Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Which individual, as governor of Georgia, refused to follow New Deal regulations
resulting in a U.S. take over of New Deal programs in Georgia?
a. | Ellis Arnall | b. | Carl Vinson | c. | Richard
Russell | d. | Eugene Talmadge |
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All of the following were New Deal programs as put forth by Franklin Roosevelt
EXCEPT the
a. | Rural Electrification Act. | b. | National Farmers Alliance. | c. | Civilian
Conservation Corps. | d. | Agricultural Adjustment
Act. |
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Which New Deal program created price supports to encourage farmers to produce
less cotton and tobacco?
a. | Social Security Act | b. | Civilian Conservation Corps | c. | Agricultural
Adjustment Act | d. | Rural Electrification Authority |
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Which New Deal program paid Americans to build forest trails and roads, plant
trees, and build parks?
a. | Social Security Act | b. | Civilian Conservation Corps | c. | Agricultural
Adjustment Act | d. | Rural Electrification Authority |
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Which New Deal program lent millions of dollars to farmers’ cooperatives
for the building of power lines?
a. | Social Security Act | b. | Civilian Conservation Corps | c. | Agricultural
Adjustment Act | d. | Rural Electrification Authority |
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Which New Deal program provided Americans retirement and unemployment
insurance?
a. | Social Security Act | b. | Civilian Conservation Corps | c. | Agricultural
Adjustment Act | d. | Rural Electrification Authority |
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Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal programs were meant to help Americans
during
a. | World War I. | b. | the Civil War. | c. | Reconstruction. | d. | the Great
Depression. |
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During the Great Depression, miniature towns of shacks and shanties became known
as
a. | “Cartervilles.” | b. | “Roosevilles.” | c. | “Hoovervilles.” | d. | “Talmadgevilles.” |
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The system of bartering that was operated by many families during the Great
Depression was a system where
a. | individuals invest money in a local business. | b. | goods or services
are purchased with the use of credit. | c. | goods or services are traded for other goods or
services. | d. | families combine their limited resources for communal
use. |
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For what purpose did Franklin D. Roosevelt often stay at the Little White House
in Warm Springs, Georgia?
a. | He had family in the area. | b. | He owned several area
businesses. | c. | He received treatment for his polio. | d. | He liked to vacation in the
mountains. |
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In large part due to Franklin Roosevelt’s relationship with Georgia, which
area saw growth?
a. | farms | b. | military | c. | industry
| d. | agriculture |
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The Agriculture Adjustment Act was designed to assist
a. | farmers by purchasing their farms at fair market value. | b. | the unemployed by
offering farm land at discounted prices. | c. | farmers by granting subsidies for not growing
certain crops. | d. | the unemployed by providing federally funded jobs on
farms. |
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Which BEST explains the goal of the Rural Electrification Act?
a. | The Act was designed to employ workers to run electricity to rural
areas. | b. | The Act was meant to lower the cost of electricity to families living in rural
areas. | c. | The Act was designed to provide subsidies for companies looking to create cheaper
energy. | d. | The Act was meant to break up monopolies in the power business and create
competition. |
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Who defeated Eugene Talmadge in his bid for the senate in 1936?
a. | Ellis Arnall | b. | Richard Russell | c. | Herman
Talmadge | d. | Franklin Roosevelt |
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Which New Deal program was meant to help the industrial sector of the
economy?
a. | REA (Roosevelt Educational Act) | b. | CCC (Civilian Conservation
Corps) | c. | NRA (National Recovery Administration) | d. | AAA (Agricultural Adjustment
Administration) |
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Who was president of the United States when the nation fell into the Great
Depression?
a. | Herbert Hoover | b. | Warren Harding | c. | Theodore
Roosevelt | d. | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
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Georgia’s nickname during the 1930s was the
a. | Peanut State. | b. | Vidalia Onion State. | c. | Peach State of the
Nation. | d. | Empire State of the South. |
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The New Deal programs were intended to
a. | reduce segregation. | b. | reform the government. | c. | relieve the
suffering of the unemployed. | d. | improve national trade policies and
taxes. |
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Which reform helped restore people’s faith in American banks?
a. | government loans to banks | b. | government loans to
municipalities | c. | economic recovery loans to farmers | d. | economic recovery loans to
manufacturers |
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Which New Deal program was responsible for such projects in Georgia as Roosevelt
State Park in Pine Mountain, Tybee Island’s seawall, Augusta’s Savannah River levee, and
Macon’s airport?
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