Unit 7 Standard H12 PREVIEW

This man was elected president in 1976. He is our 39th president and the ONLY one from Georgia ever to be elected.

• Ronald Reagan
• Barak Obama
• Jimmy Carter
• Maynard Jackson

72 million visitors came to Georgia to witness this event; it created revenue of more than $5billion; built sports venues and parks increased international recognition; also the event that killed Alice Hawthorne and wounded 117 others at Centennial Olympic Park.

• 1996 Olympic Games
• The Million Man March
• March on Washington
• Free Style Olympics

Which of the following is correct about Jimmy Carter?

•  He was the only Georgian to serve as president of the United States.
• He established the HOPE scholarship
• He was the first mayor of Atlanta, GA
• He was president for two terms.

The fact that more Atlanta city contracts went to African American business owners after 1973 is evidence of

• The arrival of professional sports teams.

• The impact of Maynard Jackson.

• The end of the white primary.

• The Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Who was Maynard Jackson?

• The first Republican elected to Congress since Reconstruction

• Georgia’s first African American governor

• Mayor of Atlanta during the 1996 Olympics

• Atlanta’s first African American mayor

Andrew Young made history when he was elected mayor of Atlanta for which of the following reasons?

• It was the first time an African American mayor had ever succeeded another African American mayor in a major city.

• He was the first African American mayor in the city’s history.

• He was the first mayor elected after the end of segregation in public schools.

• He was the first mayor in history to serve two consecutive terms.

People that have migrated or moved from other places to find jobs, shelter, and opportunity; important to the growth and economy of GA.

• Albany Movement
• Immigrants
• Malcontents
• County Unit System

How do immigrants help Georgia's economy?

• They bring lots of money from the country from which they moved.
• They perform work and spend money in a certain area.
• They pay more taxes than other people.
• They give more money to the police.

What event brought an economic boom to Atlanta, Georgia?

• Olympic Games of 1996
• Republican Convention
• The circus
• Democratic convention

(SS8H12b) What honor was bestowed on Jimmy Carter after his Presidency?

• The Congressional Medal of Honor
• The Nobel Peace Prize
• The Presidential Medal of Freedom