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    Georgia contributed to World War I through supplying troops and war materials. After the war, Georgia experienced economic difficulties including drought and the boll weevil infestation that damaged cotton crops. This led to the Great Depression. During the Depression, Governor Eugene Talmadge opposed President Roosevelt's New Deal programs which provided relief through programs like the Civilian Conservation Corps, Rural Electrification Administration, and Social Security. Roosevelt visited Georgia for therapy in Warm Springs and his presence and programs had a positive impact on the state.

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    Georgia contributed to World War I through supplying troops and war materials. After the war, Georgia experienced economic difficulties including drought and the boll weevil infestation that damaged cotton crops. This led to the Great Depression. During the Depression, Governor Eugene Talmadge opposed President Roosevelt's New Deal programs which provided relief through programs like the Civilian Conservation Corps, Rural Electrification Administration, and Social Security. Roosevelt visited Georgia for therapy in Warm Springs and his presence and programs had a positive impact on the state.

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    Georgia contributed to World War I through supplying troops and war materials. After the war, Georgia experienced economic difficulties including drought and the boll weevil infestation that damaged cotton crops. This led to the Great Depression. During the Depression, Governor Eugene Talmadge opposed President Roosevelt's New Deal programs which provided relief through programs like the Civilian Conservation Corps, Rural Electrification Administration, and Social Security. Roosevelt visited Georgia for therapy in Warm Springs and his presence and programs had a positive impact on the state.

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    Georgia Studies Guided Reading/OneSheet 8th Social Studies

    Standard WWI Date:


    SS8H8 Analyze Georgia’s participation in important events that a. Describe Georgia’s contributions to World
    occurred from World War I through the Great Depression. War I.

    Scavenger Hunt for Seminar


    Vocabulary: draw a line matching each word to its definition. Use the reading.
    Word Draw Line Definition
    Trench *murder
    Assassination *moving from country to cities
    Armistice *country, farms
    Fort *long period of time without rain
    Epidemic *long time of decreasing money
    Quarantine *military installment, building used to protect an area
    Rural *widespread disease
    Drought *truce, stop fighting
    Depression *separate diseased people from non-diseased
    Urbanization *A long narrow ditch
    1. What years did WWI happen? _____________________________________________________________________
    2. What were the two sides called during WWI?
    a. _______________________: ___________________________________________________________________
    b. _______________________: ___________________________________________________________________
    3. Where did most of the fighting take place? ___________________________________________________________
    4. What was the main cause of the war? _______________________________________________________________
    5. Why did America become involved? ________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________________________________
    6. How did fighting look for most of the war? ___________________________________________________________
    7. When and how did the war end? ___________________________________________________________________
    8. Georgia helped during the war in 2 ways.
    a. ___________________________________________________________________________________________
    b. ___________________________________________________________________________________________

    Standard WWI
    SS8H8 Analyze b. Explain economic factors that resulted in the Great Depression. (e.g., boll weevil and
    Georgia’s drought).
    participation in c. Describe Eugene Talmadge’s opposition to the New Deal Programs.
    important events that d. Discuss President Roosevelt’s ties to Georgia, including his visits to Warm Springs and his
    occurred from World impact on the state.
    War I through the e. Examine the effects of the New Deal in terms of the impact of the Civilian Conservation
    Great Depression. Corps, Agricultural Adjustment Act, Rural Electrification Administration, and Social Security
    Administration.

    Scavenger Hunt for Seminar


    9. What is a Boll Weevil? ___________________________________________________________________________
    10. What affect did the Boll Weevil have on Georgia? _____________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________________________________
    11. What else affected agriculture in Georgia? ___________________________________________________________
    12. Why did the Stock Market Crash not affect Georgia as bad as the rest of America? ___________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________________________________
    13. Why did Roosevelt start visiting Warm Springs, GA? ____________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________________________________
    14. Where did Roosevelt live when he visited Warm Springs, GA? ____________________________________________
    15. What programs did Roosevelt create to help American people after the Great Depression? ____________________
    16. Describe the Civilian Conservation Corps.____________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________________________________
    17. Describe the Rural Electrification Administration. ______________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________________________________
    18. Describe the Agricultural Adjustment Act. ____________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________________________________
    19. Describe the Social Security Administration. __________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________________________________
    20. Who is Eugene Talmadge? ________________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________________________________________
    21. How did Talmadge feel about Roosevelt’s New Deal Programs? __________________________________________
    Additional notes:

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