Modern Georgia

Who was the first African-American mayor of Atlanta?

• Ivan Allen, Jr.

• Maynard Jackson

• Andrew Young

• John Lewis

Who was the first Georgian to be elected to the office of President?

• Eugene Talmadge

• Jimmy Carter

• Lester Maddox

• Ivan Allen, Jr.

Which person was the first African American since Reconstruction to elected be to Congress?

• John Lewis

• Maynard Jackson

• Andrew Young

• William B. Harstfield

Which Georgia governor consolidated state agencies and ended segregation in Georgia's government?

• Eugene Talmadge

• Jimmy Carter

• Melvin Thompson

• Lester Maddox

·The Camp David Accords, 1978

·The Panama Canal Treaty, 1978

·The Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty, 1979

·The Strategic Arms Limitations Talks (SALT II), 1979

Which U.S. president was responsible for each of these diplomatic and foreign policy developments of the late 70's?

• Gerald Ford

• Jimmy Carter

• Ronald Reagan

• Richard Nixon

(SS8H12b) Hometown of Jimmy Carter

• Plains, GA

• Gainesville, GA

• Atlanta, GA

• Dalton, GA

SS8H12d) What important event did Atlanta host in 1996?

• World Series

• Olympics

• International Cotton Expo

• Super Bowl

Which Georgia activist worked closely with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., eventually becoming an executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference?

• Andrew Young

• Jesse Jackson

• Barbara Jordan

• Kevin Gates

Which of these was a major foreign policy failure during the Carter presidency?

• American hostages taken in Iran

• loss of Panama to the Soviet Union

• 
  failure to foster peace in the Middle East

• failure to protect West Berlin from communism

• 1972: He was the first African-American from Georgia to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives since Reconstruction.

• 1977: He was appointed as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

• 1981: He was elected as Mayor of Atlanta.

• 1985: He was elected to a second term as Mayor of Atlanta.
  
  This timeline is related to the political career of which famous Georgia politician?

• YB

• 
  Jimmy Carter

• 
  Andrew Young

• Maynard Jackson