SS8H12ab Practice

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

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

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

• Interstate 285

• MARTA

• The Capitol Building

• Airport

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.

True or False: As governor of GA, Carter supported Civil Rights?

• True

• False

This man was the Georgia state Senator in 1962 for the 14th District.

• Jimmy Carter

• Andrew Young

• Maynard Jackson

• Tyler Durden

"No poor, rural, weak, or black person should never have to bear the additional burden of being of being deprived of the _________________, a job, or simple justice."

• opportunity of an education

• right to bear arms

• freedom of speech

• oxygen

The Iranian Hostage Crisis:

• a group of Iranian students held hostage in New York City

• a group of Iranian students took over the U.S. embassy because they were upset their former leader was hiding in the U.S.

• US Soldiers were held captive by Iranian officials because Iran was upset of the military bases in their economy

• a group of wild geese flew into the U.S. embassy and would not leave until they were fed.

After President Jimmy Carter left office he:

• Continued to promote democracy and human rights

• opened the Carter Center

• Won the Nobel Peace Prize

• He did All of these things

First and only Georgian to be elected President.

• Sonny Perdue

• Andrew Young

• Jimmy Carter

• Maynard Jackson