Eighth Grade Social Studies 20th Century Unit Test 2018

How did WWII help boost the economy in Georgia?

• Cotton production increased

• Military bases were opened to help train and house soldiers

• The Red Cross was established

• Taxes were increased to help pay for the war

What caused farmers to leave their farms and migrate to the industrious North?

• Many slaves were looking for entry level positions in factories.

• The consolidation of many farms in the South left many sharecroppers looking for work.

• Many farmers wanted to invest in industry in the North and no longer wanted to farm.

• The rising cost of farm equipment, the boll weevil, and the drought caused many farmers to lose their farms.

During most of the 1920s, which group experienced the most severe economic problems?

• owners of small family farms

• workers in the automobile industry

• bankers in urban centers

• entertainers in the field of radio

· Borrowing more money than could be repaid

· Speculating in the Stock Market

· Overproducing farm products

These events led to:

• The Great Depression

• The Great Society

• Hoover's re-election

• World War II

Why is it sometimes said that rural Georgians never realized that there was a Great Depression that occurred during the late 1920s and 1930s?

• Rural agricultural areas continued to prosper throughout the Great Depression.

• The Great Depression had little impact on the state.

• Many rural Georgians were geographically isolated without access to national news.

• Many rural Georgians were farmers and had struggled economically for years.

Eugene Talmadge became governor of Georgia in 1933. He disliked relief efforts, public welfare and debts. As a result of these beliefs, Governor Talmadge:

• tried to get rid of all of the New Deal programs in Georgia.

• ran for president against President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1936.

• resigned from the office of governor in protest against the New Deal.

• raised property taxes to cover the cost of unemployment programs.

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Little White House was in Warm Springs, Georgia. Why did the president often travel to Georgia?

• President Roosevelt built the Little White House so that he would have a place to meet foreign leaders away from Washington.

• President Roosevelt suffered from polio and swam in the healing water of Warm Springs.

• President Roosevelt operated several large farms in the Warm Spring area.

• President Roosevelt enjoyed the relaxing lifestyle in rural Georgia.

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a popular New Deal program because it put unemployed people to work during the Depression. What was a result of the Civilian Conservation Corps?

• The U.S. army doubled in size because the CCC was a part of the army.

• The CCC restored the cotton crop in Georgia and allowed farmers to make a good living on the farm.

• The CCC provided labor in the Bell Bomber plant in Marietta, Georgia.

• Many men across Georgia and the U.S. built public facilities, many of which exist to this day.

A New Deal program that helped many rural Georgians was the Rural Electrification Authority (REA). Why was the REA so important to rural Georgians? *

• Farmers were able to charge much more for their crops due to electricity.

• Electric water pumps, lights and appliances made farm life much easier.

• By 1940, rural Georgians were finally able to watch television.

• Farmers began to use electric machines to plant and harvest their crops.

The purpose of Social Security is to

• Create a system to save the banks

• Protect the federal government from bad investments

• Create a system of retirement and unemployment benefits

• Give all workers in the United States a savings plan for the future