WW1
What is an intense devotion/loyalty to one's own country or nation called?
Nationalism (Patriotism is acceptable)
What was the dominant crop that Georgia Farmers grew in the 1910s and 20s
Cotton
A local charity where people would line up in order to get free food
Soup Kitchen
Brought electricity to rural areas
REA - Rural Electrification Act
Elected President in the middle of the Great Depression and offered citizens a "New Deal"
FDR
The sinking of this ship led to the U.S joining WW1
Lusitania
As a result of cotton production decreasing where did farmers relocate
Into big cities (especially in the North)
Farmer continuing to grow cotton to extreme levels that the price of cotton fell is an example of...
Overproduction
Fought against overproduction on farms and encouraged farmers to diversify their crops
AAA - Agricultural Adjustment Act
The name of the shanty towns during the great depression
Hoovervilles
What is something Georgia Factories provided to the warfront
Canned goods, bandages, and blankets, uniforms
This insect planted its larvae into the cotton bolls and its spawn ate the cotton destroying cotton in the south
Boll Weevil
What event occurred on October 29, 1929 also known as Black Tuesday
Stock Market Crash
Still around today this provided retirement insurance to elderly people
Social Security - SSA
Name of Georgia Governor who opposed the New Deal
Eugene Talmadge
What did Georgia citizens grow in order to save on rations?
Victory Gardens
This weather effect caused a tremendous lack of rain for extended period of time, devastating agriculture in America
Severe Drought
Severe Droughts in the Midwest combined with strong wind led to...
Dust Bowl
Employed men between 18-25, and they built roads, planted forests, and worked irrigation and national park projects
CCC - Civilian Conservation Corp
The name of the message sent to Mexico by Germany in attempt to convince them to fight the U.S. This was intercepted by Great Britain and led to U.S joining WW1
Zimmerman Telegraph
This person was President of the United States during the start of the Great Depression
Herbert Hoover
Farmers eventually diversified their crops by growing...
Peanuts, Peaches, raising poultry, and other edible crops
a rapid, out of control increase in prices, where inflation reaches over 50% in a single month. This makes goods unaffordable and currency worthless.
Hyperinflation
Where did FDR go in order to seek treatment and see how the Depression effected GA?
Little White House (Warm Springs, Ga)
Train Soldiers, hold POWs and treat injured soldiers