Unit 10 Georgia Pre/Post WW2

The most destructive war in human history; America entered the war in 1941 after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

• World War I

• World War II

• Civil War

• Vietnam War

Act that allowed the US government to send billions of dollars in supplies and military equipment to allied countries in exchange for US rights in their military bases.

• Patriot Act

• Allied Act

• Lend-Lease Act

• Hartsfield Act

American Naval base in Hawaii; a surprise attack on the base by Japanese forces on December 7, 1941 resulted in the US entering World War II

• Fort Myers

• Fort Benning

• Savannah Harbor

• Pearl Harbor

Factory located in Marietta, Georgia, that produced B-29 bombers for the US war effort.

• Blue Bird

• Bell Aircraft

• Delta

• Bomber Aircraft

US cargo ships made during WWII. In all 187 of these ships were made in Georgia.

• Liberty Ships

• Patriot Ships

• Freedom Ships

• Justice Ships

For a brief period of time in 1947, Georgia had three governors. Eugene Talmadge won election to a fourth term as Georgia's governor in 1946, but died before his inauguration.

• Bourbon Triumvirate

• 1946 Governor's Race

• The Trifecta

• Trinity Governors

Progressive Georgia Governor who is created for restoring accreditation to the state's institutions of higher education, lowering the voting age, and abolishing the poll tax.

• Ellis Arnall

• Eugene Talmadge

• Sonny Perdue

• Richard Russell

Georgia Governor and influential long term US Senator.

• Brian Kemp

• Jimmy Carter

• Ellis Arnall

• Richard Russell

Mayor of Atlanta who was instrumental in the development of the city, bringing major league sports teams to Atlanta, and a key figure in the civil rights movement.

• William Hartsfield

• Richard Woods

• Ivan Allen

• Julian Jones

Atlanta's longest during mayor who was instrumental in bringing aviation to the city and worked with civil rights leaders during the civil rights movement.

• William Hartsfield

• Orville Wright

• Richard Moody

• Carl Vinson