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Georgia Milestones SS8 Review Who's
who in Georgia history Study Guide
Jimmy Carter - ANSWER✔✔-39th President of the United States and the only commander-in-chief from
Georgia
Alonzo Herman - ANSWER✔✔-A former slave and sharecropper who became a successful Atlanta
businessman and millionaire
Black Legislators - ANSWER✔✔-African Americans who held political office during Reconstruction but
who were often denied full access to the government
Tenant Farmers - ANSWER✔✔-Agricultural laborers who worked another's land and who might make
some small profit since they owned their own tools and some livestock
Sharecroppers - ANSWER✔✔-Agricultural labors who worked another's lad in exchange for a portion of
their harvest, usually without making any profit and remaining indentured to the landowner
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) - ANSWER✔✔-American president who crafted the "New Deal" to bring
the U.S. out of the Great Depression; he spent much of his time in Warm Springs, Georgia to treat his
polio
Henry Grady - ANSWER✔✔-Atlanta newspaperman and "voice of the New South"
W.E.B DuBois - ANSWER✔✔-Author of "The Souls of the Black Folk" and an early civil rights activist who
promoted social equality for African Americans in the early 20th century
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Dred Scott - ANSWER✔✔-Black slave who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom in the U.S. Supreme Court
John Ross - ANSWER✔✔-Cherokee chief who accompanied his people on the Trail of Tears
John Marshall - ANSWER✔✔-Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court who ruled in favor of American
Indian rights in Worcester v. Georgia
Andrew Young - ANSWER✔✔-Civil Rights activist who became the first African American from Georgia
since Reconstruction to serve in the U.S. Congress; he was also a U.S. ambassador under President
Jimmy Carter
William McIntosh - ANSWER✔✔-Creek chief who sold off the last of his people's land in Georgia
Booker T. Washington - ANSWER✔✔-Early civil rights activist who promoted African American economic
independence in his "Atlanta Compromise" speech
Spanish - ANSWER✔✔-European empire who colonized Florida. God, gold, and glory
British - ANSWER✔✔-European empire who established the thirteen American colonies. God, glory,
opportunity, and mercantilism.
Freedman's Bureau - ANSWER✔✔-Federal agency created after the Civil War to help train and educate
former black slaves
Maynard Jackson - ANSWER✔✔-First African American mayor of Atlanta and a major promoter of
aviation
Hernando de Soto - ANSWER✔✔-First European to explore present-day Georgia
John Lewis - ANSWER✔✔-First president of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
during the Civil Rights Movement and currently a U.S. Representative of Georgia
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Georgia Milestones SS8 Review Who's
who in Georgia history Study Guide
Jimmy Carter - ANSWER✔✔-39th President of the United States and the only commander-in-chief from
Georgia
Alonzo Herman - ANSWER✔✔-A former slave and sharecropper who became a successful Atlanta
businessman and millionaire
Black Legislators - ANSWER✔✔-African Americans who held political office during Reconstruction but
who were often denied full access to the government
Tenant Farmers - ANSWER✔✔-Agricultural laborers who worked another's land and who might make
some small profit since they owned their own tools and some livestock
Sharecroppers - ANSWER✔✔-Agricultural labors who worked another's lad in exchange for a portion of
their harvest, usually without making any profit and remaining indentured to the landowner
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) - ANSWER✔✔-American president who crafted the "New Deal" to bring
the U.S. out of the Great Depression; he spent much of his time in Warm Springs, Georgia to treat his
polio
Henry Grady - ANSWER✔✔-Atlanta newspaperman and "voice of the New South"
W.E.B DuBois - ANSWER✔✔-Author of "The Souls of the Black Folk" and an early civil rights activist who
promoted social equality for African Americans in the early 20th century
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Dred Scott - ANSWER✔✔-Black slave who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom in the U.S. Supreme Court
John Ross - ANSWER✔✔-Cherokee chief who accompanied his people on the Trail of Tears
John Marshall - ANSWER✔✔-Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court who ruled in favor of American
Indian rights in Worcester v. Georgia
Andrew Young - ANSWER✔✔-Civil Rights activist who became the first African American from Georgia
since Reconstruction to serve in the U.S. Congress; he was also a U.S. ambassador under President
Jimmy Carter
William McIntosh - ANSWER✔✔-Creek chief who sold off the last of his people's land in Georgia
Booker T. Washington - ANSWER✔✔-Early civil rights activist who promoted African American economic
independence in his "Atlanta Compromise" speech
Spanish - ANSWER✔✔-European empire who colonized Florida. God, gold, and glory
British - ANSWER✔✔-European empire who established the thirteen American colonies. God, glory,
opportunity, and mercantilism.
Freedman's Bureau - ANSWER✔✔-Federal agency created after the Civil War to help train and educate
former black slaves
Maynard Jackson - ANSWER✔✔-First African American mayor of Atlanta and a major promoter of
aviation
Hernando de Soto - ANSWER✔✔-First European to explore present-day Georgia
John Lewis - ANSWER✔✔-First president of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
during the Civil Rights Movement and currently a U.S. Representative of Georgia
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