The 1920s in Georgia pp. 286
1. List two ways WWI brought prosperity to Georgia farmers.
2. What happened to cotton prices when the war ended?
3. What is a boll weevil?
4. When was the boll weevil first detected in Georgia?
5. Georgia farmers suffered through one of the worst
__________________of the century in 1925.
6. As a result of the drought many farmers abandoned their
farms a looked for employment in Atlanta and other large
cities. Between 1920-1925 about how many farms were lost in
Georgia?
7. _______________became Georgia’s second most important
crop.
8. By 1930, Georgia led the nation in _____________ production
and a decade later was the leading_____________ producer.
9. Farmers also became more involved in growing vegetables,
dairies, livestock, and ___________—particularly
__________________(chickens produced for eating rather
than for egg production).
10. What improvements were made on roads in Georgia in the early
1920s?
11. Identify WSB 12. Identify the Fox13. Identify Ty Cobb-
14. Identify Theo “Tiger” Flowers15. Identify Bobby Jones16. What was the “Forward Atlanta Commission”? Why was it
created?
17. Who was Ivan Allen?
18. What were the results of the “Forward Atlanta Commission” ?
19. Atlanta added a new transportation dimension in 1926, when
the first regular air mail service in the region began from
_____________Field. In 1929, Delta Air Lines (then based in
Louisiana) began _____________ service between Atlanta and
Dallas. The next year, ________________ Lines began serving
Atlanta with passenger service to and from New York.
20. Wanting to do even better, the city of Atlanta bought
_______________________ in 1930 and began building hangars
and lengthening runways.
21. Atlanta’s airport became the first in the nation to have a
_______________terminal.
22. Many years later, it was named the __________________
International Airport. The name honored a former mayor of
Atlanta who had been one of the earliest and strongest
supporters of the airport.
23. In 2004, the facility’s name would change again—this time to
_____________________ International Airport after the death
of Maynard Jackson, Atlanta’s first African American mayor and a
strong supporter of expansion and modernization of Atlanta’s
airport.
24. Turn to page 284. Read the highlight article about “The Poppy
Lady”
Who was Moina Belle Michael?
25. Read page 281.
Who was Henry Ford?
Create an acrostic poem Moina Michael and Henry Ford.
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