Modern Georgia
Post WWII
Civil Rights Movement
Segregation
Post WWII in Georgia
100
Why is Atlanta a big transportation hub?
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta is the busiest airport in the U.S.
100
Why was this period called the baby boom era?
A plethora of children were being born during this time.
100
What was the most important march in the civil rights movement?
March on Washington
100
How many blacks were murdered in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing?
Four little girls
100
What tragedy caught Georgia by suprise?
The fire at the ''fireproof'' Winecoff Hotel
200
What year did Georgia host the XXVI Olympics?
1996
200
What were two popular "chill time" activity in this era?
Drive-in movie theaters & watching television
200
In what year did the University of Georgia (UGA) finally open their doors to African-Americans?
1961
200
How many Jim Crow Laws did Georgia have?
32
200
What is the one-person, one-vote concept?
A ruling that says that the county unit system violated the 14th Admenment
300
Who were Georgia's two Governors during the 1980s?
George Busbee & Joe Frank Harris
300
How many wars did the U.S. join after WWII?
Two
300
What was the last speech that Martin Luther King Jr. gave?
I've Been to the Mountaintop.
300
How long did Jim Crow Laws last?
100 years.
300
What was the main reason why business moved to Georgia?
The weather in the North wasn't suitable to have a business.
400
What was the women's rights movement?
A change in the way women veiwed themselves and their contributions to society.
400
What were the names of these wars?
The Cold War & Korean War
400
What was the ruling at the Brown v. Board of Education case?
Separate-but-equal schools were unconstitutional.
400
How did the Little Rock Nine change school systems?
They helped integrate schools throughout the nation
400
Out of the 25,000 killed in the Korean War how many were Georgians?
Over 500.
500
What scholarship program did lieutenant governor Zell Miller help find?
The Hope scholarship
500
What were two major music groups during the post war era?
The Beatles & The Beach Boys
500
Why did portesters march from Selma, Al. to Montgomery, Al.?
African-Americans in Alabama wanted equal voting rights.
500
How many times did Martin Luther King Jr. go to jail?
16 times
500
What is the National School Lunch Act?
A program to ensure that students recieved nutritional lunches.
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