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What event did NOT draw the U.S. into WWI?

• Zimmerman Telegraph

• U.S. Ships are sunk

• Sinking of the Lusitania

• Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary is assassinated

What event had devastating effects on Georgia's farmers during the 1920's and 1930's?

• Boll weevil and drought

• Drought and severe thunderstorms

• Great flood and boll weevil

• None of the above

How did the boll weevil impact cotton production in Georgia?

• Cotton production and the price of cotton continued to increase steadily.

• Cotton production declined as did the price of cotton.

• Cotton production took a hit initially but was able to bounce back during the drought in 1924.

• The boll weevil did not impact cotton production in Georgia.

What is drought?

• long periods with little-to-no rainfall

• monsoon wind and rain

• destroying forested areas

• a form of water pollution

The Great Depression was an economic slowdown in the 1920’s and 1930’s. Which of the following was one cause of the Great Depression in the United States?

• the high price of oil
• the end of the gold rush
• the end of World War II
• the crash of the stock exchange

What was Georgia's largest contribution to World War I?

• veterans

• warships

• military camps

• weapons factories

Which of the following caused a major reduction of Georgia's cotton crops during the 1920s?

• the spread of the boll weevil and severe drought

• banks foreclosed on farms and the Great Depression

• many farm workers moved to cities and farmers grew other crops

• the spread of the boll weevil and the great depression

Which of the following contributed to Georgia's Great Depression well before the rest of the country experienced financial difficulties?

• Farmers could not find loans that would fund planting.

• Farmers could not repay the loans as a result of the war.

• Farmers could not find sharecroppers to work the crop

• Farmers could not recover from the boll weevil and the drought

What was the British ship sunk by Germany, killing over 1,000 passengers and 128 Americans?

• USS Maine
• Titanic
• Lusitania
• Envoy

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