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SS8H8a
Describe the impact of the boll weevil and drought on
Georgia.
Concepts:Location
Production – Distribution - Consumption
1924-1927 DROUGHT IN GEORGIA
SS8H8b
Explain economic factors that resulted
in the Great Depression.
Concept:Production – Distribution - Consumption
THE ROARING 20s – AMERICANS BECOME RICHThe 1920s were an age of dramatic social and political change. For the first time, more Americans lived in cities than on farms. The nation’s total wealth more than doubled between 1920 and 1929, and this economic growth swept many Americans into an affluent but unfamiliar “consumer society.” People from coast to coast bought the same goods (thanks to nationwide advertising and the spread of chain stores), listened to the same music, did the same dances and even used the same slang!
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THE GREAT DEPRESSION
THE 1930s
ECONOMIC FACTORS OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION
OVERPRODUCTION OF INDUSTRIAL AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
ECONOMIC FACTORS OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION
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ECONOMIC FACTORS OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
THE 1930s
SS8H8d
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.
Concepts:Location
Production – Distribution - Consumption
AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT
ACT
FARMERS ARE SUBSIDIZED (GOV’T PAYS
FARMERS NOT TO GROW CROPS) IN
ORDER TO REDUCE THE
SUPPLY, WHICH WOULD INCREASE
THE PRICE OF CROPS, THUS
INCREASING THE PROFIT FOR
FARMERS
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION (REA)
IN THE 1930s, ONLY 10% OF THE POPULATION IN RURAL AREAS HAD ELECTRICITY, COMPARED TO 90% OF THE POPULATION IN URBAN AREAS. WHY? ELECTRIC COMPANIES CLAIMED IT WAS TOO EXPENSIVE TO BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE (TELEPHONE POLES, POWER LINES, AND POWER STATIONS) TO PROVIDE ELECTRICITY OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT KNEW WHAT IT WAS LIKE FOR RURAL GEORGIANS TO BE WITHOUT ELECTRICITY BECAUSE HE HAD A HOME KNOWN AS “THE LITTLE WHITE HOUSE” IN WARM SPRINGS, GEORGIA THAT HE USED TO HELP TREAT HIS POLIO MEDICAL CONDITION. SO, ONE OF THE NEW DEAL PROGRAMS HE CREATED WAS THE RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION (REA), WHICH IMPROVED THE LIVING CONDITIONS IN RURAL AREAS OF AMERICA.
WHAT IS SOCIAL
SECURITY?
1. THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TAKES MONEY OUT OF A WORKER’S PAYCHECK THROUGH A PAYROLL TAX CALLED: FICA (FEDERAL INCOME CONTRIBUTIONS ACT)
2. THAT MONEY IS THEN PUT INTO A SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND
3. WHEN WORKERS REACH THE AGE OF 62 THEY CAN APPLY FOR SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS – MONEY THE GOVERNMENT PAYS TO RETIRED WORKERS SO THEY CAN HAVE AN INCOME TO PAY FOR THEIR LIVING EXPENSES
4. THIS HELPS PROTECT AMERICANS FROM UNEMPLOYMENT, A MAJOR PROBLEM DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION
SS8H8c
Discuss the impact of the political
career of Eugene Talmadge.
Concept:Individuals – Groups - Institutions
WAS POPULAR AMONG RURAL
FARMERS – COUNTY UNIT
SYSTEM HELPED GET HIM ELECTED
WAS AGAINST FDR’s NEW DEAL
PROGRAMS – WHICH ACTUALLY
HURT RURAL FARMERS
WAS A WHITE SUPREMACIST – TRIED TO FIRE THOSE WHO SUPPORTED
INTEGRATION OF SCHOOLS
EUGENE TALMADGE: GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkzoAhAS0Kg
http://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/videos#1920s-inventions
THE ROARING 20s – AMERICANS BECOME RICH
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION (REA)
IN THE 1930s, ONLY 10% OF THE POPULATION IN RURAL AREAS HAD ELECTRICITY, COMPARED TO 90% OF THE POPULATION IN URBAN AREAS. WHY? ELECTRIC COMPANIES CLAIMED IT WAS TOO EXPENSIVE TO BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE (TELEPHONE POLES, POWER LINES, AND POWER STATIONS) TO PROVIDE ELECTRICITY OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT KNEW WHAT IT WAS LIKE FOR RURAL GEORGIANS TO BE WITHOUT ELECTRICITY BECAUSE HE HAD A HOME KNOWN AS “THE LITTLE WHITE HOUSE” IN WARM SPRINGS, GEORGIA THAT HE USED TO HELP TREAT HIS POLIO MEDICAL CONDITION. SO, ONE OF THE NEW DEAL PROGRAMS HE CREATED WAS THE RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION (REA), WHICH IMPROVED THE LIVING CONDITIONS IN RURAL AREAS OF AMERICA.
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