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WorksheetsWorld War I to the Great Depression
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
What insect destroyed cotton crops in Georgia in the 1920's?
The Gypsy Moth
The Locust
The Boll Weevil
The Evel Knievel
After the devastation on the farms in Georgia, many Georgians left the state and went __________ to learn new skills.
Florida
Mexico
Cuba
North and West
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
After World War I, wages for workers were _______.
low
high
not changed
increased
Stock market over speculation was one of the factors that led to:
The Dust Bowl
The Civil War
World War I
The Great Depression
After the boll weevil infestations and severe drought of the 1920's, many Georgians moved from farms to:
Mexico
Europe
Cities
Florida
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.
Georgia lost around __________ farms in the 1920's.
1,000,000
60,000
1,000
150
What foundation did President Franklin D. Roosevelt establish in Georgia to help people get treatment for their medical conditions?
The Warm Springs Foundation.
The Atlanta Life Insurance Company
The Hartford Foundation
The Freedmen's Bureau
After the boll weevil destroyed cotton crops in Georgia in the 1920's, Georgia farmers increased their production of ___________.
canned goods
tobacco
apples
wheat
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.
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
Many of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's ____ _______ programs, such as the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Rural Electrification Administration, provided opportunities and jobs for poor people in Georgia during the Great Depression.
Old South
New Deal
Farmer's Alliance
Civil Rights
Because of the Boll Weevil infestations and severe drought that occurred in Georgia in the 1920's, farmers had nothing to sell and couldn't __________
Pay off debts
Pay for new seeds
Volunteer to go to war.
A and B.
During World War I, Georgia military facilities contributed to the war effort by training _________.
Recruits
Circus Animals
Farmers
Freedmen
During the 1920's, severe ________ in Georgia caused crops to die and fields to dry up
pestilence
sharecropping
famine
drought
During World War I, Georgia farmers supported the war effort by growing _________ for clothing
Cotton
Tobacco
Corn
Wool
During World War I, close to 100,000 Georgians volunteered for:
The Red Cross
The Civil Rights Movement
The Military
The Peace Corps
The boll weevil was especially damaging to Georgia's _______ crops.
cotton
tobacco
pecan
peach
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
During World War I, Georgia _________ produced uniforms and bandages.
Farmers
Slaves
Factories
Freedmen
During World War I, Georgia ________ provided canned goods for soldiers overseas.
factories
plantations
sharecroppers
tenant farmers
An urban population is a _______ population.
farm
country
city
plantation
In the 1920's, devastation on __________ caused big changes in Georgia.
Railroads
Rivers
Farms
Highways
Georgia governor _______ _______ opposed President Roosevelt's New Deal Programs.
Eugene Talmadge
Jimmy Carter
Tom Watson
Alonzo Herndon
The New Deal goal of adopting new, different policies to avoid future issues was called:
Reform
Relief
Recovery
The _______ population in Georgia decreased in the 1920's because of boll weevil infestations and drought.
farmland
urban
city
slave
Georgia Governor Eugene Talmadge ___________ President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs.
favored
opposed
supported
voted for
After World War I, _______ for workers were low.
wages
insurance premiums
hours
The three goals of president Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal Plan were Relief, Recovery, and ________
Reconstitution
Reform
Republicanism
Refried Beans
Stock market over speculation and over extension of credit led to ________________.
The Great Depression
World War I
The boll weevil infestation
The Civil War
After World War I, prices for goods went down because industries produced _________ than consumers desired.
more
less
After World War I, ________ prices decreased.
Silver
Gold
Agricultural
Water
High tariffs on European goods and risky loans to European nations were two factors that contributed to the ________ _________.
Great Depression
Dust Bowl
New South
Indian Removal.
Who provided jobs to Americans through his New Deal programs?
Eugene Talmadge
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Henry Grady
Boll weevils eat __________.
Tobacco
Peaches
Cotton
Pecans
Who was President of the United States during the Great Depression?
William Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Calvin Coolidge
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The 'relief' goal of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal Program was to take immediate steps to reduce _________.
unemployment
crops
hunger
crime
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
