Unit 9 ESOL Vocabulary Quiz

The mass migration of six million African-Americans or Blacks to the North between the years 1910-1970. 

• Interstate Highway System

• Great Migration

• Railroads

The mayor of Atlanta who was instrumental in the development of the city, bringing major league sports teams to Atlanta, and worked with Dr King while becoming a key figure in the civil rights movement. 

• William Hartsfield

• Ivan Allen, Jr.

1. Atlanta’s longest serving mayor who was instrumental in bringing aviation to the city and worked with civil rights leaders to make the civil rights movement a more peaceful process in Atlanta than other cities.

• William Hartsfield

• Ivan Allen, Jr.

1. Georgia did not allow African-Americans or Blacks to vote in the all-important primary elections, due to the fact that the dominant party in Georgia typically made Georgia a one party state, most of the major political decisions took place during the primary. 

• White Primary

• Great Migration

• 1946 Governor's Race

It was also called the Three Governors Controversy. Due to the death of the 1946 governor’s race winner Eugene Talmadge and recent changes to the Georgia state constitution, three men (Herman Talmadge, Melvin Thompson, and Ellis Arnall) had a legitimate claim to the office; the matter was settled by the Supreme Court and a special election in 1948.

• 1946 Governor's Race

• 1976 Governor's Race

• 1936 Governor's Race

These important waterways used for shipping cargo; Georgia’s two deep-water ports are in Savannah and Brunswick.

• Railroads

• Hartsfield Jackson International Airport

• Interstate Highway System

• Deepwater Portts

This is the world’s busiest airport; located in Atlanta; named after Atlanta mayors William B. Hartsfield and Maynard Jackson.•

• Hartsfield Jackson International Airport

• Deep water ports

• Railroads

• Interstate Highway System

The  national highway system established by the federal government in the 1950's.

• Hartsfield Jackson International Airport

• Deep water ports

• Railroads

• Interstate Highway System

It was an important mode of transportation used to ship a large amount of goods nationwide; many of Georgia’s cities were developed away from rivers due to this.

• Hartsfield Jackson International Airport

• Deep water ports

• Railroads

• Interstate Highway System