SS8H10 Questions
What did William B. Hartsfield call Atlanta?
What is "The city too busy to hate"
What is the movement of large numbers of African Americans from South Georgia known as?
What is the Great Migration
Who was fascinated with aviation and put a large focus on it during their time as mayor?
Who is William B. Hartsfield
Who was elected Georgia's governor in 1946?
Who is Eugene Talmadge.
What is the three-part document that discusses natural rights, explains the wrongs committed by King Georgie, and offers and official declaration of independence from England?
What is The Declaration of Independence.
The names of the three men claiming they are the Governor.
Who are Melvin Thompson, Ellis Arnall, and Herman Talmadge.
What were people leaving South Georgia for?
What is economic opportunity.
Who is known for bringing Major League sports to Atlanta?
Who is Ivan Allen Jr.
Who was Georgia's governor before the 1946 election?
Who is Ellis Arnall.
Who created the cotton gin, that separated cotton seeds from the cotton lint?
Who is Eli Whitney.
When Atlanta created Major League sports teams, they used those stadiums to host what?
What is the Olympic Games
Why would African Americans want to leave South Georgia and agriculture?
What is, to find new ways of making money and get away from agriculture.
Who dropped out of high school and then opened their own law firm?
Who is William B. Hartsfield.
Who was Melvin Thompson and why did he think he should be the governor?
What is the lieutenant governor: He was second in charge in Georgia and thought he would be next in line for office.
What was the final removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia called where over 4,000 people died on their way to Oklahoma?
What is the Trail of Tears.
What was used by Southerners to keep African Americans from voting?
What is the white primary.
Name a technological change in agriculture that led to farmers leaving South Georgia.
What are large tractors, reapers, and better fertilizers.
Who was a huge advocate of M.A.R.T.A. and Interstate 285?
Who is Ivan Allen Jr.
Who ended up becoming Georgia's governor in the 1946 election?
Who is Herman Talmadge.
What is the act of separating from a nation or state and becoming independent known as?
What is Secession.
What does M.A.R.T.A. stand for?
What is the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transport Authority.
During the Great Migration, where was the main location most African Americans went to and why?
What is Atlanta: because it was "the city too busy to hate" and provided economic opportunity for many.
Who supported Civil Rights and the desegregation of Georiga?
Who is William B. Hartsfield AND Ivan Allen Jr.
After the 1946 election controversy was officially settled, did Georgia continue to see progress in desegregation and civil rights?
What is No.
What is the economic policy that focuses on exporting more than importing known as?
What is Mercantilism.