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What was georgia's economy before the great depression

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The boll weevil, a microscopic insect that left cotton plants unable to produce cotton, had already decimated Georgia's agriculture and cotton-based economy. Many rural Georgians were forced to leave the state or relocate to larger cities like Atlanta in search of job and a better life during the Great Depression.

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