Dates
The first appearance of the boll weevil.
1915.
Who proposed the New Deal?
FDR.
What caused US to enter WW1?
Germans sank an American ship.
What was the outcome of farmers not diversifying their crops?
Boll weevil, overproduction, and drought.
Why did Franklin D. Roosevelt visit GA frequently?
He was tied to Warm Springs because of his polio.
When was the US brought into WW1.
1917.
Designed to pull Ga out of the Great Depression.
New Deal.
What was the main cause of the Great Depression?
Stock Market Crash of 1929.
What was the outcome of WW1?
Military facilities were built.
Most controversial Georgian political leader during 1926-1946.
Eugene Talmadge.
What year did Franklin D. Roosevelt become president?
1932.
Offered loans to organizations to build power lines in rural areas.
Rural Election Administration.
What was the outcome of the New Deal?
It helped those who struggled from the Great Depression.
Small family gardens were also called. . .
Victory Gardens.
When did World War 1 begin and end?
1914-1918.
What created insurance for the elderly, unemployed, and disabled.
Social Security Administration.
What was the outcome of the Stock Market Crash of 1929?
The Great Depression.
Mass migration of African American sharecroppers.
The Great Migration.
When was the New Deal proposed?
1933.
Legislation that setup a system that paid farmer to diversify their crops.
Agriculture Adjustment Act.
What happened in GA once the boll weevil and drought occurred?
Destroyed cotton and lack of water for crops.
About how many Georgians served in WW1?
100,000.