Unit 8: Summative

Who brought three professional sports teams to Atlanta?

• Ivan Allen, Jr.

• Ellis Arnall

• Eugene Talmadge

• William Hartsfield

Who helped to develop the interstate highway system in Georgia?

• William Hartsfield

• Eugene Talmadge

• Herman Talmadge

• Ivan Allen, Jr.

Atlanta mayor Williams Hartsfield called Atlanta

• "The Coca Cola Capital"

• "the city too busy to hate"

• "The birthplace of the Braves"

• "The peachiest city in Georgia"

Which Atlanta mayor desegregated city hall by removing "colored" signs and integrating the cafeteria?

• Maynard Jackson

• William Hartsfield

• Ivan Allen, Jr.

• Asa Candler

Which Atlanta mayor developed the M.A.R.T.A. railway system in Atlanta?

• Maynard Jackson

• William Hartsfield

• Ivan Allen, Jr.

• Asa Candler

Which Atlanta mayor served for 6 terms over 23 years?

• Ellis Arnall

• William Hartsfield

• Ivan Allen, Jr.

• Eugene Talmadge

William Hartsfield and Ivan Allan, Jr. were both

• Georgia Governors

• Presidential candidates from GA

• Atlanta mayors

• Georgia Congressman

Which group organized student led protests, sit ins, and boycotts during the civil rights movement?

• Atlantans Are Activists

• Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

• Ku Klux Klan

• Ready Education Association

(1954) - Supreme Court case that struck down the policy of separate but equal and mandated the desegregation of public schools.

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Scott v. Sanford

• Lewis v. Georgia

(1963) - The famous jobs and civil rights march led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; the famous “I Have a Dream” speech was given at the march.

• March on Washington

• Albany Movement

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• March to Montgomery