Unit 8 GA History Quizizz

Why did Georgia build so many training camps during World War I?

• They had a huge amount of free land to use

• That was all they had the money for

• They had no good farmland to grow crops

• They didn't really care about helping

Which of these choices is NOT AN EXAMPLE of things everyday Georgians did to contribute to World War I?

• Build nuclear weapons

• Grow victory gardens

• Buy war bonds

• Work at a training camp

During the 1910s and 1920s, farmers grew less cotton and stopped farming because...

• The good farmland was confiscated by Northerners

• People were too depressed to farm properly

• World War I got in the way of people farming

• Boll weevils and droughts negatively impacted agriculture

Why did Georgia farmers hate the Boll Weevil so much?

• It wiped out Georgia's cotton production

• It caused thousands of deaths from infection

• It fed on tinier, more helpful bugs

• It ate through every different type of crop

Why did many Georgia farmers try to diversify their economies after 1915?

• The Boll Weevil taught them that relying on only one crop made them vulnerable

• They figured out they could make twice as much money

• Cotton was no longer in demand anymore

• The government forced them to stop making as much because it was making the economy too strong

Which of these choices was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?

• Pearl Harbor Bombing

• Bank failures

• Reduction in purchasing

• Overproduction of agriculture

Why was Georgia's agricultural economy so vulnerable?

• They relied on only one crop

• Because cotton was no longer being bought anymore

• Farming wasn't making as much money anymore

• They were running out of farmland

How did most Georgia citizens feel about President Roosevelt?

• They hated how much money the New Deal programs cost

• They didn't trust him because was a politician

• They hated the fact that he was Northerner

• They liked how his New Deal programs actually helped them

Why did FDR create the Rural Electrification Authority (REA)?

• He was mad that Georgians had free electricity across the state

• He thought electricity was not necessary and a waste of money

• He thought electricians weren't making enough money in Georgia

• He was surprised how much rural Georgians had to pay for electricity

This program paid farmers to produce less crops in order to lower overproduction

• Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

• Social Security Act (SSA)

• Rural Electrification Authority (REA)

• Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)