SS8H8 Unit Review

Which of the following does not correctly explain how Georgia supported WWI?

• Georgia had the most military bases used to train soldiers.

• Georgians planted victory gardens to provide food for their communities.

• Georgians worked in Savannah and Brunswick to build liberty ships for the war.

• Georgians purchased war bonds to help support the war.

What caused Georgia to go into a depression before the Great Depression? (two correct answers)

• stock market crash

• boll weevil

• overproduction of crops

• bank closers

• drought

Why did Eugene Talmadge oppose implementing the New Deal programs?

• It would only benefit the wealthy citizens of Georgia.

• It went against his personal beliefs of states' rights and white supremacy.

• He felt the state would not benefit from the New Deal.

• He wanted more for the state.

Why would Georgia and other southern states embrace Roosevelt's New Deal programs?

• He promised help for the poor through the programs.

• He had many friends and a home in the south.

• He was friends with Talmadge and other southern leaders.

• He was a supremacists and wanted to keep the racial divide.

Which explains the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)?

• the federal government paid landowners to not plant in order to raise the prices of crops

• the federal government created this program to help citizens feel more financially secure about their future

• the federal government hired young men to complete projects such as the Tybee Island seawall to prevent flooding and the Okefenokee Public State Park

• allowed farmers to form cooperatives (groups) to make bringing electricity to their farms more affordable

Which explains the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?

• the federal government paid landowners to not plant in order to raise the prices of crops

• the federal government created this program to help citizens feel more financially secure about their future

• the federal government hired young men to complete projects such as the Tybee Island seawall to prevent flooding and the Okefenokee Public State Park

• allowed farmers to form cooperatives (groups) to make bringing electricity to their farms more affordable

Which explains the Rural Electrification Administration (REA)?

• the federal government paid landowners to not plant in order to raise the prices of crops

• the federal government created this program to help citizens feel more financially secure about their future

• the federal government hired young men to complete projects such as the Tybee Island seawall to prevent flooding and the Okefenokee Public State Park

• allowed farmers to form cooperatives (groups) to make bringing electricity to their farms more affordable

Which explains the Social Security Administration (SSA)?

• the federal government paid landowners to not plant in order to raise the prices of crops

• the federal government created this program to help citizens feel more financially secure about their future

• the federal government hired young men to complete projects such as the Tybee Island seawall to prevent flooding and the Okefenokee Public State Park

• allowed farmers to form cooperatives (groups) to make bringing electricity to their farms more affordable

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

• Great Depression

• WWI

• drought of 1925

• invasion of the boll weevil

How did Eugene Talmadge misjudge Georgia voters in the election of 1936?

• Talmadge thought all Ga. voters supported the county unit system

• Talmadge thought all Ga. voters opposed the passage of minimum wage

• Talmadge thought all Ga. voters would oppose New Deal policies and help from the federal gov't