WWI-the Great Depression

Which of the following explains President Roosevelt's frequent trips to Georgia?

• The President went to Warm Springs for rehabilitation for polio.

• The President wanted to determine how Georgia was going to enact the New Deal programs.

• The President had close ties to the people of Georgia as he had visited the state and wanted to evaluate the state's progress while recovering from the Great Depression.

• The President had close friends in Georgia and wanted to support Talmadge's efforts in reversing the extreme poverty that could be found in the state.

How did President Roosevelt's trips to Warm Spring impact the New Deal programs?

• He traveled to Warm Springs to meet with city council members to implement the New Deal programs.

• He moved to Warm Springs to help establish more New Deal programs

• He personally saw the poverty of farmers which led him to create New Deal programs to help them.

• He decided that people in urban areas needed more New Deal programs.

How did Georgia's contribution to World War I impact agriculture?

• Cotton exports to Central and Eastern Europe became difficult, so more food was grown.

• Victory gardens reduced the need for larger farms to grow food, so more cotton was produced.

• Cotton production increased overall as textile mills struggled to meet the demand for military uniforms.

• German submarine warfare made exporting agricultural products dangerous, decreasing overall production.

Which statement BEST describes the cause and effect relationship between the boll weevil, the drought, and economic circumstances in Georgia during the late 1920's?

• The drought and the boll weevil destroyed much of the cotton crop, making Georgia farmers who had cotton suddenly wealthy.

• The drought limited the spread of the boll weevil, preventing the destruction of food crops, and saved Georgia farmers from starvation.

• The drought limited the spread of the boll weevil, and led to reduction in other agricultural crops, leaving many Georgia farmers without food or money.

• Georgia farmers used pesticides to defeat the boll weevil, but the drought destroyed the rest of the cotton crop, creating a financial crisis

Which statement BEST describes how President Roosevelt's trips to Warm Springs impacted Georgians?

• Many of Roosevelt's political opponents in Georgia like Eugene Talmadge, began to see him as someone helping Georgians so he switched to support New Deal programs for the state.

• Many of Roosevelt's political positions were awarded to Georgians, which brought more influence to the state and federal level.

• President Roosevelt witnessed the injustice of the popular convict-lease system and worked to end it in Georgia.

• Public awareness of the polio disease increased, leading to the founding of the March of Dimes and invention of a polio vaccine.

Which of the following New Deal programs were intended to help rural farmers?

• The Agricultural Adjustment Act and the Rural Electrification Act

• The Civilian Conservation Corps and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

• The Civilian Conservation Corps and the Rural Electrification Act

• The Agricultural Adjustment Act and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

In 1936, Eugene Talmadge lost his campaign for the U.S. Senate to Richard B. Russell. What can you conclude about Georgians feelings about the New Deal programs from this statement?

• The New Deal became more popular with Georgians.

• The New Deal was less popular with Georgians.

• The New Deal was unpopular with most Georgia voters.

• The New Deal was no longer a major issue for Georgia voters.

Which statement BEST describes Georgia's contributions to World War I ?

• Georgia built warships in order to get revenge against Germany for the sinking of the Lusiatania.

• Georgia created many military bases to land airplanes on.

• Georgia increased cotton production in order to make uniforms for French soldiers.

• Georgia's many textile mills created fabric for military uniforms and the state contained many training bases for new soldiers.

Which of the following would most likely be the GREATEST financial concern of a local banker in Georgia during the mid-1920's?

• Their bank shutting down because of the Dust Bowl.

• Sharecroppers selling their crops and using all their profits to play the stock market

• The Great Migration, which describes the movement of African-Americans to northern cities, decreasing the number of accounts at the bank

• Closing the bank because local farmers defaulted (could not afford to pay) on their loans.

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 find sharecroppers to work the crop.

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

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