1. Changes in Agriculture and Population
How technology transformed agriculture and the resulting population shift

2. Boll Weevil Drought Facts Effects
Insect that infested the cotton crops
Would eat the cotton inside the boll
Lack of rain dried out the land making it not suitable for farming
B.W.= destroyed 1000’s of acres of cotton ruining Ga’s economy
Great Migration of African Americans and poor whites to the North in search of work
Proved Ga was too dependent on one crop and needed to diversify

3. AAA Facts Effects New Deal Program by FDR
Paid farmers not to plant certain crops
Purpose was to balance supply and demand of agricultural products while helping farmers maintain a profit
Decreased need for sharecroppers and other farm workers
Caused African Americans to leave rural areas
Allowed farmers to buy farm machinery rather than pay laborers

4. WWII (During and After)
Facts
Effects
During:
Increased need for factories and industries resulting in a shift away from an agriculturally based economy
After:
GI Bill-provided $ to veterans
During:
Whites and Blacks moved to industrial centers of Ga for jobs
After:
Veterans returning from war were seeking college educations, new homes or buying land

5. Technological Advances in Agriculture
Facts
Effects
Advanced farm equipment/supplies:
Tractors
Reapers
Fertilizers
Decreased need for human labor meant less $ spent
Improved and more efficient farm machines
Safety:
industry workers and farmers would lose limbs or lives

6. AAA Intended Consequences Unintended Consequences
To balance supply and demand of agricultural products
Allow farmers to still make a profit
Avoid over-production of agricultural products (one of the causes of the G.D.)
Farmers had less need for labor/sharecroppers
Led to many African Americans leaving rural areas and seek industrial jobs in Georgia or the North

7. Technology Innovation
Intended Consequences
Unintended Consequences
Make it easier & more efficient to grow & process crops with less man power
Increase productivity
Less workers were needed and were then seeking industrial jobs in Ga. or the North
Safety Issues:
Industry workers or farmers would lose limbs or lives

8. Agricultural Products of the Colonial Period
Wine
Rice
Indigo
Silk
Tobacco

9. Agricultural Products of the Post Revolution/Antebellum Period
Cotton

10. Agricultural Products of the Early 1900’s
Cotton
Corn
Wheat
Naval Stores (pine tree products)

11. Agricultural Products of the 20th Century/Post-WWII
Broilers (small chickens) -Tobacco
Blueberries -Eggs
Peanuts -Beef Cattle
Pecans -Dairy Cows
Peaches -Hogs
Cotton -Tomatoes