Think about it
Who promised to help bring the US out of the depression?
FRD
What was a series of economic recovery plans?
New Deal programs
What event led the US out of the Great Depression?
WWII
What was the single crop that the South relied on the most?
cotton
Eugene Talmadge was elected this many times as governer.
What is 3?
What were the THREE goals of the New Deal?
Relief, Recovery, Reform
After which event did the United States join WWII?
Pearl Harbor
What destroyed the cotton crop cross the South
Boil Weevil
Where did FRD get influenced to create many of his New Deal policies?
Georgia
Which New Deal Program put young men to work in a military like environment?
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Which program allowed Great Britain to borrow supplies for the war?
Lend lease act
What TWO events put the South in a economic Depression?
Boil Weevil & Drought
Where did FRD like to spend much of his time in Georgia and why?
Warm Springs because of his polio
Which New Deal program gave electricity to rural areas?
Rural Electrification Administration (REA)
When did WWII officially begin?
When Britain/ France declared war on Germany
What event was the beginning of the Great Depression?
Stock market crash
Who was the President at the beginning of the Great Depression (hint homes were named after him)
Herbert Hoover
Which New Deal program still exists today?
Social Security Administration
Name TWO contributions that Georgia gave during the war.
Military bases, weapons, uniforms, food, shipyards
Overproduction during WWII combined with the boil weevil and drought caused....
a decline in cotton production during the 1920's