HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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The factory created jobs, creating relief from the Great Depression and helped turn the city into an industrial center.
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It did not benefit the city as it made the city a target for enemy bombers
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It helped to start World War II
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None of these
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Detailed explanation-1: -MARIETTA-BELL BOMBER AIRCRAFT The manufacturing plant turned rural Cobb County into a thriving industrial region in Georgia. Marietta, Georgia began to experience a lot of economic and population growth because of Bell Aircraft as thousands of jobs were created.
Detailed explanation-2: -The decision to place Bell Bomber in Marietta was the result of fortuitous circumstances and a generation of dynamic local leaders determined to bring their community out of the Great Depression of the 1930s.
Detailed explanation-3: -Lockheed Martin Marietta Plant, Georgia The F-22 Raptor tactical fighter was manufactured here, and components of the F-35 Lightening II fighter.
Detailed explanation-4: -On October 14, 1947, the Bell X-1 became the first airplane to fly faster than the speed of sound. Piloted by U.S. Air Force Capt. Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager, the X-1 reached a speed of 1, 127 kilometers (700 miles) per hour, Mach 1.06, at an altitude of 13, 000 meters (43, 000 feet).
Detailed explanation-5: -Nearly 30, 000 Georgians were employed at this plant, more than half of them were women; Bell employees ultimately produced 663 B-29 aircraft for the US Army Air Forces between 1943 and 1945.