GA Studies: Georgia Milestones Questions
with Complete Solutions
Union blockade of Georgia's coast The Union used naval ships
to prevent the south from
continuing to trade
materials (such as cotton)
with the British
Henry McNeal Turner African American bishop elected to Georgia's legislature during
Reconstruction
Tom Watson Georgia politician and leader of the Populist Party; assisted poor Georgians
and farmers
Racial Violence Event held in 1881 and 1895; created to show the country that Georgia
was more industrialized
and tried to get businessmen to invest money in Georgia
, International Cotton Expo Events such as race riots, lynchings, and terrorist acts by the
Ku Klux Klan
Savannah and Brunswick Shipyards Georgia's two deep water ports; during WW2, 187
liberty ships were constructed there
Ellis Arnall Elected governor of Georgia in 1942; corrected the college accreditation
problems created by ex-governor Eugene Talmadge; removed the prison system from the
governor's control; gave 18 year
old citizens the right to vote
Benjamin Mays President of Morehouse College; taught his students to challenge
segregation and who greatly impacted
MLK, Jr.
Andrew Young First African American since Reconstruction to be elected to Congress
from Georgia. Mayor of Atlanta after Maynard Jackson.
with Complete Solutions
Union blockade of Georgia's coast The Union used naval ships
to prevent the south from
continuing to trade
materials (such as cotton)
with the British
Henry McNeal Turner African American bishop elected to Georgia's legislature during
Reconstruction
Tom Watson Georgia politician and leader of the Populist Party; assisted poor Georgians
and farmers
Racial Violence Event held in 1881 and 1895; created to show the country that Georgia
was more industrialized
and tried to get businessmen to invest money in Georgia
, International Cotton Expo Events such as race riots, lynchings, and terrorist acts by the
Ku Klux Klan
Savannah and Brunswick Shipyards Georgia's two deep water ports; during WW2, 187
liberty ships were constructed there
Ellis Arnall Elected governor of Georgia in 1942; corrected the college accreditation
problems created by ex-governor Eugene Talmadge; removed the prison system from the
governor's control; gave 18 year
old citizens the right to vote
Benjamin Mays President of Morehouse College; taught his students to challenge
segregation and who greatly impacted
MLK, Jr.
Andrew Young First African American since Reconstruction to be elected to Congress
from Georgia. Mayor of Atlanta after Maynard Jackson.
