Unit 8 Formative 2 2023

This man was elected president in 1976. He is our 39th president and the ONLY one from Georgia ever to be elected.

• Ronald Reagan
• Barak Obama
• Jimmy Carter
• Maynard Jackson

72 million visitors came to Georgia to witness this event; it created revenue of more than $5billion; built sports venues and parks increased international recognition; also the event that killed Alice Hawthorne and wounded 117 others at Centennial Olympic Park.

• 1996 Olympic Games
• The Million Man March
• March on Washington
• Free Style Olympics

Which of the following is correct about Jimmy Carter?

•  He was the only Georgian to serve as president of the United States.
• He established the HOPE scholarship
• He was the first mayor of Atlanta, GA
• He was president for two terms.

The fact that more Atlanta city contracts went to African American business owners after 1973 is evidence of

• The arrival of professional sports teams.

• The impact of Maynard Jackson.

• The end of the white primary.

• The Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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 congressman elected since Reconstruction?

• Maynard Jackson

• Benjamin Mays

• Andrew Young

• Lester Maddox

President Jimmy Carter named this man an ambassador to the United Nations in 1977. In 1981, he was elected   mayor of Atlanta , succeeding Maynard Jackson.  He was a civil rights activist and the first African American to be elected as a U.S. Congressman since Reconstruction.

• Maynard Jackson
• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 
• Andrew Young
• Benjamin Mays

(SS8H12b) Jimmy Carter was born in

• Athens, GA
• Atlanta, GA
• Plains, GA

(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

SS8H12d) What important event did Atlanta host in 1996?

• World Series
• Olympics
• International Cotton Expo