SS8H10 B

Why is Atlanta's longest serving mayor, William Berry Hartsfield, known as Atlanta's "father of aviation"?

• He was an accomplished pilot who began Delta airlines.
• He was a colleague of airplane inventors Orville and Wilbur Wright.
• He developed the C5 mass transport airplane for Georgia's Lockheed Aeronautical plant.
• He believed that an airport for Atlanta would be a key to the city's economic prosperity.

In 1966, the Atlanta Braves made history by

• playing to a sold-out Atlanta crowd.
• losing to the Pittsburgh Pirates after thirteen innings of play.
• being known as the worst team in major league baseball’s history.
• becoming the first major league sports team to call the Deep South home.

All of the phrases are describing what Atlanta mayor?

• Asa Candler
• Ivan Allen, Jr.
• Andrew J. Young
• Maynard Jackson

Helped bring the Braves to Atlanta from Milwaukee.

• William B. Hartsfield
• Ivan Allen, Jr.

Ordered all segregation signs removed from City Hall in 1962.

• William B. Hartsfield
• Ivan Allen, Jr.

Oversaw the peaceful integration of schools in 1961.

• William B. Hartsfield
• Ivan Allen, Jr.

Known as the "Father of Aviation in Atlanta."

• William B. Hartsfield
• Ivan Allen, Jr.