8SS: Ga & FDR

8SS: Boll Weevils & FDR

By Brandi Rowland

Multiple Choice

The boll weevil had a huge impact on Georgia’s economy and rural population. Millions of African-Americans or Blacks moved to northern cities since cotton acreage was lost & Northern companies were recruiting. In addition, many sharecroppers and tenant farmers, both Black and white left farms and moved _________________ or migrated into northern cities in search of employment.

• to Georgia's cities like Atlanta & Macon

• to the west to fulfill Manifest Destiny

• to Europe

• to bigger farms

Open Ended

The boll weevil destroyed much of Georgia's cotton crops, and it forced Georgia to diversify its economy. Manufacturing began to grow, but what could have really slowed the growth of the economy?

Multiple Choice

A major contributing factor to the Great Depression is that banks ran out of ___________ to pay people who wished to withdraw their money.

• gold

• reserves

• stocks

• loans

Multiple Choice

Which was likely true during the Great Depression?

• Businesses were stable, and people continued spending easily

• Some goods were available in excess and people weren't purchasing

• People reduced their spending and businesses suffered

• People reduced spending and businesses were stable

Open Ended

Why does it say that FDR was Georgia's "adopted son?"

Multiple Choice

As a result of spending a lot of time in rural GA in the 1920s and 1930s, what do you think FDR witnessed about rural Georgia?

• Poverty and hardship

• Growth and prosperity

• Slavery

Multiple Choice

FDR's plan for recovery from the Great Depression was called....

• The Deal

• The New Deal

• The League of Nations

• The Relief Act

Multiple Choice

Many of FDR's New Deal programs like the Agriculture Adjustment Administration and the Rural Electrification Administration are clear indicators that FDR was impacted by his time in rural GA.

• True

• False

• Lost. I am lost.

• I need time to study.

Multiple Choice

Georgians overwhelming supported FDR and the New Deal programs. They directly benefited Georgians.

• Yep, that sounds correct.

• Ummm...I am not sure.

• Absolutely false.

• I am more lost than a pig on roller skates.

​Georgia gets a New Deal

The New Deal Programs provided aid and support to many poor Georgians. Though these programs did not end the Great Depression, they helped many poor Georgians cope during the difficult economic times.

Multiple Choice

The CCC would have helped create...

• parks and recreation centers

• electrical companies

• new banks

• a solution to the boll weevil

Multiple Choice

Eugene Talmadge was a Georgian lawmaker. He thought the New Deal allowed....

• Georgians to work too much

• too much government involvement

• too many freedoms and priviledges

• African-Americans to be further discriminated against

Multiple Choice

Talmadge also was very concerned that the New Deal....

• gave opportunities to only whites

• gave opportunities to only African-Americans

• gave opportunities to African-Americans as well as whites

Multiple Choice

The AAA led to Georgian diversity among crops and reduced dependency on cotton.

• True

• False

• I'm that pig on roller skates again.

Multiple Choice

location where President Franklin D. Roosevelt visited to help treat his polio; home where he stayed that became known as the “Little White House”

• Atlanta 
• Warm Springs 
• Savannah 
• Augusta 

Multiple Choice

Why did President Franklin Roosevelt frequently visit Georgia before and during his time in office? 

•  To visit his house at Warm Springs and receive medical treatment.
•  He felt the key to winning World War II was getting Georgia’s support.
•  Because he did not enjoy being in the Northeast.
•  His family was instrumental in Georgia politics at the time.

Multiple Choice

What is one way the New Deal was supposed to help the economy out of the Great Depression?

• by eliminating trading on the stock market
• by encouraging war with Germany and Japan
• by creating jobs through various new programs
• by giving people money through new bank laws

Multiple Choice

The Georgia governor that resisted New Deal Programs, but was still popular with rural farmers.

• Eugene Talmadge

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Henry Grady

• Herbert Hoover

Multiple Choice

The average person lost their savings during which event

• Bank failures

• Stock market crash

• Dust Bowl

Multiple Choice

Which crop did the the Boll Weevil destroy?

• Cotton

• Tobacco

• Silk

• Peaches

Multiple Select

Why did Eugene Talmadge want to keep New Deal programs out of Georgia??

• They paid equal wages to whites and blacks

• He did not like the National Government interfering

• He was a Republican and did not like the Democratic President

• He did not like that CCC camps were integrated

Multiple Choice

What was Georgia's GREATEST contribution to the U.S. and Allied Powers victory in World War I?

• Georgia trained over 100,000 soldiers

• Georgia factories produced guns and bombs at record levels

• Georgia was too poor to make any contributions

• Georgia's ports built hundreds of supply ships

Multiple Choice

During the Second Great Migration, the South lost roughly 6 million people. Why?

• Many Georgian's and other southerner's left their farms and moved to the North in search of factory jobs

• Many former slaves were leaving the South to get away from Jim Crow Laws and racial violence

• Sharecroppers and tenant farmers were being pushed off their farms

• Farmers lost all of their savings in the stock market crash and couldn't pay their rents

Multiple Choice

What were the long-term impacts of the Boll Weevil and droughts on Georgia's farming economy?

• Fewer acres were planted with cotton AND there were fewer people that farmed for a living

• More acres were planted with cotton AND more people became farmers

• The Boll Weevil and drought only had a short-term impact on Georgia's agricultural economy

• The New Deal programs helped Georgia recover quickly from the Boll Weevil and droughts

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the BEST description of an economic depression?

• High unemployment, low profits for businesses, and decreased demand for products

• Low unemployment, high profits for businesses, and increased purchasing power of consumers

• High unemployment, low profits for businesses, and increased pay for workers

• Low unemployment, high profits, and low demand for products

Multiple Select

Which of the following were criticisms of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs?

• They provided assistance to whites and African-Americans equally.

• The New Deal programs greatly increased the size of the government, resulting in higher taxes

• The New Deal programs make Franklin D. Roosevelt too popular

• Businesses benefited the most, instead of the average person.

Multiple Choice

Why was Franklin D. Roosevelt such a popular President during the Great Depression?

• He created government programs to try and help the average person

• He cut government taxes so that the average person had more money

• He quickly got the United States involved in World War II, which ended the Great Depression

• He decreased the rules and regulation on businesses, which helped end the Great Depression

Multiple Choice

Eugene Talmadge was elected Agriculture Commissioner and Governor of Georgia. Why couldn't he win his elections to the U.S. Senate?

• He wanted to keep New Deal programs out of Georgia

• His white supremacist/pro-segregationist message did not win him votes in the Atlanta area

• He was not popular with farmers

• He was a Republican and Georgian's wouldn't support him

Multiple Choice

Insured bank deposits up to $5,000.

• Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

• Public Works Authority

• Farm Security Administration

• none

Multiple Choice

This Program helped retirees 65 and older and also those who were disabled and unable to work.

• Social Security Act (SSA)

• Social Service Act

• Stock Market Advice

• Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC)

Multiple Choice

Agency that protected the price of crops.

• Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)

• Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

• Civil Works Administration (CWA)

• Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC)

Multiple Choice

In the 1930’s, the enactment of New Deal programs demonstrated a belief that

• corporations were best left to operate without government interference
• state governments should give up control over commerce inside their states
• the government should be more involved in regulating economy

Multiple Choice

"The New Deal" was designed around what things?

• Food, shelter, and banks
• relief, recovery, and reform
• starvation, world peace, and helping those in need
• Government budgets

Multiple Choice

Which New Deal program helped get farmers electricity?

• REA
• CCC
• AAA
• Social Security

Multiple Choice

Which event is known as “Black Tuesday”?

• The storming of the Bastille
• Armistice day
• The stock market crash of 1929
• The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

Multiple Choice

The New Deal __________ end the Great Depression.

• did

• did not

• IDK but I didn't bother reading the last slide nor did I listen.

Multiple Choice

One of the New Deal programs; paid farmers to produce less cotton, corn, wheat, rice, and milk; goal was to raise farm prices and enable farmers to buy manufactured goods

• AAA
• REA
• CCC
• SSA

Multiple Choice

What two factors caused Georgia to experience a depression before the rest of the USA?

• Atlanta Riots and KKK
• tornadoes and hurricanes
• Boll Weevil & Drought
• Blizzard & Influenza Outbreak

Multiple Choice

The __________________  was the longest period of unemployment and low economic activity in the 1900's.

• New Deal
• Great Depression
• Dust Bowl
• Civil War