Chapter 7 – Georgia Between the Wars

The student will analyze the important events that occurred after WWI and

their impact on Georgia. SS8H8

EQ’s

• What impact did the boll weevil and droughts have on Georgia? SS8H8a

• What economic factors resulted in the Great Depression?

The Boll Weevil and the Depression - Song

• Read 7.1 (pg. 89) and complete Voc. for 7.1. You will use the following words:

• Boll WeevilDroughts• Diversify Consumerism• Stocks Overproduction• Stock Market Crash• Black Tuesday• Great Depression• Great Migration

The Wrath of the Boll Weevil

• The Boll Weevil struck in the 1920s and hit Georgia farmers hard.

• Many of them lost their crops, their money, and their land!

• As farmers went under they were not able to repay loans and this mean hard times for banks and other businesses who depended on the farmers.

The Wrath of the Boll Weevil

• During this time many areas of Georgia suffered great droughts.

• As time went on more and more farmers left the farm and found jobs in the cities.

The Great Depression - video

Consumerism and Prosperity - video

• Though the South was going through some hard times the rest of the nation was enjoying prosperity and were spending more money than saving (consumerism).

• Installment plans and credit were becoming common.

• Investing the stock market was becoming popular.

Farmers and Overproduction

• Farmers were producing more than the population would buy and this was leading to a drop in costs.

• A drop in costs meant farmers weren’t making much of a profit and were borrowing money and generally making unwise financial decisions.

Black Tuesday

• October 29, 1929• Stock Market Crashed!• Beginning of the Great Depression!• Nearly ¼ of the nation was unemployed.• Banks closed – people lost money.

Depression in Georgia

• After Black Tuesday cotton prices fell fast and hard!• Many people left the farms to move to the city. Many

African Americans moved up north – Great Migration.• Many who remained on the farms were illiterate

farmers trapped in poverty.– In the 1930s fewer than 5% had electric lights or indoor

plumbing!– Lived in shacks– Many school closed because they couldn’t afford to stay

open and children had to go to work.

Section 7.1 Review• 1. What is a boll weevil?

– A. A farmer who refused to move to the city despite hard times economically– B. Someone who buys more than they save.– C. An insect that destroyed cotton crops in the South.– D. An African American who moved north during the 1920s and 30s

– 2. What impact did overproduction have on Georgia farmers?A. It raised farm prices and made them prosperous right before the Depression.B. It caused farm prices to drop and made it difficult for farmers to get out of

debt.C. It had little effect on farmers because most of them did not buy stocks.D. It almost wiped out farmers because most of them had diversified their crops.

3. What was the Great Depression, and what are three factors that helped cause it?

7.2 Eugene Talmadge, FDR, and the New Deal

7.2 Vocabulary pg. 92 – Should have answered on key terms.

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt• New Deal• Agricultural Adjustment Act• Subsidies• Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)• Social Security Act• Rural Electrification Administration (REA)• Eugene Talmadge

EQ’s – write inside folder

• 1. What impact did Eugene Talmadge have on Georgia?

• 2. How did the New Deal programs such as the Civilian Conservation Corps, Agricultural Adjustment Act, rural electrification Act, and Social Security effect Georgia?

Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the New Deal (write notes on paper) – video –

• In 1932 he was elected President of the US.• He was ready to use government regulation to try

and fix the economy.• He launched a series of programs called the

“New Deal”.• It did not end the depression but brought relief.

WWII ended the depression.• Watch 13 min. video FDR at Warm Springs – VHS

– plug in yellow cord

Governor Eugene Talmadge – write in notes

• Served 4 terms as governor!( he took a break between them)• He was known as the “Wildman from Sugar Creek” because

of his fiery speeches.• Appealed to rural farmers and often relied on the county unit

system to get reelected (he did not always win the popular vote).

• Opposed the New Deal because he felt the Federal Government should stay out of State Government and would make them too powerful! He and FDR did not get along!

• Strengthened racism in Georgia.• He died after he was elected to his fourth term but before he

began it.

The Agricultural Adjustment Act –

• This program paid farmers NOT to plant crops.• These payments were called subsidies.• It also encourage farmers to grow a variety of

crops and to raise livestock as opposed to cotton.

Civilian Conservation Corps

• A New Deal Program• Known as a CCC• Hired single men ages 17-23 to plant trees in

national forest, build trails, work on environmental conservation projects etc.

Social Security - video

• Introduced by FDR.• Provided unemployment.• Opposed by Georgia’s Governor, Eugene

Talmadge, the state legislature passed the SS Act and allowed GA to participate .

• This is the only New Deal program still around today!

Rural Electrification Administration - video

• The REA provided electricity to people who didn’t have any.

• Within 15 years most GA farm shad electricity.

7.2 Review• 1. What was the name of President Roosevelt’s series of

programs designed to help people during the Great Depression?– A. New Deal B. Great Migration– C. Consumerism D. Sugar Creek

– 2. Which of the following provided money for people who were out of work as well as retirement pay during and after the Great Depression?• A. The CCC B. The REA• C. The Agricultural Act D. Social Security

Classwork

• Work on your Portfolio 1 – 3.

• #4 Instructions – use the ½ page of white paper and make an illustration about each of the 4 New Deal programs (CCC, REA, Social Security, and Agricultural Adjustment Act). Make sure you label each flyer and that the illustration conveys how the program helped Americans. (EX. REA – draw a picture of electric poles coming to farms)