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Why is it sometimes said that rural Georgians never realized a Great Depression occurred during the late 1920s and 1930s?

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Many rural Georgians were geographically isolated without access to national news.
Many rural Georgians were geographically isolated without access to national news.

The Great Depression affected urban areas, not rural areas.
The Great Depression affected urban areas, not rural areas.

Many rural Georgians were farmers and had struggled economically for years.
Many rural Georgians were farmers and had struggled economically for years.

Rural agricultural areas continued to prosper throughout the Great Depression.

Which Georgia pest reduced Georgia's cotton acreage by half in 1923?
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Blight
Blight

fire ants
fire ants

Nematodes
Nematodes

boll weevil

From 1924 - 1927, Georgia suffered from a severe _________ which destroyed the agricultural based economy of the region and contributed to the Great Depression.
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Responses

Flood
Flood

Blizzard
Blizzard

Drought
Drought

Heat wave

Georgia Governor Eugene Talmadge was against the New Deal programs in the 1930s. He believed that by hard work and thrift alone a person could master his or her own fate. Which statement best describes a New Deal policy that Talmadge opposed?
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Responses

Reorganize the state bodies to be more efficient
Reorganize the state bodies to be more efficient

Economic aid to farmers and landowners
Economic aid to farmers and landowners

Support for conservative business interests
Support for conservative business interests

Tax cuts for landowners with large farms

In 1940, Eugene Talmadge ran a successful campaign for governor by criticizing the New Deal as which of the following?
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Responses

Too little, too late for Georgia
Too little, too late for Georgia

unnecessary , costly, and dangerous to American federalism
unnecessary , costly, and dangerous to American federalism

Not focused enough on the military needs of Georgia
Not focused enough on the military needs of Georgia

Not focused enough on education in the rural areas of Georgia

How was Georgia significant in the life of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
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Georgia politicians led anti-Roosevelt opposition in Congress during the 1930s.
Georgia politicians led anti-Roosevelt opposition in Congress during the 1930s.

FDR often visited Warm Springs, Georgia, to treat his complications from polio.
FDR often visited Warm Springs, Georgia, to treat his complications from polio.

Georgia’s Electoral College votes secured his election as president in 1932.
Georgia’s Electoral College votes secured his election as president in 1932.

He tested New Deal programs in Georgia before spreading them nationwide.
He tested New Deal programs in Georgia before spreading them nationwide.

When President Roosevelt visited his home in Warm Springs, he noticed that many of his neighbors did not have electricity. Which New Deal program addressed this issue?
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Responses

Civilian Conservation Corps
Civilian Conservation Corps

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

Social Security Administration
Social Security Administration

Rural Electrification Administration

What was the purpose of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)?
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Responses

To reduce the total acres of land owned by each farmer
To reduce the total acres of land owned by each farmer

To raise cash crop prices by paying farmers to grow less product
To raise cash crop prices by paying farmers to grow less product

To secure factory jobs for farmers and relocate them to cities
To secure factory jobs for farmers and relocate them to cities

To influence Georgia farmers to plant more cotton

Which of these is NOT true about the Social Security Act?
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It provided a retirement fund for the elderly
It provided a retirement fund for the elderly

People earn benefits as they work and pay taxes
People earn benefits as they work and pay taxes

It still exists today
It still exists today

The goal was to reduce stock market abuses like those that led to the 1929 crash
The goal was to reduce stock market abuses like those that led to the 1929 crash

The list describes which New Deal program?

Provided jobs to unemployed men
Promoted environmental protection
Overseen by the United States Army
Reforested barren areas by planting millions of trees


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Responses

Civilian Works Administration
Civilian Works Administration

Rural Electrification Administration
Rural Electrification Administration

Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Agricultural Adjustment Administration

Civilian Conservation Corps

1 answer

Here are the answers to your questions based on the context provided:

  1. Why is it sometimes said that rural Georgians never realized a Great Depression occurred during the late 1920s and 1930s?

    • Many rural Georgians were farmers and had struggled economically for years.

  2. Which Georgia pest reduced Georgia's cotton acreage by half in 1923?

    • boll weevil

  3. From 1924 - 1927, Georgia suffered from a severe _________ which destroyed the agricultural based economy of the region and contributed to the Great Depression.

    • Drought

  4. Georgia Governor Eugene Talmadge was against the New Deal programs in the 1930s. He believed that by hard work and thrift alone a person could master his or her own fate. Which statement best describes a New Deal policy that Talmadge opposed?

    • Economic aid to farmers and landowners

  5. In 1940, Eugene Talmadge ran a successful campaign for governor by criticizing the New Deal as which of the following?

    • unnecessary, costly, and dangerous to American federalism

  6. How was Georgia significant in the life of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt?

    • FDR often visited Warm Springs, Georgia, to treat his complications from polio.

  7. When President Roosevelt visited his home in Warm Springs, he noticed that many of his neighbors did not have electricity. Which New Deal program addressed this issue?

    • Rural Electrification Administration

  8. What was the purpose of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)?

    • To raise cash crop prices by paying farmers to grow less product

  9. Which of these is NOT true about the Social Security Act?

    • The goal was to reduce stock market abuses like those that led to the 1929 crash

  10. The list describes which New Deal program?

  • Civilian Conservation Corps

Feel free to ask if you have any more questions or need further clarification!