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| Political Party that makes huge impact on conservative whites |
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| PP that appeals to African American voters |
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| 1st GA Gov to serve 4 consecutive terms |
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| Zell Miller's big implementation |
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| Zell Miller's Approval rating; most popular gov. in US history |
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| In the 1960's, Georgia shifted its political views from this to this. |
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| movement that plays major role in political shift of GA |
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| Only Georgian to become US president |
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| this was declared unconstitutional in 1962 |
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| KKK holds burning cross ceremonies here; modern version est. in 1916 here. |
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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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| 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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| 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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| SCLC formed under the leadership of this man who is also considered the most influential Georgian in history |
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| Atlanta's 1st Black Mayor in 1974 |
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| The year slavery was abolished |
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| Unionist Judgee -> gov. of GA |
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| White Georgian's willing to cooperate with emerging republican political power base in the state |
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| In 1868, the capital was moved from here to Atlanta |
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| the group that performed disturbing acts against blacks |
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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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| What city quickly boomed immediately following the war? |
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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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| How long did it take Atlanta to grow in population from 37,000 -> 90,000? |
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| What editor built the Atlanta Constitution into the leading newspaper of the New South? |
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| the political party that made an effort to dislodge the Bourbon hold on state politics |
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| young congressman led GA's Populist movement |
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| The quickest route to success in the New South |
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| 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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| when GA legislature finally created a statewide public school system |
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| Southwest Georgia's leading commercial center |
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| UGA allows women to enroll in this year |
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| In 1937, GA legislature these to public schools |
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| This was almost at a standstill in the early 1920's |
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| Insect that arrives in 1915 and devastates crop |
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| starts the Great Depression |
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| struggling white and blacks moved here looking for work after the GD |
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| main source of transportation in 1920's |
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| miles of railroad in GA @ its peak |
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| plan to get America out of the Depression; GA's Salvation |
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| New Deal plays a major role in reversing this in GA's soil |
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| 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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| The 1st woman to serve in the Senate (only 1 day) |
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| serves 5 consecutive terms in GA legislature |
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| known as Wild Man from Sugar Hill |
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| gov. that did not support New Deal |
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| Georgians want change that is brought by this |
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| The year that GA allowed African-Americans to enter white public schools or colleges |
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| The labels above drinking fountains in the time of segregation |
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| The location where the CIC formulated in 1919 |
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| In 1946 African-Americans were legally allowed to do this |
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| Where President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent his troops for integration |
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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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| The 3 counties in metro Atlanta accounted for over 1/4 of the state's output |
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| This company, located in Cobb county, becomes the state's largest employer in the 1950's |
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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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| This crop became more dominate than cotton in GA in the 1970's |
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| Ran for governor but died in December before he could take office |
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| Governor that refused to give up office |
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| This governor joined Richard B. Russell in the Senate |
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| Served over 50 years in the House and advocated for a strong national defense |
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| Earnest Vandiver's wife, Betty, was the niece of this GA Senator |
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| Supported the Roosevelt administration's defense build up prior and during WW2 |
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