Kermit #1

What group of people was MOST affected by the boil weevil in the years between WWI and WII?

• Cotton Farmers

• Factory Workers

• Railroad Workers

• Government Officials

How did the federal New Deal programs of the 1930s have a lasting effect on the Georgia economy?

• Roads, public buildings, and other facilities were constructed using federal money.

• Georgia's citizens were provided with housing relief.

• The federal government provided money to attract new industries to Georgia

• The federal minimum wage was repealed, allowing wages to respond to supply and demand.

How was Georgia significant in the life of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt?

• President Roosevelt traveled to Warm Springs frequently to recover from complications of polio.

• President Roosevelt used his Warm Springs home as his military headquarters during WWII.

• President Roosevelt tested his New Deal programs in Georgia before spreading them across the country.

• President Roosevelt received support from Georgia Governor Eugene Talmadge to implement his New Deal programs.

One of the most important New Deal programs was the Social Security Act of 1935. What was the purpose of this program?

• To send students to college.

• To provide a retirement fund for the elderly.

• To strengthen the value of the dollar with the gold standard.

• To reduce stock market abuses like those that led to the 1929 crash.

How did the Agricultural Adjustment Act of President Roosevelt's New Deal aid Georgia farmers?

• Banks were forced to accept 50 percent of loans as payoffs.

• It provided them with seeds to grow crops rather than cotton.

• Farmers' crops were purchased by the federal government.

• It gave price supports to farmers to produce less cotton.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt introduced many new programs during the New Deal. Which of the following is a New Deal program that still exists today?

• National Recovery Administration

• Works Progress Administration

• Freedman's Bureau

• Social Security

Who had a home in Warm Springs, Georgia called the Little White House and inspired millions of people, especially the disabled?

• Jimmy Carter

• Button Gwinnett

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Theodore Roosevelt

Which Georgia pest reduced cotton acreage by half in 1923?

• Blight

• Fire Ants

• Nematodes

• Boil Weevil

Why is it sometimes said that some rural Georgians never realized there was a great depression that occurred during the late 1920s and 1930s?

• Most farmers are self-reliant and did not need cash.

• The Great Depression had little impact on the state.

• Many citizens had been struggling economically for years.

• Agricultural areas continued to prosper through the depression.

Lina Belle Commons, a North Carolinian who formerly lived in Georgia, had this to say about her time there:

"We benefited in this area (Greene County, Georgia) because it was chosen for a number of CCC camps- the army of young workers, who worked in the forests and fields, stopping erosion. Some people say it was a waste of money. But it kept a lot of young fellows employed."

To which period in Georgia's history is she referring?

• World War I

• New Deal

• Progressive Era

• the Square Deal