Modern GA Quiz

Which statement BEST describes the role Andrew Young played in the continued development of Atlanta? Choose two correct answers about him. (H12a)

• served on the committee to bring the 1996 Olympic games to Atlanta

• worked to improve the interstate highway systems in Atlanta

• integrated the fire and police departments within the city of Atlanta

• brought 1,100 new businesses and one million jobs to the metropolitan Atlanta region

Maynard Jackson was an influential mayor in the continued development of Atlanta. Choose two correct answers about him. (H12a)

• first African American mayor of Atlanta

• served as ambassador to the United Nations

• expanded Hartsfield International Airport

• a leader in the civil rights movement

The timeline above is related to the political career of which Atlanta mayor? (H12a)

• Andrew Young

• Jimmy Carter

• William B. Hartsfield

• Maynard Jackson

Andrew Young’s accomplishments as the mayor of Atlanta include ALL of the following EXCEPT (H12a)

• $70 billion in new private investments

• 1,100 new businesses in the region

• one million jobs created in Atlanta

• expanded Hartsfield International Airport

In 2003, Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport was renamed “Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport” due to Maynard Jackson’s (H12a)

• efforts to hire African American pilots.

• contributions of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

• contributions to the airport’s expansion.

• career as the first African American mayor of Atlanta.

Jimmy Carter served as governor of Georgia from 1971-1975. Which issue did he deal with as governor of Georgia? (H12b)

• creating the HOPE scholarship program

• decreasing the size of state government

• resisting the integration of public schools

• securing Atlanta’s bid for the Summer Olympics

The events listed above could be used to support President Jimmy Carter's

• reelection victory as U.S. President

• winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002

• serving only one term as U.S. President

• becoming the leader of the United Nations in 1976

Which fact provides the BEST evidence to support that the most important successes of Jimmy Carter's presidency were related to the issues of foreign policy and diplomacy?

• Carter was instrumental in negotiating the Camp David Accords, which directly led to the 1979 Egypt-Israeli Peace Treaty.

• After Carter allowed the deposed Shah of Iran to enter the United States, Iranian militants seized the American embassy in Tehran, taking 52 Americans hostage.

• In 1980 Carter signed a federal law designed to clean up sites contaminated with hazardous substances and also provided for the protection of 79.53 million acres of wilderness lands.

• In response to the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Carter called for a boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, which increased tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union.

After losing the 1980 presidential election, Carter returned to Georgia where he did all of the following EXCEPT

• founded the Carter Center.

• supported Habitat for Humanity.

• ran for mayor of Plains, Georgia.

• wrote several books.

As state senator in the 1960s, Jimmy Carter was a strong advocate for

• changing state wide voting requirements.

• continuing the Jim Crow policies.

• improving education for Georgia students.

• getting the United States out of Vietnam.