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Harden Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| boll weevil | reduced GA's cotton acreage by 2.6 million during the 1920's |
| 2.6 million | amount that the boll weevil reduced GA's cotton acreage during the 1920's |
| Laissez-faire | The idea that doing nothing to help solve the country’s economic problems |
| laissez-faire | a policy that allows businesses to operate with very little interference from the government |
| Agricultural Adjustment Administration | New Deal program that paid farmers to NOT grow crops |
| drought | slowed the boll weevil, but created water shortages and forced 1000s of farmers to leave GA |
| Eugene Talmadge | GA Governor who spoke out against the New Deal |
| High tariffs | made it difficult for countries to sell their goods in the U.S. |