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| Boll weevil | Insect which ate Georgia’s most important cash crop, Cotton. |
| Drought | A time period with little or no rainfall. A major drought hit Georgia in 1924. |
| Black Tuesday | October 29, 1929: Stock market prices fall greatly; millions of people loose all their wealth- the Great Depression began. |
| Eugene Talmadge | Very popular with farmers and rural Georgians. Elected to 3 terms as commissioner of Agriculture before becoming governor. Elected Governor of GA in 1932 and 1934. Used his power as governor to remove state officials working to integrate Georgia’s state colleges |
| The New Deal | Franklin D. Roosevelt's plan to end the Depression |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | 4 terms- served during most of the depression and WW II, Died in 1945 and was followed by Harry S Truman. New Deal: FDR’s plan to end the Depression |
| Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) | New Deal Program Created jobs for young men. Men worked in exchange for housing, food, and money. Built many of GA’s parks, sewer systems, bridges, etc. |
| Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) | New Deal Program Raised the price of farm products by limiting supply. Farmers were paid to produce less to drive the price up so each farmer made for money for their crops. |
| Rural Electrification Authority (REA) | New Deal Program Brought electricity to the rural (country) areas of the U.S. |
| Social Security Act | New Deal Program Passed in 1935. Helped to provide old-age benefits for retiring workers. Also offered insurance for the unemployed and disabled. |
| World War II (WWII) | In 1938, Germany, under the leadership of Adolf Hitler, attempted to take back land lost in WWI. By 1940, Germany controlled large portions of Europe. |
| Lend-Lease | American policy, at the beginning of WWII, to lend or lease (rent) weapons to Great Britain and the Soviet Union. |
| Pearl Harbor | December 7, 1941. Japan surprise attacks the American Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The USA declared war on Japan |
| Allied Powers | USA, Great Britain, Soviet Union |
| Axis Powers | Germany, Italy, Japan |
| Victory Garden | small family gardens to make sure soldiers would have enough food |
| Bell Aircraft | Began assembling B-29 bombers for the U.S. Army. Over 28,000 employees helped to finish 668 planes. |
| Savannah and Brunswick shipyards | Both cities housed shipyards which were used to create cargo ships (nicknamed “Liberty Ships” by FDR). |
| Richard Russell | U.S. Senator (38 yrs). Worked to bring wartime opportunities (jobs) to GA. Helped to bring over a dozen military bases to GA. Troops all over the country trained in camps in Georgia. |
| Carl Vinson | U.S. Representative (25 consecutive terms). Helped to expand the U.S. Navy which helped U. S. supply Allies, recover from Pearl Harbor, and later send troops into battle. Much of this expansion (building of ships) took place at GA’s shipyards in Savannah and Brunswick. Vinson’s peers called him “Admiral.” |
