Characteristics of Georgia's People and Events

Question 1

*Social Security *CCC *AAA *Rural Electrification *TVA

Accepted Answer

New Deal

Question 2

*Influenced by non-violence of Gandhi *President of Morehouse College *Mentor to MLK Jr.

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Benjamin Mays

Question 3

*Borrowing too much money *Overproducing farm products *Speculating in the stock market

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The Great Depression

Question 4

*Over 2400 killed *8 battleships sunk *Brought US into WW2

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Pearl Harbor

Question 5

*2nd black ATL mayor *1st black congressman since Reconstruction *Chairman of ACOG

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Andrew Young

Question 6

*GA governor during depression *White supremacist *Fired 2 university administrators

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Eugene Talmadge

Question 7

*Father of ATL aviation *Purchased speedway and created Candler Field *Airport shares his name

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William Hartsfield

Question 8

*1st black students at UGA *Success in fields of medicine and journalism

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Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter

Question 9

*Wanted Mexico to attack US *Intercepted before delivery *Published to gain US support for war

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Zimmerman Telegram

Question 10

*1st black mayor of ATL *Graduate of Morehouse College *Airport shares his name

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Maynard Jackson

Question 11

*Father of 2 ocean Navy *Chaired the Armed Services Committee *25 terms in the House of Reps

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Carl Vinson

Question 12

*Integrated city government *Brought professional athletics to ATL *Removed "colored" signs

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Ivan Allen Jr.

Question 13

*Leader of Civil Rights Movement *Founded SCLC *PhD from Morehouse College *"I Have a Dream"

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Martin Luther King Jr.

Question 14

*Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand *Unrestricted submarine warfare *Mustard gas

Accepted Answer

WW1

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