World War 1 and the Depression

Read carefully. What event is a result of the actions listed?

over use of credit risky loans to other countries over production of goods, including produce over selling of stocks

• The Industrial Revolution

• WWI

• The Great Depression

• Reconstruction Era

Choose the two environmental factors that helped lead to the Great Depression.

• boll weevil and intense flooding

• bowling silk worm and forest fires

• boll weevil and severe drought

• bowling silk worm and drought

All of the following happened during the Great Depression except________

• banks had no money and closed their doors.

• many people lost their savings, their jobs, and their homes.

• many people left the Southern farms in search of work.

• Population in rural areas increased.

Many Georgians grew Victory Gardens during WWI because

• roof top gardens were a new cool, hip thing to have.

• many food items were rationed inorder to send more to the troops.

• there was a famine in the U.S.

• the government forced them to do so.

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.

During World War I, the state of Georgia led the nation in the number of

• internment camps.

• army medical facilities.

• military training camps.

• weapons testing facilities.

Georgian farmers were forced to diversify in the 1920s due to

• the end of the First World War.

• a devastating boll weevil infestation.

• rural Georgians taking jobs in granite quarries.

• the construction of the Interstate Highway System.

Children in Georgia were MOST LIKELY to support the war effort during World

War I by

• A. purchasing war bonds.

• B. sewing army uniforms.

• C. working in victory gardens.

• D. volunteering with the Red Cross.

What is a boll weevil?

• A. an insect that feeds on dead animals.

• B. an insect that feeds on other insects.

• C. an insect whose larva feeds on the cotton plant.

• D. an insect that lives in trees ONLY.