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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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.
The Destruction of King Cotton
a. Describe the impact of the boll weevil and drought on Georgia
• Disliked public welfare and tried to rid the state of the New Deal programs
• Elected to a second term in 1934
• Elected again 1940
• Softened his view on the New Deal and used modified versions of New Deal legislation
• Tried to interfere with integration of the University of Georgia and cost Georgia’s white colleges their accreditation
The New Deal
Discuss the effect of the New Deal
• 1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt elected
president
• New Deal: Roosevelt’s plan to end the
depression
– Examined banks for soundness
– Give jobs to unemployed workers
– Tried to improve American’s lives
• Paved the way for recovery though all
programs did not work
Georgia and the New Deal
• NIRA: National Industrial Recovery Act – set minimum wage
• Textile mill owners did not like the minimum wage
• Stretch out: mill owners tried to make workers work longer, faster, or more tasks
• TVA: Tennessee Valley Authority – Blue Ridge Lake, Lake Chatuge, Lake Nottley built
• CCC: Civilian Conservation Corps – built many parks, sewer systems, bridges, etc.
• REA: Rural Electrification Authority – brought electric power to rural areas
New Deal
• Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC ) 1933 Provided jobs for young single men building forest trails and roads, building parks, and planting trees to reforest the land and control flooding.
• Rural electrification -- The REA loaned over $300 million to farmers’ cooperatives to help them extend their own power lines and buy power wholesale. This program was one on the most important and far-reaching of the New Deal programs. By 1940, a significant percentage of farmers in Georgia and other parts of the nation had electricity. Electric water pumps, lights,milking machines, and appliances made farm life much easier.
New Deal
• Under the Agricultural Adjustment Act, farm
subsidies (grants of money from the
government) went to property owners rather
than to the tenant farmers, who were
predominantly black.
• The Social Security Act was not designed to
provide an income for farm and household
workers, so African Americans working at those
• jobs were not covered.
African Americans During
the New Deal
• Did not benefit from many New Deal programs
• WPA: Works Public Administration – did employ many African Americans
• Roosevelt’s “Black Cabinet”: influential African Americans working with President Roosevelt:
– Mary McLeod Bethune
– Clark Foreman
– Robert Weaver
– William Hastie
Georgia’s New Deal
Governors
• Richard B. Russell
– Worked to reorganize state government like a successful
business
– Elected to U.S. Senate and served for 38 years
• Eugene Talmadge
– Did not like New Deal programs in Georgia
• Eurith “Ed” Rivers
– Worked with Roosevelt to increase New Deal spending in