WWI, The Great Depression, and The New Deal

Who was the President that led the United States out of The Great Depression?

• Herbert Hoover

• Lyndon Johnson

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Eugene Talmadge

Reorder the following in the order in which they happened?

• WWI

• The Civil War

• The Revolutionary

  War

• WWII

• The Great Depression

Match the following

• leader of Austria-Hungary who was assassinated to begin WWI.

• neutrality

• German Telegram intercepted headed to Mexico

• Archduke Franz Ferdinand

• not choosing sides

• Georgia Contribution to WWI

• Military Bases

  Food and Clothing

  Textile Mills

  Railroads

• Zimmer Telegram

• partnering with someone with a shared goal

• alliances

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

• to help poor Americans by giving them food and shelter

• to help Americans find jobs in their community

• to help Americans identify socialist in their communities

• to help Americans save for retirement

What good thing did Roosevelt do for Georgia after he began spending time in Warm Springs?

• He moved offices to the state

• He got electricity to rural areas. (out in the country)

• He moved military bases

• He got polio vaccinations out to rural areas.

Why was the Civilian Conservation Corps successful in Georgia?

• It provided many Georgians with jobs building parks bridges, and buildings

• It was strongly supported by Eugene Talmadge.

• It created the Little White House in Warm Springs.

• It brought military bases to Augusta and Dalton

• It didn't do any of these things.

What was the main goal of the Agricultural Adjustment Act?

• to lower crop prices.

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

• to pay men to grow crops on government farms

• to loan money to farmers to buy modern farm equipment.

Where did the Boll Weevil come from?

• Alabama

• Mexico

• Spain

• Florida

• Texas

Due to droughts and the infestation of the Boll Weevil what happened to Georgia?

• Georgia developed into a economically diverse state.

• Georgia was forced to build more factories than other states.

• Georgia fell into an economic depression before the rest of the country.

• People went hungry because no food would grow in Georgia.

How did the Boll Weevil destroy the economy of the South?

• They bit people and gave them a terrible disease

• They destroyed cotton plants

• They ate all the corn

• They stole money from all the banks in Georgia.