Study Guide Unit 11b Quiz

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

SS8H12b) First and only Georgian to be elected President.

• Sonny Perdue
• Andrew Young
• Jimmy Carter
• Maynard Jackson

How did hosting the 1996 Olympic Games benefit Georgia?

• They provided an economic boost for the state

• They helped to Atlanta to have a water shortage.

• They allowed Georgia farmers to produce more crops.

• They left the state in debt after the Olympic Games.

What was renamed after Maynard Jackson's death to honor him?

• Interstate 285

• MARTA

• The Capitol Building

• Airport

Andrew Young was Georgia's first African-American what since reconstruction?

• Congressman

• Ambassador

• Business Owner

• Lawyer

(SS8H11c) First African-American Congressman since Reconstruction.

• Sonny Perdue
• Andrew Young
• Jimmy Carter
• Maynard Jackson

(SS8H12b) Founded the Carter Center

• Carter's Governorship
• Carter's after Presidency
• Carter's Presidency
• Carter before Presidency

(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

Jimmy Carter was able to help these two countries reach a peace agreement in 1978.

• Israel and Iran
• Iran and Iraq
• Egypt and Israel
• Israel and the Soviet Union

Worked with Martin Luther King Jr. and the SCLC

• Andrew Young

• Maynard Jackson

• Jimmy Carter

• William B. Hartsfield