Unit 7 Vocabulary Review

Mayor William B. Hartsfield

• Helped intergrate UGA and signed the Civil Rights Act

• He fought against the Olympics coming to Atlanta

• Found a location for Atlanta's first airport, pushed the development of GA Highway's

• Segregationist that had M L King arrested several times.

Mayor Ivan Allen

• Financed the funding of Ft. McPherson during WWI

• Built Atlanta's Civic center, developed MARTA and brought sports teams to Atlanta

• Worked with Hartsfield to stop integration in Atlanta

• Fought to have northern businesses relocate south to help the cotton industry

"A City to Busy to Hate"

• Saying created by Mayor Hartsfield describing Atlanta

• Saying created to cover up the feelings about race relations

• This how Hartsfield described Warm Springs, GA

• A saying created by the African Americans in Atlanta

Herman Talmadge

• Elected as Governor by GA state legislature after his father did before taking office

• Closed his restaurant to protest integration

• fought alongside M L King during the Civil Rights Movement

• Ran for President unsuccessfully.

Ellis Arnall

• Refused to accept the election of Talmadge and resigned to allow the Lt. Gov. to become the Gov.

• fought against integration

• Helped bring sports teams to Atlanta

• Helped with the development of Hartsfield-Jackson Airport

Lt. Governor Melvin Thompson

• Ran against Eugene Talmadge two times and lost

• Was elected by the GA Supreme court as the New Gov. after Arnall Resigned

• Partnered with Herman Talmadge to take over the General assembly

• Worked on the '96 Olympic committee

Industrialization

• The introduction of larger farms to help the economy

• This happens when sharecroppers and tenant farmers buy their own land

• The invention of technology (tools) that make production more efficient.

• Was the cause of the attitude of southerners toward northerners

Urban Areas

• The City

• The Country

• areas right outside the city

• cities out of town that border GA

Rural Areas

• areas with large buildings and highways, manufactoring centers with lots of technology

• The suburban areas

• Areas with farmland and a smaller population

• Areas that are located along the border of GA

The 1946 Governors Race

• A time in Georgia where there was a three way tie for Governor

• Herman Talmadge was elected as Gov. but died and there was a dispute over who was the legal governor

• The first black Governor was elected during this race

• A time in GA when the voters couldn't decide who should be the Governor.