GA History Study Guide Part 4

Which two legislators helped bring the 1996 Summer Olympics to Atlanta? (select 2)

• Jimmy Carter

• Lester Maddox

• Andrew Young

• Maynard Jackson

After WW II the era of sharecropping and tenant farming subsided in Georgia. Farmers who stayed in agriculture depended on which of the following inventions to help them gain more profits. (select 2)

• irrigation and machinery

• loans from banks

• pesticides (bug spray)

• ford trucks

This person maintained Mayor Hartsfield legacy to keep Atlanta peaceful during the civil rights movement. He also brought major league sports teams to the state.

• Jimmy Carter

• Ivan Allen

• William Hartsfield

• Kasim Reed

This native Georgian became a spokesman and a leader of the civil rights movement.

• Lester Maddox

• Bobby Cox

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Jimmy Carter

This man from Plains, GA was elected 39th President of the United States. His foreign policy promoted human rights.

• Jimmy Carter

• William Hartsfield

• Maynard Jackson

• John Lewis

The first black mayor of Atlanta and the first black mayor of a major southern city. He brought many other African American's into high ranking positions in city government.

• Kasim Reed

• Maynard Jackson

• John Lewis

• Andrew Young

This former Mayor worked to make Atlanta a model city in the south. He peacefully integrated the city's school systems. He worked hard to create and establish Atlanta airport as a center for travel.

• Ivan Allen

• Kasim Reed

• Maynard Jackson

• William Hartsfield

As a response to Brown v. Board of Education, the state of Georgia_________________________.

• seceeded from the Union

• started rioting

• changed its state flag

• formed peaceful protests

Today, with such beautiful places such as Savannah, the Golden Isles, Callaway Gardens and the Blue Ridge Mountains, _______________________ has become a $60 billion dollar industry.

• building restaurants

• manufacturing

• tourism

• retail sales

This industry in Georgia is now the third largests in the nation.

• agriculture

• retail sales

• film

• education