Leaders
Elected to a 4th term this governor died before taking office leading to a constitutional crisis in Georgia.
Who was Talmadge?
The launch of Sputnik I by the Soviet Union triggered this new rivalry between the superpowers.
What was the Space Race?
Described the use of machinery and other equipment that improved farming.
What is mechanization?
Military alliance of Western European countries including the US and Canada organized during the Cold War.
What was NATO?
Built linking cities across America this new highway system revolutionized transportation costing over $129 billion.
What is the Interstate HWY System?
From Marietta this American general organized the Berlin Airlift.
Who was Gen. Lucius Clay?
Although he gained a plurality of the popular vote in the 1966 Gubernatorial Election the state legislature controlled by Democrat choose Maddox.
Who was Howard "Bo" Callaway?
New communities built on the outside of larger cities.
What are suburbs?
Since he was the 1st Lt. Governor elected this person claimed the governorship after Governor-Elect Talmadge died before the inauguration.
Who was M.E. Thompson?
3,400 mile range that can be launched into outer space to deliver nuclear warheads.
What are ICBMs?
As a result of reapportionment he became the first black legislator in the General Assembly since 1906.
Who was Leroy Johnson?
The use of a television presidential debate between Kennedy and Nixon played a role in this election.
What was the 1960 Presidential Election?
Describes a large urban area consisting of the central city, businesses and residential areas. Also included surrounding towns and counties.
What is a metropolitan area?
New brand for the Republican party under Eisenhower's leadership.
What was Modern Republicanism?
Government agency primarily responsible for building the secret U-2 spy plane.
What was the CIA?
President of the prestigious Morehouse College and civil rights advocate.
Who was Benjamin Mays?
When the N. Korean army crossed the 38th parallel this war began in Asia later involving America.
What was the Korean War?
Instead of counting popular votes for governor or senator this system allocated votes tied to representative seats in the legislature for election.
What was the county unit system?
Truman's domestic program that basically represented an extension of FDR's New Deal.
What was the Fair Deal?
Name for the B-52 bomber force, land-based ICBMs, and nuclear submarines that served as deterrence during the Cold War.
What is the Nuclear Triad?
Sanders famous campaign slogan as he sought the governorship in 1962 appealing to urban middle class voters.
What was the "New Georgia"?
Under Gov. Herman Talmadge's leadership Georgia established the Minimum Foundation Program to fund education with a sales tax.
What was the Education Act?
What is a functional region?
The redrawing of legislative seats based upon population changes within a state.
What is reapportionment?
Another name for the nuclear submarine carrying missiles and operates in deep water.
What was the Polaris?