4th Interim STUDY! Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| William B Hartsfield called Atlanta this: | A City Too Busy To Hate |
| Ivan Allen Jr. kept the city of Atlanta calm during this: | 1960's Civil Rights Movement |
| These three men all claimed to be governor at one time. | Herman Talmadge, Ellis Arnall, Melvin Thompson |
| One of Ellis Arnall's first changes was to restore accreditation to this college system: | Univeristy of Georgia (UGA!) |
| Why did Talmadge reach out to black voters in the 1970's? | End of County Unit System, two-party system, wanted black votes |
| Herman Talmadge enacted the state's first... | Income Tax~3% |
| A city with a population over 2500 and a surrounding area with over 50,000 residents= | URBAN! |
| Farmers who own some equipment, animals, etc., but do not own land: | Tenant Farmers |
| Farmers who do not own anything but work for another farmer on another farmer's land | Sharecropper |
| What are peaches, pecans, and peanuts known as in GA agriculture? | 3 P's of Georgia Agriculture |
| Which two regions are still important as agricultural regions of the state? | Piedmont and Coastal Plains |
| What is the nickname for the generation born between 1940-1970? | Baby Boomers |
| This US legislation gave educational and training opportunities to veterans | GI Bill |
| What monetary legislation was passed to support state schools? | Income Tax |
| What did rural schools begin to do in order to save money? | Consolidated counties or city and county |
| What is another name for October 29, 1929? | Black Tuesday |
| What Georgia crop saw a rapid decline in the 1915-1930? | COTTON! |
| What campaign promise did FDR make to the people of America to get elected? | New Deal |
| Which new deal program helped to keep the price UP on farming products? | Agricultural Adjustment Act |
| The Tennessee Valley Authority, TVA, created three lakes in North Georgia. What are they? | Lake Chatuge, Blue Ridge Lake, & Lake Nottley |
| Which GA governor supported Roosevelt at first, but then saw him as a threat to GA way of life? | Eugene Talmadge |
| What type of government believes government should own all major services and means of production? | Socialist |
| Governor E. Talmadge openly called this president a socialist. | Franklin Roosevelt |
| Georgia town where FDR came for polio treatment: | Warm Springs, GA |
| What effectively ended the Great Depression? | World War II |
| What was the average Americans role in creating the Great Depression? | Credit (borrowed more than they could repay) |
| What event brought the US into WWII? | Bombing of Pearl Harbor |
| What is the word that means a nation's policy of extending its boundaries? | Expansionism |
| Because of Talmadge's decision to bar African Americans from UGA, the college lost accreditation, what was this called? | Cocking Affair |
| Eugene Talmadge stated that the people of GA only had three friends: God, Sears Roebuck, and who? | EUGENE TALMADGE! |
| Which radio station first aired in GA during the 1920's? | WSB |
| GA began to change from a one-party system to a two-party system after what was found to be unconstitutional? | County Unit System |
| What two Sumpreme Court Cases came together with one overruling the other in 1954? | Plessy V. Ferguson AND Brown V. Board of Education |
| This was a group of black students who used civil disobedience to change segregation laws? | SNCC~Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee |
| Which lady's arrest resulted in a bus boycott in major southern city? | Rosa Parks |
| What city bus service was affected by the bus boycott because of Rosa Parks? | Montgomery |
| Which organization was Rosa Parks an officer of before her arrest? | NAACP |
| What does the SCLC stand for? | Southern Christian Leadership Conference |
| He was the first man in modern times to promote nonviolence to bring change to unjust laws for minorities and Dr. King looked up to him. | Gandhi |
| This Supreme Court Case opened the door to LEGALIZE Jim Crow Laws. | Plessy V. Ferguson |
| This organization was founded by college students to help Dr. King in the civil rights movement. | SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference) |
| This organization was founded by college students to help Dr. King in the civil rights movement. | SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) |
| Ernest Vandiver formed this commission to travel through Georgia to find out how Georgians felt about Integration: | Sibley Commission |
| When the County Unit System was found to be unconstutitional, Georgia finally had a ___-______ system for elections. | TWO-PARTY!!! :) |
| What two decades saw the greatest changes in the Civil Rights Movement? | 50's and 60's |
| The Montgomery _____ ______ happened after the arrest of Rosa Parks. | BUS BOYCOTT |
| This man wrote Seeking to be Christian in Race Relations. | Benjamin Mays |
| When the County Unit System was abolished, Georgia's Congressional districts had to be _________ so they would represent the people in a fair manner. | Reapportioned |
| What event began the modern Civil Rights Movement in the 1950's? | Brown V. Board of Education |
| Which mentor to Dr. King wrote Seeking to be Christian in Race Relations? | Benjamin Mays |
| What were the goals of the March on Washington? | Jobs, Civil Rights, Voting Rights, Education |
| Which event prompted the Georgia General Assembly to change the Georgia Flag? | Brown V. Board of Education |
| Which group helped decrease resistance to integrated schools in GA? | Sibley Commission |
| Which governor worked to integrate Georgia's public schools peacefully? | Ernest Vandiver |
| Who was most influential in shaping the ideas of Dr. King? | Gandhi |
| What symbol was added to the Georgia Flag in 1956? | Battle Emblem |
| Which was developed to protest the denial of civil rights to African American citizens in Albany, GA? | Albany Movement |
| These activists rode on segregated busses to the south during the 1960's to protest. | Freedom Riders |
| Because of her arrest in December 1955, the Montgomery Bus Boycott started the Civil Rights Movement in AL. | Rosa Parks. |
| The Sibley Commission was formed by which Governor? | Ernest Vandiver |
| The one thing Ivan Allen, Jr. could not do as mayor was to ____ all segregation in Atlanta. | END |
| Who NEVER participated in Black Power riots or demonstrations? | Martin Luther King Jr. |
| What was the MAIN focus of the Albany Movement? | End all types of segregation in Albany |
| The one-person one-vote concept is based on this amendment to the US Constitution. | 14th Amendment |
| The County Unit System promoted inequalities by doing what? | Preventing blacks from voting in primary elections |
| Which geographic region is the smallest in GA? | TAG Corner (Appalachian Plateau) |
| Which region is known for agriculture? | Coastal Plains |
| What is the highest point of elevation in our state? | Brasstown Bald |
| What is the lowest point of elevation in our state? | Coastline of barrier islands |
| What is the Georgia climate? | Short, mild winters and long, humid summers |
| What is the primary benefit for the mainland of Georgia in having barrier islands? | Erosion protection for the mainland |
| What mineral, found along the fall line, has one of the most important economic benefits for GA? | Kaolin |
| What type of weather is most harmful to Georgians annually? | Floods & Tornadoes |
| What region in Georgia is known for Vidalia onions, peanuts, and naval stores? | Coastal Plains |
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