Question

In the first three decades of the 20th Century, Georgia cotton production was negatively impacted by A) Emancipation. B) locust swarms. C) the boll weevil. Eliminate D) the Great Depression.

Answer 1

The infestation of the Boll Weevil hit in the 1910s. The weevil destroyed much of the cotton crop in Georgia, cutting cotton production in half in just under a decade.

So the answer is C. The Boll Weevil

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Answer 2

C) Boll Weevil
great depression was later, Emancipation was earlier