SS8h8 Analyze the important events after World War I and their impact on Georgia

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Post-World War I World War II Georgia

• SS8h8 Analyze the important events after World
  War I and their impact on Georgia
• SS8H9 Describe the impact of World War II on
  Georgias development economically, socially, and
  politically

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The Great Depression

• Take notes while watching the video and complete
  a table like the one below. Include two entries
  under each heading.

Economic Problems in GA (1920s) Economic Problems in the U.S. (1930s) Ways GA Coped with the Depression Steps toward Recovery
Boll weevil Factories banks closing Trading with goods New Deal
Low cotton prices Job losses no money Neighbors helping WWII
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Boll Weevil

• How did the boll weevil impact Georgia?
• Drastically reduced the states cotton crop
• Millions of African-Americans moved to northern
  cities
• Many sharecroppers and tenant farmers moved to
  Georgia cities
• Forced Georgians to diversify their economy

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Drought

• How did drought impact Georgia?
• Severely impacted Georgia farmers ability to
  produce agricultural products
• Georgia began to suffer from a depression long
  before the rest of the United States

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Great Depression Causes

• Bank Failures
• Too many bank customers tried to withdraw their
  money so banks ran out and there was no insurance
  protecting deposits
• Many people lost their life savings
• Reduction in Purchasing
• The average consumer stopped purchasing goods
• Companies in turn lowered their production rates
  so many consumers lost their jobs and had no
  money to spend
• Overproduction of Agricultural Products
• Many farmers overproduced which led to a drop in
  prices and limited the profit margins of farmers

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Eugene Talmadge

• Who was Eugene Talmadge?
• Important Georgia politician
• What positions did he hold in Georgias
  government throughout his political career?
• Commissioner of Agriculture governor of Georgia
• When did he serve as governor of Georgia?
• 1932-1936 1940-1942 (elected in 1946, but died
  before taking office)
• Where did he receive most of his political
  support from in Georgia?
• Rural areas (very popular with rural Georgians)

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Eugene Talmadge

• Why do historians often debate if his policies
  did more harm than good?
• Fought against Roosevelts New Deal policies and
  opposed his re-nomination in 1936
• Caused all white colleges in Georgia in to lose
  their accreditation when he forced two UGA
  faculty members to be fired for supporting
  integration
• How did he impact Georgia?
• Balanced the states budget
• Lowered the utility rate
• Reduced the price of auto tags
• Reorganized the state highway board

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New Deal

• Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
• Hired over 3 million unemployed young men to work
  on public service projects, including erosion
  control, flood prevention, and public parks
• Planted over 22 million trees and built or
  improved several state parks, including
  Chickamauga, Kennesaw Mountain, A.H. Stephens,
  and Hard Labor Creek, in Georgia
• Rural Electrification (REA)
• Brought electricity to all parts of the country,
  including rural Georgia
• 25 increase in the number of rural households
  that had electricity, and for a reasonable price

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New Deal

• Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
• Paid farmers not to grow crops that were being
  overproduced, such as cotton and tobacco, and
  driving prices down
• Caused the price of agriculture products to rise
• Often harmed sharecroppers and tenant farmers
  because landowners would keep the money for
  themselves and not distribute it to those who
  lived and worked the land
• Social Security (SSA)
• Offered benefits to those over 65, those who were
  disabled, or those who were the survivors of a
  beneficiary who had died
• Still running today

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World War II

• Lend-Lease Act
• 1. What was the Lend-Lease Act?
• Passed in 1941
• Allowed the U.S. to send billions of dollars
  worth of supplies and military equipment to the
  United Kingdom, France, the Soviet Union, and
  China in exchange for U.S. base rights in these
  countries military bases
• 2. How did it lead to American involvement in
  World War II?
• Even though America officially stayed out of the
  war until December 1941, the U.S. was anything
  but neutral and lent support to the Allies
  throughout the war

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World War II

• Bombing of Pearl Harbor
• 1. What was the bombing of Pearl Harbor?
• Japanese surprise air attack on the Navy base in
  Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941
• Over 2000 Americans were killed and the U.S. lost
  over 150 ships
• 2. How did it lead to American involvement in
  World War II?
• Changed the vast majority of opinion about the
  U.S. staying out of the war
• The next day the U.S. declared war on Japan
• Germany and Italy then declared war on the U.S.,
  which America did in turn

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Georgias Contributions During World War II

• List AND explain the ways that Georgia
  contributed to the war effort during World War
  II.
• Airplanes
• Over 650 B-29 bombers were produced at Bell
  Aircraft Company in Marietta
• Military Bases
• Trained and supplied the military and held
  thousands of enemy prisoners
• Fort Benning, near Columbus, was the largest and
  viewed as the best infantry facility in the U.S.
• Ships
• 187 liberty ships that were used to transport
  troops or supplies were built in shipyards at
  Savannah and Brunswick

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Georgias Contributions During World War II

• Explain the importance of BOTH Richard Russell
  and Carl Vinson before, during, and after World
  War II.
• Richard Russell
• Governor of Georgia and U.S. senator for 38 years
• Advocated for a strong military during the 1930s
  and helped the U.S. prepare to fight in World War
  II
• Carl Vinson
• U.S. representative for 51 years and the Father
  of the Two Ocean Navy
• Advocated for a strong military, especially Navy,
  during the 1920s and 1930s

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Impact of the Holocaust on Georgians

• 1. What was the Holocaust?
• The systematic mass murder of over 6 million
  Jews, gypsies, homosexuals, and political
  dissidents by the Nazis in Europe
• 2. How did the Holocaust impact Georgians?
• Many Holocaust survivors moved to the state and
  their stories touched the lives of many Georgians
• Made some Georgians re-think their treatment of
  minorities in the state and look in the mirror
  and re-examine their racial practices

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Roosevelts Ties to Georgia

• 3. How was President Roosevelt tied (connected)
  to Georgia?
• He visited the state over 40 times and had a home
  in Warm Springs, known as the Little White
  House
• He exercised in the warm water pools of the
  spring to help ease the crippling effects of
  polio
• 4. How did President Roosevelt impact Georgia?
• Made several appearances and gave many speeches
  throughout the state
• His New Deal programs provided aid to many
  suffering from the effects of the Great Depression