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| The Holocaust | Name given to the Nazi plan to kill all Jewish people. The Holocaust ended in 1945 when the Allied powers won the war and freed the people held captive in the German camps. |
| Post-WWII Developments | many people began to move from the rural areas of Georgia (country) to the cities. More and more people began to work in the industries (factories) created during WWII. Businesses continued to move into the state. |
| Atlanta Braves | Major League Baseball team. Moved to Atlanta in 1966. Bought by Ted Turner in 1976. Braves games began being broadcast nationwide on TBS. Won the World Series in 1995 (first professional title in Atlanta’s history). |
| William Hartsfield | Served as Atlanta’s mayor longer than any other person (6 terms from 1937-1961). Presided over many building projects including expressways and parks throughout the city. After his death in 1971 the Atlanta airport was renamed after him. |
| Ivan Allen, Jr. | Served as Atlanta’s mayor from 1962-1970. Only politician from the South to speak in favor of the Civil Rights Act. Helped to bring the Braves from Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Atlanta. |
| Ellis Arnall | Served as Governor from 1943-1947. Worked to reform GA’s government, state universities, prisons, the tax system, and the state constitution. Also lowered GA’s voting age. Lost against Eugene Talmadge in the 1946 Governor’s race. |
| Interstate Highway System | Makes transportation through the city easier. Interstates, such as I-20, I-75, and I-85, go through the city of Atlanta. I-95 goes from Florida to Maine and I-75 goes from Miami to Michigan. |
| Railroads | continue to transport goods within the US |
| Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport | One of the busiest airports in the world. Named after two Atlanta mayors (William Hartsfield and Maynard Jackson). Thousands of passengers, mail, and cargo pass through Atlanta everyday. |
| Georgia’s Deepwater Ports | Two major deepwater ports (Savannah and Brunswick). Goods (products) made in Georgia are frequently shipped to other parts of the world through these ports. These four transportation systems are important to GA’s economy as they allow people and goods to move throughout the state. |
| Herman Talmadge | Son of Eugene Talmadge. Won the special election as GA’s that ended the “Three Govenors” controversy. Governor in 1946 after the death of his father. Elected to the U.S. Senate in 1956 (served until 1980) where he worked to create laws to help the rural regions of GA and vowed to bring back the white primaries. (segregationalist) |
| Benjamin Mayes | President of Morehouse College in Atlanta. The ideas taught by Mayes became central to the language used by Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| Primary | Election held to determine the candidates in an upcoming political election. |
| White Primary | Election where only people who are white are allowed to participate. Outlawed in 1946. |
| Brown v. Board of Education | 1950 Supreme Court case. Struck down “separate but equal” concept; schools were to be integrated. Segregation ruled unconstitutional |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. | Graduated from Morehouse College in 1946. Pastor of his own church in Montgomery, Alabama by 1954. He committed himself to the civil rights movement after the arrest of Rosa Parks in 1955. |
| Rosa Parks | African American woman who refused to give up her bus seat to whites in Montgomery, AL. The African American community in Alabama united together to boycott the bus company. |
| 1956 State Flag | GA’s flag was changed to reflect GA’s past. The new flag added the Confederate battle flag (known as the stars and bars) |
