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WWI&Great Depression
World War One and the Great Depression
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the name of the insect that ate the cotton? | Boll Weevil |
| What was the name of the time period with great drought, huge dust storms, and big agricultural damage? | Dust Bowl |
| What is a drought? | Time without rainfall |
| How many Georgians served in the armed forces? | Close to 100,000 |
| How did Georgia get a huge economy boost? | Cotton farmers, textile production, cotton production, and victory gardens |
| Cotton farmers | All time high in prices- KING cotton |
| Textile production | Manufacturing clothing for soldiers |
| Food production | Commercial canning factories- meat packing factories |
| Victory gardens | Small family gardens- ate from small garden saving food supplies for soldiers |
| When did the boll weevil make its first appearance? | 1915 |
| When was the drought? | 1924-1927 |
| What year was known as the year you could walk across the Chattahoochee? | 1925 |
| What were the four factors that caused the Great Depression? | Stock Market Crash of 1929, Bank Failures, Overproduction of Agriculture Products, and Reduction in Purchasing |
| Stock Market Crash of 1929 | Stock market collapsed leading investors to lose over 40 billion dollars |
| Bank Failures | Banks ran out of money(reserves) to pay people who wanted to withdraw their money |
| Overproduction of Agriculture Products | Farmers produced more goods than needed, which pushed the price down. (Supply and demand) |
| Reduction in Purchasing | Fears caused people to stop buying manufactured products, companies lost money and laid off more employees |
| What disease did Franklin D. Roosevelt get? | Contracted Polio |
| What is the name of FDR's house he built? | Little White House |
| Where did he build the Little White House? | Warm Springs, Georgia |
| Why has he came to Warm Springs before? | Polio therapy |
| What did FDR create to help everyone get out of the Great Depression? | New Deal |
| Agency to put young men back to work preserving natural resources | Civilian Conservation Corps |
| Offered low interest loans to build power lines in rural areas | Rural Electrification Administration |
| Paid farmers a subsidy to plant less cotton and other crops | Agricultural Adjustment Act |
| Insurance for elderly, unemployed and disabled people through contributions made by employee and employers | Social Security Administration |
| He felt the federal government overstepped its boundaries | Eugene Talmadge |
| In GA, planting trees in Chattahoochee National Forest, improving parks like Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, Cloudland Canyon and construct Appalachian Trail | Civilian Conservation Corps |
| Purpose was to restrict the supply to drive up the demand | Agricultural Adjustment Act |
| Subsidy | Money given by the government to an organization to help it function |
| What did Talmadge oppose? | Civil rights for African Americans |
| Who did Talmadge appeal to? | Georgia farmers |
| 1935 most of GA farms didn’t have electricity | Rural Electrification Administration |
| By 1950 most farms had power | Rural Electrification Administration |
| Who was the president during the Great Depression that helped pull everyone out of it? | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Created by:
Samantha Moreland
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