FDR and Talmadge

How did the Georgia government react to President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs?

• Governor Eugene Talmadge publicly opposed the programs and actively attempted to misuse the federal funds.

• Governor Eugene Talmadge was a strong supporter of the programs and worked to ensure their success

• The Georgia General Assembly ignored Governor Eugene Talmadge's wishes and voted to not enact the programs.

• The Georgia General Assembly acted independently of Governor Eugene Talmadge and voted to implement the programs.

To gain support for his cause, Governor Eugene Talmadge argued that the New Deal represented an attempt by the federal government to

• increase military spending.

• infringe upon states' rights.

• distract from imperialist activity abroad.

• cover up widespread corruption among leaders.

How did Eugene Talmadge's actions as Georgia's governor contradict the policies he campaigned on when he ran for the office?

• Though he claimed to support business interests, he supported New Deal programs that increased costs for businesses.

• Though he claimed to support a limited government role in the economy, Talmadge's support of the New Deal showed he favored economic intervention.

• Though he claimed to support Geogria's rural poor, he opposed the New Deal programs which would help them.

• Though he claimed to support economic intervention, Talmadge's opposition to the New Deal showed he favored a limited government role in the economy

hat was established in Warm Springs Georgia?

• a plant that produced Liberty ships for the war

• a rehabilitation facility for polio patients

• a central office for the Civilian Conservation Corps

• a military training camp for WWI and WWII soldiers

Why did Franklin D. Roosevelt take numerous trips to the state of Georgia beginning in the 1920s?

• He used the state to test some of the New Deal programs he wished to implement nationwide.

• He owned a number of businesses in the state that he could no longer run while he was president.

• He was seeking relief from the effects of polio that the warm springs in the state helped to provide.

• He established an internment camp to detain suspected communist infiltrators from Europe and Asia.

The CCC, created to provide jobs for unemployed young men, was also active in Gerogia. Which of the following would be types of projects the CCC would have been known for completing?

• tax collection in Georgia large cities

• art installation in government builings

• rural electrification in northern Georgia

• flood prevention at Tybee Island, public parks such as Okefenokee

Look at the poster issued by the Rural Electrification Administration, part of the New Deal Program, then answer the question that follows.

• increasing competition between electricity providers

• bringing electricity to small farms

• improving access to electricity in major cities

What was the MAIN goal of the Agricultural Adjustment Act?

• to provide loans to farmers so they could buy modern equipment

• to raise crop prices by paying farmers to grow less food

• to lower crop prices so people could afford to buy food

• to pay young men to grow crops on governmentowned farms

What was the purpose of the Social Security Act of 1935?

• to help Americans feel financially secure regarding their future

• to help Americans in poor urban communities by providing food and shelter

• to help Americans identify socialist activists living in their communities

• to help Americans in need of work find jobs in their community

Why did Franklin D. Roosevelt receive substantial support from the state of Georgia during his bids for reelection to the presidency?

• because of his continuous support for workers' rights

• because of the importance of his businesses to the state

• because of his commitment to protecting the civil rights of all Georgians

• because of the aid (help) provided to the population through his New Deal programs