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Agricultural Adjustment Act |
A federal law passed in 1933, ruled unconstitutional, and then modified and passed again in 1938. It set quotas on farm produce in an attempt to keep farmers in business during the Great Depression. |
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Bell Aircraft |
A corporation that manufactured aircraft and was active during World War II. |
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Boll Weevil |
A beetle that feeds on flowers and cotton buds. Not native to the United States, it provided disastrous to cotton producers in the American Southeast, including those in Georgia, during the Great Depression. |
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Civilian Conservation Corps |
A Great Depression-era work relief program that put young American men to work in rural areas. |
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Drought |
A period of little or no rainfall. A widespread drought in the United States during the 1930s created a dust bowl in parts of the Middle and West. |
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The Great Depression |
A sustained period of American economic decline. It lasted from 1929 until the mid-1940s. U.S. entry into World War II led to the end of the Great Depression. |
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Holocaust |
The mass murder of Jews and other groups by Nazis during World War II. |
