Milestones Review Units 9-11

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Across
  1. 4. Global conflict from 1939 to 1945; U.S. joined after the attack on Pearl Harbor
  2. 6. Atlanta mayor who promoted aviation and worked with civil rights leaders
  3. 8. Long-serving Georgia senator who supported military preparedness
  4. 9. Cargo ships built during World War II; 187 made in Georgia
  5. 10. Another name for the Independent Democrats
  6. 13. Site of Japanese attack that brought the U.S. into World War II
  7. 18. Progressive Georgia governor who lowered the voting age and ended the poll tax
  8. 21. Series of events showcasing Atlanta’s growth and attracting Northern investment
  9. 23. Managing editor of the Atlanta Journal who promoted the New South
  10. 26. Founder of the Atlanta Mutual Life Insurance Company
  11. 27. Ports in Georgia where Liberty Ships were constructed during World War II
  12. 28. Group that investigated school integration and recommended gradual desegregation
  13. 29. Supreme Court case that legalized segregation through "separate but equal"
Down
  1. 1. Civil rights leader who fought for immediate social and political equality
  2. 2. Three Governors Controversy resulting from Eugene Talmadge's death after winning election
  3. 3. Leader who believed African-Americans should gain education and economic skills before pushing for civil rights
  4. 5. Georgia native who served as President, governor, and won the Nobel Peace Prize
  5. 7. State laws that denied African-Americans citizenship rights and enforced segregation
  6. 8. Act by Tom Watson providing free mail delivery to rural areas
  7. 11. Georgia politician known for rural free delivery and shifting from progressive to segregationist views
  8. 12. Georgia Congressman and military advocate who served 25 terms in the U.S. House
  9. 14. Supreme Court case that ended segregation in public schools
  10. 15. Political group of farmers against banks, railroads, and elites; included whites and blacks
  11. 16. Period after Reconstruction focusing on Southern economic diversification and Northern investment
  12. 17. Speech by Booker T. Washington calling for black economic progress and white trust at the International Cotton Exposition
  13. 19. Law that allowed the U.S. to send supplies to Allies in exchange for military base rights
  14. 20. Marietta factory that produced B-29 bombers during World War II
  15. 22. Dubois' idea that an educated elite would lead the fight against segregation
  16. 24. Atlanta mayor who helped develop the city and supported the civil rights movement
  17. 25. 48 hour attack in 1906 Atlanta sparked by economic tension and false reports of assaults