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Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the final blow

a)

anti german propaganda

b)

the sinking of the lusitania

c)

attacks on american merchant ships

d)

the zimmerman telegram

2.

in the 1920s ga was not affected by

a)

an increase in cotton production and prices

b)

the lost of thousands of working farms

c)

a prolonged drought

d)

boil weevils

3.

the mass migration of african amercian sharecopper/teant farmers

a)

WEPA

b)

the great migration

c)

manifest destiny

d)

the great compromise

4.

the new deal program was intended to

a)

reform the government

b)

relieve the suffering og the unemployed

c)

improve national trade

d)

reduce segregation

5.

which improvement in farming in ga is not due to the rual electrification authority?

a)

electric lights

b)

electric milking machines

c)

microwave ovens were developed for fast cooking

d)

electric water pumps

6.

droughts in ga result in

a)

less agricultual products

b)

increased tourism

c)

less gasoline available for cars

d)

lower food products

7.

nickname for the day the stock market crashed

a)

black thursday

b)

black monday

c)

black friday

d)

black tuesday

8.

which is not a consequnce of the great depression

a)

high unemployment in most industries

b)

failure of banks across the nation

c)

many americans were hurt financially

d)

increase and use of the countrys railroad

9.

an effect of the great depression on ga

a)

lower income for farmers

b)

an increase in heath care services

c)

increases in railwork construction

d)

increased entrollment in school

10.

why did ga not immedicately feel the impact of black tuesday?

a)

georgians had their money invested in gold

b)

ga's constitution prohibited the state from investing in the stock market

c)

ga banks were protected by state insurance

d)

ga was already in a depression

11.

which did governor eugene talmade support

a)

reduced property taxes

b)

federal assistance programs

c)

public wellfare

d)

voting rights for african amercians

12.

why did african americans not benefit from a new deal progam in ga?

a)

young blacks were not hired under the national youth adminstration

b)

under the agricultural adjustment act were paid to the property owners not sharecoppers

c)

only whites were hired by the works progress administration

d)

only whites qualified for social security and medicare benefits

13.

what did the FDIC provide>?

a)

homeowners insurance

b)

life insurance

c)

insurance for saving accounts

d)

fire insurance

14.

which new deal program made projects in ga in rossvelt state park

a)

NYA

b)

WPA

c)

CCC

d)

TVA

15.

which was not a purpose of the new deal

a)

to improve life for americans

b)

to reform the defects of the economy

c)

to pay off loans for students

d)

to relieve the suffering of the unemployed

16.

what did the REA do for ga farmers

a)

required power companies to provide power at a lower rate

b)

provided funds for power companies to run lines in rural areas

c)

provided loans to farmer cooperatives so they could run power lines in rural areas

d)

it enabled farmed to double their size

17.

what was the first step FDR took to bring the economic recovery

a)

he made goverment loans

b)

he closed the banks which he called a bank holiday

c)

he set up more soup kitchens

d)

he issued more money

18.

what was the major accomplishment of the new deal

a)

it ended unemployment

b)

it ended the depression

c)

it paved the way for conomic recovery

d)

provided financial security for the countrys citizens

19.

first African american combat pilot

a)

charles yeager

b)

john hope

c)

eugene bullard

d)

alonzo herdon

20.

which ga new deal program made dams around the country

a)

CCC

b)

WEPA

c)

TVA

d)

REA

21.

an effort to increase wages for the american works, FDR , mandated

a)

a minimum wage

b)

social security

c)

the federal reserve bank

d)

agriculture adjustment act