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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

How did the boll weevil and drought impact those looking for employment?

• Cities grew as the need for sharecroppers and tenant farmers decreased.

• Rural areas grew as the need for sharecroppers and tenant farmers decreased.

• Most Georgians left the state and moved north.

• There was not impact on Georgia's workforce.

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.

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

“Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the Senate, and of the House of Representatives: Yesterday, December 7th, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.   The United States was at peace with that nation and, at the solicitation of Japan, was still in conversation with its government and its emperor looking toward the maintenance of peace in the Pacific."       Franklin D. Roosevelt
    The quote above describes what event?

• Hiroshima
• D-Day
• Pearl Harbor

What factory was opened in Marietta which created B-29 Bombers for the Allied Powers? 

• Shipyards
• Fieldale
  
• Bell Bomber Plant
• Pearl Harbor

Why was Franklin Roosevelt popular with Georgia’s citizens?  Select the BEST answer.  

• he helped farmers with the Agricultural Adjustment Act
• The Little White House was the first house with electricity.
• Roosevelt liked Georgia and helped it due to his visits to the Little White House at Warm Springs
• His New Deal programs put many Georgians to work, and helped many people during the Great Depression.