Why was Eugene Talmadge against the New Deal?

GA would suffer b/c farmers would prefer working for gov't

New Deal program resulting from President Roosevelt's view of rural GA while on his porch

Rural Electrification Administration

New Deal program to regulate farm production and promote soil conservation

Agricultural Adjustment Administration

New Deal program that provided loans to farmer's cooperatives so they could run power lines

Rural Electrification Administration

What was the farming trend in GA after WWI?

overworking the land in order to keep up with demand

Contributions of GA during WWI

many army bases were located in GA

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Georgia History unit 9 WWI through New Deal

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Questions for the Unit 9 GA History test

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1
What did the boll weevil larvae feed on?
chili cheese fries
red uniform linens
fluffy, white cotton
Krispy Kreme donuts
2
Governor of GA during the Great Depression who spoke out against the New Deal
Leo Frank
Eugene Talmadge
Dan Zimmermann
Nathan Deal
3
Why was Eugene Talmadge against the New Deal?
GA would suffer because the Varsity would need employees
GA would suffer b/c farmers would prefer working for gov't
GA workers would leave the state to work for Disney
GA would decrease production of boll weevils
4
New Deal program resulting from President Roosevelt's view of rural GA while on his porch
Civilian Conservation Corps
Social Security Act
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Rural Electrification Administration
5
What was the purpose of the New Deal programs?
provide donuts
provide relief
provide tutoring
provide boll weevils
6
Which president's policies were blamed for the Great Depression?
Abraham Lincoln
Herbert Hoover
Eugene Talmadge
Barak Obama
7
What were the events that led to the Great Depression?
all of these
borrowing more money than could be repaid
stock market speculation
overproduction of farm produce
8
Why didn't Georgians feel the impact of the stock market crash?
GA was already in a depression
GA had the Varsity, Krispy Kremes, and Coca Cola
They were smarter than the other states
GA had the lottery to assist with funds
9
Which group of voters supported Talmadge the most?
African Americans
students under 18
women
rural citizens
10
Before the Great Depression, what weakened the South's economy?
all of these
drop in cotton prices
boll weevil
drought
11
New Deal program to regulate farm production and promote soil conservation
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Rural Electrification Administration
Social Security Act
12
New Deal program responsible for state parks, river levees, seawalls, and Macon's airport
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Social Security Act
Rural Electrification Administration
13
New Deal program created a system of retirement and unemployment insurance
Civilian Conservation Corps
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Rural Electrification Administration
Social Security Act
14
GA military installation that trained the infantry during WWI
Camp Varsity
Camp Yeager
Camp Padgett
Camp Benning
15
New Deal program that provided loans to farmer's cooperatives so they could run power lines
Rural Electrification Administration
Social Security Act
Civilian Conservation Corps
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
16
Result of the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
Iraq war began
Vietnam war began
Civil War began
WWI began
17
"Final Blow" that led President Wilson to declare war on the Central Powers in WWI
The New Deal
boll weevil
drought
Zimmermann Telegram
18
What was the farming trend in GA after WWI?
keeping fields fallow for a season to replenish the soil
John Deere tractors
crop dusting by the Red Baron
overworking the land in order to keep up with demand
19
Contributions of GA during WWI
Krispy Kremes were delivered to the troops
many army bases were located in GA
The Varsity delivered naked dogs.
Coca Cola delivered vending machines to army bases

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