Key Terms
Causes & Coping
The Dust Bowl
The Depression & GA
The New Deal
100
This term refers to a shanty town mockingly named after former US president Herbert Hoover.
Hooverville
100
This is generally considered to be the cause of the Great Depression.
The Stock Market Crash of 1929.
100
What is pictured below?
A Black Blizzard
100
What is a boll weevill?
An insect that eats the cotton boll (white fluffy part)
100
What president established the New Deal?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
200
This term means to owe money.
Debt
200
How did a large accumulation of debt impact Americans during the Great Depression?
Americans were unable to pay back their debts after the economy collapsed.
200
What caused the Dust Bowl?
Drought & poor farming practices
200
What happened as a result of the boll weevil infestation?
Georgia was forced to produce crops other than cotton like peaches, peanuts, etc.
200
What were the 3 goals of the New Deal?
1. Reduce Unemployment
2. Provide Relief for the needy
3. Prevent another economic collapse
300
This term refers to the wearing away of soil. This was a major problem during the Dust Bowl.
Erosion
300
Fill in the blank:
______ failed and people lost their life savings.
Banks
300
What ended the Dust Bowl?
The drought ended & farming practices improved.
300
What were the 1920s like for many Rural Georgians?
Rural Georgia did not experience the economic boom due to the agricultural crisis.
300
What is the only New Deal program we discussed that is still active today?
The Social Security Administration
400
This term refers to increase variety of something. This is was GA farmers did after the cotton crop failed.
Diversification
400
How did overproduction harm the economy?
The surplus decreased the price of goods, which caused companies to reduce the number of jobs they offered.
400
What term derogatorily refers to migrants fleeing the dust bowl?
Okies
400
Why did Talmadge oppose the New Deal?
(2 reasons)
1. Felt it gave the federal gov't too much power.
2. Felt it was too equitable between African Americans and Whites
400
What is the AAA? What did it do?
Agricultural Adjustment Act, paid farmers to diversify their crops.
500
This term refers to a line of trees and shrubs planted around farm fields to block the wind. These were used to combat the effects of the dust bowl.
Shelterbelt
500
This tarriff harmed trade and slowed the economy.
The Smoot-Hawley Tariff
500
What book, written by John Steinbeck, is about the experience of the dust bowl?
The Grapes of Wrath
500
What was the Little White House?
FDR's home in the GA mountains where he was treated for his polio.
500
How old did a man need to be to get employment from the CCC?
18-25