Unit 6 Review

Question 1

What GA governor served during the Great Depression and was against the New Deal & integration?

Accepted Answer

Eugene Talmadge

Question 2

Georgians did not feel the impact of the stock market crash because

Accepted Answer

state was already in a depression

Question 3

Who was the US President at the beginning of the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

Herbert Hoover

Question 4

The New Deal programs were intended to

Accepted Answer

relieve the suffering of the unemployed

Question 5

What was NOT a purpose of the New Deal?

Accepted Answer

to provide loans to students

Question 6

New Deal program that restricted agricultural production by paying farmers to grow less crops.

Accepted Answer

AAA

Question 7

Which event marked the beginning of the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

Stock market crashed.

Question 8

From what group of voters did Talmadge receive his greatest support?

Accepted Answer

rural voters

Question 9

What destroyed much of GA's cotton crop in the early 1900s?

Accepted Answer

boll weevil

Question 10

Which US Pres. often visited Warm Springs, GA, staying at the LIttle White House?

Accepted Answer

Franklin Roosevelt

Question 11

FDR, in hopes to win the election in 1932, promised Americans a

Accepted Answer

New Deal

Question 12

During the Depression, miniatures towns of shacks and shanties became known as

Accepted Answer

Hoovervilles

Question 13

The boll weevil larvae feed on

Accepted Answer

white fluffy cotton

Question 14

Which was NOT a factor leading to the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

increased industrial investment

Question 15

Laissez-faire policies of the US government helped bring about the depression by

Accepted Answer

not doing anything to solve the country's economic problems

Question 16

He criticized the New Deal as an unnecessary, costly, and a threat to American federalism?

Accepted Answer

Eugene Talmadge

Question 17

As a result of the boll weevil and drought, GA entered a major economic

Accepted Answer

depression

Question 18

What US president's policies are blamed for the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

Herbert Hoover

Question 19

Which New Deal program provided Americans retirement and unemployment insurance?

Accepted Answer

SSA

Question 20

As a result of WWI, which area saw the greatest improvement?

Accepted Answer

the economy

Question 21

As a result of WWI, which industry was MOST benefitted in GA?

Accepted Answer

textiles

Question 22

Economic crisis in the US from 1929 until the start of WWII

Accepted Answer

Great Depression

Question 23

Which New Deal program lent money to farmers' cooperatives for the building of power lines?

Accepted Answer

Rural Electrification Authority

Question 24

FDR in his hopes to win the electionin 1932, promised Americans a

Accepted Answer

New Deal

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Unit 6 Review

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