2. SS8H8a Describe the impact of the boll weevil and drought on Georgia.
Concepts:
Location
Production – Distribution - Consumption 2 2

5. BOLL WEEVIL CAUSE EFFECT *Migrated from Mexico
*Infested cotton growing areas in the 1920s
CAUSE
*Beetle
Feeds on cotton
Agricultural pest
BOLL WEEVIL
Destroyed cotton crops decreasing production
Sharecroppers lost their jobs, some moved north
Helped diversify agriculture
EFFECT

7. EFFECT DROUGHT 1924-1927 DROUGHT IN GEORGIA
Lack of rainfall over extended period of time
DROUGHT
Food shortage
Farmers went into debt
Sharecroppers move to urban areas
Agricultural related businesses struggle
EFFECT
DROUGHT IN GEORGIA

10. SS8H8b Explain economic factors that resulted in the Great Depression.
Concept:
Production – Distribution - Consumption 10 10

11. 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!

12. AND THEN IT
ALL CHANGED

13. THE GREAT DEPRESSION
THE 1930s

14. ECONOMIC FACTORS OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION
TOO MUCH CREDIT
Americans borrowing money from banks, getting into debt
OVER PRODUCTION
Farmers and Businesses made too many products that did not get sold
STOCK MARKET CRASH
Banks, Businesses, and Investors all lost money
GREAT DEPRESSION
Unemployment was 25%, economy was weak
ECONOMIC FACTORS OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION

15. OVERPRODUCTION OF INDUSTRIAL AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

16. ECONOMIC FACTORS OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION
TOO MUCH CREDIT
Americans borrowing money from banks, getting into debt
OVER PRODUCTION
Farmers and Businesses made too many products that did not get sold
STOCK MARKET CRASH
Banks, Businesses, and Investors all lost money
GREAT DEPRESSION
Unemployment was 25%, economy was weak
ECONOMIC FACTORS OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION

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18. ECONOMIC FACTORS OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION
TOO MUCH CREDIT
Americans borrowing money from banks, getting into debt
OVER PRODUCTION
Farmers and Businesses made too many products that did not get sold
STOCK MARKET CRASH
Banks, Businesses, and Investors all lost money
GREAT DEPRESSION
Unemployment was 25%, economy was weak
ECONOMIC FACTORS OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION

19. THE GREAT DEPRESSION
THE 1930s

20. Concepts: Location Production – Distribution - Consumption
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 20 20

22. 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

24. 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.

25. WHAT IS SOCIAL SECURITY?
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TAKES MONEY OUT OF A WORKER’S PAYCHECK THROUGH A PAYROLL TAX CALLED: FICA (FEDERAL INCOME CONTRIBUTIONS ACT)
THAT MONEY IS THEN PUT INTO A SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND
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
THIS HELPS PROTECT AMERICANS FROM UNEMPLOYMENT, A MAJOR PROBLEM DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION

26. SS8H8c Discuss the impact of the political career of Eugene Talmadge.
Concept:
Individuals – Groups - Institutions 26 26

27. *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

30. THE ROARING 20s – AMERICANS BECOME RICH

31. 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.