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Online Georgia Historical Marker Scavenger Hunt: FDR in Georgia Answer Key

1) In what year did FDR create the March of Dimes? • Answer: 1938 • Marker: Georgia Warm Springs Foundation 2) FDR appointed this person to the Advisory Council on Economic Security in 1934. • Answer: Marion Bayard Folsom • Marker: Marion Bayard Folsom 3) Where did people gather in Barnesville, GA to hear FDR speak? • Answer: The stadium at Gordon Military College • Marker: Roosevelt's Barnesville Speech 4) What is the name of the speech given by FDR at the Springer Opera House? • Answer: Happy Warrior • Marker: Springer Opera House 5) This senator won re-election to the US Senate even though FDR openly opposed him. • Answer: Walter F. George • Marker: Walter F. George or Roosevelt's Barnesville Speech 6) These famous cannons welcomed several distinguished guests, including FDR, to Savannah. • Answer: Washington Guns • Marker: Chatham Artillery's "Washington Guns" II 7) FDR’s agencies helped this city recover after disaster struck. • Answer: Gainesville • Marker: Cooper Pants Factory and the Gainesville Tornado 8) This person is Anna ’s (FDR’s wife) father. • Answer; • Marker: Bulloch Hall or Roswell's Distinguished Men 9) This college opened with the support of FDR’s National Youth Administration. • Answer: Habersham College • Marker: Living & Learning in the Mountains 10) FDR delivered the commencement address here in 1929. • Answer: West Georgia College • Marker: West Georgia College 11) In what year was the Little completed? • Answer: 1932 • The 12) What is the temperature of Georgia’s famous Warm Springs? • Answer: 88° Fahrenheit • Marker: Warm Springs Treatment Pools 13) How many longleaf pine seedlings did FDR plant in 1929/1930? • Answer: 5000 • Marker: Longleaf Pine Planting

14) FDR’s farm was located on this mountain? • Answer: Pine Mountain • Marker: Roosevelt Farm 15) What Georgia county is considered FDR’s second home? • Answer: Meriwether County • Marker: Meriwether County 16) How many trips did FDR take to Warm Springs from 1924-1945? • Answer: 41 • Marker: "This Was His Georgia"