SS8H8a
Describe the impact of
the boll weevil and
drought on Georgia.
Concepts:
Location
Production – Distribution - Consumption
• Migrated from
Mexico
• Infested cotton
growing areas in the
1920s
CAUSE
BOLL WEEVIL
• Beetle
• Feeds on cotton
• Agricultural pest
• Destroyed cotton
crops decreasing
production
• Sharecroppers lost
their jobs, some
moved north
• Helped diversify
agriculture
EFFECT
1924-1927 DROUGHT IN GEORGIA
EFFECT
• Lack of rainfall
over extended
period of time
DROUGHT
• Food shortage
• Farmers went into debt
• Sharecroppers move to
urban areas
• Agricultural related
businesses struggle
SS8H8b
Explain economic
factors that resulted in
the Great Depression.
Concept:
Production – Distribution - Consumption
THE ROARING 20s – AMERICANS BECOME RICH
The 1920s were an age of dramatic social and political change. For the first time,
more Americans lived in cities than on farms. The nation’s total wealth more than
doubled between 1920 and 1929, and this economic growth swept many Americans
into an affluent but unfamiliar “consumer society.” People from coast to coast bought
the same goods (thanks to nationwide advertising and the spread of chain stores),
listened to the same music, did the same dances and even used the same slang!
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THE GREAT DEPRESSION
THE 1930s
ECONOMIC FACTORS OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION
TOO MUCH
CREDIT
OVER
PRODUCTION
Americans
borrowing
money from
banks, getting
into debt
Farmers and
Businesses made
too many
products that did
not get sold
STOCK
MARKET
CRASH
GREAT
DEPRESSION
Banks,
Businesses, and
Investors all lost
money
Unemployment
was 25%,
economy was
weak
OVERPRODUCTION OF INDUSTRIAL AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
ECONOMIC FACTORS OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION
TOO MUCH
CREDIT
OVER
PRODUCTION
Americans
borrowing
money from
banks, getting
into debt
Farmers and
Businesses made
too many
products that did
not get sold
STOCK
MARKET
CRASH
GREAT
DEPRESSION
Banks,
Businesses, and
Investors all lost
money
Unemployment
was 25%,
economy was
weak
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ECONOMIC FACTORS OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION
TOO MUCH
CREDIT
OVER
PRODUCTION
Americans
borrowing
money from
banks, getting
into debt
Farmers and
Businesses made
too many
products that did
not get sold
STOCK
MARKET
CRASH
GREAT
DEPRESSION
Banks,
Businesses, and
Investors all lost
money
Unemployment
was 25%,
economy was
weak
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
THE 1930s
SS8H8d
Discuss the effect of the New Deal
in terms of the impact of the
Civilian Conservation Corps,
Agricultural Adjustment Act, rural
electrification, and Social Security.
Concepts:
Location
Production – Distribution - Consumption
AGRICULTURAL
ADJUSTMENT ACT
FARMERS ARE
SUBSIDIZED
(GOV’T PAYS
FARMERS NOT TO
GROW CROPS) IN
ORDER TO
REDUCE THE
SUPPLY, WHICH
WOULD INCREASE
THE PRICE OF
CROPS, THUS
INCREASING THE
PROFIT FOR
FARMERS
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION (REA)
IN THE 1930s, ONLY 10% OF THE POPULATION IN RURAL AREAS HAD ELECTRICITY,
COMPARED TO 90% OF THE POPULATION IN URBAN AREAS. WHY? ELECTRIC
COMPANIES CLAIMED IT WAS TOO EXPENSIVE TO BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE
(TELEPHONE POLES, POWER LINES, AND POWER STATIONS) TO PROVIDE ELECTRICITY
OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT KNEW WHAT IT WAS LIKE FOR RURAL
GEORGIANS TO BE WITHOUT ELECTRICITY BECAUSE HE HAD A HOME KNOWN AS
“THE LITTLE WHITE HOUSE” IN WARM SPRINGS, GEORGIA THAT HE USED TO HELP TREAT
HIS POLIO MEDICAL CONDITION. SO, ONE OF THE NEW DEAL PROGRAMS HE CREATED
WAS THE RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION (REA), WHICH IMPROVED THE
LIVING CONDITIONS IN RURAL AREAS OF AMERICA.
WHAT IS
SOCIAL
SECURITY?
1. THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TAKES MONEY OUT OF A WORKER’S PAYCHECK
THROUGH A PAYROLL TAX CALLED: FICA (FEDERAL INCOME CONTRIBUTIONS ACT)
2. THAT MONEY IS THEN PUT INTO A SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND
3. WHEN WORKERS REACH THE AGE OF 62 THEY CAN APPLY FOR SOCIAL
SECURITY BENEFITS – MONEY THE GOVERNMENT PAYS TO RETIRED
WORKERS SO THEY CAN HAVE AN INCOME TO PAY FOR THEIR LIVING
EXPENSES
4. THIS HELPS PROTECT AMERICANS FROM UNEMPLOYMENT, A MAJOR
PROBLEM DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION
SS8H8c
Discuss the impact of
the political career of
Eugene Talmadge.
Concept:
Individuals – Groups - Institutions
EUGENE TALMADGE: GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA
WAS POPULAR
AMONG RURAL
FARMERS –
COUNTY UNIT
SYSTEM HELPED
GET HIM
ELECTED
WAS AGAINST
FDR’s NEW DEAL
PROGRAMS –
WHICH ACTUALLY
HURT RURAL
FARMERS
WAS A WHITE
SUPREMACIST –
TRIED TO FIRE
THOSE WHO
SUPPORTED
INTEGRATION OF
SCHOOLS