1. The World Wars

2. Reasons for US Entry in World War I
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Propaganda-information used by Allied nations to promote cause and entice US enter WWI
Sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman Telegraph caused the U.S. to become involved in the war

3. GA Contributions to WWI
Established more military training camps than any other state
Fort McPherson, Camp Gordon, Camp Benning, and Camp Stewart
Fort Benning-trained infantry troops
100,000 Georgians went to war, 3,000 soldiers passed in the fight in Europe

4. Boll Weevil
Long-snouted beetle that destroyed cotton which was the primary source of income for many GA farmers
1923, cotton production had dropped to 600,000 bales from a high of 2.8 million bales in 1914

5. Drought 1924, Georgians hit with a drought
Slowed down the destruction of the boll weevil
375, 000 farm workers left GA between , working farms fell from 310, 132 to 249, 095
Farms failed and banks that loaned money lost money, businesses closed
Georgia fell into a deep depression

6. The New Deal 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt of NY was elected president
Created the New Deal-laws that brought about economic recovery, relieve the suffering of the unemployed, reform defect in the economy, and improve society

7. Civilian Conservation Corps
Provided jobs for young single men building forests trails and roads, planting trees to reforest the land and control flooding, and building parks
Helped to create Henry Grady Hospital

8. Agricultural Adjustment Act
Paid farmers not to plant crops on part of their land, raise farm prices without limiting production
Production limit raised cotton prices from 5 cents an lb. to 15 cents in 4 years
Created subsides-grants of money from the government went to landowners rather than to tenant farmers (mostly American-Africans)
AAA was declared unconstitutional because is was not voluntary

9. Rural Electrification
Rural Electrification Authority (REA) loaned over $300 million to farmers to help them extend their own power lines and buy power wholesale
One of the most important and far reaching of New Deal programs

10. Social Security
1935, Congress passed the Social Security Act
Federal government would provide retirement and unemployment insurance from taxes paid by both workers and their employers
Farm workers were not covered

11. Lend-Lease
In early 1941, British ran out of cash to buy American supplies
Congress authorized Roosevelt to lend or lease arms to Great Britain and the Soviet Union to assist them in defeating Germany

12. GA Contribution to WWII-Bell Aircraft
Bell Aircraft- was largest aircraft assembly plant in the world, in Marietta
Created B-29 bombers and built 668 planes
Became Lockheed Martin

13. GA Contribution to WWII-Military Bases
Fort Benning-Columbus, Camp Gordon-Augusta, Fort Stewart/Hunter Air Field in Savannah, Warner Robins Air Field- Macon
Fort Benning-largest infantry center in the country
Fort McPherson-in Atlanta, major induction center for newly drafted soldiers from all over the country
Fort Gillem-in Clayton County, army storage facility and railroad yard
POW’s were held at Fort Benning, Gordon, Oglethorpe and Stewart

14. GA Contributions-Savannah and Brunswick Shipyards: Liberty Ships
Savannah shipyards built 88 Liberty ships 15,000 workers (many were women)
Brunswick workers created 99 Liberty ships, December 1944, set a national record by building seven ships in one month