Atlanta Leaders
This man became the first African-American mayor of a major southern city (Atlanta).
Who is Maynard Jackson?
Jimmy Carter served as this before becoming President.
What is Governor of Georgia?
This city hosted the 1996 Summer Olympic Games.
What is Atlanta?
This Georgia port is one of the busiest in the United States.
What is the Port of Savannah?
This civil rights leader promoted nonviolent protest.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This former Georgia congressman served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from 1977-1979.
Who is Andrew Young?
Before becoming governor, Carter served in this part of Georgia’s state government.
What is the Georgia State Senate?
This violent event disrupted the Olympics at Centennial Olympic Park.
What is a bombing?
Georgia’s film industry attracts productions using this financial incentive.
What are tax credits?
This Supreme Court case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson’s “separate but equal.”
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Mayor Jackson helped expand this major Atlanta airport.
What is Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport?
As governor, Carter reorganized Georgia’s government by reducing about 300 agencies to this number.
What is 25?
Two politicians that were responsible for Atlanta's winning bid for the 1996 Olympics.
Andrew Young & Maynard Jackson
Industry that sees millions of people visit Georgia each year to see attractions like the Georgia Aquarium, Savannah, and Stone Mountain.
What is tourism?
This Georgia governor once refused to serve African Americans in his restaurant.
Who is Lester Maddox?
Andrew Young served in this international position after being appointed by President Jimmy Carter.
What is U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations?
This international crisis did the most damage to Carter’s presidency.
What is the Iranian Hostage Crisis?
This park built for the Olympics later became one of Atlanta’s most famous downtown attractions.
What is Centennial Olympic Park?
The Savannah Harbor Expansion Project deepened the harbor so these could enter the Port of Savannah.
What are larger cargo ships?
Andrew Young was a close associate of this civil rights leader.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
Before becoming mayor of Atlanta, Andrew Young served as this type of national elected official.
What is a U.S. Congressman?
This peace agreement between Israel and Egypt was negotiated during Carter’s presidency.
What are the Camp David Accords?
The Olympic stadium built for the games was later converted into this baseball stadium.
What is Turner Field?
This harbor project aims to allow larger cargo ships to enter Savannah.
What is the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project?
During the Civil Rights Movement, Andrew Young helped organize this type of protest strategy.
What is nonviolent protest?