SS8H8 and SS8H9 Practice

The ______________________  of 1929  triggered The Great Depression.

• International Cotton Expo
• Atlanta Race Riot
• stock market crash
• New Deal

One contribution that GA made during WWI was

• Ga opened history museums
• Ga  provided more military camps than any other state
• Ga had more trucks on the interstate than any other state
• Ga opened apple factories

 a major war primarily between European powers; U.S. entered the war in 1917

• WWIII
• WWI
• WWII
• WW

The _______________ is an insect whose larva feeds on the cotton plant.  By 1915, this insect migrated to GA and drastically reduced the state's cotton crop.

• boll weevil
• roach
• ant
• bee

The destruction of the cotton crop forced Georgians to ________________ their economy.

• barter
• sell
• keep
• diversify

In addition to the damage caused by the boll weevil, Georgia farmers suffered through another natural disaster in the 1920's and 1930's . It was a _________.

• hurricane
• drought
• storm
• earthquake

Some of the economic factors that led to the Great Depression were bank failures, reduction in purchasing and 

• overproduction of agricultural products
• many people going to church
• people producing green peas
• overproduction of pecans

 This man was elected president promising to provide a new deal for the American people and an end to the depression.

• Tom Brady
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt
• Henry Grady
• Herbert Hoover

The New Deal program that  raised the price of farm products by limiting supply.  Farmers were paid to produce less to drive the price up so each farmer made money for their crops.

• REA
• SSA
• AAA
• TVA

New deal program that brought electricity to  the rural (country) areas of the U.S.

• REA
• AAA
• SSA
• CCC