Question | Answer |
What is another name for October 29, 1929? | Black Tuesday |
What term was used for someone who borrowed money to buy stocks? | Speculator |
What Georgia crop saw a rapid decline in the 1915-1930? | cotton |
What is another name for October 29, 1929? | Black Tuesday |
What term was used for someone who borrowed money to buy stocks? | Speculator |
What Georgia crop saw a rapid decline in the 1915-1930? | cotton |
What was the nickname for the decade of the 1920's? | Roaring 20's |
Three reasons why cotton failed as a crop during this time | Boll weevil, Drought, End of WWI and the demand for cotton |
What campaign promise did FDR make to the people of America to get elected? | A New Deal |
What was the nickname for the decade of the 1920's? | Roaring 20's |
Three reasons why cotton failed as a crop during this time | Boll weevil, Drought, End of WWI and the demand for cotton |
What campaign promise did FDR make to the people of America to get elected? | A New Deal |
Which new deal program helped to keep the price down on farming products? | Agriculture Adjustment Administration AAA |
Which new deal program helped young single men by putting them to work in camps, paying them and their familes, and taught them skills | Civilian Conservation Corps CCC |
Which new deal program brought electricity to rural areas? | Rural Electrification Administration REA |
Which new deal program still exists in about the same form as it was originally planned? | Social Security Act SSA |
The Tennessee Valley Authority, TVA,created three lakes in North Georgia what are they? | Blue Ridge Lake, Nottely Lake, and Lake Chatuge |
Which New Deal Commission was set up to oversee the buying and selling of stocks? | Securities and Exchange Commission SEC |
Which GA Governor supported Roosevelt at first, but then saw him as a threat to GA way of life? | Eugene Talmadge |
What type of government believes government should own all major services and means of production? | Socialist |
Governor Talmadge openly called this president a socialist. | FDR |
Georgia town where FDR came for polio treatment. | Warm Springs, GA |
Stock market role in creating the Great Depression | Stock Speculation |
Agriculture role in creating in the Great Depression | 60,000+ farms closed due to drought, boll weevil and low demand for cotton |
Government role in creating the Great Depression | Federal Reserve printed too much money |
What happens when too much money is printed? | The value of the dollar goes down. |
What effectively ended the Great Depression? | World War II |
What was the average Americans role in creating the Great Depression? | They charged many items on Credit |
What was industry and business' role in creating the Great Depression? | Workers were fired because there was too much surplus and no one to buy it |
What event brought the US into WWII? | The bombing of Pearl Harbor |
When was Pearl Harbor bombed? | The morning of December 7, 1941 |
What did FDR call Dec 7? | A date that will live in infamy |
Where were women called who cut their hair short, and wore shorter skirts? | Flappers |
What is the word that means a nation's policy of extending its boundaries? | Expansionism |
Which GA Governor ran on a platform of helping the farmers, reducing property taxes, and cutting state spending? | E. Talmadge |
Because of Talmadge's decision to bar African Americans from UGA, the college lost accreditation, what was this called? | Cocking Affair |
What did Clarence Birdseye invent? | Frozen foods |
Which economic policy keeps government from interfering with business and industry? | Laissez-faire |
Eugene Talmadge stated that the people of Georgia only had three friends, the friends were God, Sears Roebuck, and who? | Eugene Talmadge |
Which radio station first aired in GA during the 1920's? | WSB |
What did WSB broadcast during this time? | Farm reports, kids shows, baseball games |
What do the call letters W. S. B. stand for? | Welcome South Brother |
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What did WSB broadcast during this time? And no Neal Boortz was not around then. | |
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