WWI, Great Depression, and New Deal Review

Which of the following was NOT one of Georgia's major contributions to the World War I war effort?

• Soldiers and nurses

• Training and prisoner of war camps

• Weapons from factories in Dalton

• Food from Georgia farms

-Overuse of credit

-Failure of small banks throughout the country

-Overproduction of agricultural products

The above events led to which of the following?

• World War II

• The Great Society

• Hoover's re-election

• The Great Depression

The Great Depression began earlier in Georgia and the rest of the South due to:

• The boll weevil and drought.

• Drought and lack of food production.

• The boll weevil and segregation.

• Mo Bamba wasn't released yet.

During the New Deal, The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) helped farmers in Georgia by

• persuading farmers to experiment by planting many different types of crops.

• paying farmers to plant less cotton, which caused the price of cotton to increase.

• encouraging farmers to move from rural areas to find jobs in more urban areas.

• helping farmers find new types of crops that could grow in all types of weather.

Which job would MOST LIKELY be performed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), a New Deal program?

• Planting trees in the Chickamauga Battlefield.

• Handing food out to poor people.

• Working in Georgia's new textile mills.

• Building new homes for people who could not afford them.

All of these are describing which New Deal program?

• Agricultural Adjustment Administration

• Civilian Conservation Corps

• Social Security Administration

• Rural Electrification Administration

-Brought electricity to rural areas that did not have it.

-Georgia farmers benefited greatly from it.

-Opposed by Georgia Governor Eugene Talmadge.

• Civilian Conservation Corps

• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

• Agricultural Adjustment Administration

• Rural Electrification Administration

This New Deal program created jobs for young men, black and white. They worked in exchange for housing , food, and money ($30/month). This group built many of Georgia's state parks.

• Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

• Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)

• Social Security Administration (SSA)

• Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Which of the following BEST describes the purpose behind President Roosevelt's New Deal?

• America's economy was doing too well, and it was hurting businesses owned by FDR.

• America's economy was doing very well, and FDR hoped that New Deal programs would help it become the world's #1 economy.

• States’ rights have priority over rights of the federal government.

• The federal government is largely responsible for ensuring economic prosperity.

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

• Georgia's economy became so poor that it was kicked out of the U.S. and become part of the United Kingdom.

• It forced Georgia to give up agriculture entirely.

• It caused a major upset to Georgia’s cash-crop economy by destroying over half of the state's cotton.

• It gave more economic opportunity to pest controllers.