Question

ss8h10 quiz: georgia since world war

1. which change in georgias agricultural practices following world war ii was the primary cause of

mass migration from rural areas to cities?
a. a return to the sharecropping system
b. the introduction of tobacco as the main cash crop
c. the mechanization of farming
d. increased reliance on manual labor

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• Option A: Sharecropping was declining post - WWII, not returning, so incorrect.
• Option B: Tobacco wasn't the new main cash crop driving rural - to - city migration; cotton was still significant, and this doesn't relate to migration cause, incorrect.
• Option C: Mechanization of farming (like tractors, combines) reduced the need for manual farm labor. So farmers and farm workers moved to cities for jobs, this is the primary cause, correct.
• Option D: Mechanization reduced, not increased, reliance on manual labor, so this is incorrect.

Answer:

C. The mechanization of farming