Georgia and WW1
The year the United States entered WW1
1917
This president promised a "return to normalcy" after World War I.
Warren G. Harding.
Name the insect pest that devastated Georgia's cotton crops beginning in the 1910s.
The boll weevil.
What major event in October 1929 signaled the start of the Great Depression?
The Stock Market Crash of October 1929
Name one of the three main goals of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal.
Relief, Recovery, Reform (any one).
Name one of the important military bases or training camps located in Georgia during WW1
Fort McPherson, Camp Benning, Camp Stewart
What manufacturing change and new method made consumer goods more widely available and affordable in the 1920s?
Mass production / assembly-line methods (e.g., Henry Ford's methods)
During the 1920s and 1930s droughts, about how many farm workers left Georgia?
Over 375,000(farm workers).
Name two social consequences Georgians faced during the Great Depression.
Foreclosures and evictions; homelessness; hunger; massive unemployment / job loss.
Give one program of the New Deal that helped young men find jobs and describe one type of work they did.
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC): employed young men to build parks, plant trees, create flood control and conservation projects.
Approximately how many Georgians served in the armed forces during World War I?
About 100,000
Define "buying on margin" in one sentence
Buying on margin: purchasing stock using borrowed money, paying only a portion up front.
Give two ways Georgians tried to save cotton crops from the boll weevil.
Removing boll weevils by hand; setting traps; using pesticides.
Define a "margin call" in the context of stock market buying on margin.
A margin call is a demand by a broker that an investor deposit more money or sell stock to cover losses when the stock price falls.
What federal program provided loans to bring electricity to rural areas of Georgia?
Rural Electrification Administration (or Rural Electric Administration).
Give two civilian contributions Georgians made on the home front to support the war effort.
Buying war bonds; rationing; growing victory gardens; volunteering for war drives.
List two problems that arose in the 1920s because of widespread consumer credit and overproduction.
Overuse of credit leading to personal bankruptcies; overproduction causing falling prices and reduced farmer income; risky speculation in stocks.
Describe two economic effects droughts and boll weevils had on Georgia's rural communities (banks, farms, businesses, or population).
Farms were abandoned or foreclosed; banks failed as loans were not repaid; farm-related businesses closed; many rural families migrated to cities or other states.
Describe how bank failures were linked to the agricultural problems of the 1920s and early 1930s.
Falling crop prices left farmers unable to repay loans, causing rural banks to collapse; those bank failures reduced credit for businesses and consumers, deepening the economic slump.
Describe Governor Eugene Talmadge’s general stance toward New Deal programs and one action he took while governor.
Talmadge opposed most New Deal programs; he refused many federal programs, cut state spending, reduced property taxes and utility rates, and removed college officials who supported integration
Explain one major worldwide consequence that followed World War I and is mentioned as creating future challenges in Europe.
Treaty of Versailles that punished Germany, which later created political and economic problems leading to future conflict.
By approximately what percent did the stock market lose its value after the October 1929 crash, according to the documents?
About 89% loss
Explain how overproduction in agriculture contributed to falling prices and bank failures in Georgia.
Overproduction increased supply while demand fell, causing prices to drop; farmers couldn't repay loans; rural banks failed, spreading financial instability.
Explain why consumer confidence is important for a healthy economy and how its collapse worsened the Depression.
Consumer confidence influences spending and investment; when confidence collapses people spend less, businesses produce less, layoffs rise, and the economy contracts further.
Explain how Governor E.D. Rivers' approach to New Deal funding differed from Talmadge’s and named two areas Rivers used federal funds to improve in Georgia.
Rivers accepted New Deal funding; he secured millions in federal funds for public housing, rural electrification, and doubled state spending on education (or increased education funding).