WWI/ Great Depression/New Deal Programs

By the start of 1929, more than half of the U.S. population was living below the poverty line. A major and immediate effect of this situation would be

• New Deal programs being created.

• consumer goods were not being sold.

• the stock market crash put people out of work.

• wealthy people were losing huge sums of money.

Georgia experienced its worst recorded drought during 1930 and 1931. What conclusion can you make as to how the drought affected Georgia?

• It brought many northern investors to Georgia so that they could buy up large tracks of mostly empty farmland.

• It made rural farmers totally change the cash crops they grew to ones that required much smaller amounts of water.

• It totally changed Georgia’s economy from one that depended on cash crops to one that depended on manufacturing.

• It made the lives of rural farmers even more difficult, adding to the problems of the Great Depression and the boll weevil.

Which statement BEST describes one impact of the boll weevil?

• The Agricultural Adjustment Act was passed by the U.S. Congress.

• The mass migration of tenant farmers from rural Georgia increased.

• Cotton production increased due to incentives offered by the New Deal.

• Soybean production became the number one source of revenue for Georgia.

Even though African Americans had more opportunities in the North, what was an issue that they still faced in the North?

• Blacks still received unequal pay compared to whites.

• Jobs in the North were lower paying than in the South.

• Blacks did not face racial discrimination in the North.

• Workplaces and neighborhoods were completely integrated.

Which fact is the BEST piece of supporting evidence that overproduction and falling prices was a cause of the Great Depression?

• In 1930 over 1,350 banks closed and customers lost all their savings.

• The unemployment rate in 1929 was 3.2% and by 1933 there was a 25% unemployment rate.

• In 1920 a bushel of wheat sold for $2.94, in 1929 it sold for $1.00 and by 1932 a bushel sold for .30 cents.

• The stock market's dow average dropped over 23% over a two day period in October of 1929 and lost 90% of it's value by 1932.

Which New Deal program is being described?

Hired unemployed young men to work on public service projects. Built forest trails, roads, parks, sewers, airports, ball fields, schools, hospitals

• Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

• Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

• Rural Electrification Administration (REA)

• Social Security Act

Which New Deal program is being described?

loaned over $300 million to farmers’ cooperatives to extend power lines and buy power wholesale

• Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

• Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

• Rural Electrification Administration (REA)

• Social Security Act

Which New Deal program is being described?

Made farm life much easier due to water pumps, lights, milking machines, & appliances.

• Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

• Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

• Rural Electrification Administration (REA)

• Social Security Act

Which New Deal program is being described?

“paid” farmers not to plant crops.

• Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

• Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

• Rural Electrification Administration (REA)

• Social Security Act

Which New Deal program is being described?

GA projects included:

Kennesaw Mountain & National Battlefield Park Roosevelt State Park, Tybee Island Seawall, Chickamauga

• Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

• Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

• Rural Electrification Administration (REA)

• Social Security Act