Economics
From Madame C.J. Walker building a beauty empire to Steve Jobs launching Apple, and even "Shark Tank" stars Mr. Wonderful and Barbara Corcoran investing in big ideas—these go-getters all share this title for someone who starts and runs a business.
What is an entrepreneur?
This insect caused an early Great Depression for Georgia farmers
What is the Boll Weevil?
What amendment abolished slavery?
13th Amendment
By spending time at his “Little White House” in Warm Springs, Georgia, President Franklin D. Roosevelt saw the hard lives of farmers and poor families, which helped shape these economic recovery programs during the Great Depression.
What are the New Deal programs?
Which Atlanta mayor established the airport?
William B. Hartsfield
Held in Atlanta in 1881 and 1895, this event showcased the South’s recovery after the Civil War and promoted Georgia’s cotton industry and industrial growth to the world. This event helped bring more industry.
What is the International Cotton Exposition?
Georgia army bases contributed to the war effort during WWII by doing this
What is training soldiers?
In this 1896 case, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that “separate but equal” facilities for Black and white Americans were constitutional—upholding segregation laws for over 50 years.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
FDR went to Warm Springs to treat this medical condition that required him to be in a wheelchair
What is polio?
As governor in the 1970s, this future U.S. president worked to end racial discrimination in Georgia by appointing African Americans to key roles and calling for equal treatment of all citizens.
Who is Jimmy Carter?
The name of Alonzo Herndon's business
Atlanta Life Insurance Company
In this 1954 Supreme Court case, the justices ruled that "separate but equal" schools were not really equal, helping to end school segregation across America.
Brown v. Board of Education
This Jewish factory manager was convicted in 1913 for the murder of Mary Phagan in Atlanta. His controversial trial and later lynching brought national attention to antisemitism and injustice in the South.
Who is Leo Frank?
This Georgia governor once refused to serve Black customers at his restaurant, but later surprised many by appointing African Americans to government jobs during his time in office.
Lester Maddox
A close friend of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., this civil rights leader became mayor of Atlanta and later served as a U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
Andrew Young
This type of tax, taken from what people earn at their jobs, is Georgia’s largest source of revenue and helps pay for things like schools, roads, and public services.
What is income tax?
These unfair laws, named after a racist character, were used in the South after the Civil War to keep Black and white people separate in schools, buses, and restaurants—and to deny equal rights to Black Americans.
What are Jim Crow laws?
1st African American to earn a PhD from Harvard in 1895, civil rights leader, and was the co-founder of the NAACP in 1909?
W.E.B. Du Bois
What did Georgia do in response to the Brown v. Board of Education decision?
Change the state flag in 1956
Lester Maddox once ran a restaurant and resisted integration, Jimmy Carter promoted civil rights and became president, and Brian Kemp currently serves in this important political role in Georgia.
Governor
When Georgia offers tax incentives to companies, it encourages them to build and invest in the state—leading to more jobs, new businesses, and this overall positive effect on the economy.
What is they help Georgia’s economy grow by attracting businesses and creating jobs?
This system makes sure no one branch of government—legislative, executive, or judicial—gets too powerful by letting each branch limit the powers of the others.
What is the system of checks and balances?
As part of President Roosevelt’s New Deal, this 1933 program paid farmers to grow less in order to raise crop prices and help the struggling agriculture industry during the Great Depression.
What is the Agricultural Adjustment Act?
As machines made farming more efficient after WWII, fewer workers were needed on farms. This major shift caused more machines to move to rural areas, while many people moved to these areas in search of jobs.
What are urban areas?
This Georgia Congressman helped lead the Civil Rights Movement, was one of the original Freedom Riders, and helped found the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, also known as SNCC.
Who is John Lewis?