Study Guide

1920’s through Civil Rights

  1. Who was responsible for bringing many of the professional sports teams to Atlanta?

Ivan Allen, Jr.

  1. What is the name of Atlanta’s professional hockey team?

Atlanta Thrashers

  1. What governor worked to allow blacks to vote in white primaries?

Ellis Arnall

  1. Who was able to bring desegregation to all public facilities by 1964?

Ivan Allen, Jr.

  1. Who was elected the first black mayor of Atlanta in 1973?

Maynard Jackson

  1. Which court case, argued in 1896, allowed for the “Separate but Equal” doctrine?

Plessy v. Ferguson

  1. What prompted the United States to enter World War II?

The bombing of Pearl Harbor

  1. Why did the United States start a lend-lease system of war equipment?

Its allies ran out of money with which to purchase the equipment

  1. What Georgia governor served during the Great Depression and spent a great deal of his time speaking out against the New Deal, blacks, and the metropolitan areas?

Eugene Talmadge

  1. What is an extreme drop in the economy called?

Depression

  1. What was Franklin D. Roosevelt’s plan to boost the economy called?

The New Deal

  1. What was the purpose of Social Security?

Create a system of retirement and unemployment insurance

  1. Who promoted the idea of “A city too busy to hate?”

William B. Hartsfield

  1. From what group of voters did Talmadge receive most of his support?

Rural voters

  1. What was the first professional sports team in Atlanta?

Atlanta Braves

  1. Why did Georgian’s not feel the impact of the stock market crash?

Georgia was already in a depression because of the boll weevil and drought.

  1. What were Georgia cotton farmers in the 1920’s hurt by besides the boll weevil?

Drought and a drop in cotton prices

  1. Who served as mayor of Atlanta for 6 terms?

William B. Hartsfield

  1. What percent of Georgia’s population currently lives on farms?

Less than 2%

  1. What is the connection between Warm Springs, GA and FDR?

FDR came to Warm Springs to help his polio. He also died in Warm Springs

  1. Who were the Allied Powers in WWII?

Great Britain, France, U.S. and the Soviet Union

  1. After who is Atlanta’s airport named?

William B. Hartsfield and Maynard Jackson

  1. What was the German army’s tactic for overrunning a country?

Blitzkrieg or “Lightning War”

  1. What was the Holocaust?

The systematic killing of Jews and other minorities by Nazi Germany (Hitler)

  1. What Georgian was known as the “father of the two-ocean navy?”

Carl Vinson

  1. What was Georgia’s main contribution during World War II?

Building ships and training infantry at bases in Georgia

  1. Who was shot and killed in Memphis in 1968?

Martin Luther King, Jr.

  1. Which governor resisted the desegregation of Georgia schools?

Herman Talmadge

  1. Who served as an aide to Martin Luther King, Jr. and was elected as a Congressman from Georgia?

Andrew Young

  1. What president signed the Civil Rights Bill?

Lyndon Johnson

  1. Who made the famous speech that was the highlight of the March on Washington?

Martin Luther King, Jr.

  1. What was the purpose of the March on Washington?

To demonstrate in support of civil rights.

  1. What was the name of the organization formed by students who wanted to get involved in the Civil Rights Movement?

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

  1. Who was arrested for failing to give her bus seat up to a white rider in 1955?

Rosa Parks

  1. Which court ruling in 1954 ruled that segregation laws for school were illegal?

Brown v. Board of Education