| Chapter 17 1. In 1903 __________ and __________ Wright flew the 1st successful ____________. 2. In 1900, there were 8,000 cars in the nation. * 1908- Model T Fords were built- Henry Ford- 19,000 made · 1915- Ford built a plant in Georgia- made 1,000 cars a day · $360.00 for each car 3. 1912 which 2 states were added to the union? ________________________________________________________ 4. 1914- What War began? _________________ Why? _____________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. When did the U.S. enter the war? __________ Why? _____________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. What is a draft? ___________________________________________ 7. How many soldiers were drafted in this War? ___________________ How many from Ga? _____________________ 8. In 1889, Ft. McPherson served as a training facility and housed German POW’s 9. WWI changed the role for ____________ because all the men were gone and they had to work their jobs. 10. WWI created a huge demand for agricultural products= Georgia farmers _________. 11. After the war prices went from 35c to 17c for cotton. Also, the bug called the ______ _______ destroyed many of the cotton crops. 12. 1921- _____________ gained the right to vote. 13. 1920’s- was also called the “________ ________” · more roads were paved, country was doing well · In 1922- what radio station was established _________. 14. What did the “Forward Atlanta Commission” do for GA? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 15. What was the result? _______________________________________ ________________________________________________________ 16. What airline was established in 1929- ____________. The Great Depression 17. States profits, investments, and production went _________, lots of lay offs. 18. In 1927, Coolridge said: “ The business of America is business” 19. What is Laissez faire-______________________________________ ________________________________________________________ 20. American banks were free to operate as they please with no government supervision- What do you think would be the result of this? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 21. In 1929, many industries had a surplus- _______________________ · By 1932- ¼ of Americans were out of jobs. |
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