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Which of the following actions by farmers contributed to the Great Depression?.
a) segregation
b) underproduction
c) overproduction
d) crop diversification
The first inhabitants of Georgia who lived between 10,000 and 13,000 years ago were known as what?
a) colonists
b) Paleo
c) Woodland
d) Mississippian
What was significant about the governor's election of 1946?
a) It marked the end of Herman Talmadge's political career
b) It was the first time a governor was elected to a term of four years.
c) It marked the first time blacks could vote in a state election
d) It resulted in a brief period in which two men claimed to be governor of Georgia at the same time.
How has trade played a role in Georgia's history?
a) It has been important since the colony's founding
b) It did not become important until cotton became a profitable cash crop
c) It became important once farmers diversified crops during the Great Depression.
d) It has become important in recent years as Georgia's business and industries have grown.
The University of Georgia was _________.
a) never built
b) The 1st state university in the U.S.
c) the first private college
d) built by Chief McGilivray
Who would have been most opposed to slavery?
a) James Oglethorpe.
b) Alexander Stephens
c) John C. Calhoun
d) a leader of the Malcontents
How did the French and Indian War most impact Georgia?
a) It had no effects on Georgia because all of the fighting took place in the North.
b) It added territory to the colony and increased security once Britain took control of Florida.
c) Many Georgians starved as both British and French troops took their crops
d) The fierce battles destroyed the colony
Southern Democrats who dominated Georgia politics during the late 1800s were called ______
a) Whiskey Doubles
b) Bourbon Triumvirate
c) Union Generals
d) rural mail carriers
SS8H12a. How did the county unit system limit the political influence of African American voters?
a) It restricted blacks from voting in the Democratic primary.
b) It made it illegal for blacks to vote.
c) It granted blacks the right to vote without allowing them to run for office.
d) It kept political power in heavily white rural areas rather than African-American urban areas.
What would a cotton farmer in Georgia just after World War I have been most concerned about?
a) cold war
b) Populists
c) civil war
d) boll weevil
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