Agriculture & Cities
This new technology helped Georgia farmers work faster after World War II.
What are tractors and processors
This mayor is known as the “Father of Atlanta Aviation.”
Who was William B. Hartsfield?
This Georgia governor defeated Eugene Talmadge in 1942.
Who was Ellis Arnall?
This Morehouse educator strongly influenced Martin Luther King Jr.
Who was Benjamin Mays?
This system only allowed whites to vote in Georgia primaries.
What is the white primary?
This baseball player broke Babe Ruth’s home run record.
Who was Hank Aaron?
These replaced cotton as more important parts of Georgia agriculture.
What are peanuts, pecans, poultry, and livestock?
Hartsfield helped turn this into Atlanta’s first airport.
What was an old speedway, later Candler Field?
Arnall ended this voting requirement.
What is the poll tax?
This civil rights leader believed in nonviolent protest.
Who was Martin Luther King Jr.?
This Supreme Court case ruled school segregation unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This controversial Georgia flag from 1956 looked like the Confederate battle flag.
What is the Georgia state flag of 1956?
Because of machines, many of these workers were no longer needed on farms.
Who were tenant farmers or farm workers?
This mayor ordered city offices to desegregate on his first day in office.
Who was Ivan Allen Jr.?
Arnall lowered the voting age to this number.
What is 18?
This lawyer argued Brown v. Board of Education.
Who was Thurgood Marshall?
This student-led group used sit-ins and promoted voter registration.
What is SNCC?
This Civil Rights Movement effort in Georgia had limited success at the time.
What is the Albany Movement?
By the 1950s, more Georgians worked in these jobs than on farms.
What are industry and manufacturing jobs?
Allen wanted Atlanta to become the South’s center for this.
What are professional sports
Arnall improved prisons by getting rid of these abusive practices.
What are chain gangs and whippings?
These two students integrated the University of Georgia.
Who were Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes?
This major 1963 protest is where MLK gave the “I Have a Dream” speech.
What is the March on Washington?
This Georgia governor supported white supremacist politics and later served in the U.S. Senate.
Who was Herman Talmadge?
In 1952, Atlanta grew by over 100,000 residents when it did this.
What is annex over 80 miles outside the city?
This stadium became a major symbol of Atlanta’s sports growth.
What is Fulton County Stadium?
Arnall restored this to Georgia’s university system.
What is accreditation?
This civil rights leader later became mayor of Atlanta and a U.N. ambassador.
Who was Andrew Young?
This 1964 law banned discrimination in public places and jobs.
What is the Civil Rights Act?
These three teams came to Atlanta during its sports boom.
Who are the Braves, Falcons, and Hawks?