"Georgia and the lower South may just as well face facts-simple facts presented in the lower South by the President of the Unite
d States. The purchasing power of the millions of Americans in this whole area is far too low. Most men and women who work for wages in this whole area get wages which are far too low. On the present scale of wages and therefore on the present scale of buying power, the South cannot and will not succeed in establishing successful new industries." - President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Address in Gainesville, Georgia, March 23. 1938 Which of these industries was MOST likely the target of the President's remarks on wages? A) textile industry
B) tobacco industry
C) coal mining industry
D) ship building industry
Most likely the target of that speech was towards B. the tobacco industry. Tobacco is still a large part of farming in the Southern United States, as it has been since before the formation of the United States.
The textile and coal industries were mostly in the north in the in what is now known as the "Rust Belt" due to the decline in manufacturing jobs since the 1980s. The shipbuilding industry would have been contained in coastal towns for the most part on either side of the country.
Any adult male citizen over the age of 20 could take part, and it was a duty to do so. The officials of the democracy were in part elected by the Assembly and in large part chosen by lottery in a process called sortition.
