Worksheets3.11.21 SS8h8 Review
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 6mins
Why was the Social Security Act enacted?
. to create a federal minimum wage for workers
to create jobs for unemployed Americans
to provide financial support for older Americans
to protect farmers from falling crop prices
Which THREE factors contributed to the Great Depression?
Investors overvauled the stockst they purchased.
Consumers demanded more goods than factories could provide.
Farmers produced more crops than people could buy.
Economic regulation decreased access to foreign markets.
People borrowed more money than they could repay.
How was Georgia significant in the life of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
President Roosevelt traveled to Warm Springs frequently to recover from complications of polio.
President Roosevelt used his Warm Springs home as his military headquarters during World War II.
President Roosevelt tested his New Deal programs in Georgia before spreading them across the country
President Roosevelt receieved support from Georgia Governor Eugene Talmadge to implement New Deal programs.
Use the 1934 photograph of a farmer signing up for the farm program established under the Agricultural Adjustment Act to answer the question. Based on your knowledge of the act, what would have been expected of the farmer?
He would have been expected to increase his production to help combat food shortages.
He would have been expected to house workers migrating away from overcrowded cities.
He would have been expected to stop growing certain crops as way to improve crop prices.
He would have been expected to grow certain food crops to support wartime mobilization.
How did Eugene Talmadge's actions as governor with regard to the New Deal compare to his campaign platform?
While Talmadge presented himself as a supporter of the common man while campaigning, as governor he opposed New Deal programs designed to provide relief to the working class.
While Talmadge opposed government intervention in the economy while campaigning, as governor he supported New Deal measures that involved considerable government intervention.
While Talmadge opposed the expansion of executive power while campaigning, as governor he supported President Roosevelt's efforts to pack the Supreme Court to prop up New Deal programs
While Talmadge presented himself as a staunch opponent of President Roosevelt's policies while campaigning, as governor he supported the various New Deal measures that Roosevelt introduced.
Why did President Franklin Roosevelt's support decline among Georgians in the 1940s?
Roosevelt criticized political figures and industries that were important to Georgia.
Roosevelt's visits to his home in Georgia became less frequent due to the war.
Roosevelt's New Deal programs ignored the hardships facing rural Georgia.
Roosevelt advocated for reducing military expenditures that Georgia relied on.
Use the diagram to answer the following question. What is the BEST title for this diagram?
Factories and the Great Depression
The Purchasing Cycle and the Great Depression
Supply and Demand During the Great Depression
The Role of Unemployment in the Great Depression
Many argue that the state of Georgia began to experience the effects of the Great Depression before most other states in country due to which of the following factors?
The state's reliance on a single crop made its economy extremely vulnerable.
Labor shortages prevented the state's farmers from keeping up with demand.
Unchecked immigration placed a substantial strain on the state's finances.
Rapid urbanization led to significant reductions in social services.
Read the passage. Then answer the question that follows.
Which period in Georgia history does this passage relate to?
the Depression Era
the New South Period
the Antebellum Period
the Reconstruction Era
