Term | Definition |
Stock Market Crash (1929) | A major stock market collapse that led to investors losing over 40 billion dollars |
Lusitania | British passenger ship that was sunk by the Germans in 1915. Over 100 Americans were killed |
World War I | major war primarily between European powers; U.S. entered the war in
1917 |
Boll Weevil | insect whose larvae feed on cotton crops; decimated cotton production in the
southeastern United States. |
Bank Failure | when a bank ran out of reserves to pay customers who wanted to withdraw their deposits. |
Drought of 1924 | one of the worst droughts in Georgia’s history |
Dustbowl | name given to a period of time in the Midwest (1930-1936) characterized by drought, gigantic dust storms, and major agricultural damage. |
Eugene Talmadge | four time Georgia governor that fought against Roosevelt’s New Deal policies. |
Franklin D. Roosevelt | the 32nd President of the United States from 1933 until his death at Warm
Springs, Georgia in 1945; visited Georgia more than 40 times for his treatment of polio at Warm Springs. |
Warm Springs | Georgia city that was home to Roosevelt’s “Little White House;” site’s warm water mineral springs were used as a rehabilitation center for polio victims |
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) | a New Deal program that paid farmers a stipend not to grow crops in order to increase the price of agricultural products |
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) | a New Deal program that hired unemployed young men to work on public works projects. |
New Deal | name given to a series of federal programs spearheaded by President Franklin Roosevelt in order to help the nation recover from the Great Depression. |
Rural Electrification Act (REA) | the New Deal program designed to build the capabilities to bring electricity to rural areas. |
Social Security Act (SSA) | New Deal program that provided retirement and unemployment insurance for American taxpayers |