Agriculture
____ the most common crop at the time?
What is cotton?
The ___ depression hit Mississippians especially hard.
What is the Great Depression?
Mississippi's main industry.
What is agriculture?
Almost all farm households had _____'s with vegetables and etc.
What is a garden?
It started forcing ___ families into deep poverty, debt , illness, hunger, and despair.
Who are farm families?
What is Three-Year?
___ pickers are machines that picks the cotton?
What is a cotton picker?
In April 1932 the Jackson Clarion-Ledger reported that the Delta State Teachers College dining hall offered a full dinner for ___ cents.
What is 20 cents?
During the 1930s several ____ were built in Mississippi as cities were trying to focus on economic development
What is factories?
When WW2 struck the number of farms went down __%?
What is 10%?
In April 1932 the Jackson Clarion-Ledger reported that the Delta State Teachers College dining hall offered a full breakfast for ___ cents
What is 10 cents?
The number of jobs in lumbering, fishing, manufacturing, and railroading dropped from 52,000 in 1929 to ____ in 1932, and payrolls dropped from $42 million to $14 million.
What is 28,000?
In 1932 1/_ of the land area in Mississippi was auctioned for unpaid taxes.
What is 1/4 ?
Between 19__ and 1932, 1,165 small plants, more than 800 of them sawmills, ceased operations.
What is 1929?