FDR and Warm Springs

FDR and Warm Springs

Multiple Choice

How was Georgia significant in the life of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt?

• President Roosevelt traveled to Warm Springs frequently to recover from complications of polio.

• President Roosevelt used his Warm Springs home as his military headquarters during World War II.

• President Roosevelt tested his New Deal programs in Georgia before spreading them across the

  country.

• President Roosevelt received support from Georgia Governor Eugene Talmadge to implement New Deal

  programs.

Multiple Choice

Staring in 1924, FDR visited Warm Springs, GA to ease the pain in his paralyzed legs caused by _________?

• MS

• polio

• thyphiod

• scurvy

Multiple Choice

FDR's residence in Georgia was called the ___________?

• Little white House

• Hyde Park House

• Hooverville House

• President's Place

Multiple Choice

How did FDR's ties to Georgia impact the state during the Great Depression?

• FDR was a northern Democrat from New York and was not concerned with issues in Georgia during the Great Depression.

• FDR witnessed the struggles of farmers on his visits to Warm Springs & provided electricity and aid to rural areas through New Deal programs.

• FDR fell in love with southern culture and decided to move to Georgia and live here permanently.

• FDR befriended Governor Talmadge during his visits to Warm Springs and the two men worked closely together during the Great Depression.

Multiple Choice

What was Franklin D. Roosevelt's "New Deal"?

• A treaty signed with Germany to end World War I and bring peace to Europe and the United States.

• A series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms and regulations that provided jobs and aid during the Great Depression.

• A contract signed by FDR in order for the Little White House to be built in Warm Springs, Georgia.

• A number of court cases that addressed Jim Crow, racial violence and school segregation in the south.

Multiple Select

How did drought and the boll weevil impact Georgia's agricultural economy?

• The number of working farms decreased.

• Banks that loaned farmers money took huge losses

• Many farm-related businesses closed.

• Black tenant farmers migrated to northern industrial cities in search of work.

Multiple Select

Which of the following put Georgia in a deep economic depression?

• silk worms

• boll weevil

• drought

• flooding

Multiple Select

In which ways did Georgia contribute to the war effort during World War I?

• military installations that trained soldiers and held prisoners

• textile mills produced cloth for military uniforms

• railroads and ports transported supplies and soldiers to Europe

• thousands of Georgia citizens joined the U.S. armed forces

• civilians grew their own crops in "victory gardens" so more food could be exported to Europe