SS8H12: Modern Georgia

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

What TWO key things happened under Maynard Jackson's term as mayor of Atlanta

• MARTA (Atlanta's mass transit system was introduced

• There was an international terminal added to the Atlanta Airport

• Atlanta opened the Coca-Cola Museum

• The College Football Hall of Fame was created

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

• Interstate 285

• MARTA

• The Capitol Building

• Airport

Which African American politician began as an aide to Martin Luther King, Jr. and was the first African American Senator elected since Reconstruction?

• Maynard Jackson

• Benjamin Mays

• Andrew Young

• Lester Maddox

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

• Congressman

• Ambassador

• Business Owner

• Lawyer

Andrew Young was the co-chair of which group?

• Atlanta Braves

• 1996 Olympic Committee

• Zoo Board

• He wasn't a co-chair of anything

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.

Appointed by President Jimmy Carter to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations

• Maynard Jackson

• Andrew Young

• Christopher Brian Bridges

• Martin Luther King Jr.

· Naval Academy graduate

· former Governor of a southern state

· 39th President of the United States

· 2002 Nobel Peace Prize Winner

The person described here is

• Jimmy Carter.

• Bill Clinton.

• Ronald Reagan.

• Dwight Eisenhower.

SS8H12b) First and only Georgian to be elected President.

• Sonny Perdue

• Andrew Young

• Jimmy Carter

• Maynard Jackson