b. Herbert Hoover
c. Franklin D. Roosevelt
d. Harry Truman
_____343) Laissez-faire policies of the U. S. government helped bring about the depression by
a. Overextending trade agreements.
b. Giving businesses too many loans.
c. Encouraging people to invest in the stock market.
d. Not doing anything to help solve the country’s economic problems.
_____344) Georgians did not feel the impact of the stock market crash because
a. the state was already in a depression.
b. banks were protected by state insurance.
c. citizens had little money invested in the stock market.
d. the state constitution prohibited investing tax dollars in the stock market.
SS8H8 The student will analyze the important events that occurred after World War I and their impact on Georgia.
c. Discuss the impact of the political career of Eugene Talmadge.
Eugene Talmadge
_____345) What Georgia governor served during the Great Depression and spent a great deal of his time speaking out against the New Deal, blacks, and the metropolitan areas?
a. Ellis Arnall
b. Eurith Rivers
c. Richard Russell
d. Eugene Talmadge
_____346) Which policy did Governor Eugene Talmadge …show more content…
His career is the perfect example of how someone can move from small town politics to state politics and eventually to national politics as a State Senator.
d. Eugene Talmadge’s career was the primary inspiration for Jimmy Carter to get into politics and the career path of the two are nearly identical.
_____4) How were Georgia’s farmers helped by the New Deal?
a. The Social Security Agency agreed to pay them for any land they could not use.
b. Cotton prices were reduced to the lowest they have been in years.
c. The Agricultural Adjustment Act combined many smaller farms into fewer, larger ones.
d. Electricity was finally provided for many farms due to the push for rural electrification.
_____5) Why was the bombing of Pearl Harbor a significant event during World War II?
a. It prevented Japan from invading the United States.
b. It put an end to the lend-lease program.
c. It caused the United States to get involved in the war.
d. It was the first use of nuclear weapons in war.
_____6) What was the importance of Pearl Harbor during World War II?
a. It provided supplies to troops in the Pacific.
b. It was attacked, which made America enter the war.
c. It served as a testing site for the first atomic bombs.
d. It was captured by Americans, which hurt Japan