Question

1. In 1900, roughly 85 percent of Georgia's population lived in rural areas. By the 2000s, that number had dropped to about 25 percent. What factor caused this change?
A.) Electricity was very expensive in rural areas.
B.) Demand for agricultural labor declined.
C.) Agriculture became less profitable in the state.
D.) New Deal programs provided jobs in cities.

2. What is Ivan Allen Jr., former mayor of Atlanta,
BEST known for?
A.) bringing major sports franchises to the state
B.) helping the city through WWII
C.) improving air travel in the state
D.) leading the city through the Great Depression

Answer 1

Answers with Explanations:

1. What factor caused this change? The answer is letter B, Demand for agricultural labor declined.

Agriculture has always been an important component in Georgia (then and now). It is said that in 1900, when Franklin Roosevelt started his New Deal programs, the "sharecropping system" was disrupted in the state. This kind of system allowed the farmers who had no lands to work for wealthy people with farms in order to produce crops. At the end of every season, the farmers would be given payment for their agricultural labor.

Part of the New Deal program was the so-called "Agricultural Adjustment Act." This law limited the farmer's production of crops and in return they will be given some subsidies. This act was enacted in order to prevent the overproduction of crops in the area. Limiting the production would increase the crops' prices.

Thus, this decreased the need for hiring farmers into the wealthy people's vast farms.

2. What is Ivan Allen Jr., former mayor of Atlanta, BEST known for? The answer is letter A, bringing major sports franchises to the state.

Ivan Allen Jr. was the 52nd American mayor of Atlanta. During his term, he contributed several advancements in the city's economic aspect. One of these was the fact the he brought Major League Sports to Atlanta. One example of this were the Falcons (professional football team) and the Braves (professional baseball team).

Allen also built a big stadium and this made the city attractive as a sports center. He was very successful in boosting the city.