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Test Description: GA in WW1, Depression and the New Deal
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) A cotton farmer in Georgia right after World War I would have been most concerned about what?
A
The AAA
B
Black Tuesday
C
Populism
D
Boll Weevils
2) What is a boll weevil?
A
An insect that destroyed cotton crops in the south
B
An African American who migrated North during the Depression
C
Someone who invests in southern industry
3) Overproduction, falling stock prices, and consumerism all contributed to what?
A
The New Deal
B
The Great Depression
C
WW2
D
Overpopulation
4) Which of the following was an effect of the Great Depression on Georgia?
A
Public education thrived because people left farms to get an education.
B
More people left farms and moved to the cities.
C
More people left the cities for rural areas.
D
Cotton prices rose
5) What impact did overproduction have on Georgia farmers?
A
It almost wiped out farmers because most of them had diversified their crops.
B
It had little effect on farmers because most of them did not buy stocks.
C
It caused farm prices to drop and made it difficult for farmers to get out of debt.
6) Which event triggered the Great Depression?
A
Atlanta Riot
B
The end of The International Cotton expo
C
The Treaty of Versailles
D
The Stock Market Crash of 1929
7) Which of the following is not a result of the stock market crash in 1929?
A
Savings accounts were emptied.
B
Banks ran out of money.
C
People were forced to sell their homes.
D
Businesses increased production.
8) During the Great Depression, the federal government paid farmers subsidies (stipends) in an effort to ?
A
Increase cotton production
B
End overproduction
C
Buy out farms.
D
End segregation
9) Who was president of the United States when the Great Depression began?
A
Franklin D. Roosevelt
B
Eugene Talmadge
C
John F. Kennedy
D
Herbert Hoover
10) Which of the following areas saw the greatest decrease in population during the Great Depression?
A
Atlanta
B
Northern cities
C
Savannah
D
Rural Georgia
11) Which of the following best describes President Roosevelt’s approach to dealing with the Great Depression?
A
He wanted farmers to produce more cotton so that they could get out of debt.
B
He believed in using government programs to end the crisis.
C
He wanted the government to do as little as possible because he believed the economy would fix itself
12) What was the name of President Roosevelt’s plan to help people during the Great Depression?
A
New Deal
B
CCC
C
AAA
D
The Great Migration
13) Which New Deal program helped raise the price of cotton in Georgia?
A
Agricultural Adjustment Act
B
Works Progress Administration
C
Social Security Act
D
Civilian Conservation Corps
14) A farmer who grows more than one crop has done what?
A
Diversified
B
Subsidized
C
Overproduced
D
Sharecropped
15) The New Deal came later to Georgia than many other southern areas because
A
Roosevelt did not like Georgia.
B
Georgians were not hit as hard by the Depression.
C
Republicans were too powerful in Georgia and would not back Roosevelt
D
Governor Eugene Talmadge resisted federal intervention in state affairs.
16) During WW1, Georgia had more what than any other state?
A
Victory Gardens
B
Military Training Camps
C
B-29s
D
Military installations
17) Which of the following is NOT a contribution to WW1 from Georgia?
A
Georgians melted old ships from Savnnah ports to make bullets
B
Textile mills
C
Crops for troops
D
Victory Gardens
18) True or False, Railroads were used to transport ammunition, equipment and soldiers to ports.
A
False
B
True
C
IDK
19) Which New Deal program put young men to work preserving the nation’s national resources?
A
The REA
B
The AAA
C
The SSA
D
The CCC
20) The SSA DID NOT provide relief for what group during The Great Depression?
A
The unempolyed
B
The elderly over 65
C
Veterans
D
Benficiaries of the deceased
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