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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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.