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SS8H10 Evaluate key post-World War II developments in Georgia.
b. Explain how the development of Atlanta under mayors William B. Hartsfield and Ivan Allen, Jr. affected the state.

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Multiple Choice

Which statement about Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. is true?

• He decided Atlanta did not need to have professional sports teams

• He chased people out of his restaurant with an axe handle

• His efforts to peacefully integrate Atlanta served as a model for the rest of Georgia.

Multiple Choice

Mayor William B. Hartsfield is best known for.

• making the city of Atlanta and the state of Georgia an important aviation center.

• opposing school integration in Atlanta

• being the first mayor of Atlanta born in Canada

​William B. Hartsfield became one of the greatest mayors of Atlanta. He served as mayor for six terms (1937-41, 1942-61), longer than any other person in the city’s history. Hartsfield held office during a critical period when the color line separating the races began to change and the city grew from more than 100,000 inhabitants to a metropolitan population of one million. He is credited with developing Atlanta into the aviation powerhouse that it is today and with building its image as “the City Too Busy to Hate.” Williams, Louis. "William B. Hartsfield." New Georgia Encyclopedia https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/william-b-hartsfield-1890-1971/

Maynard Jackson

​First African American Mayor of Atlanta

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Multiple Choice

Maynard Jackson is known for

• supporting the Indian Removal Act

• supporting construction of the Maynard H. Jackson International terminal at the Atlanta airport

• forbidding the inclusion of minority contractors on city construction projects

​Executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Mayor of Atlanta

Andrew Young

SS8E1 Explain how the four transportation systems (road, air, water, and rail) of Georgia contribute to the development and growth of the state’s economy.

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Transportation