Question

What negatively impacted cotton production in Georgia? Select all that apply.

the boll weevil
sharecropping
drought
all of the above

Answer 1

The weevil, cotton's greatest enemy, not only cut production levels in half in many areas but also increased the mass migration of white and Black tenant farmers from rural Georgia that had begun during World War I. The insect reduced the state's cotton yields an average of 29 percent from 1918 to 1924. as well as share cropping

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