The ______________________ of 1929 triggered The Great Depression.
Boll Weevil
Drought
Stock Market Crash
Election
One contribution that GA made during WWI was
Ga provided more cotton than any other state.
Ga had more delivery trucks to haul supplies than any other state.
Ga provided more military camps than any other state
Ga did not contribute to the war efforts.
This little menace migrated to Georgia from Mexico and caused a sudden decrease in cotton production in Georgia.
Dennis the Menace
Waldo
Mr. Boll Weevil
Mr. Grasshopper
In addition to the damage caused by hungry pest, Georgia farmers suffered through another natural disaster in the 1920's and 1930's . It was a _________.
hurricane
flood
severe drought
tornado
This man was elected president in 1932 promising to provide a new deal for the American people and an end to the depression.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
Teddy Roosevelt
Joe Biden
The New Deal program that raised the price of farm products by limiting supply. Farmers were paid to produce less to drive the price up so each farmer made money for their crops.
REA
CCC
SA
AAA
New deal program that brought electricity to the rural (country) areas of the U.S.
REA
CCC
SA
AAA
This new deal program created jobs for young men . Men worked in exchange for housing , food, and money. Built many of GA's parks, sewer systems, bridges, etc.
REA
CCC
SA
AAA
What was President Roosevelt's personal connection to Georgia?
He was born in Georgia and never forgot about his southern roots.
His wife loved shopping the Savannah and he loved the history of the city so he bought a house there.
He had polio and visited Warm Springs, GA often for polio therapy so he bought a house there.
He used GA to fight Eugene Talmadge and his white supremacy.
Eugene Talmadge was
for civil rights, was anti-farmer, supported the New Deal
opposed to civil rights, was Pro-farmer, opposed to the New Deal for all (ok for some)
The average citizen of Georgia helped WWI efforts by
quartering soldiers
working in the bomber plants
growing victory gardens and buying war bonds
Overproduction of Agriculture Products causes the price of products (ag products) to
increase
decrease
Many farmers over produced crops prior to the droughts of the 20s and 30s. To __________ the price of these goods, famers often _______________ the crops.
increase, destroyed (causing a shortage of the product)
decrease, planted more of the product
gave away the product since they had too much
-a political policy that gave each county a certain number of votes based on three categories (rural, town, or urban); system was ended because it violated the “one manone vote” doctrine.
White primary
County Unit System
Voting Registration System
policy of Radical Republicans
New Deal program that provided retirement and unemployment insurance for American taxpayers
REA
CCC
Social Security Act
AAA
During the Great Depression, many people moved from rural to urban areas, some even left the state. What were they looking for?