Georgia History in Postcards

Lights are on at Georgia's Capitol Building! Who is working late during their annual 40 day session?

• The Georgia Supreme Court

• Trustees of the Colony of Georgia

• The General Assembly

In 1890, Georgia Tech held its first graduation. Both of the graduating seniors got degrees in _________________

• Sports Medicine

• Mechanical Engineering

• Aerospace Engineering

• Biotechnology

Why is there a statue of Henry Grady in downtown Atlanta?

• Because Grady was the mayor of Atlanta after the Civil War

• Because he was the editor of the Atlanta newspaper

• Because he predicted the "New South" would bring prosperity to cities like Atlanta

The street light on this postcard has holes in it that were caused by Federal cannons during the bombardment of Atlanta in 1864. This street light survived

• the American Revolultion

• the Civil War

• the First World War

John B. Gordon lived in this house on the west side of Atlanta. Gordon was

• a former Confederate general

• governor of Georgia and one of the Bourbon Triumvirate

• a lawyer who shut down the Ku Klux Klan in 1870s Georgia

What could you find at the downtown Atlanta train station in the New South era?

• Bales of cotton going to textile mills

• Passengers traveling to other cities

• Cars built at the KIA plant in West Point, GA

This postcard shows

• Brasstown Bald

• Pine Mountain

• Stone Mountain

Why would the U S Army want to put a fort in Atlanta?

• The climate is temperate so soldiers can be outside year round.

• Atlanta has transportation connections to all parts of the country.

• To protect against an invasion from Spanish Florida.

What year do you think this postcard was created?

• 1865

• 1733

• 1895

After the Civil War and ______________, Atlanta began its 'rise from the ashes' and slowly become one of the important cities in the South.

• Renaissance

• Reconstitution

• Reconstrucion

• Restitution