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This man was elected president in 1976. He is our 39th president and the ONLY one from Georgia ever to be elected.

• Ronald Reagan

• Barak Obama

• Jimmy Carter

• Maynard Jackson

Short term impacts of the Olympics boosted the economy in and around Atlanta. What were a few of the positive long term effects?

• decline in population, removal of public housing, decrease in economy

• population growth, improved infastructure, increase in business

• over crowding in the city, lack of adaquate housing

• increase in pollution and trash, overcrowding, decrease in investment

The fact that more Atlanta city contracts went to African American business owners after 1973 is evidence of

• The arrival of professional sports teams.

• The impact of Maynard Jackson.

• The end of the white primary.

• The Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Who was Maynard Jackson?

• The first Republican elected to Congress since Reconstruction

• Georgia’s first African American governor

• Mayor of Atlanta during the 1996 Olympics

• Atlanta’s first African American mayor

Which African American politician began as an aide to Martin Luther King, Jr. and was the first African American Senator elected since Reconstruction?

• Maynard Jackson

• Benjamin Mays

• Andrew Young

• Lester Maddox

2 major problems during President Carter's presidency were

• the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty and Camp David Peace Accords

• the Iranian Hostage Crisis and Stagflation

• Food and Gas shortages

• Decline in the educational system and lack of mental health care

72 million visitors came to Georgia to witness this event; it created revenue of more than $5billion; built sports venues and parks increased international recognition; also the event that killed Alice Hawthorne and wounded 117 others at Centennial Olympic Park.

• 1996 Olympic Games

• The Million Man March

• March on Washington

• Free Style Olympics

As co-chair of Georgia’s 1996 Olympic committee, this former mayor of Atlanta is given most of the credit for Atlanta landing the 1996 Olympics.

• Maynard Jackson

• Andrew Young

• Andrew Jackson

• Jimmy Carter

Which of the following is correct about Jimmy Carter?

• He was the only Georgian to serve as president of the United States.

• He established the HOPE scholarship

• He was the first mayor of Atlanta, GA

• He was president for two terms.

Andrew Young made history when he was elected mayor of Atlanta for which of the following reasons?

• It was the first time an African American mayor had ever succeeded another African American mayor in a major city.

• He was the first African American mayor in the city’s history.

• He was the first mayor elected after the end of segregation in public schools.

• He was the first mayor in history to serve two consecutive terms.