World Wars & Depression

11)  The U.S. entered the war in 1917 because the Germans

• attacked Pearl Harbor.
• sank several U. S. passenger ships
• won American Idol

When people went to the bank to withdraw their money and the banks had no money was known as the 

• Bank Crisis 
• Black Tuesday
• Stock Market Crash
• New Deal 

This new deal program helped with the recovery process by hiring the unemployed to work on outdoor projects such as deforestation 

• PWA
• CCC
• AAA
• FDIC

This new deal programs helps to ensure retirement funds for all americans and helps those in need of immediate monetary assistance

• FDIC

• SSA

• AAA

• CCC

The name given to the programs enforced by FDR to ensure relief, recovery and reform. 

• Stock Market 
• Great Depression
• Margin 
• New Deal 

This President enforced both New Deals and saw America through the Great Depression and World War II. 

• Eisenhower
• Truman
• Hoover
• Roosevelt 

What 2 things resulted in many Georgians, especially farmers, feeling the effects of a depression during the 1920s, even before the Great Depression started?

Select BOTH that apply.

• drought

• boll weevil

• Stock Market Crash

• cotton

What were some results of the droughts and the boll weevil?

Select ALL that apply.

• Farmers moved away to find jobs in factories and in northern states.

• Cotton production decreased, and was no longer the primary crop.

• The number of farms declined.

• Georgia crops were destroyed.

What were the main causes of the Great Depression?

Select ALL that apply.

• borrowing more money than ppl could afford to repay

• reduction in purchasing

• overproduction of farm goods

• the boll weevil

Governor Eugene Talmadge was Georgia's governor during the...

• Great Depression

• Stock Market Crash

• boll weevil

• New Deal