SS8H8b: Economic Impacts of the Great Depression in Georgia

In 1914, Alabama produced 1.7 million bales of cotton, but three years later produced only 515,000, bales. Meanwhile, in Georgia, 5.2 million acres of land was dedicated for cotton production in 1914, but by 1923 there were just 2.6 million acres used for growing cotton.

What might BEST explain the situation represented in this passage?

• the end of sharecropping

• the popularity of polyester

• the making of the cotton gin

• the presence of the boll weevil

• Unstable economy
• Overproduction of agriculture products
• Instability of the Stock Market
• Tight monetary policy of the Federal Reserve

All of these items led directly to what event?

• World War I

• World War II

• Great Depression

• Baby Boom Generation

Georgia experienced a severe drought from 1924 to 1927. What conclusion can you make as to how the drought affected Georgia?

• It brought many northern investors to Georgia so that they could buy up large tracks of mostly empty farmland.

• It made rural farmers totally change the cash crops they grew to ones that required much smaller amounts of water.

• It totally changed Georgia’s economy from one that depended on cash crops to one that depended on manufacturing.

• It made the lives of rural farmers even more difficult, adding to the problems of the Great Depression and the boll weevil.

Looking at the graph, in what year did stock prices start to fall signaling the beginning of the Great Depression?

• 1921

• 1929

• 1932

• 1936

The event generally considered the START of the Great Depression in the United States was

• the end of World War I.

• the crash of the stock market.

• failure of the commodity market.

• the outbreak of the influenza epidemic.

Which TWO events caused an economic depression in Georgia before the Stock Market Crash of 1929?

• Boll Weevil

• Droughts

• Bank failures

• The start of World War I

Which crop did the the Boll Weevil destroy?

• Cotton

• Tobacco

• Silk

• Peaches

What were the long-term impacts of the Boll Weevil and droughts on Georgia's farming economy?

• Fewer acres were planted with cotton AND there were fewer people that farmed for a living

• More acres were planted with cotton AND more people became farmers

• The Boll Weevil and drought only had a short-term impact on Georgia's agricultural economy

• The New Deal programs helped Georgia recover quickly from the Boll Weevil and droughts

Which of the following is the BEST description of an economic depression?

• High unemployment, low profits for businesses, and decreased demand for products

• Low unemployment, high profits for businesses, and increased purchasing power of consumers

• High unemployment, low profits for businesses, and increased pay for workers

• Low unemployment, high profits, and low demand for products

These farmers in the 1920s American south would have been MOST affected by

• the boll weevil.

• World War I.

• immigration restrictions.

• the drought.