviet Union
Presidential Medal of Freedom/196450 years in CongressNixon/named country’s third nuclear carrier
for him
Holocaustc. Explain the impact of the Holocaust on
Georgians
What was the Holocaust? Concentration camps were set up by the Nazis as the “final solution to the Jewish problem.”
The Holocaust was the name given to systematic extermination of 6 million Jews.
In addition 5-6 million people were labeled as ”undesirables” they were killed by the Nazis before during and after WWII.
Holocaust
Auschwitz
d. Discuss President Roosevelt’s ties to Georgia including his visits to Warm Springs and his impact on the state.
NIRA National Industrial Recovery Act. In Georgia: this established a minimum
wage, and it affected textile workers.The south/forbid Labor Unions The new act brought the labor unions inLess workers had to use more machinesStrikes began all over the south from the
textile mills
Warm Springs
Why did Franklin Roosevelt spend so much time in Georgia?
Roosevelt had Polio There was a natural spring there that was
supposed to have healing powers. Whether it did or did not it is not known however it did make him feel better.
Tennessee Valley Authority
Blue Ridge Lake was createdLake ChatugeLake NottelyBuilt dams for power/controlled water for
power