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The event generally considered the START of the Great Depression in the United States was

• the end of World War I.
• the crash of the stock market.
• failure of the commodity market.
  
• the outbreak of the influenza epidemic.
  

 How did the boll weevil MOSTLY affect Georgia’s economy?

• It forced Georgia to have a manufacturing economy.
• It forced Georgia to have a manufacturing economy.
• It caused a major upset to Georgia’s cash-crop economy.
• It gave more economic opportunity to the pest controllers.

In addition to the boll weevil, what other natural disaster greatly affected cotton farmers in the 1920s?

• a major drought
• a locust plague
• flooding of fields
• severe cold weather

All of these items led directly to what event?

• World War I
• World War II
• Great Depression
• Baby Boom Generation

-borrowing more money than could be repaid
-speculating in the stock market
-overproducing farm products
-overproducing industrial products
These events led to

• World War II
• The Great Society
• Hoover's re-election
• The Great Depression

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

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

The ______________________  of 1929  triggered The Great Depression.

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

The time in America's history where times were hard and many people were in poverty.

• The Domino Effect
• The Governor's Race
• The Great Depression
• The  International Cotton Expo

Which region on the map would have been DIRECTLY affected by the infestation of the boll weevil in the late-19th and early-20th centuries?

• 5
• 4
• 3
• 2