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WorksheetsGeorgia from World War 1 to the Great Depression Part II
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 40mins
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's three-pronged approach to solving the country’s economic problems during the Great Depression were described as ______, ______, and _____.
Railroads, Roadways, and Reconstruction
Relief, Recovery, and Reform
New Deals, Conservation, and Agriculture
What is one of the things that President Roosevelt did that had an impact on Georgia during the Depression?
He raised the price of tobacco.
He appointed a Southern Democrat to be Governor of Georgia.
He provided opportunities and jobs for poor Georgians through his New Deal programs.
He ended the First World War.
Why did Georgia governor Eugene Talmadge oppose President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal program?
He thought the programs would be too expensive to be successful in Georgia
He felt that the programs did not help poor Georgians enough.
He did not want federal agents in Georgia
He felt the government was overstepping its boundaries, and thought that the programs should help white people, but not black people.
The boll weevil was especially damaging to Georgia's _______ crops.
cotton
tobacco
pecan
peach
An urban population is a _______ population.
farm
country
city
plantation
The _______ population in Georgia decreased in the 1920's because of boll weevil infestations and drought.
farmland
urban
city
slave
Stock market over speculation and over extension of credit led to ________________.
The Great Depression
World War I
The boll weevil infestation
The Civil War
Who provided jobs to Americans through his New Deal programs?
Eugene Talmadge
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Henry Grady
Who was President of the United States during the Great Depression?
William Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Calvin Coolidge
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Who was Governor of Georgia during the Great Depression?
Jimmy Carter
Eugene Talmadge
John Cook
Abraham Lincoln
After the boll weevil infestation and drought of the 1920's, ________ was no longer 'King' in Georgia.
Tobacco
Cotton
Eugene Talmadge
Textile
The 'relief' goal of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal Program was to take immediate steps to reduce _________.
unemployment
crops
hunger
crime
Boll weevils eat __________.
Tobacco
Peaches
Cotton
Pecans
After World War I, prices for goods went down because industries produced _________ than consumers desired.
more
less
Georgia Governor Eugene Talmadge ___________ President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs.
favored
opposed
supported
voted for
In the 1920's, devastation on __________ caused big changes in Georgia.
Railroads
Rivers
Farms
Highways
These two events devastated farms in Georgia in the 1920's:
World War I and the great drought
The boll weevil infestation and drought
The Great Depression and drought
The boll weevil infestation and the Great Depression
In the 1920's, many Georgians migrated from _______________.
Florida to Mississippi
The South to the East
The South to the North and West
The North to the South
Georgia lost around __________ farms in the 1920's.
1,000,000
60,000
1,000
150
After World War I, wages for workers were _______.
low
high
not changed
increased
