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How did the boll weevil mostly affect georigas economy

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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.

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it caused a major upset to Georgia's cash-crop economy.

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