WorksheetsUnit 7 Depression to WWii
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 27mins
A cotton farmer in Georgia right after World War 1 would have been most concerned about
Populism
Black Tuesday
The Boll Weevil
Agricultural Adjustment Act
What is a boll weevil?
Someone who buys more than they can save
An insect that destroyed cotton crops in the South
An African American who moved north during the 1920
A farmer who refused to move to the city despite hard economic times
A farmer who grows more than one crop has done what?
Diversified
Subsidized
Overproduced
Sharecropped
Overproduction, falling stock prices, and consumerism all contributed to what?
World War II
The New Deal
The Great Migration
The Great Depression
Which of the following was an effect of the Great Depression on Georgia?
Cotton prices rose.
More people left the cities for rural areas.
More people left farms and moved to the cities.
Public education thrived because people left farms to get an education.
What impact did overproduction have on Georgia farmers?
It had little effect on farmers because most of them did not buy stocks.
It raised farm prices and made them prosperous right before the Depression.
It almost wiped out farmers because most of them had diversified their crops.
It caused farm prices to drop and made it difficult for farmers to get out of debt.
Which event triggered the Great Depression?
Atlanta Riot
1938 World’s Fair
Treaty ending World War I
Stock Market Crash in 1929
Which of the following is not a result of the stock market crash in 1929?
Banks ran out of money.
Savings accounts were emptied.
Businesses increased production.
People were forced to sell their homes.
Who was president of the United States when the Great Depression began?
Herbert Hoover
John F. Kennedy
Eugene Talmadge
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Which of the following areas saw the greatest decrease in population during the Great Depression?
Atlanta
Savannah
Rural Georgia
Northern cities
What was the name of President Roosevelt’s plan to help people during the Great Depression?
CCC
New Deal
Consumerism
Great Migration
Which of the following best describes President Roosevelt’s approach to dealing with the Great Depression?
He believed in using government programs to end the crisis.
He wanted farmers to produce more cotton so that they could get out of debt.
He wanted the government to do as little as possible because he believed the economy would fix itself.
He believed that states should be responsible for solving their own problems without help from the national government.
During the Great Depression, the federal government paid farmers subsidies in an effort to
Buy out farms
End segregation
End overproduction
Increase cotton production
Which program provided money for people who were out of work as well as retirement pay during and after the Great Depression?
Social Security Act
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Civilian Conservation Corps
Rural Electrification Administration
Which New Deal program put young men to work preserving the nation’s natural resources?
Social Security Act
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Civilian Conservation Corps
Rural Electrification Administration
Which New Deal program helped the disabled?
Social Security Act
Civilian Conservation Corps
Tennessee Valley Authority
Rural Electrification Administration
Which New Deal program helped raise the price of cotton in Georgia?
Social Security Act
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Civilian Conservation Corps
Works Progress Administration
How did the Agricultural Adjustment Act help Georgia’s farmers?
It ended subsidies.
It paid farmers in Georgia to relocate as part of the Great Migration.
It paid farmers to produce more cotton so they could make more money.
It paid farmers not to produce certain crops in an effort to raise farm prices.
A farmer who grows more than one crop has done what?
Subsidized
Diversified
Sharecropped
Overproduced
Which program brought electric power to Georgia’s farms?
Social Security Act
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Civilian Conservation Corps
Rural Electrification Administration
In Georgia, what was one of the main tasks undertaken by the Civilian Conservation Corps?
To build many of Georgia’s state parks
To provide education to inner city youth
To capitalize on Georgia’s mineral resources
To restore old houses destroyed during the Civil War
The New Deal came later to Georgia than many other southern areas because
Roosevelt did not like Georgia.
Georgians were not hit as hard by the Depression.
Governor Eugene Talmadge resisted federal intervention in state affairs.
Republicans were too powerful in Georgia and would not back Roosevelt’s policies.
Which statement is true regarding Eugene Talmadge?
He was the biggest political hero to Georgia’s white, rural farmers since Tom Watson.
He was a huge supporter of the New Deal.
He was governor of Georgia during World War I.
He caused great controversy by claiming that blacks had the same rights as whites.
Which of the following would FDR and Eugene Talmadge have most agreed on?
Social Security Act
Farmers needing relief during the Great Depression
The federal government’s proper role during an economic crisis
Georgia needing the New Deal’s programs to help it economically
What was a result of the Great Depression?
World War I
Prosperity and consumerism
Increased investments in the stock market
Great Migration of African Americans to northern cities
Which statement explains the impact of the New Deal on Georgia?
Georgia became a national leader in computer manufacturing.
Many army bases in Georgia were built in order to prepare for World War II.
The Rural Electrification Administration caused many rural regions to receive electricity for the first time.
The programs caused many Native Americans to move out of the state and onto reservations in Oklahoma.
The purpose of the Land-Lease Act was:
To lend land in the United States to the Allied Powers.
To lend land in the United States to the Axis Powers.
To lend weapons and supplies to the Allied Powers.
To lend weapons and supplies to the Axis Powers while siding with the Allied Powers.
What happened on Dec. 8, 1941 as a result Japan bombing Pearl Harbor?
The US declared war on Japan
The US dropped an atomic bomb on Germany.
The US wrote the Treaty of Versailles ending the war.
The US joined forces with Japan to fight Germany.
Along with building the B-29, what else did Bell Aircraft do for Georgia during WWII?
Built Liberty Ships
Employed thousands of workers
Provided a training facility for military officers
Provided a facility for Rest & Recreation for soldiers
-Training camps
-Hospitals
-Prisons
What is being described by the bullets above?
War Bonds
Military Bases
Land-Lease Act
Foreign Assistance Programs
-Known as the “Father of the Two Ocean Navy”
-Promoted building the US Navy
-Served 50 years in the House of Representatives
Who is being described by the bullets above?
Carl Vinson
Richard Russell
Eugene Talmadge
Franklin D. Roosevelt
-Promoted building military bases
-Started the National School Lunch Program
-Served as Governor of Georgia
Who is being described by the bullets above?
Carl Vinson
Richard Russell
Eugene Talmadge
Franklin D. Roosevelt
As a result of Roosevelt’s frequent visits to Warm springs, which of the following is true?
Georgians resented the taxes Roosevelt placed on them.
He was well liked as his New Deal Plan helped rural Georgians
He was not popular because his New Deal Plan put farmers in debt.
The public had neutral feelings about him because he isolated himself at Warm Springs.
Which two New Deal plans did Roosevelt create as a result of he frequent visit to Warm Springs?
AAA & SSA
CCC & REA
SSA & CCC
REA & AAA
What event finally brought the Great Depression to an end?
WWII
The Civil War
Reconstruction
The Stock Market Crash
