stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
Great Depression and New Deal Test Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
Great Depression and New Deal Test
Great Depression and New Deal Test
25 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
192 plays
Study tool for the Great Depression and New Deal Test
Flashcards
25 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
25
Answers
1
The New Deal came later to GA than many other southern areas because:
Republicans were too powerful in GA & didn't back New Deal.
Roosevelt did not like Georgia.
Georgians were not hit as hard by the Depression.
Gov. Talmadge resisted federal intervention in state affairs
2
Which of the following is still around today?
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Tennesse Valley Authority
Social Security Act (SSA)
Rural Electrification Administration (REA)
3
Which statement is true regarding Eugene Talmadge?
Biggest political hero to GA farmers since Tom Watson.
Caused controversy claiming blacks & whites had same rights.
He was a huge supporter of the New Deal.
He was governor of GA during WWI
4
What New Deal program put young men to work preserving the nation's national resources?
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
Rural Electrification Administration (REA)
Social Security Act (SSA)
5
Program provided $$ for people out of work as well as retirement pay during Great Depression
Social Security Act (SSA)
Rural Electrification Administration (REA)
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
6
Which of the follow was an effect of the Great Depression on Georgia?
Cotton prices rose.
Public educ. thrived b/c people left farms to get an educ.
More people left farms and moved to the cities.
More people left the cities for rural areas.
7
What is a boll weevil?
An insect that destroyed cotton crops in the South.
An African American who moved north during the 1920s.
Someone who buys more than they can save.
Farmer refusing to move to city despite economic hard times.
8
How did the Agricultural Adjustment Act help farmers?
Paid farmers NOT to produce certain crops.
It paid farmers to produce MORE cotton.
It ended subsidies.
It paid farmers to move to GA as part of the Great Migration
9
In GA, what was one of the main tasks undertaken by the Civilian Conservation Corps?
To provide education to inner city youth.
To build many of GA's state parks.
To capitalize on GA's mineral resources.
To restore old houses destroyed during the Civil War.
10
What event triggered the Great Depression?
Stock Market Crash in 1929
Treaty ending WWI
1938 World's Fair
Atlanta Riot
11
Which program brought electric power to GA's farms?
Civilian Conservation Corps
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Social Security Act
Rural Electrification Administration
12
A farmer who grows more than one crop has done what?
Subsidized
Sharecropped
Overproduced
Diversified
13
Who was president of the US at the beginning of the Great Depression?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Eugene Talmadge
John F. Kennedy
14
Which BEST describes Pres. Roosevelt approach to dealing with the Great Depression?
Wanted farmers to produce more cotton to get out of debt.
Believed the states should be solving their own problems.
Wanted govn't very little b/c the economy would fix itself.
Believed in using government programs to end the crisis
15
Which of the following areas saw the greatest decrease in population during the Gr. Depression?
Northern Cities
Rural Georgia
Savannah
Atlanta
16
During the Great Depression, the federal govn't paid farmers subsidies in an effort to:
End overproduction
Buy out farms.
End segregation
Increase cotton production
17
What is the name of President Roosevelt's plan to help people during the Great Depression?
New Deal
Consumerism
Great Migration
CCC
18
A cotton farmer in GA right after WWI would have been most concerned about:
The Boll Weevil
Populism
Black Tuesday
Agricultural Adjustment Act
19
What impact did overproduction have on GA farmers?
Raised prices so they got rich right before the Depression.
It had little effct b/c most of them did not buy stocks
It almost wiped out farmers b/c most did not buy stocks.
Prices dropped & farmers could not get out of debt.
20
Which of the following is NOT a result of the stock market crash in 1929?
Banks ran out of money.
Businesses increased their production
Savings accounts were emptied.
People were forced to sell their homes.
21
What was a result of the Great Depression?
WWI
Prosperity and consumerism
Increased investments in the Stock Market.
Great migration of African Americans to northern cities
22
Which New Deal program helped raise the price of cotton in GA?
Social Security Act
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Works Progress Administration
23
Overproduction, falling stock prices, and consumerism all contributed to what?
The Great Migration
World War II
The New Deal
The Great Depression
24
Which statement explains the impact of the New Deal on Georgia?
Many army bases in GA were built to prepare for WWII.
Georgia became a national leader in computer manufacturing.
REA caused rural regions to receive elec. for the 1st time.
Programs caused many Native Americans to move out of GA.
25
Which of the following would FDR & Eugene Talmadge have most agreed on?
Farmer's needing relief during the Great Depression
Social Security
Federal Govn'ts proper role during the economic crisis.
Georgia needing New Deal's programs to help it economically
