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Test / Quiz SS8H10 Post WWII

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 6hrs 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Tractors, fertilizer, and mechanization are examples of how ___ transformed agriculture in Georgia after WWII.

a)

technology

b)

hard work

c)

farmers

d)

cities

2.

New Technology decreased the demand for farm labor causing farmers to move to the ___ to find work.

a)

army

b)

cities

c)

shipyards

d)

Bell-Aircraft factory

3.

Farms unable to employ as many individuals lead to the _______?

a)

Great Migration of African Americans

b)

WWII

c)

Pearl Harbor

d)

The Vietnam War

4.

What Time Period is the 20th Century?

a)

1920's

b)

1901-2000's

c)

2001-3000

d)

20 A.D.

5.

What Georgia City's population Drastically Grew because the Great Migration?

a)

Atlanta

b)

Nahunta

c)

Jacksonville

d)

Macon

6.

What New Deal Agency also contributed to the Great Migration?

a)

AAA

b)

SSA

c)

CCC

d)

REA

7.

Why did tractors and better Technology cause Individuals to start working in the Factories?

a)

Injured the Farmers.

b)

Less farmers needed to work the fields.

c)

Farm Hands not smart enough to work the equipment.

d)

Robots did all the work.

8.
Who first called Atlanta the "city too busy to hate"?
a)
Eugene Talmadge
b)
Ivan Allen
c)
Ellis Arnall
d)
William Hartsfield
9.
Why is Atlanta's longest serving mayor, William Berry Hartsfield, known as Atlanta's "father of aviation"?
a)

He was an accomplished pilot who began Delta airlines.

b)

He was a colleague of airplane inventors Orville and Wilbur Wright.

c)

He developed the C5 mass transport airplane for Georgia's Lockheed Aeronautical plant.

d)

He believed that an airport for Atlanta would be a key to the city's economic prosperity. Helped bring one to Atlanta.

10.
Mayor of Atlanta from 1962-1970; removed the “Colored” and “White’s Only” signs from City Hall; oversaw the construction of skyscrapers and buildings in Atlanta; integrated the fire department and city governments; Atlanta Braves (MLB), Atlanta Hawks (NBA), and Atlanta Falcons (NFL) all came to Atlanta during his tenure
a)
Maynard Jackson 
b)
Ellis Arnall
c)
Ivan Allen Jr. 
d)
William B. Hartsfield 
11.

Where were both Mayors born?

a)

Atlanta

b)

Tennessee

c)

Jacksonville

d)

Savannah

12.

What did Hartsfield do to improve the infrastructure of Atlanta?

a)

Desegregation

b)

Marta, Ferry Boats

c)

Subway, Ferry Boats

d)

Airports, Highways

13.

What is Integration?

a)

Person born in a particular place

b)

Transported people in, out and around the city

c)

Intermixing of People

d)

Math problems

14.

Who worked with Martin Luther King Jr. in desegregation.

a)

William B. Hartsfield

b)

Ivan Allen Jr.

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

General Sherman

15.

Who helped bring Hawks, Falcons, and Braves to Atlanta?

a)

Ivan Allen JR.

b)

William B. Hartsfield

c)

Samuel L. Jackson

d)

Martin Luther King Jr.

16.

What is the purpose of MARTA.

a)

To get people around, in and out of the city.

b)

To transport goods around, in and out of the city.

c)

For a paid tour around the whole city.

d)

A building named after William B. Hartsfield.

17.

What facts are true about Hartsfield-Jackson Airport?

a)

Busiest airport Globally

b)

International Airport

c)

Oldest Airport in the World

d)

Only Airport on the East Coast

18.

Under this system only white citizens were allowed to vote in primary elections; this made elections unfair for African Americans by allowing only white citizens to choose the candidates for general elections.

a)

Caucasian Primaries 

b)

Racist Primaries 

c)

White Elections

d)

White Primaries 

19.

Who was elected governor, but did not serve for his 4th term because of his death?

a)

Eugene Talmadge

b)

Ellis Arnall

c)

William Hartsfield

d)

Melvin Thompson

20.
Son of Governor Eugene Talmadge; involved in 1946 Governor’s race controversy; segregationist who fought against integration of schools in GA.
a)

Herman

b)

Gandhi

c)

Martin Luther

d)

Andrew

21.

A progressive Georgian in the 1940s who wanted to end the White Primary and see African Americans treated equally would have supported which governor?

a)

Herman Talmadge

b)

Ellis Arnall

c)

Eugene Talmadge

22.

The GA Supreme Court was forced to make a decision in the 1946 3 Governor's Controversy. What was their ruling?

a)

Eugene Talmadge was declared the official governor until a special election was held and Herman Talmadge was named the new Governor.

b)

Elllis Arnall was declared the official governor until a special election was held and Melvin Thompson was named the new Governor.

c)

Per the GA Constitution, the court ruled that the Lt. Govenor, Melvin Thompson was Governor until a special election was held and Herman Talmadge won.

d)

Per the GA Constitution, the court ruled that the Lt. Govenor, Melvin Thompson was Governor until a special election was held and Eugene Talmadge won.

23.
The “Three Governors” controversy began as a result of this election; Eugene Talmadge was elected Georgia’s governor but died before taking office; current governor Ellis Arnall, Lt. Governor Melvin Thompson, and Herman Talmadge fought to choose the new governor; Herman Talmadge eventually elected in 1947. 
a)
1946 Governor's Race
b)
1848 Governor's Race
24.

What political party used the white primaries to keep African Americans from voting?

a)

Democratic

b)

Republican

c)

Libertarians

d)

Federalists

25.

What political parties were in Georgia during the Three Governors Controversy?

a)

Democrate

b)

Republican

c)

Libertarian

d)

Federalists

26.

Who refused to give up the Governors office and opened a second Governors office?

a)

Herman Talmadge

b)

Eugene Talmadge

c)

Ellis Arnall

d)

Melvin Thompson

27.

Who stole the State Governor's Seal?

a)

Ellis Arnall

b)

Herman Talmadge

c)

Eugene Talmadge

d)

Melvin Thompson

28.

Who were Georgia's Mayor's?

a)

William B. Hartsfield

b)

Ivan Allen Jr.

c)

Eugene Talmage

d)

Ellis Arnall

29.

Which 3 served as Governors of Georgia

a)

Eugene Talmadge

b)

Hermin Talmadge

c)

Ellis Arnell

d)

William B. Hartsfield

30.

What was the Name of the Court Case that ended the White Primaries in Georgia.

a)

Roe vs Wade

b)

King vs Chapman

c)

Brown vs Board

d)

Dred Scott vs Sanford

31.

Which Mayor Helped Implement I-285 and the MARTA?

a)

Ivan Allen Jr

b)

William B. Hartsfield

c)

Eugene Talmadge

d)

Melvin Thompson

32.

Which Mayor worked with other Atlanta leaders to annex lands and Triple the size of Atlanta?

a)

William B. Hartsfield

b)

Ivan Allen Jr.

c)

Hermin Talmadge

d)

Ellis Arnell

33.

Which 2 Governors were Civil Rights advocates in Georgia?

a)

Melvin Thompson

b)

Ellis Arnall

c)

Hermin Talmadge

d)

Eugene Talmadge

34.

The 3 Governors Controversy in Georgia was laughed at by the rest of the world?

a)

True

b)

False

35.

Which Mayor served in WWII?

a)

William B. Hartsfield

b)

Ivan Allen Jr.

c)

Eugene Talmadge

d)

Melvin Thompson