CRCT People Review Answers
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Booker T. Washington
Hernando de Soto
Tomochichi
Maynard Jackson
Andrew Jackson
Sequoyah
Nancy Hart
Eugene Talmadge
Carl Vinson
John Marshall
11. Hamilton Holmes &
Charlayne Hunter
12. Jimmy Carter
13. William T. Sherman
14. Henry Grady
15. Leo Frank
16. Franklin D. Roosevelt
17. James Oglethorpe
18. Rebecca Latimer Felton
19. Richard Russell
20. Henry McNeal Turner
CRCT People Review Answers
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Austin Dabney
Alexander Stephens
Mary Musgrove
Andrew Young
Elijah Clarke
Tom Watson
William B. Hartsfield
Benjamin Mays
Martin Luther King, Jr.
W.E.B. Dubois
31. John & Lugenia Burns Hope
32. Abraham Baldwin & William
Few
33. Alexander McGillivray
34. Lester Maddox
35. Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall,
& George Walton
36. Alonzo Herndon
37. Ellis Arnall
38. John Ross
39. Ivan Allen, Jr.
40. William McIntosh
41. Herman Talmadge
#1
Headed Tuskegee Institute
 Educator and Civil Rights advocate who
stressed shared responsibility and
education
 Gave the famous Atlanta Compromise
Speech
 Booker T. Washington
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#2
Spanish explorer who came to the New
World in search of gold
 Met and exploited the Native Americans
during his exploration
 Landed on the coast of FL and was the
first European to see GA
 Hernando de Soto
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#3
Chief of Yamacraw Indians
 Played an important role in creating peace
between NA in GA and British
 In 1734 he and his family traveled to
England with James Oglethorpe
 Tomochichi
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#4
Atlanta’s airport is named in his honor
 The first African American mayor of
Atlanta (major southern city)
 Elected mayor of Atlanta in 1973 and
served for 3 terms
 Maynard Jackson
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#5
Pressured the Cherokees to move west
 Elected president of the US in 1828
 Signed the Indian Removal Act to remove
NA from GA
 Andrew Jackson
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#6
Cherokee
 Created the Cherokee syllabary (written
Cherokee language)
 His written system allowed Cherokee to
read, write, and publish Cherokee
newspaper
 Sequoyah
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#7
The only woman who has a county named
after her in GA
 Spied on loyalists and told the patriot
soldiers what she learned
 According to some accounts, she shot at
least two loyalists in the Battle of Kettle
Creek
 Nancy Hart
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#8
Elected governor of GA 4 times. Won 4th
election mainly because of opposition to
school segregation
 During 3rd term, GA’s white public colleges
lost their accreditation
 One of GA’s most controversial politicians.
Considered both a political hero and racist
bully
 Eugene Talmadge
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#9
US Congressman from GA who helped to
build up the US Navy in years leading up
to WWII
 Hundreds of ships were built at shipyards
in Savannah & Brunswick because of his
contributions
 Some called him “Admiral” because of
these contributions
 Carl Vinson
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#10
Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court
 In the 1832 case, Worchester v. GA, he
decided that the Cherokee were a
sovereign nation
 GA refused to recognize the Supreme
Court’s ruling in this case, and President
Jackson chose not to enforce ruling
 John Marshall
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#11
The first two African American students to
attend UGA
 They had to be escorted to UGA by state
police officers
 With support of Gov. Vandiver, they
started UGA in January of 1961
 Charlayne Hunter & Hamilton Holmes
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#12
Elected President of US in 1976
 Born in Plains, GA- only president born in
GA
 Elected Gov. of GA in 1970, he took a firm
stand against racial discrimination
 Won Nobel Peace Prize in 2002
 Jimmy Carter
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#13
Began his March to the Sea in GA in May,
1864
 Union General during the CW
 During March to the Sea, his troops took
everything they could see and destroyed
much property
 William T. Sherman
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#14
Spokesman of the New South
 Journalist from GA
 Promoted industry & crop diversification
 Henry Grady
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#15
Jewish man who was lynched because of
anti-Semitism
 In 1913, he was charged with the murder
of Mary Phagan
 His court case was a huge setback for GA
and resulted in the rebirth of the KKK
 Leo Frank
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#16
Elected president of the US in 1932, and
re-elected 3 more times
 He died in Warm Springs, GA while he was
still president
 His close relationship to GA led to the Bell
Aircraft plant being built here (later
Lockheed Martin)
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#17
Wanted to give the worthy poor a chance
for a better life
 He & 21 trustees were granted the original
charter for GA
 Founder of colony of GA
 James Oglethorpe
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#18
Early supporter of Women’s suffrage
 In 1922, became the first woman to serve
in the US Senate
 Pushed for prohibition
 Rebecca Latimer Felton
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#19
US Senator from GA who served on the
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
 Responsible for helping GA to have
military bases in every major city during
WWII
 Brought war time opportunities to GA by
bringing military bases to GA
 Richard Russell
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#20
Bishop in the AME church
 One of the first 29 African American
legislators elected to GA General Assembly
 Expelled from General Assembly when it
was determined that blacks could vote but
did not have permission to hold office
 Henry McNeal Turner
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#21
A slave who served under Elijah Clarke
 The only African American to fight in the
Battle of Kettle Creek (RW)
 In recognition of his bravery, the state of
GA gave him some land
 Austin Dabney
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#22
1 of 3 representatives from GA who
supported the Union and wanted to
uphold the Compromise of 1850
 Tried to prevent war and secession
 Elected Vice-President of the Confederacy
 Alexander Stephens
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#23
Deerskin trader
 Used her interpreter skills to maintain
peace between NA & British colonists in
GA
 Daughter of English Trader & Creek Indian
 Mary Musgrove
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#24
An aide to Martin Luther King, Jr.
 Executive director of the SCLC
 In 1972, he bacame the first African
American from GA elected to Congress
since the 1860’s
 Helped bring Olympics to GA in 1996
 Andrew Young
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#25
Defeated a force of more than 800 British
at Battle of Kettle Creek
 In June 1781, this Colonel and his militia
took Augusta from the British
 Led a Patriot militia group
 Elijah Clarke
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#26
Introduced RFD bill while representing GA
in the US House of Rep. This required the
US Postmaster to deliver mail to rural
areas for free.
 Worked to help poor, struggling farmers in
GA
 Leader of the Populist Party in GA
 Tom Watson
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#27
Longest serving mayor of Atlanta (served
6 terms)
 Worked to build Atlanta’s aviation industry
and the ATL airport was named in his
honor
 Promoted ATL as “A City Too Busy to
Hate”
 William B. Hartsfield
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#28
President of Morehouse College
 Distinguished African American minister,
educator, scholar, and social activist
 Emphasized 2 main ideas which became
the basis for MLK’s Civil Rights movement
 Benjamin Mays
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#29
Founded SCLC
 Gave the famous “I Have a Dream”
speech
 Leader of the Modern Civil Rights
Movement
 Shot and killed April 4, 1968 in Memphis,
TN
 MLK, Jr.
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#30
Civil Rights Leader who believed in total
racial equality for African Americans
 Founder of Niagara Movement which led
to NAACP
 Prominent professor at ATL University
 WEB Du Bois
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#31
This couple devoted their time to
educating African Americans
 He was the first African American
president of Morehouse College and ATL
University
 She organized the Neighborhood Union
 John & Lugenia Burns Hope
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#32
Signers of the US Constitution
 The represented GA at the Constitutional
Convention in 1787
 Both were elected to Us Congress
 Abraham Baldwin & William Few
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#33
Signed the Treaty of New York in 1790
 Son of a European settler & Creek Indian
 Represented the Creek Nation throughout
the RW
 Alexander McGillivray
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#34
Popular with Georgians who supported
segregation
 Elected governor GA in 1967
 Moderated his views after his election but
his career remained controversial
 Lester Maddox
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#35
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
 They represented GA at the Second
Continental Congress
 They attended the Second Continental
Congress
 Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, & Georgia
Walton
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#36
Established the Atlanta Mutual Insurance
Association
 Helped WEB Du Bois found the Niagara
Movement
 Worked as a barber & his barbershops
were known as the best in America
 Alonzo Herndon
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#37
Reformed the state’s prison system and
lowered the voting age in GA
 Defeated Eugene Talmadge and served as
GA gov. from 1943-1947
 Worked to bring Progressive Reform to GA
 His reforms let blacks vote in GA’s
primaries
 Ellis Arnall
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#38
Established written constitution for the
Cherokee Nation
 In 1827, he became the principal Chief of
the Cherokee Nation
 He was aided by white missionaries in his
appeal if the Indian Removal Act
 John Ross
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#39
By 1964, he was able to bring
desegregation to all public facilities in ATL
 Responsible for bringing the Braves &
major league football and basketball to
ATL in 1960s
 Served as mayor of AtL from 1962-1970
 Ivan Allen, Jr.
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#40
Led the Creek Nation from 1810-1820
 Executed by the Creek Nation
 In 1825, he was bribed by GA agents into
signing away all Creek land in GA
 William McIntosh
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#41
While governor he started the first state
sales tax in GA to improve public schools
 He provided leadership for a new state
constitution that expanded public
education to grades 1-12
 He reconstructed the state highway dept.
 Herman Talmadge
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