Georgias History New Deal 2014 Brain Wrinkles SS
Georgia’s History: New Deal © 2014 Brain Wrinkles SS 8 H 8 cd
Standards SS 8 H 8 The student will analyze the important events that occurred after World War I and their impact on Georgia. 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. © 2014 Brain Wrinkles
New Deal was President Franklin D. Roo o use government programs to help the er from the Depression. egan by pumping money into the econom nt federal money to states to help the ne evelt, along with his advisors, came up w programs that would help to get the nat feet.
United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the TVA Act, one part of the New Deal. © 2014 Brain Wrinkles
A. A. A. roduction of farms was the main reason farm t out of debt. evelt pushed for Congress to pass the Agricu tment Act in 1933. aw actually paid farmers not to produce certa er to raise farm prices. encouraged Georgia’s farmers to stop relyin ton, and to plant peanuts, corn, tobacco, and
President Franklin D. Roosevelt talking with Georgia Farmers © 2014 Brain Wrinkles
A. A. A. act was successful in Georgia because cted the supply of products and drove t s up so farmers could make a profit. du 950, Georgia was the country’s leader in uction and poultry (chicken farms). tate’s peach farming industry also mad comeback after years of decline.
ocial Securit ent Roosevelt also introduced Social Securit New Deal, and Congress passed the Social 1935. w provided retirement pay and other governm ts for workers provided unemployment insurance for peop Security is the only New Deal program still a
President Roosevelt Signing Social Securities Act (Part of the New Deal Plan) 1935 © 2014 Brain Wrinkles
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C. C. C. ivilian Conservation Corps (CCC) gave job en the ages of 18 to 25. CC built roads, planted forests, and worked on and national park projects. ts in Georgia included planting trees in the ahoochee National Forest, improving parks li esaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, and Appalachian Trail. 41, more than 2 million young men had work
CCC Workers Building Telephone Poles © 2014 Brain Wrinkles
Lunch Time at a CCC Camp. © 2014 Brain Wrinkles
Workers Building a Road - 1932 © 2014 Brain Wrinkles
R. E. A. evelt also set up the Rural Electrificatio nistration in 1935. s time, 97% of Georgia’s farms were with icity. REA offered low-interest loans to compan power lines in rural areas. n 15 years, most of Georgia’s farms had
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Rural School Receives Electricity © 2014 Brain Wrinkles
The End evelt also set up many other programs, s ennessee Valley Authority and the Feder sit Insurance Corporation. the New Deal did not completely restore ry to the way it was before the Depressio he nation get back on its feet. sn’t until 1942 that the Depression was tr en America entered World War II…
ugene Talmadge, a powerful Georgia politician, o of the New Deal programs. dge served as Georgia’s governor from 1933 om 1941 -1943. pealed to Georgia’s rural farmers and they b assionately. dge opposed civil rights for African American against integration of schools.
Eugene Talmadge Inaugurated as Governor 1933 © 2014 Brain Wrinkles
ugene Talmad dge believed that the federal government sho state matters and he refused to back many o velt’s policies. se of his opposition, much of the aid offered b rograms did not affect Georgia until after Talm ce. sire for Social Security in Georgia led to the New Deal governor Eurith Rivers, who broug programs into the state.
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