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The___________________is an insect whose larva feeds on the cotton plant. By 1915, this insect migrated to Georgia and drastically reduced the state's cotton crop.

• Boll Weevil

• Ant

• Honeybee

Which program in FDR's New Deal helped expand electricity to the country side.

• Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

• Rural Electrification Act (REA)

• Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC)

Which New Deal program paid farmers to stop overproducing certain crops?

• Agriculture Adjustment Act (AAA)

• Rural Electrification Act (REA)

• Social Security Act (SSA)

Which New Deal program provided unemployment insurance and assistance to disabled people?

• Agriculture Adjustment Act (AAA)

• Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC)

• Social Security Act (SSA)

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

• Drought of 1925

• Great Depression

• WWI

What was a major contribution that Georgia made towards the WWI war effort?

• Canned/Packaged Goods

• Weapon Factories

• Cotton Gin

Who was the Georgia governor who opposed the New Deal programs but was still popular with rural farmers?

• Henry Grady

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Eugene Talmadge

Which event is MOST associated with the beginning of the Great Depression?

• The boll weevil spread throughout Georgia

• The stock market crash of 1929

• Herbert Hoover elected president

The New Deal programs were the main reason why the United States recovered from the Great Depression.

• True

• False

What was Franklin D. Roosevelt's programs called that wanted to provide relief, recovery, and reform for Americans and during the Great Depression?

• The New South

• The New Deal

• Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)