WorksheetsSS8H8a
Total questions: 7
Worksheet time: 4mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What did the boll weevil do to the cotton plant?
a)
Supporter increased production of cotton
b)
Made the cotton larger
c)
larvae ate the cotton bolls
d)
drank the water from the root system
2.
Besides the Boll Weevil, what other factor caused Georgia to experience a depression before the rest of the USA?
a)
Flooding
b)
Drought
c)
Hurricane
d)
Oil Shortage
3.
What did the boll weevil do to the cotton plant?
a)
Supporter increased production of cotton
b)
Made the cotton larger
c)
larve ate the cotton bolls
d)
drank the water from the root system
4.
The boll weevil originally came from
a)
Texas
b)
China
c)
Mexico
d)
Canada
5.
The boll weevil wreaked havoc on Georgia farmers in the early 1900s mainly because
a)
Governor Talmadge rejected the New Deal.
b)
Agriculturalists failed to produce enough cotton.
c)
Farmers failed to diversify their crops.
d)
Farmers tried to raise too many different kinds of crops.
6.
The boll weevil infestation of the cotton fields in the late 1910's had a dramatic impact on Georgia’s cotton production. The infestation was one of the reasons for which major event?
a)
The Civil Rights Movement
b)
The “Great Migration” of sharecroppers
c)
The new cotton expositions in Atlanta
d)
The Atlanta race riot of 1906
7.
Which two words describe the impact of the boll weevil on Georgia?
a)
positive, political
b)
negative, irrigation
c)
positive, agricultural
d)
negative, economic
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