Georgia People 2
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Leo Frank | Northern Jew, convicted of murder and later lynched |
| Booker | _________ T. Washington black leader who advocated accommodation. |
| WEB | ___________ du Bois, critic of Booker T. Washington. |
| Washington | Booker T. ___________, president of Tuskegee Institute |
| Bois | WEB du _______. founder of the NAACP |
| Hope | John and Lugenia Burns ___________, black educators who supported WEB du Bois |
| Herndon | Alonzo _________, successful black businessman who started his fortune with a barber shop. |
| Franklin Roosevelt | President and author of the New Deal. |
| Franklin Roosevelt | President during much of WW II |
| Eugene | Talmadge, Georgia governor who disliked Roosevelt and his New Deal. |
| Talmadge | Eugene ___________, lost UGA its accreditation when he fires a professor over the professor's support for integration. |
| Richard | __________ Russell, Georgia senator who used his influence to bring Fort Benning to Georgia |
| Vinson | Carl ____________, Georgia congressman know as "The Admiral." |
| Carl | __________ Vinson, helped build up the Navy and made ships available for Lend-Lease. |
| FDR | Initials of the president who made Warm Springs, Georgia home to the "Little White House." |
| Hartsfield | William B. ____________ longest-serving Atlanta mayor, was a big promoter of the aviation industry. |
| Ivan | __________ Allen, Jr. was Atlanta's mayor during much of the 1960's. He brought professional sports to Atlanta. |
| Ted | ________ Turner, Atlanta entrepreneur who started WTBS and CNN |
| Arnall | Ellis ___________, Georgia governor who regained UGA's accreditation. |
| Ellis | _________ Arnall, Georgia governor was lowered the voting age to 18. |
| Herman | _________ Talmadge, set off the three governor's controversy by claiming that a few hundred votes entitled him to be Governor. |
| Talmadge | Herman _________, Georgia governor and senator who was know for his opposition to integration. |
| Benjamin | __________ Mays, President of Atlanta's Morehouse College and teacher of MLK Jr. |
| Martin | _________ Luther King, Jr. was Georgia's first Nobel Prize winner. |
| Hunter | Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne _________ were the first black students admitted to UGA. |
| Jackson | Maynard ___________, Atlanta's first black mayor. |
| Maddox | Lester __________, governor who was popular among segregationist, famous for wielding an ax handle. |
| Andrew | ___________ Young, aide to MLK, Jr. and the first black congressman from Georgia since Reconstruction |
| Young | Andrew ____________, Ambassador to the United Nations under Jimmy Carter |
| Jimmy Carter | Georgia's only President |
| Jimmy Carter | Georgia's 2nd winner of the Nobel Peace Prize |
| Jimmy Carter | Georgian famous for the "Camp David Accords" |
| Henry Grady | Booster for the "New South" |
| Pemberton | John ___________, inventor of Coca Cola |
| Felton | Rebecca Latimer __________, the first woman senator from Georgia |
| Rebecca | _________ Latimer Felton, helped bring about an end the the Convict Lease System |
| Tom Watson | Georgia populist who tried to start the People's Party |
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