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Georgia Studies World War 1 and Great Depression

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

These programs created by President Roosevelt were designed to help people suffering from the Great Depression.

a)

Raw Deal

b)

New Deal

c)

Square Deal

d)

Old Deal

2.

The Program that paid farmers not to grow certain crops was the...

a)

CCC

b)

REA

c)

AAA

d)

SSA

3.

PLANTING TREES, BUILDING POST OFFICES AND SCHOOLS, DRAINING SWAMPS, WORKING ON EROSION PROJECTS IN NATIONAL PARKS. ALL OF THE JOBS LISTED WERE DONE BY

a)

CCC

b)

REA

c)

AAA

d)

SSA

4.

THE NEW DEAL PROGRAMS WERE DESIGNED TO

a)

Reduce Taxes

b)

Increase Trade

c)

Relieve Suffering of the unemployed

d)

End Segregation

5.

WHICH NEW DEAL PROGRAM PROVIDED AMERICANS A RETIREMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE?

a)

CCC

b)

REA

c)

AAA

d)

SSA

6.

WHICH WAS NOT A FACTOR LEADING TO THE GREAT DEPRESSION?

a)

Banking making bad loans

b)

Overproduction of goods and crops

c)

Industries investing in improving their businesses

d)

Buying stocks on credit

7.

WHERE DID THE BOLL WEEVIL ORIGINATE?

a)

Europe

b)

Brazil

c)

China

d)

Mexico

8.

WHICH GEORGIA GOVERNOR DID NOT LIKE THE NEW DEAL AND REFUSED TO FOLLOW THE PROGRAMS?

a)

Jimmy Carter

b)

Herman Talmadge

c)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

d)

Eugene Talmadge

9.

Insect whose larvae feed on cotton crops; decimated cotton production in the southeastern U.S.

a)

Boll Beetle

b)

Mosquito

c)

Boll Weevil

d)

Army Beetle

10.

The New Deal program designed to build the capabilities to bring electricity to rural areas.

a)

CCC

b)

REA

c)

AAA

d)

SSA

11.

Georgia city that was home to Roosevelt's "Little White House" site's warm water mineral springs were used as a rehabilitation center for polio victims.

a)

Columbus

b)

Warm Springs

c)

Waycross

d)

Atlanta

12.

Factor that led to the Great Depression; farmers continued to produce record numbers of crop yield though the demand for agricultural products was limited; this drove the cost of these products down.

a)

Super Production

b)

Hyper Production

c)

Over Production

d)

Under Production

13.

A New Deal program that hired unemployed young men to work on public works projects.

a)

CCC

b)

REA

c)

AAA

d)

SSA

14.

What was the British passenger ship that was sunk by the Germans in 1915. Over 100 Americans were killed; the sinking of the Lusitania contributed to America entering World War I.

a)

Santa Maria

b)

USS Hosdiggity

c)

Titanic

d)

Lusitania

15.

One of the factors that led to the Great Depression; when a bank ran out of reserves to pay customers who wanted to withdraw their deposits.

a)

Bank Failures

b)

Overproduction

c)

Great Depression

d)

Reduction in purchasing