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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
Boll Weevils
B
Populism
C
The AAA
D
Black Tuesday
2) What is a boll weevil?
A
Someone who invests in southern industry
B
An insect that destroyed cotton crops in the south
C
An African American who migrated North during the Depression
3) Overproduction, falling stock prices, and consumerism all contributed to what?
A
Overpopulation
B
The Great Depression
C
The New Deal
D
WW2
4) Which of the following was an effect of the Great Depression on Georgia?
A
Cotton prices rose
B
Public education thrived because people left farms to get an education.
C
More people left farms and moved to the cities.
D
More people left the cities for rural areas.
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
The Treaty of Versailles
B
The Stock Market Crash of 1929
C
The end of The International Cotton expo
D
Atlanta Riot
7) Which of the following is not a result of the stock market crash in 1929?
A
Businesses increased production.
B
Savings accounts were emptied.
C
People were forced to sell their homes.
D
Banks ran out of money.
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
Eugene Talmadge
B
John F. Kennedy
C
Franklin D. Roosevelt
D
Herbert Hoover
10) Which of the following areas saw the greatest decrease in population during the Great Depression?
A
Savannah
B
Northern cities
C
Atlanta
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 wanted the government to do as little as possible because he believed the economy would fix itself
C
He believed in using government programs to end the crisis.
12) What was the name of President Roosevelt’s plan to help people during the Great Depression?
A
The Great Migration
B
CCC
C
New Deal
D
AAA
13) Which New Deal program helped raise the price of cotton in Georgia?
A
Civilian Conservation Corps
B
Works Progress Administration
C
Agricultural Adjustment Act
D
Social Security Act
14) A farmer who grows more than one crop has done what?
A
Sharecropped
B
Overproduced
C
Subsidized
D
Diversified
15) The New Deal came later to Georgia than many other southern areas because
A
Governor Eugene Talmadge resisted federal intervention in state affairs.
B
Roosevelt did not like Georgia.
C
Republicans were too powerful in Georgia and would not back Roosevelt
D
Georgians were not hit as hard by the Depression.
16) During WW1, Georgia had more what than any other state?
A
Victory Gardens
B
Military installations
C
B-29s
D
Military Training Camps
17) Which of the following is NOT a contribution to WW1 from Georgia?
A
Textile mills
B
Crops for troops
C
Georgians melted old ships from Savnnah ports to make bullets
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 SSA
B
The AAA
C
The REA
D
The CCC
20) The SSA DID NOT provide relief for what group during The Great Depression?
A
Benficiaries of the deceased
B
The elderly over 65
C
Veterans
D
The unempolyed
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