Flappers, Depression

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Flappers, Depression Global War1920 - 1945

• Mrs. Deck

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• SS8H8 The student will analyze the important
  events that occurred after World War I and their
  impact on Georgia.
• a. Describe the impact of the boll weevil and
  drought on Georgia.
• b. Explain economic factors that resulted in the
  Great Depression.
• c. Discuss the impact of the political career of
  Eugene Talmadge.
• d. Discuss the effect of the New Deal in terms of
  the impact of the Civilian Conservation Corps,
  Agricultural Adjustment Act, rural
  electrification, and Social Security.

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The Impact of the Boll WeevilThe Destruction of
King Cotton

• Appeared in ______ Georgia in 1915 and spread
  ______ the state.
• 1914 ________cotton bales produced
• 1924 ____________

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The Big Drought

• In 1924, Georgia farmers were his with another
  natural disaster a major _______. The
  sun-baked fields slowed down the destruction of
  the _______ but the drought ruined all of
  Georgias other ______. Over __________ farm
  workers left Georgia between 1920 and 1925 and
  the number of working farms greatly depleted.
  When farms _____, banks were not able to get bank
  money loaned from them and banks began to
  _______. Many other farm-related
  _________________ had to close.

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• 1. What impact did the Boll Weevil and the
  drought of the 1920s have on Georgians?

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Economic Factors that Resulted in the Great
Depression

• Bank _______
• _______ Bust
• _______ on Goods
• Stock Market ______________

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Bank Loans Agricultural Bust

• People took out loans in the ______ and produced
  way too much _____. Over production of ________
  products caused the demand to fall and farmers
  were not making ______ on their goods. They
  could not pay banks ______. Many banks went out
  of business ___________.

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Tariffs on Goods

• After WWI people wanted to _____ with other
  ______ but in order to repay war debts the U.S.
  put _____ on goods. No one could afford to buy
  the goods and the U.S. did not make______ to
  repay war ______.

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• 2. What economic factors led to the Great
  Depression?

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Life During the Depression

• 1 out of ____ Americans were _______
• There was no ______ or __________
• If you didnt have money you didnt have a
  ______ and you couldnt ______

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• 3. What government aids did the people during
  the 1930s not have that would have made the
  Depression easier?

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FDR the New Deal

• When Roosevelt took office the whole world was in
  a ________________. He gathered a group of
  experts from around the country and began
  formulating recovery plans. Some plans effected
  _________, some effected loaning banks ______.
  Collectively, the plans were called the _______.

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The New Deal

• AAA ________________________
• REA ________________________
• CCC ________________________
• WPA Works Programs Administration
• The Social Security Act System for _______ and
  _____________
• Labor and the New Deal

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Impact of the CCC Corp
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• The Civilian Conservation Corp was a public works
  program that put more than ________ young men and
  adults to work building roads and trails in
  ______, building conservation _____, building
  _______, planting trees, draining swamps,
  replanting grazing land, renovating _______
  buildings and stringing ____________ lines.

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Impact of the CCC Corp
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• The CCC impact in Georgia is measured by the
  structures still standing and the stories of the
  ones that have passed. _________ Mountain NBF,
  Cloudland Canyon, Fort Mountain, Vogel, Unicoi,
  Moccasin Creek, Hard Labor Creek, ____________ -
  Chattanooga National Military Park, Lake
  Conasauga, the Pocket, and Lake Winfield Scott,
  bear structures created by the Corps.
  ____________ Bald, and The __________ Trail,
  including the shelter on Blood Mountain and an
  inn at Neels Gap now known as Walesiyi are also
  part of the legacy.

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Impact of the CCC Corp
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• Even the Courthouse in Stewart County, Georgia.
  Lumpkin, Ga ?

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AAA

• Its purpose was to increase the ______ of crops.
  The government paid _______ for the crops they
  didnt grow (called ________), therefore, fewer
  products were out there thus _________ demand
  and price.

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Impact of the Agricultural Adjustment Act

• In Georgia, the federal government paid farmers
  to plant ______ cotton as a means of restricting
  the ______ and driving up the ________.
• This did serve to _________ the price of cotton
  but mostly helped the large scale ________
  growers. It did little to help the
  ______________.

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REARural Electrification

• The Rural Electrification Act of 1936 provided
  federal loans for installation of __________
  distribution systems to serve ____ areas of the
  United States.

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• 4. How did people take baths, wash clothes, keep
  food refrigerated and process foods before
  electricity?
• 5. What electrical devises helped farmers out
  with their daily lives?

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Social Security

• Takes money out of your ______ to save for when
  you get _____. A system established for
  ___________ or for the inability to work.

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• 6. What do you think happened to people before
  1935 when they got too old to work?
• 7. What do you think happened to individuals who
  had mental problems or who were disabled before
  1935?

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Eugene Talmadge

• Governor of Georgia from _____________
• Dramatic/fiery politician
• Compared himself to __________ especially when
  trying to get _______votes
• He stumped the state and carried a ______ on
  which he God Almighty and Eugene Herman Talmadge.

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Eugene Talmadge

• Conservative White Supremacist who disliked the
  Federal government coming in to give Georgia
  economic relief
• Tried to rid the state of Neal Deal programs so
  the Federal government had to come in to enforce
  the programs
• Fired everyone that did not support him and would
  declare Martial Law bringing in the National
  Guard to arrest and seize people he wanted out of
  office and arrest strikers
• After two terms he ran for Senator and was
  soundly defeated by Richard B. Russell.

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• 8. What are the different ways in which Eugene
  Talmadge proved himself to be crazy?

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