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Georgia History Post-Civil War
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Undergraduate 2
10/04/2009

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Republicans
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Political Party that makes huge impact on conservative whites
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Democrats
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PP that appeals to African American voters
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George Busbee
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1st GA Gov to serve 4 consecutive terms
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HOPE
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Zell Miller's big implementation
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80%
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Zell Miller's Approval rating; most popular gov. in US history
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Democratic;Republican
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In the 1960's, Georgia shifted its political views from this to this.
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Civil Rights Movement
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movement that plays major role in political shift of GA
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Jimmy Carter
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Only Georgian to become US president
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county-unit system
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this was declared unconstitutional in 1962
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Stone Mtn.
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KKK holds burning cross ceremonies here; modern version est. in 1916 here.
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Koinonia Farms
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small interracial christian community in Sumter County that is violently attacked by local whites during Civil Rights movement
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Sit-In demonstrations
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A-A college students in Atlanta conducted an organized _________ at white lunch counters at several downtown sites such as the state capital
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1961
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The year that UGA enrolled its first AA students.
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Savannah, Athens, Brunswick
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In 1963,, local high schools in these 3 cities followed suit and began integration
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federally mandated busing effort
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in effort to achieve racial balance in schools, a __________________ went into effect
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
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most effective org. in promoting speedier implementation of social change and racial equality
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MLK Jr.
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SCLC formed under the leadership of this man who is also considered the most influential Georgian in history
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Maynard Jackson
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Atlanta's 1st Black Mayor in 1974
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1866
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The year slavery was abolished
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Charles J. Jenkins
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Unionist Judgee -> gov. of GA
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scalawags
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White Georgian's willing to cooperate with emerging republican political power base in the state
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Milledgeville
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In 1868, the capital was moved from here to Atlanta
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KKK
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the group that performed disturbing acts against blacks
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Bourbon's
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Whig Democrats who supported white supremacy and confederate ideals
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John Brown Gordon: Confed. general; GA gov.
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the person who was the head of the KKK and what else did he serve as
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Atlanta
Definition
What city quickly boomed immediately following the war?
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Hannibal Kimball
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Who was the symbol of Atlanta's rebirth?
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State Capital & Kimball House
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What 2 buildings did Hannibal Kimball build in Atlanta?
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20 years
Definition
How long did it take Atlanta to grow in population from 37,000 -> 90,000?
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Henry Grady
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What editor built the Atlanta Constitution into the leading newspaper of the New South?
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Populist party
Definition
the political party that made an effort to dislodge the Bourbon hold on state politics
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Watson
Definition
young congressman led GA's Populist movement
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Cotton Mills
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The quickest route to success in the New South
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Altamaha
Definition
the river used to transport lumber and pine to saw mills
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William Dodge/William Eastmen
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2 men that bought thousands of acres of pine timberland & created the Georgia Land and Lumber Company
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October 1870
Definition
when GA legislature finally created a statewide public school system
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Albany
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Southwest Georgia's leading commercial center
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1919
Definition
UGA allows women to enroll in this year
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free textbooks
Definition
In 1937, GA legislature these to public schools
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Cotton Industry
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This was almost at a standstill in the early 1920's
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Boll Weevil
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Insect that arrives in 1915 and devastates crop
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Stock Market Crash
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starts the Great Depression
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urban areas
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struggling white and blacks moved here looking for work after the GD
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Railroads
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main source of transportation in 1920's
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7,600
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miles of railroad in GA @ its peak
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FDR's New Deal
Definition
plan to get America out of the Depression; GA's Salvation
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Erosion
Definition
New Deal plays a major role in reversing this in GA's soil
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Peanut
Definition
GA becomes national leader in ________ production by end of 1930's
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Rural Electrification Administration (REA)
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This eletricity corporation led to 90% of GA's farms and rural area had electricity
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Rebecca Latimer Felton
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The 1st woman to serve in the Senate (only 1 day)
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Richard B. Russell Jr.
Definition
serves 5 consecutive terms in GA legislature
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Eugene Talmadge
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known as Wild Man from Sugar Hill
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Talmadge
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gov. that did not support New Deal
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WW2
Definition
Georgians want change that is brought by this
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1961
Definition
The year that GA allowed African-Americans to enter white public schools or colleges
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"white & colored"
Definition
The labels above drinking fountains in the time of segregation
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Atlanta
Definition
The location where the CIC formulated in 1919
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Vote
Definition
In 1946 African-Americans were legally allowed to do this
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Little Rock, Arkansas
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Where President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent his troops for integration
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WW2
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National mobilization in ________ produced an economic surge unparalleled in GA to that time
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Industry and manufacturing
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The burst of this in the state carried over into a postwar economic boom that gave Georgia some of the most prosperous times in history
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Fulton, Dekalb, Cobb
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The 3 counties in metro Atlanta accounted for over 1/4 of the state's output
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Lockheed
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This company, located in Cobb county, becomes the state's largest employer in the 1950's
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Ivan Allen Jr.
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Mayor of Atlanta in 1961
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Large downtown Development
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The result of Ivan Allen Jr's "Forward Atlanta" effort
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peanuts
Definition
This crop became more dominate than cotton in GA in the 1970's
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Eugene Talmadge
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Ran for governor but died in December before he could take office
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Ellis Arnall
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Governor that refused to give up office
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Herman Talmadge
Definition
This governor joined Richard B. Russell in the Senate
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Carl Vinson
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Served over 50 years in the House and advocated for a strong national defense
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Richard Russell
Definition
Earnest Vandiver's wife, Betty, was the niece of this GA Senator
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Walter F. George
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Supported the Roosevelt administration's defense build up prior and during WW2
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