Agriculture
-In the 1920s, the South's cotton crops were devastated by a plague of which insect?

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Boll weevils moved into the United States from Mexico in the late 19th century and headed straight for the extensive cotton crops of the Deep South, where they wreaked havoc in the 1920s, having thoroughly infiltrated the entire region. The South, which was overly dependent on cotton to begin with, was completely devastated by the boll weevil, and the Great Depression at the end of the decade only worsened their woes. However, in time, many Southerners came to be grateful for the boll weevil's damage because it forced the region to diversify economically and agriculturally. New crops, like peanuts, rose to regional prominence following the loss of the cotton crops.

Agriculture -In the 1920s, the South's Cotton Crops Were Devastated by by a Plague