Agricultural Transformation After WWII (SS8H10a)

What was the most important crop in Georgia before WWII?

• peanuts

• cotton

• soybeans

• blueberries

After WWII, one of Georgia's most important agricultural products was

• goats.

• peaches.

• sheep.

• livestock/poultry.

Before WWII Georgia's economy had been powered by ___ for decades, and its population remained heavily agrarian.

• farming

• industry

• mechanization

• railroads

Tractors, fertilizer, and mechanization are examples of how ___ transformed agriculture in Georgia after WWII.

• technology

• hard work

• farmers

• cities

After WWII farm equipment became easier to buy and more efficient than human labor. What word is being described?

• mechanized

• hard work

• automation

• robots

Before the war there were fewer than 10,000 ___ in Georgia. By the 1950s, that number had risen to 85,000.

• tractors

• robots

• machines

• airplanes

After WWII ___ production decreased and was replaced by livestock, soybeans, and timber production.

• cotton

• peachers

• indigo

• rice

Georgia is known for the production of the "bigPs", what are the three big Ps in Georgia's crops?

• Pumpkins, Peanuts, & Peaches

• Peanuts, Peaches, & Pretzels

• Peaches, Peanuts, & Pecans

• Peanuts, Peaches, & Potatoes

These two cities played a major role in transforming the state's economy.

• Savannah and Brunswick

• Atlanta and Macon

• Atlanta and Savannah

• Atlanta and Marietta

New Technology decreased the demand for farm labor causing farmers to move to the ___ to find work.

• army

• cities

• shipyards

• Bell-Aircraft factory