Company that assembled B-29 bombers for the U.S. Army
What is Bell Aircraft?
100
Served 6 terms as Atlanta’s mayor
Presided over many building projects including expressways and parks throughout the city.
After his death in 1971 the Atlanta airport was renamed after him.
Who is William B. Hartsfield?
100
Makes transportation through the city easier
I-20, I-75, and I-85, go through the city of Atlanta.
I-95 goes from Florida to Maine
I-75 goes from Miami to Michigan.
What is Interstate Highway System?
100
Won the special election as GA’s Governor in 1948
Elected to the U.S. Senate in 1956 (served until 1980)
Worked to create laws to help the rural regions of GA
Improved Education in GA
Strict Segregationist
Who is Herman Talmadge?
100
Student Led Organization
Non-Violent Protests
Started by Dr. King's organization, the SCLC
What is the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)?
200
Location of shipyards during World War II
Place where "Liberty Ships" were built
What are the Savannah and Brunswick shipyards?
200
Served as Atlanta’s mayor from 1962-1970
Only politician from the South to speak in favor of the Civil Rights Act
Helped to bring the Braves, Falcons, and Hawks to Atlanta
Who is Ivan Allen, Jr.?
200
One of the busiest in the world
Named after two Atlanta mayors (William Hartsfield and Maynard Jackson)
Thousands of passengers, mail, and cargo pass through Atlanta everyday.
What is Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport?
200
President of Morehouse College in Atlanta
Ideas taught by Mays became central to Martin Luther King, Jr.
Who is Benjamin Mays?
200
Challenged segregated bus system in Albany, Georgia. Nearly 500 people jailed in the boycotts/demonstrations.
What is the Albany Movement?
300
U.S. Senator
Worked to bring wartime opportunities (jobs) to GA
Helped to bring over a dozen military bases to GA.
Who is Richard Russell?
300
Served as Governor from 1943-1947
Worked to reform GA’s government, state universities, prisons, the tax system, and the state constitution
Also lowered GA’s voting age.
Allowed black voters to vote in the white primary
Lost against Eugene Talmadge in the 1946 Governor’s race.
Who is Ellis Arnall?
300
Two major ones (Savannah and Brunswick)
Goods (products) made in Georgia are frequently shipped to other parts of the world through these ports.
What are Georgia’s Deepwater Ports?
300
Struck down “separate but equal” concept
Schools were to be integrated.
What is Brown vs. Board of Education?
300
Found that most Georgians did not oppose desegregation as much as originally thought
Idea of Georgia Governor Ernest Vandiver
What is the Sibley Commission?
400
U.S. Representative
Helped to expand the U.S. Navy
Much of this expansion (building of ships) took place at GA’s shipyards.
Who is Carl Vinson?
400
Entrepreneur who started TBS, CNN
Owned the Atlanta Braves, Hawks, and Thrashers
Who is Ted Turner?
400
Allowed products to be moved over land quickly
What are the railroads?
400
Changed to reflect GA’s past.
Changed in response to Brown vs. Board of Education
Added the Confederate battle flag (known as the Stars and Bars).
What is the 1956 Georgia State Flag?
400
First African American students at UGA.
Who are Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes?
500
The Little White House
What is Franklin D. Roosevelt's home in Georgia?
500
The only Atlanta professional team to win a national championship
What is the Atlanta Braves?
500
International jobs
What is a positive effect of the transportation systems?
500
Graduated from Morehouse College in 1946
Pastor of his own church in Montgomery, Alabama by 1954 Committed himself to the civil rights movement after the arrest of Rosa Parks in 1955
Assassinated in 1968 by James Earl Ray
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
500
Elected mayor of Atlanta in 1973
1st African American mayor of a major southern city