USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I

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Why was Franklin Roosevelt popular with Georgia’s citizens? Select the BEST answer.

(A) he helped farmers with the Agricultural Adjustment Act

(B) The Little White House was the first house with electricity.

(C) Roosevelt liked Georgia and helped it due to his visits to the Little White House at Warm Springs

(D) ** His New Deal programs put many Georgians to work, and helped many people during the Great Depression.

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Banks were in crisis, and nearly a quarter of the workforce was unemployed. Wages and salaries declined significantly, as did production. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal (1933–39) aimed to provide immediate economic relief and to bring about reforms to stabilize the economy.

Concept note-2: -The New Deal stabilized the banks and cleaned up the financial mess left over from the Stock Market crash, allowing credit to flow again. It stabilized farm prices, aided state and local governments, and injected a surge of federal spending into the economy that bolstered household incomes and business revenues.