Name Study Guide

1. 
   Who was a Georgia senator, governor, and the only person from Georgia to be president?
   

2. 
   Who helped Linda Brown’s family sue to get her into an all-white school?
   

3. 
   What mayor of Atlanta was called the “Father of Aviation” because he helped get the airport?
   

4. 
   In 1956, probably as a protest, the Georgia flag was changed to include the Confederate battle flag. What event may have caused this protest?
   

5. 
   What event disrupted the 1996 Atlanta Olympics?
   

6. 
   What does SNCC stand for?
   

7. 
   What began Martin Luther King’s career as a civil rights leader?
   

8. 
   The mayor of Atlanta who is credited with desegregating Atlanta and bringing in professional sports teams was who?
   

9. 
   What black minister and civil rights activist highlighted the differences between true democracy and the racist democracy of the US?
   

10. 
    Which governor (and eventual US Senator) slowed desegregation?
    

11. 
    Which governor worked to restore accreditation for Georgia colleges and ended the white primary?
    

12. 
    What is the term for an extreme economic low?
    

13. 
    What was the main reason Franklin Roosevelt came to Georgia?
    

14. 
    What was October 29, 1929 called?
    

15. 
    Who became president in 1933 at the deepest part of the Depression?
    

16. 
    The Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v Board of Education (1954) struck down which practice that had been in place since Reconstruction?
    

17. 
    A series of programs (such as the CCC and the AAA) that Roosevelt started to the ease the pain of the Depression were called what?
    

18. 
    The Depression era program that paid young men to build trails and parks was called what?
    

19. 
    Thanks to President Roosevelt’s trips to Warm Springs, rural areas of Georgia became a national leader in what?
    

20. 
    What was the term for Hitler’s program of arresting and killing Jews?
    

21. 
    The lend-lease act allowed what to happen?
    

22. 
    What was the name of the company in Marietta that built B-29 bombers for WWII?
    

23. 
    Which Georgian was an aide to Martin Luther King, Jr.,
    

bringing the Olympics to Atlanta?

24. 
    How did the Savannah and Brunswick shipyards help the war effort and help Georgia in WWII?
    

25. 
    What were two causes of the Great Depression?
    

26. 
    Which congressman from Georgia helped improve the military preparedness by passing bills to improve the armed forces?
    

27. 
    Which statement best describes the importance of the
    

contribute to the migration from rural areas?

28. 
    What event caused the US to be pulled into WWII?
    

29. 
    The Georgia Commission that was created in 1960 to make the transition from segregation to integration easier was what?
    

30. 
    In the Brown v. Board of Education case, the Supreme Court ruled that “separate but equal” facilities were unconstitutional. This decision overturned what famous case?
    

31. 
    The cottage where Franklin Delano Roosevelt stayed when he was in Warm Springs, Ga, was called what?
    

32. 
    What did Franklin Roosevelt call December 7, 1941?
    

33. 
    What did FDR call his Depression era programs that aimed to restart the economy?
    

34. 
    Whose death after the 1946 governor’s race led to the “Three Governor’s Controversy”?
    

35. 
    Which New Deal act helped people who were retired, unemployed, or disabled?
    

36. 
    During a depression, unemployment is ________ and people have very little _________to spend.
    

37. 
    Who served 3 terms as Georgia’s governor, but died before he could begin his 4^th term?
    

38. 
    Who were the first two African American students to enroll in the University of Georgia?
    

39. 
    What did the Albany Movement accomplish?
    

40. 
    The 1964 law that banned segregation in public facilities and businesses associated with the government was what?
    

41. 
    Who was the first black mayor of Atlanta? He expanded Hartsfield Airport.
    

42. 
    What man became governor in 1967 as a segregationist but went on to appoint blacks to city jobs?
    

43. 
    The only Georgian to be elected president of the United States was who?
    

44. 
    The Supreme Court ended the county unit system in 1962 when they ordered what?
    

45. 
    What was the main reason that Franklin Roosevelt came to Georgia?
    

46. 
    Noticing that many rural Georgians did not have electricity led to FDR getting what act passed?
    

47. 
    Why were fewer farm workers needed after WWII?
    

48. 
    Which New Deal program still helps elderly people today?
    

49. 
    Why did many rural Georgians not realize that the Great Depression was happening in the 1930s?
    

50. 
    After WWII, what trend in Georgia’s economy contributed to the growth of Georgia?
    

51. 
    How did the AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Act) during the New Deal aid Georgia’s farmers?
    

52. 
    How did the federal New Deal programs of the 1930s have a lasting effect on the Georgia economy?
    

53. 
    The Supreme Court ended the county unit system in 1962 and ordered reapportionment. Why?