Ellis Arnall

What did Governor Arnall do to reduce the power of the governor in Georgia?

• Established a dictatorship
• Abolished the state legislature
• Increased the governor's authority
• Created eight constitutional boards

What is one action Arnall was able to lead the state to do within the first 24 days as Governor?

• Holding off the Supreme Court from striking down segregation
• Paying off the state debt of $36 million
• He increased the rates of all railroad traffic
• He fired his Lt Governor before he could find his office.

What controversy erupted after Eugene Talmadge's death in 1946?

• The education reform controversy
• The transportation reform controversy
• The criminal justice reform controversy
• The three governors controversy

Which of the following did Governor Arnall successfully achieve during his tenure?

• Eliminating the poll tax
• Raising the voting age
• Implementing a poll tax
• Increasing state debt

Which of the following is NOT something Governor Arnall established during his tenure?

• Restored accreditation to the Univeristy of Georgia
• lowered the voting age
• Created a Teachers' retirement system
• State lottery system

During the three governor controversey, which of these men did NOT lay claim to be Governor?

• Melvin Thompson
• Ellis Arnall
• William Hartsfield
• Herman Talmadge

How did Arnall lay claim to the Governorship even though he had not even run for the office in 1946?

• He tried to convince Georgians that by nature a son should replace his father in any elected position if he dies.
• He refused to leave the governor's office until the 1946 winner was declared by a court case.

• The state legislature approved his election as governor.
• Melvin Thompson asked Arnall to stay in office until he was announced the winner.

What did Governor Arnall's inaction regarding a federal courts ruling striking down WHITE PRIMARIES result in?

• Accusations by whites of being a traitor to the white race
• Federal court intervention
• Statewide protests
• Increased support from the Talmadge faction

What was the key issue that led to Governor Arnall's victory over Eugene Talmadge in the 1942 election?

• Education reform

• Tax reform-poll tax was eliminated so everyone could vote
• Criminal justice reform
• Transportation reform

Ellis Arnall was considered a progressive governor.

• True

• False