TRUE OR FALSE: People
were attracted to
Atlanta because of its
mild climate and many
African Americans that
left the South after the
Civil War started to
return.
What is the name of our
airport that is the busiest
in the world?
Name one of the four
major transportation
systems in Georgia.
What Supreme Court
Case ruled that
separate but equal was
unconstitutional?
Atlanta’s
Hartsfield-Jackson
International Airport
H J I Airport
Deepwater Ports
Interstate highways
RR
Brown vs Board of
Education
What two symbols were
combined on the
Georgia state flag of
1956?
Who was Benjamin Mays
a mentor to?
What action of Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
directly influenced the
passage of the Voting
Rights Act of 1965?
In what area did
Herman Talmadge
make his greatest
contributions as
governor?
Original GA flag
(state seal) &
Confederate battle flag
Rev M L King Jr
Selma to Montgomery
march
Education
TRUE
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
believed in bringing about
social change using what
approach?
Civil Disobedience . . .
Nonviolent Protests
Who were the 3 men
involved in the
infamous Three
Governor’s Episode of
1946?
(Herman Talmadge)
Eugene Talmadge
Melvin Thompson
Ellis Arnall
Carmichael
TRUE OR FALSE: The
Montgomery Bus Boycott
was successful in creating
a financial deficit for the
transit system and got a
federal ruling to declare
segregated buses
unconstitutional.
What Governor made
significant prison
reform and appointed
more African
Americans to
government positions
that all previous
Governors combined?
TRUE
Maddox
What was the initial
focus of the Albany
Movement in Georgia?
The Voting Rights Act of
1965 enforced what
amendment?
What President signed
the Civil Rights Act of
1964 into law?
Integrate bus waiting
rooms
15th
LB Johnson
The three Governor’s
episode was resolved
when the supreme
court ruled that
_Lt Gov_Thompson__
was governor until a
special election could be
held.
What important
legislation was passed in
1964 that integrated all
public areas including
restaurants, hotels, and
recreational areas?
What Civil Rights
organization was formed
to help register blacks to
vote and had John Lewis
as their first president?
Civil Rights Act
SNCC
Brown v. Board of
Education overturned
what US Supreme Court
decision?
What was set up to study
the problem of school
integration in the state
of Georgia?
Who was the first Black
Mayor of Atlanta?
Who was the Governor
of Georgia when the
first black students
were admitted to UGA?
The growth of aviation at
Hartsfield-Jackson
International Airport
created more _________
for Georgians.
Who was the first
chairperson of the
Student Non-Violent
Coordinating
Committee?
Plessey vs Fergusson
Sibley Commission
Maynard Jackson
Vandiver
JOBS
Lewis
Who were the first
African Americans to be
admitted to UGA?
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s
“I Have a Dream” speech
is associated with what?
Where was Martin
Luther King, Jr.
assassinated?
Who was the first
African American since
Reconstruction to be
elected to the House of
Representatives from
GA?
What Governor of GA is
credited with granting 18
year olds the right to
vote?
What mayor of Atlanta
is credited with bringing
professional sports to
the city?
Charlayne Hunter &
Hamilton Holmes
1963 Civil Rights March
on Washington DC
Arnall
Ivan Allen Jr
What mayor of Atlanta
helped make the city an
aviation hub of the
South and chose the site
for the Atlanta Airport?
TRUE OR FALSE: New
technology in farm
equipment allowed
fewer workers to work
more land and farms
grew tremendously in
land size.
William Hartsfield
TRUE
Lorraine Motel
Memphis TN (4-4-68)
Andrew Young
What are the names of
the 2 deepwater ports in
Georgia?
The US Supreme Court
ruled that white
primaries violated
what amendment?
What two mayors helped
lead Atlanta in the area of
Civil Rights which led to
peaceful integration?
TRUE OR FALSE: After
WWII, the population
of GA significantly
shifted from urban to
rural.
Savannah & Brunswick
15th
Hartsfield & Allen
FALSE