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WorksheetsSS8H8cd: Eugene Talmadge's Opposition and FDR in Georgia
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
A person supporting Eugene Talmadge for governor would have been MOST likely to belong to which occupation?
doctor
farmer
lawyer
teacher
In what way did Eugene Talmadge misjudge Georgia voters, a fact that would lead to him losing the governor's seat in 1936?
He supported the increasing power of Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany.
He opposed integration of public schools, which many Georgians actually supported.
He opposed the passage of a minimum wage, which hurt many of Georgia's textile workers.
He opposed FDR and the New Deal, while most Georgians welcomed the help from the government.
When he was governor, Eugene Talmadge's BIGGEST national political opponent was
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt.
Senator Richard B. Russell
U.S. President Herbert Hoover.
Representative Walter F. George
Eugene Talmadge is BEST known for his role as
mayor of Atlanta.
a U.S. Senator from Georgia.
Georgia's governor.
a state Supreme Court Justice.
Georgia Governor Eugene Talmadge was opposed to the Agricultural Adjustment Act. Why might Talmadge have been opposed to it?
He was a cotton farmer.
He was a tobacco farmer.
He believed the AAA was too much government control over farmers.
He believed the AAA needed to make the quotas even lower to raise the prices higher.
Which of Talmadge’s actions as governor damaged Georgia’s reputation?
He fired the Public Service Commissioners.
He reduced the price of auto tags by executive order.
He forcibly removed two officials from the state capitol.
He dismissed two professors from the University of Georgia.
Talmadge opposed _______________ for African Americans.
segregation
literacy tests
racial integration
disenfranchisement
What was the PRIMARY reason for President Franklin D. Roosevelt's repeated trips to Georgia?
His wife was born in Atlanta and raised in Savannah.
The waters at Warm Springs helped to ease the effects of polio.
His Vice-President was a native of Pine Mountain, Georgia.
The coastal area was key to getting his New Deal through Congress.
Why did President Franklin D. Roosevelt pay southern farmers to plant less cotton during the early 1930s?
He wanted to increase importing of cotton from Mexico.
He wanted to convince farmers to grow soy beans instead.
He wanted to move cotton production to the Western states.
He wanted to restrict the supply in order to raise its price.
Which of these BEST describes how President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s ties to the state affected Georgia during the Great Depression?
He ignored the state because he did not want to show Georgia any favoritism.
He pushed for programs to help urban communities but overlooked poor farmers.
He offered many programs to the state because he saw the plight of poor farmers.
He limited programs to Georgia because he did not think they would help the state.
This U.S. President enacted policies that benefited Georgia’s economy during the 1930s. He is
Harry Truman.
William Taft.
Herbert Hoover.
Franklin Roosevelt.
What was the name of Roosevelt’s home in Georgia?
The Little White House
The Victory Den
Talmadge Estates
The Roosevelt Cottage
The Georgia governor who opposed New Deal programs because he disliked welfare spending, federal government spending and assisting African Americans?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ellis Arnall
Eugene Talmadge
Herman Talmadge
What New Deal program was inspired by FDR's views of rural GA at night (his neighbors had no lights shining)?
AAA
CCC
REA
SSA
Why was FDR so popular in Georgia?
His New Deal programs greatly benefited the state and helped thousands of Georgia residents.
His wife was born and raised in Georgia.
FDR is the only president from the state of Georgia.
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