| Question Answer | the boll weevill larve feed on white fluffy cotton | besides the boll weevill georgia georgia cotton farmers in the 1920s were hurt by droughts | what positive impact did the 1924 drought make on georgia it slowed down destruction by the boll weevil | these events led to the great depression |
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What impact did the boll weevil and drought have on the state?
Although the droughts and boll weevils did cause Georgia
to enter the Great Depression early
, Georgia’s land, economy, and farmers were already falling apart. The planting of cotton on every available acre of land depleted the soil and the careless farming practices drained the topsoil, leaving the land deteriorated.
What was the impact of the boll weevil and drought on Georgia?
On top of the boll weevil’s effects and decreasing cotton prices, a three-year drought beginning in 1925 and
an insufficient irrigation system further depressed Georgia’s agricultural economy
.
How did the boll weevil affect the Great Depression?
The
destruction of cotton fields
by the boll weevil spread from Texas across the South and Southwest so that by the Great Depression, cotton farmers had already suffered from many years of devastatingly poor harvests. Eventually it found its way to California cotton fields as well. and put him in the hot sand.
What economic impact did the boll weevil and drought have on Georgia prior to the Great Depression?
Georgia experienced
an agricultural economic downturn
in the years prior to the Great Depression. The invasion of the boll weevil and serious droughts caused farmers to be launched into serious loss of income and the need to examine agricultural practices.
How did boll weevil impact Georgia financially?
The boll weevil greatly affected Georgia’s
long history of cotton production
between 1915, when the insect was introduced to Georgia, and the early 1990s, when it was eliminated as an economic pest. … The boll weevil’s decimation of the cotton industry in the South had implications for the entire region.
Which group of people was most affected by the boll weevil infestation during the years between World War I and World War II?
Which group of people was MOST affected by the boll weevil infestation during the years between World War I and World War II? Group of answer choices.
railroad workers
.
Are boll weevils still a problem?
The
boll weevil has been eradicated in the Southeast states
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Likewise, the boll weevil has been eradicated from Alabama, Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas and Mississippi.
What region of the United States was most affected by the infestation of the boll weevil?
Thought to be native to Central Mexico, it migrated into the United States from Mexico in the late 19th century and had infested all U.S. cotton-growing areas by the 1920s, devastating the industry and the people working in
the American South
.
How does the boll weevil destroy cotton?
Boll weevils can completely destroy a cotton crop. Boll weevils eat all the buds off the plants; they destroy any cotton
that the plants manage to produce by eating and laying eggs in the cotton
.
How did farmers get rid of the boll weevil?
First, fields would be sprayed with a pesticide, most often malathion, to control the pest. Then,
insecticide-laden traps baited with the pheromone, or scent
, that boll weevils give off when they want to mate would be laid in fields. The smell lured the bugs to their deaths.
Why did many Georgians not feel the effects of the Great Depression?
Why did the South not feel the effects of the Great Depression the way other parts of the country experienced it?
The South was already experiencing the effects of a drought and the boll weevil
. How did the lost of farms due to crop failures and debts hurt the farmers? Many farm related businesses failed.
What economic factors caused the Great Depression?
While the October
1929 stock market crash
triggered the Great Depression, multiple factors turned it into a decade-long economic catastrophe. Overproduction, executive inaction, ill-timed tariffs, and an inexperienced Federal Reserve all contributed to the Great Depression.
Why did Georgia not immediately feel the impact of the stock market crash?
Why did Georgia NOT immediately feel the impact of the stock market crash?
It was already in a depression
.
What positive impact did the boll weevil have on Georgia in the 1920?
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Which hardship had the greatest impact on Georgia’s agriculture in the 1920s?
The root of
Georgia’s rural depression
in the 1920s was the decades-long dependence on cash-crop agriculture.
