7. The Great Depression

In addition to the boll weevil, what other natural disaster greatly affected cotton farmers in the 1920s?

• a major drought

• a locust plague

• flooding of fields

• severe cold weather

In 1911. Georgia produced 2.8 million cotton bales. In 1913, Georgia produced 600,000 bales. What factor MOST contributed to the decline in cotton production?

• New Deal incentives

• boll weevil

• eradication program

• Japanese beetles

The event generally considered the START of the Great Depression in the United States was

• the crash of the stock market.

• the outbreak of the influenza epidemic.

• failure of the commodity market.

• the end of World War I.

Which Georgia city is MOST associated with President Franklin D. Roosevelt?

• Atlanta

• Savannah

• Red Top Mountain

• Warm Springs

What was the PRIMARY reason for President Franklin D. Roosevelt's repeated trips to Georgia?

• The waters at Warm Springs helped ease the effects of polio.

• His Vice-President was a native of Pine Mountain, Georgia.

• His wife was born in Atlanta and raised in Savannah.

• The coastal area was key to getting his New Deal through Congress.

Eugene Talmadge is BEST known for his role as

• Georgia's governor.

• mayor of Atlanta.

• a state Supreme Court Justice.

• a US Senator from Georgia.

When he was governor, Eugene Talmadge's BIGGEST national political opponent was

• Representative Walter F. George.

• US President Herbert Hoover.

• Senator Richard B. Russell.

• US President Franklin Roosevelt.

What was the primary reason that Georgia Governor Eugene Talmadge opposed Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal?

• It didn't include public works projects in Georgia.

• It helped people in northern states more than southern states.

• It didn't contain provisions to support farmers.

• It provided equal support for African Americans.

Eugene Talmadge first gained the support of voters in Georgia because he

• earned a law degree in Athens and famously practiced law in Atlanta.

• supported individual farmers by writing advice articles in the Market Bulletin.

• wanted to fire all the educators in Georgia who believed in integration.

• lowered the price of automobile tags through an executive order.

When Eugene Talmadge said, "I can carry any county that ain't got streetcars," he was referring to what political system?

• the Rotten District systme

• the Yellow Dog Democrat system

• the "One man, One vote" system

• the county unit system