Historical Persons
Longtime senator who supported a strong military.
Who was Richard Russell?
Money paid by citizens to the government.
What are taxes?
The number of branches that makes up GA's government.
What is 3?
This war lasted from 1860 to 1865.
What is the Civil War?
Who was William McIntosh?
This peanut farmer went from governor to president in 1976.
Who was Jimmy Carter?
This type of person starts businesses.
What is an entrepreneur?
What is the Georgia Supreme Court?
This event led to many Georgians losing their jobs in the 1930s.
What was Great Depression?
This group of settlers was unhappy because they couldn't have slaves.
Who were the Malcontents?
These two mayors help bring the 1996 Olympics to Atlanta.
Who were Maynard Jackson and Andrew Young?
The reason a person starts a business.
What is to make a profit?
This person executes the laws of Georgia.
What is the governor?
What is WW2?
This metal was discovered in North Georgia in the 1830s leading to a rush.
What is gold?
This city was founded in Georgia in 1733 by this man.
Who was James Oglethrope?
What is the film making industry?
This branch is responsible for making laws.
What is the legislative branch?
Government plan for rebuilding the South after the Civil War.
What was Reconstruction?
This prominent sports event came to Atlanta in 1996.
What was the Summer Olympics?
This Native American Chief sold land to the Trustees at mouth of the Savannah River.
Who was Tomachichi?
This is money a person earns from working.
What is income?
This is the age you can be a voter in GA.
What is 18?
Gov't programs created by FDR to put unemployed Americans to work.
What was the New Deal?
This peanut governor became president in 1976.
Who was Jimmy Carter?