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- 1. Multiple Choice
Most of Eugene Talmadge's supporters were people who lived in?
Rural Counties
Urban Counties
Large Cities
Industrial Workers
- 2. Multiple Choice
How many times was Eugene Talmadge elected governor of Georgia?
4
3
2
1
- 3. Multiple Choice
Talmadge was able to win the governorship of Georgia without ever having won the
Popular Vote
the city of Atlanta
the rural counties
the swing city of Savannah
- 4. Multiple Choice
The __________ was a system of counting votes in Georgia that gave rural counties a huge advantage in primary elections.
Electoral College
Urban Unit System
Rural Unit System
County Unit System
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which federal programs did Eugene Talmadge oppose?
Lend-Lease programs
New Deal programs
Declaration of war during WWI
Response to the bombing of Pearl Harbor
- 6. Multiple Choice
A person supporting Eugene Talmadge for governor would have been MOST likely to belong to which occupation?
Doctor
Farmer
Lawyer
Teacher
- 7. Multiple Choice
Eugene Talmadge is BEST known for his role as
mayor of Atlanta.
Georgia's governor.
a U.S. Senator from Georgia.
a state Supreme Court Justice.
- 8. Multiple Choice
When he was governor, Eugene Talmadge's BIGGEST national political opponent was
Senator Richard B. Russell
U.S. President Herbert Hoover.
Representative Walter F. George
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt.
- 9. Multiple Choice
When Eugene Talmadge said "I can carry any county that ain't got street cars," he was referring to the political system in place in Georgia that gave rural counties an advantage over urban counties due to more representation per person. What was this system called?
the Dixiecrat system
the County Unit system
the Rotten District system
the "One man, One vote" system
- 10. Multiple Choice
In what way did Eugene Talmadge misjudge Georgia voters, a fact that would lead to him losing the governor's seat in 1936?
He supported the increasing power of Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany.
He opposed integration of public schools, which many Georgians actually supported.
He opposed the passage of a minimum wage, which hurt many of Georgia's textile workers.
He opposed FDR and the New Deal, while most Georgians welcomed the help from the government.
- 11. Multiple Choice
One of the reasons that Talmadge did not support President Roosevelt's New Deal plans was
He did not like Roosevelt
He had lost a presidential campaign to Roosevelt
He did not like that under New Deal plans, African Americans would get paid as much as whites.
Most of his supporters were against New Deal plans.
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