Unit 6: Early 20th Century Georgia
Lesson 1: The Great Depression
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Standard - SS8H8: The student will analyze the important events that occurred after World War I and their
impact on Georgia.
Element a.: Describe the impact of the boll weevil and drought on Georgia.
Element b.: Explain economic factors that resulted in the Great Depression.
Element c.: Discuss the impact of the political career of Eugene Talmadge.
Element 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.
Verbs
Nouns
Lesson 1 – The Great Depression – Key Vocabulary
Boll Weevil
Drought
Great Depression
Eugene Talmadge
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New Deal
Civilian Conservation Corps
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Rural Electrification
Social Security
E.Q. – How did forces of nature affect the economy of Georgia?
E.Q. – How did state and national political policies influence the growth and development of Georgia and the
future of politics in the state?
Vocab. Term
Boll Weevil
Definition/Description
Information/Notes (5 W’s and H):
Analysis Question
What impact did the Boll Weevil have on cotton
crops in Georgia?
How did the Boll Weevil negatively impact the
economy of the Southern United States?
Drought
Information/Notes (5 W’s and H):
What impact did the droughts of the 1920’s have
on Georgia’s farmers and the overall economy of
the South?
Great Depression
Information/Notes (5 W’s and H):
How did the economic troubles of the 1920’s
(stock speculation, stock market crash, bank
closures, etc.) lead to the Great Depression?
Eugene Talmadge
Information/Notes (5 W’s and H):
What impact did Eugene Talmadge have on GA
during the Great Depression?
What impact did FDR have on GA during the
Great Depression?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
(FDR)
Information/Notes (5 W’s and H):
Compare and contrast Talmadge and Franklin
D. Roosevelt’s opinions on government
assistance in GA during the Great Depression
New Deal
Information/Notes (5 W’s and H):
What effect did FDR’s New Deal have on GA
and the United States during the Great
Depression?
Civilian Conservation
Corps (CCC)
Information/Notes (5 W’s and H):
What effect did the CCC have on GA and the
United States during the Great Depression?
Agricultural
Adjustment Act
(AAA)
Information/Notes (5 W’s and H):
What effect did the AAA have on GA and the
United States during the Great Depression?
Rural Electrification
Administration (REA)
Information/Notes (5 W’s and H):
What effect did the REA have on GA and the
United States during the Great Depression?
Social Security
Information/Notes (5 W’s and H):
What effect did Social Security have on GA and
the United States during the Great Depression?
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Essential Question #1: How did forces of nature affect the economy of Georgia?
Essential Question #2: How did state and national political policies influence the growth and development of Georgia and the
future of politics in the state?