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Marvin Johnson is a cotton farmer in Houston County, Georgia. He is now suffering to find a competitive price for his cotton. What New Deal Program might help him?
a) AAA
b) CCC
c) REA
d) SSA

Which of the following BEST explains how the Agricultural Adjustment Act was designed to help farmers?
a) The program provided incentives to farmers to reduce production, thus making the prices rise.
b) The program involved the government purchasing all agricultural products at set prices.
c) The program was designed to pay farmers to plant more which would make the prices rise.
d) The program boosted the military with the construction of new bases.

The extended period of severe economic hardship in the United States from 1929 until 1942 is known as
a) Great Depression
b) New Deal
c) World War I
d) World War II

The greatest economic problem facing America in the Great Depression was the extremely high rate of _____________.
a) unemployment
b) exports
c) industrial jobs
d) imports

The REA was created to bring electricity to these people.
a) rural Americans
b) urban Americans
c) Europeans after World War I
d) Europeans after World War II

What best characterizes the three strikes facing Georgia farmers in the 1920s?
a) boll weevil, world war, high profits
b) boll weevil, high profits, drought
c) boll weevil, drought, falling prices
d) drought, boll weevil, world war

As a result of the problems faced by Georgia agriculture, farmers
a) quit farming and moved to the city.
b) grew more cotton than ever.
c) went back to college.
d) built golf courses on their lands.

What BEST characterizes Eugene Talmadge’s relationship with FDR and the New Deal?
a) Talmadge hated FDR and considered the New Deal a system of communism.
b) Talmadge was a great friend of FDR.
c) Talmadge was a shrewd politician who knew he needed to support FDR to survive.
d) Talmadge and FDR were close allies in forging a powerful Republican Party.

Which of the following would be the MOST likely supporter of Eugene Talmadge?
a) white farmer
b) black farmer
c) white industrial worker
d) black businessman

FDR created his “Little White House” near what Georgian natural wonder?
a) Warm Springs
b) Okefenokee Swamp
c) Barrier Islands
d) Cloudland Canyon

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