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What was the MAIN goal of the Agricultural Adjustment Act?

• A. to lower farm prices so people could afford to buy food

• B. to raise farm prices by paying farmers to grow less food

• C. to pay young men to grow crops on government-owned farms

• D. to provide loans to farmers so they could buy modern equipment

The Social Security Act created

• a minimum wage.

• a national income tax.

• unemployment insurance.

• affordable housing for poor people.

Georgian farmers were forced to diversify in the 1920s due to

• the end of the First World War.

• a devastating boll weevil infestation.

• rural Georgians taking jobs in granite quarries.

• the construction of the Interstate Highway System.

During World War I, the state of Georgia led the nation in the number of

• internment camps.

• army medical facilities.

• military training camps.

• weapons testing facilities.

Why did Governor Eugene Talmadge strongly oppose President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs?

• They did not provide aid to farmers.

• They would reduce executive power.

• They would lead to industrial pollution.

• They provided aid to African Americans.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt maintained a residence in Warm Springs, Georgia, in part because the springs helped him in his battle against the effects of which

disease?

• polio

• cancer

• measles

• tuberculosis

Children in Georgia were MOST LIKELY to support the war effort during World

War I by

• A. purchasing war bonds.

• B. sewing army uniforms.

• C. working in victory gardens.

• D. volunteering with the Red Cross.

What was the MOST significant impact of the Civilian Conservation Corps on the state of Georgia?

• A. the improvement of the state park system

• B. the construction of a state highway system

• C. the urbanization of rural areas throughout the state

• D. the electrification of rural areas throughout the state

How did the citizens of Georgia feel about FDR running for president in 1932?

• A. Georgians enthusiastically supported their adopted son.

• Georgians did not like him because he was a Northerner.

• Georgians thought that the New Deal did not do enough for the farmers.

• Georgians saw him as a terrible President.

Many argue that the state of Georgia began to experience the effects of the Great Depression before most other states in the country due to which of the following

factors?

• A. The state's reliance on a single crop made its economy extremely

  vulnerable.

• B. Labor shortages prevented the state's farmers from keeping up with demand.

• C. Unchecked immigration placed a substantial strain on the state's finances.

• D. Rapid urbanization led to significant reductions in social services.