GA from WWI to WWII

Why was Georgia important to the United States during WWI?

• Georgia sold a variety of crops to Europe.

• Georgia had many training camps.

• Georgia had many doctors who volunteered.

• Georgia sent the most soldiers to fight in the war.

Which BEST describes Georgia in WWi?

• Ga. was only involved because we sent soldiers to fight.

• Georgia refused to ration goods and promote civilian assistance.

• Ga. was very involved. (sent troops, helped on the home front)

• Ga. did not support WWI.

The average citizen helped the war effort by

• quarantining flu victims & forming militias

• growing victory gardens and buying war bonds

• housing soldiers in their homes & making ammunition

Unstable economy, overproduction, bank failures, reduction in purchasing ALL led to

• Great Depression

• WWI

• drought of 1925

• invasion of the boll weevil

Why would Talmadge oppose the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)?

• because he was once a cotton farmer

• he thought the AAA needed to make quotas or amounts of cotton produced even lower

• he said the AAA put too much government control over farmers

• he agreed with diversification of crops

How did drought affect farming in Georgia?

• farming was not profitable to struggling farmers

• rural farmers had to change the types of crops they grew

• Georgia's economy changed from farming to shipping

• more Northern investors purchased unused farmland in Ga.

How did the AAA help Georgia farmers?

• It encouraged farmers to move to cities in search of jobs.

• It payed farmers to plant less cotton, therefore increasing the price of cotton.

• It helped farmers chose other crops that would grow in all types of weather.

• It provided money for sharecroppers and tenant farmers to move to the cities to find work.

What is the main reason for FDR's many trips to Georgia?

• His wife's family was from Georgia.

• His vice president was from Savannah.

• The coastal area of Georgia was his favorite vacation spot.

• Therapy in the waters of Warm Springs helped relieve the effects of polio.

How did the AAA negatively affect sharecroppers in Georgia?

• They were out of work due to lower crop production.

• They were forced to lower the price of the cotton they grew.

• They were forced to grow more crops for less money.

• Farmers were laid off that worked on their farms.

FDR's frequent visits to Georgia led to the creation of which New Deal policy?

• CCC

• SSA

• REA

• AAA