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Growth and Development of Atlanta and Georgia
People of SS8H10
Civil Rights Movement & the People of Georgia
Civil Rights Movement & Georgia
The Events & People
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Civil Rights Movement & Georgia
The Controversies
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This economic sector was less dominant after World War II than it was before World War II.
What is agriculture?
100
This person was a 6-term mayor and made Atlanta the aviation hub of the South.
Who is William B. Hartsfield?
100
He was a life long educator who was the president of Morehouse College and the first black president of the Atlanta school board
Who is Benjamin Mays
100
Served as Georgia governor who strongly opposed segregation. Influenced legislation resulting in many educational reforms including expanding schools to include grades 1-12 and a 3% sales tax to help fund state education improvements
Who is Herman Talmadge
100
This landmark court case led to the racial integration of schools by declaring "separate but equal" schools unconstitutional
What is Brown v. Board of Education
200
This trend during World War II led to the growth of cities.
What is people moving to cities to work in wartime industries?
200
This mayor of Atlanta removed the "Colored" and "White" signs from City Hall.
Who is Ivan Allen, Jr.?
200
As Atlanta's first African-American Mayor, he increased funding for the arts and led the expansion of the airport
Who is Maynard Jackson
200
After a group of college students in Greensboro, N.C. were denied service at a Woolworth's lunch counter, they decided to protest with a sit-in", which eventually led to the organization of this group
What is the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee or SNCC (pronounced "snick")
200
After 40 years, this 1946 US Supreme court decision made it illegal to deny blacks the right to vote in primary elections in Georgia.
What is the end of the White Primary
300
These new crops became more popular in Georgia after cotton production began to fall.
What are soybeans, peanuts, and corn?
300
This governor corrected the university accreditation issues in Georgia during his term, and also made Georgia the first state to allow 18-year-olds to vote.
Who is Ellis Arnall?
300
These 2 black students had police escorts when they began classes at the University of Georgia
Who is Charlayne Hunter & Hamilton Holmes
300
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech during this demonstration
What is the March on Washington
300
A change in this state symbol resulted in a 30 year controversy and is even the blame for Governor Roy Barnes losing reelection
What is the 1956 State Flag Issue
400
Population became concentrated in these areas after World War II.
What are cities instead of rural areas?
400
This mayor brought major league sports to Georgia after constructing many public venues in Atlanta in the 1960s.
Who is Ivan Allen, Jr.?
400
As the only governor elected by the General Assembly in modern Georgia history, he appointed more blacks to state boards than any previous governor, and integrated the Georgia State Patrol. Some thought of him as a reformed segregationist.
Who is Lester Maddox
400
After studying the problem of integrating Georgia schools, this committee recommended allowing local school systems to decide if they wanted to integrate
What is the Sibley Commission
400
This controversy put Georgia in the nations spotlight when Eugene Talmadge died before taking this executive office and two other men both claimed rights to the office
What is the 1946 Governor's Race
500
Just over this much of Georgia's population lives in metro Atlanta.
What is 50 percent?
500
He fought for civil rights and helped to successfully integrate four previously all-white high schools.
Who is William B. Hartsfield?
500
First president of the newly formed Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
Who is John Lewis
500
This former African-American Atlanta mayor and executive director of SCLC, helped create "citizenship schools" during the civil rights era.
Who is Andrew Young
500
The focus of this movement was to integrate the interstate bus station waiting rooms in a south Georgia city
What is the Albany Movement