Great Depression in Georgia

What events caused Georgia to become economically stressed in the 1920s before the Great Depression of the 1930s?

• The Atlanta Race Riot and the Leo Frank trial

• WW1 and the Atlanta Cotton Exposition

• A four year drought and the boll weevil infestation of Georgia's cotton crops

• The Spanish Flu and the Hindenburg Disaster

Bank failures, unemployment, reduction of purchasing, overproduction of agriculture, soil degradation, soil erosion, and drought were all causes of ....

• The rise of the 2nd wave of the Ku Klux Klan

• The Atlanta Race Riot

• The Great Depression

• WW1

What caused many Georgia farmers to abandon their farms and migrate to northern cities?

• The devastating effects of the boll weevil on their cotton crops and the declining cotton prices.

• It was just too hot in the south and most farmers didn't have air conditioning

• Farms in northern cities had much cooler climates than southern farms

• Most southern farmers wanted to move to the more Republican northern states

Depleted soil, declining prices, outdated agricultural practices, intertilling, disregard for the land's contour, and the removal of much of the state's natural forestland were all caused by....

• Boll Weevil Infestation

• Drought

• Food shortages

• Primarily growing cotton

The most impacted areas of Georgia during the Great Depression were...

• Rural farming areas

• Overpopulated cities

• Northern regions with higher elevations

• Coastal areas