A New Deal program that paid farmers a stipend not to grow crops in order to increase the price of agricultural products

Insects whose larvae feed on cotton crops; severely reduced cotton production in the southeastern United States

A New Deal program that hired unemployed young men to work on government environmental projects like planting trees or building state or national parks

One of the worst droughts in Georgia's history; led to depression in the state that predated the Great Depression

Name given to a period of time in the Midwest (1930-1936) characterized by drought, gigantic dust storms, and major agricultural damage

Name given to a series of federal programs spearheaded by President Franklin Roosevelt in order to help the nation recover from the Great Depression.

A factor that led to the Great Depression; farmers continued to produce record numbers of crop yield though the demand for agricultural products was limited; this drove the cost of these products down; same with manufactured products

buying with borrowed money; became prevalent during the Roaring 20s and led to the Great Depression

New Deal program designed to bring electricity to rural areas

New Deal program that provided money for retired (elderly) and unemployed Americans

A factor that led to the Great Depression. A major stock market collapse that led to the investors losing over 40 billion dollars

FDR's Home, The Little White House, is found here

as much as 25% of Americans were out of work during the Great Depression

Georgia governor who was against New Deal programs and federal government interference in the state

another name for the stock market crash in 1929 that set off the Great Depression

US president at the beginning of the Great Depression; his laissez-faire (do-nothing) attitude led him to believe that the government had no obligation to fix the economy

Economic downturn in the US in the 1930s; banks failed, stock market crashed, people were unemployed

president who offered a New Deal for America; he felt the government was responsible for relief, recovery, and reform

Germany, Italy, and Japan

US, Britain, France, Soviet Union

allowed the US to supply Allies with weapons, supplies, and equipment, while remaining "neutral"

Dec. 7, 1941--Surprise Japanese attack on the US Naval base at Hawaii

manufacturer of B-29 bombers in Marietta, Georgia during WWII

as a US Senator serving on the Senate Naval Affairs Committee, he helped bring or maintain 15 military bases in the state; brought CDC here

long-time US Representative from Georgia who was known as "the Father of the Two-Ocean Navy" and has a nuclear aircraft carrier named for him

Hitler's persecution of Jews and other minorities in Germany during WWII; led to the murder of 6 million Jews

Germany communicated with Mexico, encouraged Mexico to attack the US in return for regaining southwestern territory taken from them

Georgia's two deep-water ports where Liberty Ships were built during WWII

FDR's disease that led him to come to Georgia for therapy at Warm Springs

a period of social, economic, and cultural prosperity in the US following WWI; led to the overspending, credit usage, and stock market speculation that fueled the Great Depression

buying instead of saving; happened after WWI when consumer goods and new technology were being mass-produced

Germany and Austria-Hungary

France, GB, and Russia--later US joined

occurs when a large number of customers of a bank or another financial institution withdraw their deposits simultaneously due to concerns about the bank's solvency

town that grew due to the presence of a government-owned factory which produced B-29 bombers for WWII

attempts to wipe out an entire racial or religious group; the murder of more than 6 million Jews between 1933 and 1945 during the Holocaust was an example

set up by Gov. Joe Frank Harris in 1986, this state agency attempts to educate about the dangers of prejudice, racial hatred, and genocide

British passenger liner sunk by the Germans in 1915; 128 Americans died

US president at the beginning of WWI

empty pockets; a term used to blame the president for the economic hardship of the Great Depression