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Georgia and WWII

Georgia and WWII. Stormy Weather Lena Horne (1943). Standard. SS8H9 The student will describe the impact of World War II on Georgia’s development economically, socially, and politically. Element

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Georgia and WWII

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  1. Georgiaand WWII Stormy Weather Lena Horne (1943)

  2. Standard SS8H9 The student will describe the impact of World War II on Georgia’s development economically, socially, and politically. Element b. Evaluate the importance of Bell Aircraft, military bases, the Savannah and Brunswick shipyards, Richard Russell, and Carl Vinson. c. Explain the impact of the Holocaust on Georgians.

  3. Essential Questions What was the Holocaust and what is the legacy it left behind? Who were significant political figures of the period and how did they impact the state?

  4. Today’s Key Terms • Holocaust • Rationing • Shipyard • Bell Aircraft • G.I. Bill • Carl Vinson • Richard Russell

  5. Today’s Agenda Open: ~ Interactive Video, “The Story of Lola Rein and her dress” Work ~ Textbook Read-Aloud Session: ~ Interactive PowerPoint Close: ~ Georgia Stories, “Carl Vinson”

  6. Concentration Camps - World War II Georgia Commission on the Holocaust The Story of Lola Rein and her Dress http://www.ushmm.org/exhibition/silent-witness/lola/flash/index.htm

  7. Textbook Read-Aloud Please read one paragraph and then call on someone else to read. Pages 411-415

  8. The Holocaust • Name given to the Nazi plan to kill all Jewish people • Concentration camps used to imprison, work, and execute Jews, gypsies, homosexuals and political dissidents • 6 million people killed in the Holocaust • Governor established the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust to create awareness of the events

  9. Georgia During World War II • 320,000 Georgians joined the armed forces – over 7,000 killed • Military bases were built in the state which improved the economy • Farmers grew needed crops – income tripled for the average farmer • Limits were put on the consumption of goods such as gasoline, meat, butter, and sugar (rationing) • Students were encouraged to buy war bonds and defense stamps to pay for the war • Victory Garden: small family gardens to make sure soldiers would have enough food • POW (prisoner of war) camps in Georgia at some military bases

  10. Shipyards and Bell Aircraft • Macon and Milledgeville: location of weapon plants in Georgia • Savannah and Brunswick Shipyards: War production facilities that provided an area to build naval vessels • Bell Aircraft: plant located in Marietta that built B-29 bombers (America’s largest military plane at the time) • Fall 1943, the huge facility was in full operation • Employed 20,000 civilian workers • Owned by Lockheed Martin today

  11. [Photograph of the Liberty ship F. Southall Farrar under construction (second view), J.A. Jones Construction Company shipyard, Brunswick, Georgia], 1944 May 23

  12. Military Training Facilities • Fort Benning, known as “home of the U.S. Infantry”. It was the largest infantry training school in the world • Hunter Airfield (Savannah) • Warner Robins Air Service Command (Macon) • Fort McPherson (Atlanta) • Camp Gordon (Augusta)

  13. Antiaircraft soldiers on stateside maneuvers with their mobile 3-inch gun M3 in 1941. Sixteen Negro soldiers recently won the coveted `wings' of the U.S. Army paratroopers at Fort Benning, in the southern U.S. state of Georgia. The picture shows some of them riding high in a C-47 transport plane preparing to make one of the required five qualifying jumps." March 1944. Fort Benning, Georgia, 1941

  14. Carl Vinson • Georgia Representative to the United States Congress • Elected to house in 1914 • Served for more than 50 years • Respected for knowledge and commitment to military preparedness • Driving force behind building a naval fleet in the pacific Ocean (believed the navy was our nation’s 1st line of defense) • Sponsored legislation creating the U.S. Army Air Corps (later became U.S. Air Force)

  15. Richard Russell • Georgia Senator to the United States Congress • First elected in 1932 • Served almost 40 years • Developed a similar reputation to Carl Vinson’s for helping build America’s military strength during World War II

  16. The War’s Effect on Society • Everyone was expected to help in the war effort • Women began working in jobs to replace men who had gone to war • G.I. Bill: law to help returning soldiers adapt to civilian life • Low cost loans for homes or business • College education (free tution) • Women and African Americans did not want to go back to the kind of life they had before the war

  17. The War’s Effect on Georgia • During the war, the annual income for the average Georgian doubled • More Georgians were employed in manufacturing than in agriculture • End of war marked a period of rapid social and economic change in Georgia • Hundreds of thousands of Georgia GIs had served in far off places and their view of the world changed • Young Georgians had a chance for a better life • Postwar Georgia would never be quite the same

  18. Carl Vinson Video Log Record at least 2 facts to share with the class. http://www.gpb.org/georgiastories/stories/carl_vinson

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