New Technology & the Great Migration
What three new technologies were instrumental in decreasing the number of farms in the United states
What are large tractors, reapers and fertilizers
This type of transportation is the fastest way to move people and goods over long distances like electronics or fresh food, but is also the most expensive
What is the airport
A type of election held to determine which candidates will run in the general election that is restricted to white voters only.
What is the White Primary
After his death in 1971, Atlanta honored his contributions by naming Atlanta's airport after him. What was the name of the Airport.
What is Hartsfield International Airport
He worked with Dr. King and was an avid supporter of this movement in the 1950s and 1960s.
What is the Civil Rights Movement.
As a result of the new farming technologies millions of sharecroppers left the south and headed north and west. What is the name of this great population shift?
What is the great migration
This type of transportation is good for carrying large amounts of heavy or bulky goods like coal, grain, or even cars over long distances, but it is slower and can only travel over tracks.
What are railroads.
A political system that gave each county a certain number of votes based on whether live in a town rural or urban area. The system was ended because it violated the "one man one vote" doctrine.
A County Unit System
He was instrumental in the calm integration of this public organization.
What is the Atlanta Public School System.
On his first day as mayor of Atlanta he did these two things.
What is had the "white" and "colored" signs removed and desegregated the city hall cafeteria
The great migration took place between what years?
1910 and 1970
This type of transportation can travel nearly everywhere and can deliver all kinds of goods right to your door, but it may be delayed due to traffic or for repair/maintenance.
What is the highway system
Three men (Herman Talmadge, Melvin Thompson, and Elis Arnall) all claimed to be Governor of Georgia following the election and sudden death of Eugene Talmadge.
The 1946 Three Governor's Controversy
He was instrumental in bringing this major form of transportation to the state of Georgia
What is Air transportation/The Airport
He was instrumental in building this interstate highway that encircles metro Atlanta.
What is I-285
Approximately how many African American sharecroppers from the south migrated to the north and west?
Approximately 6 million
This type of transportation system can handle huge amounts of cargo and bulky items. They are good for international travel and the cost is cheaper than air or highway, but travel is slower than air or road transportation.
What is Deep Water Ports
This high court in Georgia resolved the Three Governor's Controversy
What is the Georgia Supreme Court
He coined this phrase used to describe Atlanta's racial tolerance
What is "the city too busy to hate."
He supported this commuter rail line which is still in service in Atlanta today
What is MARTA
During the great migration, the population shifted from _____ to _______.
What is rural to urban
A manufacturing plant in Georgia requires 5,000 electronic components as soon as possible from a supplier in California. What transportation systems do you recommend?
Airports or Interstate Highway Systems
This person was declared the winner of the Three Governor's Controversy in Georgia
Melvin Thompson
Hartsfield served as mayor of Atlanta from 1937 -1941 and from 1942 -1962 making him the only mayor to hold this distinguished honor.
What is the longest serving mayor of Atlanta
Name three sports team that he was instrumental in bringing to Atlanta
What are the Falcons, the Braves, and the Hawks