Modern Georgia

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Modern Georgia

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Social Studies

8th Grade

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Teresa Wall

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22 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which Georgian was an aide to Martin Luther King, Jr., served as mayor of Atlanta, and was instrumental in bringing the Olympics to Atlanta?

Andrew Young

John Lewis

Richard Russell

Roy Barnes

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Andrew Young has held many positions of influence both in Georgia and the world. Among his accomplishments, which has he not been?

a congressman

mayor of Altanta

a civil rights leader

governor of Georgia

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which event was the most significant in Andrew Young's political career?

He was a prominent African American involved in the stock market.

He was the first African American from Georgia since Reconstruction to be elected to the U.S. Congress

He was the first African American to graduate from the University of Georgia

He was the youngest African American preacher

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which payor of Atlanta addressed the need to expand the airport, increased programs for the arts and encouraged Atlanta to become a financial center, and expanded convention facilities and sold Atlanta's image as a major convention center?

Andrew Young

Ivan Allen, Jr.

Maynard Jackson

Sam Massell

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Why was the election of Maynard Jackson significant?

It allowed for the continuing push for African Americans to serve in the state legislature.

It established a way for African Americans to be active at the national level.

It helped draw attention to the needs of African Americans living in rural areas.

It represented the first time an African American had become mayor of Atlanta.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Atlanta's airport bears the name of two of its civil rights and aviation-promoting mayors. Who are they?

Maynard Jackson and Ivan Allen

Ivan All and Richard Russell

Richard Russell and William Hartsfield

William Hartsfield and Maynard Jackson

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which US President accomplished the Camp David Peace Accords between Egypt and Israel, created the US Department of Education, and established the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty with the Soviet Union?

George W. Bush

Gerald Ford

Jimmy Carter

Ronald Reagan

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