Flappers, Depression &
Global War
1920 - 1945
Mrs. Deck
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• SS8H8 The student will analyze the important
events that occurred after World War I and their
impact on Georgia.
• a. Describe the impact of the boll weevil and drought
on Georgia.
• b. Explain economic factors that resulted in the
Great Depression.
• c. Discuss the impact of the political career of
Eugene Talmadge.
• d. 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.
The Impact of the Boll Weevil
The Destruction of King Cotton
• Appeared in
______ Georgia in
1915 and spread
______ the state.
• 1914 =
________cotton
bales produced
• 1924 =
____________
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The Big Drought
• In 1924, Georgia farmers were his with
another natural disaster – a major
_______. The sun-baked fields slowed
down the destruction of the _______ but
the drought ruined all of Georgia’s other
______. Over __________ farm workers
left Georgia between 1920 and 1925 and the
number of working farms greatly depleted.
When farms _____, banks were not able to
get bank money loaned from them and banks
began to _______. Many other farmrelated _________________ had to close.
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1. What impact did the
Boll Weevil and the
drought of the 1920’s
have on Georgians?
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Economic Factors that Resulted
in the Great Depression
1.
2.
3.
4.
Bank _______
_______ Bust
_______ on Goods
Stock Market
______________
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Bank Loans & Agricultural Bust
• People took out loans
in the ______ and
produced way too
much _____. Over
production of
________ products
caused the demand to
fall and farmers were
not making ______ on
their goods. They
could not pay banks
______. Many banks
went out of business
___________.
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Tariffs on Goods
* After WWI people
wanted to _____
with other ______
but in order to repay
war debts the U.S.
put _____ on goods.
No one could afford
to buy the goods and
the U.S. did not
make______ to
repay war ______.
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2. What economic factors led
to the Great Depression?
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Life During the Depression
• 1 out of ____ Americans were _______
• There was no ______ or __________
• If you didn’t have money – you didn’t
have a ______ and you couldn’t ______
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3. What government aids did
the people during the 1930’s
not have that would have
made the Depression easier?
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FDR & the New Deal
• When Roosevelt took office the whole
world was in a ________________.
He gathered a group of experts from
around the country and began
formulating recovery plans. Some plans
effected _________, some effected
loaning banks ______. Collectively, the
plans were called the “_______”.
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The New Deal
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AAA – ________________________
REA – ________________________
CCC – ________________________
WPA – Works Programs Administration
The Social Security Act – System for
_______ and _____________
• Labor and the New Deal
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Impact of the CCC Corp
• The Civilian Conservation Corp was a public
works program that put more than ________
young men and adults to work building roads
and trails in ______, building conservation
_____, building _______, planting trees,
draining swamps, replanting grazing land,
renovating _______ buildings and stringing
____________ lines.
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Impact of the CCC Corp
The CCC impact in Georgia is measured by the
structures still standing and the stories of the ones
that have passed. _________ Mountain NBF, Cloudland
Canyon, Fort Mountain, Vogel, Unicoi, Moccasin Creek,
Hard Labor Creek, ____________ - Chattanooga
National Military Park, Lake Conasauga, the Pocket, and
Lake Winfield Scott, bear structures created by the
Corps. ____________ Bald, and The __________
Trail, including the shelter on Blood Mountain and an inn
at Neels Gap now known as Walesiyi are also part of the
legacy.
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Impact of the CCC Corp
Even the Courthouse in Stewart County, Georgia. Lumpkin, Ga 
AAA
• Its purpose was to
increase the ______ of
crops. The government
paid _______ for the
crops they didn’t grow
(called ________),
therefore, fewer
products were out there
– thus _________
demand and price.
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Impact of the Agricultural
Adjustment Act
• In Georgia, the federal government paid
farmers to plant ______ cotton as a
means of restricting the ______ and
driving up the ________.
• This did serve to _________ the price
of cotton but mostly helped the large
scale ________ growers. It did little
to help the ______________.
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REA
Rural Electrification
* The Rural Electrification Act of 1936
provided federal loans for installation
of __________ distribution systems to
serve ____ areas of the United States.
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4. How did people take baths, wash
clothes, keep food refrigerated and
process foods before electricity?
5. What electrical devises helped
farmers out with their daily lives?
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Social Security
• Takes money out of
your ______ to save
for when you get
_____. A system
established for
___________ or for
the inability to work.
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6. What do you think happened
to people before 1935 when
they got too old to work?
7. What do you think happened
to individuals who had mental
problems or who were disabled
before 1935?
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Eugene Talmadge
• Governor of Georgia from
_____________
• Dramatic/fiery politician
• Compared himself to
__________– especially
when trying to get
_______votes
• He “stumped the state” and
carried a ______ on which
he God Almighty and Eugene
Herman Talmadge.
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Eugene Talmadge
• Conservative White Supremacist
who disliked the Federal
government coming in to give
Georgia economic relief
• Tried to rid the state of Neal
Deal programs – so the Federal
government had to come in to
enforce the programs
• Fired everyone that did not
support him and would declare
Martial Law – bringing in the
National Guard to arrest and
seize people he wanted out of
office and arrest strikers
• After two terms he ran for
Senator and was soundly
defeated by Richard B. Russell.
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8. What are the different ways in which
Eugene Talmadge proved himself to be
crazy?
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