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History And Politics Of Georgia And The Great Depression

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Olivia McFerrin History and Politics of Georgia 10-9-16 Georgia and the Great Depression October 29th, 1929 was a day that changed America, forever. With the stock market crashing, the country went into an immediate recession that quickly spiraled into a full blown depression. While most accounts of the Great Depression focus on how states functioned after that fateful Tuesday in October, there are states that were dealing with economic troubles well before then. Georgia was one of those states and was also one of the last states to pull all the way out of the depression. Georgia fought hard and eventually made a wonderful comeback but it wasn’t easy nor did it happen without major changes and challenges within the state. While most of the …show more content…

He is quoted saying, “I think it will interest you if I set forth the fundamentals of this planning for national recovery; and this I am very certain will make it abundantly clear to you that all of the proposals and all of the legislation since the fourth day of March have not been just a collection of haphazard schemes but rather the orderly component parts of a connected and logical whole.” He came up with the plan as a way to get out of the depression and while it eventually made it to the state and worked, it was met with resistance. The New Deal programs were slow getting into the state because of Eugene Talmadge, the governor at the time. When in the public, Talmadge praised the New Deal and thought it was a good idea but when he was in private, he was extremely critical of it and worked to keep it out of the state (Meyers and Williams). The governor didn’t like how Roosevelts plan involved “…deficit spending and…unbalanced budgets…” (Meyers and Williams). He also didn’t like how the federal government was putting itself into state affairs and regulating the government (Meyers and Williams). Talmadge did little to help the economic crisis that was going on in the state. When the election rolled around, a new governor was elected. E.D. Rivers did more than Talmadge did by allowing the New Deal programs to come to Georgia. The New Deal had a “…tremendous impact on Georgia, with numerous agencies providing significant relief to the state’s residents” (Meyers and Williams). However, poor farmers and blacks still didn’t get a whole lot of help from the New Deal. The African Americans struggled getting jobs and the farmer’s benefits were minimal. As time went on, the New Deal programs continued and the state had another gubernatorial election. E.D Rivers was plagued with corruption and unpopular tax policies (Zainaldin) and as a result, lost his seat as governor to no other than Eugene

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