Post WWII GA
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| Mass Migration | the mass migration of six million African-Americans or Blacks to the North between the years 1910-1970.
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| Ivan Allen | mayor of Atlanta who was instrumental in the development of the city,
bringing major league sports teams to Atlanta, and a key figure in the civil rights movement.
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| William Hartsfield | Atlanta’s longest serving mayor who was instrumental in bring aviation to the city and worked with civil rights leaders during the civil rights movement.
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| 1946 Governors Race | Due to the death of the 1946 governor’s race winner Eugene Talmadge and recent changes to the Georgia state constitution, three men had a legitimate claim to the office; the matter was settled by the Supreme Court and a special election in 1948.
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| Ellis Arnall | progressive Georgia governor who is credited for restoring accreditation to
the state’s institutions of higher education, lowering the voting age, and abolishing the poll tax.
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| Melvin Thompson | the first person elected to the office of lieutenant governor of Georgia;
served as the state's governor in 1947-1948.
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| white primary | was used by Southern whites to keep African-Americans or Blacks from voting in the Democratic primary
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| What did new technology like tractors and processors do? | helped farmers plant and harvest quicker and more efficiently
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| Many farmers reduced the amount of crops they grew and turned to... | raising livestock and poultry
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| Cotton was no longer king, farmers began growing other crops like | pecans and peanuts
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| A key reason for the migration of people into Georgia since the 1940s has been | a diversified economy.
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| Why is Atlanta's longest serving mayor, William Berry Hartsfield, known as Atlanta's "father of aviation"? | He believed that an airport for Atlanta would be a key to the city's economic prosperity
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