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1) Overproduction in industry and agriculture, too much credit, and the stock market crash were all causes of...
A
The Great Depression
B
The Smoot Hawley Tariff
C
World War II
D
The Dust Bowl
2) How did the boll weevil MOSTLY affect Georgia's economy?
A
It caused rice to be Georgia's only money-making crop
B
It gave more economic opportunity to the pest controller
C
It forced Georgia to have a manufacturing economy
D
It caused a major upset to Georgia's cash-crop economy
3) Georgia experienced its worst recorded drought during 1930 and 1931. What conclusion can you come to as to how the drought affected Georgia?
A
It totally changed Georgia's economy from one that depended on cash crops to one that depended on manufacturing.
B
It brought many northern investors to Georgia so that they could buy up large tracks of mostly empty farmland.
C
It made rural farmers totally change the cash crops they grew to ones that required much smaller amounts of water.
D
It made the lives of rural farmers even more difficult, adding to the problems of the Great Depression and the boll weevil.
4) Who was the president of the United States when the Great Depression began?
A
Eugene Talmadge
B
Herbert Hoover
C
Franklin D. Roosevelt
D
John F. Kennedy
5) Which of the following best describes President Roosevelt's approach to dealing with the Great Depression?
A
He believed in using government programs to end the crisis
B
He wanted the government to do a little as possible because he believed the economy would fix itself.
C
He believed that states should be responsible for solving their own problems without help from the national government.
D
He wanted farmers to produce more cotton so that they could get out of debt.
6) Which New Deal program provided money for people who were out of work as well as retirement pay during and after the Great Depression
A
Civilian Conservation Corps
B
Social Security Act
C
Rural Electrification Administration
D
Agricultural Adjustment Act
7) How did the Agricultural Adjustment Act help Georgia's farmers?
A
It ended subsidies
B
It paid farmers to move to Georgia as part of the Great Migration.
C
It paid farmers to not produce certain crops in an effort to raise farm prices
D
It paid farmers to produce more cotton so they could make more money.
8) Which New Deal program put young men to work preserving the nation's national resources?
A
Social Security Act
B
Agricultural Adjustment Act
C
Civilian Conservation Corps
D
Rural Electrification Administration
9) Which program brought electric power to Georgia's farms?
A
Rural Electrification Administration
B
Civilian Conservation Corps
C
Agricultural Adjustment Act
D
Social Security Act
10) Which of the following would FDR and Eugene Talmadge have most agreed on?
A
Social Security
B
Georgia needing the New Deal's programs to help it economically
C
The federal government's proper role during an economic crisis
D
Farmers needing relief during the Great Depression
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