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Jan 1, 1000
Archaic
Archaic InfromationArchaic indians were seasonal migrationers. They would return to each spot they moved from each season, Indians like this hunted smaller game animals with small, thin, spear heads. They were more pointed at the ends, Also, they used pottery for storage purposes. -
Jan 1, 1000
Paleo
Paleo InformationPaleo migrated from asia udsing landbridges, The paleo indians is a very nomadic group. They move from place to place. The Paleo indians were hunters and gatherers. They hunted with large spear heads "Clovis Points" things. This is mainly their lifstyle and how they live. -
Jan 1, 1000
Woodland
Woodland InformationWoodland indians lived in areas for long periods of time. This group was NOT nomadic. They begin to form tribes and villages for theirselfves to live in. This group used bow and arrows; the first to create them. Also, they had more advanced pottery. This group hunted small game animals, they were the first group to experiment farming. -
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Mississippian
Mississippi InformationMississippian was the first true civilization; most advanced group. This group formed a government called "cheifdom". This group also had the most advanced pottery. These indians made complex tools Statues and Jewelry are examples of what they had, These indians were the first group to live off of agriculture, which means they didn't need meat to survive because they had other growing materials to eat like crops, and beans. -
Oct 27, 1496
Hernando De Soto
Hernando De Soto InformationHernando de soto came to the georigian territory in search for gold. He killed thousands of natives in battles and through diseases. In the battles, he killed natives because he had better weapons than the natives. Hernando opened a door for futher exploration. -
Charter of 1732
Charter of 1732 InformationThe charter of 1732 was signed April 21, 1732. This Charter laid out the rules and laws of the new colony. This Charter set Georgia up as a Trustee colony, which meant it was a government by a group of Trustee's. This was the reason Georgia was founded. -
Georgia Founded
Georgia Founded InformationGeorgia was founded by a man named James Oglethorpe. James Oglethorpe and some other colonists came from over the Bluff from the Savannah river. James Oglethorpe signed a The Charter of 1732 to take rule over Georgia with King George the second. After that was signed, Georgia became the Trustee Colony. -
Salzburgers Arrive
Salzburgers Arrive InformationThe salzburgers came to Georgia on March 12, 1734. The got invited by King George; only to escape the catholics. The catholics exiled them from Austria. When they first settled, they named the town Ebenezer which mean stone of help. Later they moved because of poor soil, flooding, and illnesses. -
Highland Scots Arrive
Highland Scots ArriveThe highland scots arrived in georgia January 10, 1736. The scotlands were strong and tough, and loved fighting. Also, they werent afraid of the spanish, they even said they would beat them out of their ford. James Oglethorpe recruited them for defending the colony so, the highland scots settled on the Altamaha River and formed a city named Darien. -
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John Reynolds
John Reynolds was the first royal governor. His major accomplish was a self government with 2 houses. Commons House and Governors council was the name of the houses. John had a major error. The error was that he had gotten into a disagreement which caused the legislature to be sent home. Georgia stopped growing, and the king replaced Reynolds. The people wanted a good protective economy. -
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Henry Ellis
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Henry Ellis was the second royal governor. Henry was well liked and successful. His major accomplishments were major economic growth, major population growth, and good relations with indians (reek) The reason ellis left was because of the poor health. As the article , Henry Ellis, stated ellis cultivated the friendship of the heads of the creek nation. -
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James Wright
James Wright infromation
James Wright was the third and last royal governor. James was a popular and was the most popular governor of them all. Wright practiced laws and purchased slaves and plantations. James wright helped Georgia become a new colony. According to the article, James Wright was the attorney general of South Carolina adn the colonial agent in London. -
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American Revolution
Amercan Revolution Infromation
The american revolution is also know as the revolutionary war. The revolution arose from growing tensions between great Britans 13 colonies and the colonial government. This kicked off in 1775. Also this revolution was caused because of the following things. French and Indian War, Proclamation of 1763, Stamp Act, Intolerable Acts, and The Declaration of Independence are the following events that caused it. -
Elijah Clarke/ Kettle Creek
Elijah Clarke/Battle of Kettle Creek InformationElijah Clarke led a rebel militia group, They defeated more than 800 british troops at the Battle of Kettle Creek. The Battle of Kettle Creek was minor. The militia rebel group needed weapons and horses. -
Austin Dabney
Austin Dabney Information
Austin Dabney was a Georgia Revolutionary War hero. He was a slave who fought against the British. A man named Richard Aycock was his master. When the militia was called up for war, his master sent Austin to fight for him. During that that Battle of Kettle, Austin was shot but didnt die he was just crippled for life. -
Unversity of Georgia Founded
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A man named Abraham Baldwin founded the University of Georgia. He was selected as president of the Unversity. Georgia became the first state to Charter a state supported university. Abraham Baldwin came to Georgia in 1784 and drafted the charter adopted by, the General Assembly. -
Capital Moved to Lousiville
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Lousiville was the city to serve as Georgia's 3rd capital. This was names in honor of King Louis 3 of france. Louis sent troops to help colonists. This was formed as a capital because the legislators wanted a capital that was more centrilized. Only lasted till 1796-1807 based on the shirfting population northwestward. -
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Constitutional Convention
Constutional Convention Information
The Constitutional Convention was met to adress the problems of the weak central government. These problems came from the Revolutionary War and other issues. The Constitutional Convention created a type of model governent. This relied upon the series of checks and balances. It divided between the 3 branches of government. -
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Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin
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Eli Whitney was a u.s born inventor. This man patented the cotton gin. The cotton gin was a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton by spedding up process of removing seeds from cotton fiber. Slavery increased, and population also. -
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Yazoo Land Fraud
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The yazzo land fraud was one of georgias worst political scandals. During this time georgias legal boundary extended west to the mississippi river. State leaders wanted this area to settle in, but the creeks cherokee, and native americans lived there. If they were persuaded to leave, then the whites could settle large expanse of land. This increased georgias population. -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri compromise's gold was to maintain glance. This compromise was between free and slave states. The Missouri state was a slave state and Maine was a free state. The Missouri compromise created a border between the north which the free, and the south which was the slave. The compromise lasted 30 years. -
Dahlongea Gold Rush
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This was the second significant gold rush. It started in present day 1828 lumpkin county near Dahlonega. It spreaded through North georgia mountains. It was so much gold in and around Dahlonega that it laid on top of the ground. The gold was found in the cherokees land. So georgia passed a law, taking all cherokee land. -
Worcester v. Georgia
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After the Dahlonega Gold Rush, samuel worchester sued for the cheerokee. Thats how it was called worchester v georgia. A man named Cheif Justice John Marshall ruled that georgia laws doesnt apply to the cheerokee. Andrew Jackson, the president, wanted all indians removed, so he signed the indian removal act. So after that was signed all idians had to move to the indian had to move to the indian territory. Trail of Tears begun. -
Henry Mcneal Turner
Henry Mcneal Turner was a African American. He and 2 others were expelled. Henry was expelled from his seat in the Georgia legislature on the grounds. This was to have the right to vote or hold political office. -
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Trail Of Tears
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The trail of tears was a trail the indians had to walk which was from when they had to move. This trail was called this also because people died from hunger and cholera, dysentery, and fevers. The cherrokee were told to come to echota and sign the treaty. This lead to giving up all of their land that remained in the southeast. -
Compromise of 1850
The state of California has upset the balance of the power. California is a free state which was in the north. There, slave trading in Washington D.C. ends. In the south, Utah and new Mexico opened to vote upon slavery. There was this law called fugitive slave which was that all runaway slaves had to return. -
Georgia Platform
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The Georgia Platform was supporting the compromise of 1850. Many Georgians did not like this compromise. So georgia platform was adopted at a convention held in the state capital of Milledgeville. But not long after this adoption, some Georgians formed the Constitutional Union Party. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
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The Kansas Nebraska Act was a law. It was that mandating that ' popular sovereighty" be used to determine free or slave. Popular sovereighty is voting on the issue of preslavery settler and anti slavery settlers. The pro slavery was from missouri, and the anti were from iowa. Both closed riot and some were killed. This was called bleeding kansas. -
Booker T Washington
Booker Taliaferro Washington was the foremost black educator of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He founded the Tuskegee Institute, a black school in Alabama devoted to training teachers.n 1881 Washington was selected to head a newly established normal school for blacks at Tuskegee, an institution with two small converted buildings. No equipment, and very little money aslo. -
Dred Scott Case
The red Scott case was inportant because of the man Dred Scott. Dred Scott was a slave from missouri whose owner moved a free state whcih was illinois. Scott wanted to move to, so he sews for his freedom. The court said that scott is property and not a citizen. This Dred Scot Case proved that slavery could go anywhere; which meant slavery could travel. -
Alonzo Herndon
Alonzo Franklin Herndon was born in Social Circle, the son of a black mother and a white owner.He began life as a slave but, at 47, Alonzo Herndon started the company that became one of America’s most successful black-owned businesses.Alonzo Franklin Herndon was an African American entrepreneur who founded and was the first president of Atlanta Life Insurance Company. Successful man that he was. -
Election of 1860
Election of 1860 was held when democrats met in charleton. This was for their nationtional convection in 1860. There was a fight over the party platform. Supporters of stephan Douglass controlled the platform committee. They wanted to campaign the issue of popular sovereighty. Southern democrats didnt agree because they believed slavery should be allowed in all territories. -
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Union Blockade of Georgia
The union stargety was to blockade all confederate ports. This blockade would prevent the south from selling cotton aborad. Also, importing needed war suppplies. Supplies and equipment btw from foreigh nations. -
Battle of Antietam
This battle was with the northern and southern armies. Tis battle was fought in Shapburg, Maryland which was called antietam creek. Battle of antitam was the bloodiest one-day battle in the civil war. 23,000 were killed, wounded or missing. This battle also was the army of Northern Virginia's first invasion. -
Emancipation Proclamination
Five days after the battle of antitam, president lincoln issued this proclamination. This was a document affecting 4 million slaves in the u.s. Lincoln did this because he wanted the confederate states to end the war, return to the union, and end 22 years of slavery. -
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Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg was fought in pennsylvania. Thats the turning point about this battle. It resulted in a union victory that ended Rbert E. Lee's second invasion of the north. This was the war's bloodiest battle with 51,000 causarites. -
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Battle of Chickamauga
In late 1863, union forces moved against the major confederate railroad center in Chattanooga, Tennessee. On September 19-20 the union general William Rosecrans led his troops against general Braxton Bragg 7 miles south of Chattanooga at Chickamauga creek. Bragg's army defeated the union forces. -
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Battle of Chickamauga
In late 1863, union forces moved against the major confederate railroad center in chattanooga, Tnnessee. On september 19-20 the union's general william rosecrans led his troops against genrnal braxton bragg's 7 milkes south of chattanooga at chickamauga creek. Bragg's army defeated the union forces. -
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Andersonville Prison Camp
One of the prisons for union soilders was in Andersonville Georgia. This prison was dirty, and had no shelter only if the prisoners made it by themselves. Not much food or water and it was crowded and people were dying. Dying of diseases and sickness. -
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Shermans Atlanta Campaign
General Grant left 112,000 men in chattanooga under the command of Willaim Sherman. Sherman took those men and began a campaign toward atlanta. Atlanta was importnat for its industries and railroads. During late spring and early summer, sherman and johntons armies fought. Johnton's army was forced to retreat southward. They burned bridges and blocked roads as they went. They slowed down shermans advance. -
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Shermans march to the Sea
After leaving Atlanta, sherman army moved to savannah. They burned everything in the pathway there. December 22, 1864, sherman sent a wire to president lincoln bribing him with things to make savannah surrender. Sherman taking supplies needed to continue the southern war effort and shelter. -
Thirteenth Admendment
The Thirteenth Admendment offically abolished slavery. The admendment was passed by congress. President andrew jackson made the ratification of this admendment. A requirment for the southern states to rejoin the union. -
Freedman's Bureau
Thousands of freed mans faced great hardships. To help these struggling freedman there was this establishment. The u.s. established the Burea of Refugees, Feedmen and abandonedlands. This burea was to help former slaves (freedmen) and poor whites cope with their problem. It offered them clothing, food, and other necessities. -
Ku Klux Klan
During Reconstruction the Ku Klux Klan became a force in Georgia. This was called one of the several secret organizations. This tried to keep freedmen from exercising. Their new civil rights. These activites increased throughout the state and their was evidence that the group had prevented many African Americans from voting in the 1986 presidential election. -
WEB Debois
W.E.B. Du Bois was one of the most important African-American activists during the first half of the 20th century.He co-founded the NAACP and supported Pan-Africanism. This man was a African-American activist, historian, and sociologist. -
Fourteenth Admendment
The 13th Admendment abolished slavery but did not abolish discrimination. The 14th Admendment was created after the black codes. This admendment granted citizenship to the freedmen and ferbide any state from denying anyone the 'equal protction of the law' -
Fifteenth Admendment
After the 13th, 14th admendments , the 15th was created. The 15th admendment granted all male citizens the right to vote reguardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. -
Atlanta Braves
The Atlanta Braves is a major league baseball team in Atlanta. The braves have played home games at Turner field since 1997. The Braves names which was first used in 1912 orginates. This was a term for a native american warrior. The nickname is "The Braves." -
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International Cotton Exposition
Atlanta was host to 800,000 vistors during the 3 month long cotton states and International Exposition. This was a way to showcase the economic recovery of the south. This whole thing was to bring vistors to georgia. It was obviously held in Atlanta. -
Carl Vinson
Carl Vinson was one of georgias most influential leaders. Vinson was a major influence in promoting a strong national defense. Vinson worked with roosevelt to increase the countrys miltary readiness. Even after world war 11 he continued his dominance in congress, pushing for a strong defense throughout the cold war with the Soviet Union. -
Eugene Talmadge
Eugene Talmadge was a Democratic politician who served two terms as the 67th Governor of Georgia from 1933 to 1937, and a third term from 1941 to 1943. He was Elected to a fourth term in 1946, he died before taking office.Eugene Talmadge's belief in negative government and his bitter opposition to the New Deal did little to improve the material well-being of Georgians during his governorship. This man was very bitter. -
William B Hartsfield
William B Hartfield served as mayor of Atlanta for astonishing six terms. Hartfield helped lead the city in the area of civil rights. He chose chandler racetracks for Atlant's airport. He used his influence to make Atlanta the southeast's air travel hub and wanted peaceful segregations. -
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Tom Watson and the populist party
Tom Watson was a colorful and successful criminal lawyer. He lead a populist politican party. He served in the Georgia house of representatives. He ran unseccessfully for vice-president as william jennings. -
John and Lugenia Hope
Lugenia Hope met john on 1893.Lugenia Burns Hope was an early-twentieth-century social activist, reformer, and community organizer.ohn Hope
John and Lugenia Burns Hope, pictured with their sons, John and Edward, were leaders in Atlanta's black community during the early 1900s. John Hope served as president of both Morehouse College and Atlanta University, and Lugenia Burns Hope founded Atlanta's Neighborhood Union.
Hope Family
was an important African American educator and race leader. -
Benjamin Mays
Benjamin Mays was born in 1894 as a former slave. He served as a member and president of the board of education. Mays did writings, articles, books, and phamphets. Mays encouraged academic excellence and vigorously and challenged segregations in schooling, housing, and employment. -
Plessy vs Frrguson
On June 7, 1892, 30-year-old Homer Plessy was jailed for sitting in the "White" car of the East Louisiana Railroad. U.S. Supreme Court case upheld the constitutionality of segregation under the “separate but equal”.The decision was handed down by a vote of 7 to 1 with the majority opinion.Separate but equal" remained standard doctrine in U.S. law until its repudiation in the 1954 Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education.[3] -
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1906 Olympic Games
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This was also called the 1906 intercalated games. It was held in Athens, Greece. The IOC started helding this game every 4 years. This was to regain enthusiam for the olmypic games. -
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1906 Atlanta Riot
During this riot, white mobs killed dozens of blacks. Also, they wanted scores of others and inflicted considerable property damage. This was a mass civil disturbance in atlanta. This wa the first riot to take place in the capital city of Georgia. -
Ivan Allen Jr.
Ivan Allen Jr was a businessman . Ivan served as mayor of atlanta also. He continued Hartsfields approach to peaceful segregation. The MARTA was voted down during his term though. -
Herman Talmadge
Talmadge was a conservative white supremacist who did not like federal government intervention or government debts. The state government changed greatly when Eugene became governor in 1933. thats where you've heard the expression " stumped the state.' He gave speeches to voters. He actually stood on that stump in the middle of the crowd and delivered speeches. -
Leo Frank Case
Leo Franks was a jewish amercian factory superintendent. He was convicted of murder. He was convicted of the murder of Mary Phagan. The appeal was a death sentence. He was convicted on August 25,1913. -
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World War 1
World War 1 began on July 28, 1914 and lasted until November 11, 1918. Differences in foreign policies were to blame, although the immediate cause was the assassination of Austria’s Archduke Ferdinand. The two main sides were the Allies, which included France, Great Britain and Russia; and Germany and Austria-Hungary.World War, I also known as the First World War, was a global war centered in Europe. -
Lester Maddox
Born in Atlanta Georgia. July 3, 1964 after signing the civil rights bill 5 people visited his resturant that he owned. he was the 75th governor of u.s. state of georgia from 1967-1971. Maddox came to prominence as a staunch sergreationist. -
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County Unit System
The county unit system was established in 1917 when the Georgia legislature, overwhelmingly dominated by the Democratic Party, passed the Neill Primary Act.The County Unit System was used by Georgia to determine victors in its primary elections also.Each county was given a certain number of votes and the candidate who received the highest number of votes in that county won all the "unit votes," under a form of block voting.The County Unit System was a unique primary system. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was a baptist minister and social activist. MAartin luther kinf led the civil rights movement in the United States. As he played a role in ending the lgal segregation of African American citizens in the south. That was when his ' I Have A Dream" speech was a hit. -
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Great Depression
he Great Depression was an economic slump in North America, Europe, and other industrialized areas of the world.The Great Depression was the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world. In the United States, the Great Depression began soon after the stock market crash of October 1929. This was an economic slump in North America. -
Richard Russell
Rusell became georgia youngest governor in the twentieth century. This man used his experience as a farmer member and speaker of the goeria house of representatives to make some needed changes. One of his acts was to comcine 102 state offices into 17 agnecies. Equally political move, he combined the boards of trustees of state colleges and universities into one governoring group. 1932, he was elected to the u.s senate. -
Andrew Young
Andrew Young Jr. was an activist for the Civil Rights Movement. He became a member of Congress, mayor of Atlanta and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.Born on March 12, 1932, in New Orleans, Louisiana, Andrew Young Jr. became active in the Civil Rights Movement, working with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.During Jimmy Carter's run for the presidency, Young offered key political support; when Carter was in office, he chose Young to be the U.S. ambas -
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HoloCaust
The holocaust was the name given to the systematic extermination of 6 million Jews. Some were killed by the Nazis before and during ww11. In the camps many died from starvation, diseases, mistreatment and medical experiments. Jews, poles, czechs, russians, gypsies, homosexuals all died. 1986, the georgia commision on the holocaust was established to "take lessons from the history of the holocaust." -
Civilian conservation corps
the Civilian Conservation Corps, CCC, was one of the first New Deal programs. It was a public works project intended to promote environmental conservation and to build good citizens through vigorous, disciplined outdoor labor. Close to the heart of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the CCC combined his interests in conservation and universal service for youth. He believed that this civilian “tree army” would relieve the rural unemployed and keep youth “off the city street corners.” -
Agricultral Adjustment Act
President Roosevelt called Congress into special session and introduced a record 15 major pieces of legislation. One of the first to be introduced and enacted was the AAA, the Agricultural Adjustment Act. AAA controlled the supply of seven "basic crops" – corn, wheat, cotton, rice, peanuts, tobacco and milk . In 1937, the Supreme Court ruled that the AAA was unconstitutional, but the basic program was rewritten and again passed into law. -
Social Security
A law enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 to create a system of transfer payments in which younger, working people support older, retired people. this was the social security act.Under the act, the government began collecting the Social Security tax from workers in 1937 and began making payments in 1937.The Social Security tax combines with the Medicare tax to form what is known as FICA, or the payroll tax. -
Maynard Jackson Elected Mayor
Maynard Jackson was a lawyer and the first African American mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, serving three terms (1974–82 and 1990–94).Maynard Jackson was born on March 23, 1938 in Dallas, Texas. ckson’s runoff victory in 1973 over the white incumbent under whom he had served as vice mayor -
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World War 2
the Second World War was the most widespread and deadliest war in history.This was involving more than 30 countries and resulting in more than 50 million military and civilian deaths.
Sparked by Adolf Hitler’s invasion of Poland in 1939, the war would drag on for six deadly years until the final Allied defeat of both Nazi Germany and Japan . -
Pearl Harbor
Just before 8 a.m. on December 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The barrage lasted just two hours, but it was devastating: The Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships, and almost 200 airplanes. More than 2,000 Americans soldiers and sailors died in the attack, and another 1,000 were wounded. The day after the assault, President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked -
Atlanta Hawks
After Atlanta Braves , other profeesional sports teams followed. The Atlanta Hawks of the national basketball association was founded. They have played in atlanta since 1968. People of Atlanta dreamed of having a "big league city" and these associations made it like that. -
1946 Governo's Race
In december 1946, Eugene Talmadge died. The state constitution did not specify who would assume the governorship in such situation. The situation became know as three governors controversy. Eventually a rulling by the supreme court of Georgia settled the matter. -
Brown vs Board of Education
This story of Brown vs Board of Education ended legal segregation in public schools. This was a landmark supreme court case. It was declaring segreation in public schools. It wanted it to end. -
Sibley Commission
The Sibley Commission was the brainchild of griffin bell, Vandivers chief of staff. In 1959, vis district court judge Frank Hooper ruled unconstitutional Atlanta's segregated public school system. Ordered this as integregated. This was set up to gauge Georgia's attitude towards desegregated the public school system. -
SNCC
The SNCC was founded by young people who had emerged as leaders of the sit-in protest movement. This was formed to give younger blacks more of a voice in the civil rights movement. This SNCC was led by Martin Luther King Jr. -
Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter
These 2 became the first black students to enter the Unversity of Georgia. The litigation that resuited in federal court allowed those students to enpull. Hamilton was a orthopedic surgeon. Charlayne witnessed part of the civil rights movement when both her and Holmes was the first two African American students to go to the Unversity of Georgia. -
The Albany Movement
The desegregation of an entire community from bus stations to lauch counters. This was albany movenments in the early 1960s objective. This was the first mass movement in modern civil rights. -
March on Washington
On August 28, 1963 more than 200,000 Americans gathered in Washington D.C. This political rally known as the March on Washington. This was for Juhs and Freedom. The march became a key moment in the growing struggle for civil rights in the U.S. -
Atlanta Falcons
Atlanta Falcons is a professional American football team. The Falcons joined the NFL in 1965. Falcons play their home games at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. This team joined as an expansion team. -
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Jimmy Carter in Georgia
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This man was the 39th president to serve. Jimmy was the only georgian elected president of the united states; held in the office for 1 term. This man grew up in rural georgia during the depression. He saw to move the ideas he made to state level. He still continued using his talents to help others and the united states. -
Rural Electrification
Rural electrification is the process of bringing electrical power to rural and remote areas. Electricity is used not only for lighting and household purposes, but it also allows for mechanization of many farming operations, such as threshing, milking, and hoisting grain for storage. In areas facing labor shortages, this allows for greater productivity at reduced cost. One famous program was the New Deal's Rural Electrification Administration in the United States, which pioneered many of the sche -
1956 State Flag
The 1956 flag was adopted in the era when the Goergian Gnernal Assembly. It was entirely devoted to passing legislation that would preserve segregation and white sepremacy. This State Flag was from 1956 to 2003 and featured a prominent confederate battle flag. It was designed by John SammonsBell. Some geogian residents found the flag offensive and objectionable because of the symbol. -
Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act of 1964, which ended segregation in public places.Following the Civil War (1861-1865), a trio of constitutional amendments abolished slavery, made the former slaves citizens and gave all men the right to vote regardless of race.This act, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on July 2, 1964.This document was the most sweeping civil rights legislation since Reconstruction.
