People of Georgia

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  1. 1. A Jewish man charged with the murder of Mary Phagan. Originally sentenced to death but was later overturned by John Slaton (GA Governor) to life in prison. Tom Watson led a public outcry against Slaton. Leo Frank was taken out of his cell by a group of angry men and lynched. His case will lead to the rebirth of KKK in GA
  2. 5. After gaining his freedom, he started a chain of barber shops and the Atlanta Mutual Insurance Company. At his death, he was the wealthiest African American in Atlanta.
  3. 9. Interpreter between James Oglethorpe and Chief of the Yamacraw Indians.
  4. 12. First African American Mayor of Atlanta. Fought to make sure that minority businesses received their fair share of city contracts. Started MARTA, expanded Hartsfield Airport and helped bring Olympics to ATL.
  5. 15. Elected governor 4 times (but died before he took office for his 4th term). Did not support the New Deal. Scandal during 3rd term will cause UGA to lose its accreditation. Supported white supremacy and gained most of his votes from rural farmers.
  6. 17. 16th President of the United States saved the Union during the Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865)
  7. 18. a group of Protestants from Austria who were invited to settle in Georgia due to religious persecution they were experiencing in Europe; established the towns of Ebenezer and New Ebenezer; were some of the most successful colonists.
  8. 19. Georgia's Best-Known Populist. He was the first native southern politician concerned about African American Farmers. Introduces Rural Free Delivery Bill. In 1905 he returned to the Democratic party and becomes a white-supremist
  9. 23. GA's 3 most powerful politicians during the New South era. They promoted industrialization
  10. 25. First African American since Reconstruction to be elected to Congress from Georgia. Mayor of Atlanta after Maynard Jackson.
  11. 26. Early immigrants to the Georgia colony Per Oglethorpe, settled Darien, Ga. (which was on the northern bank of the Altamaha River...the southern border of the Georgia colony at the time) Were fierce fighters/helped defend border w/Spanish Florida
  12. 28. United States slave who sued for liberty after living in a non-slave state. He lost his case, but the verdict would become a major catalyst for the Civil War.
  13. 30. 39th U.S. President. From Plains, Georgia.
  14. 31. student leader of SNCC who organized sit-ins, spoke in Washington, & marched in Selma
  15. 32. Creek Chief who signed the Treaty of Indian Springs in 1825, which gave all remaining Creek lands in Georgia to the federal government. He was killed by his people for breaking Native American law.
  16. 33. Chief of the Yamacraw who gave James Oglethorpe land for the Savannah settlement.
  17. 34. Leader of the civil rights movement
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  1. 2. 32nd US President - He began New Deal programs to help the nation out of the Great Depression, and he was the nation's leader during most of WWII
  2. 3. Opposed Booker T. Washington. Wanted social and political integration as well as higher education for 10% of African Americans-what he called a "Talented Tenth". Founder of the Niagara Movement which led to the creation of the NAACP.
  3. 4. The Cherokee Chief who went to Washington asking for past treaties be honored and his people not to be removed from their land.
  4. 6. Served in the US House of Representatives for 50 years. (longer than any other congressman in US history). "Father of the two ocean navy".
  5. 7. This racist restaurant owner closed his restaurant rather than integrate. He eventually became governor and hired more blacks to office than all prior governors combined.
  6. 8. colonists who were unhappy with the Georgia trustees rules banning slavery and alcohol
  7. 10. President who signed the Indian Removal Act in 1830.
  8. 11. general whose march to sea caused destruction to the south, union general, led march to destroy all supplies and resources, beginning of total warfare
  9. 13. Spanish Conquistador; explored in 1540's from Florida, through Georgia, west to the Mississippi with six hundred men in search of gold; discovered the Mississippi, a vital North American river.
  10. 14. Editor of the Atlanta Constitution, preached about economically diversified South with industries and small farms, and absent of the influence of the pre-war planter elite in the political world.
  11. 16. Longest serving of the progressive mayors. He purchased a racetrack that became Atlanta's first airport. "Father of Atlanta Aviation".
  12. 20. Atlanta mayor who brought the Braves, Falcons, and Hawks to Atlanta
  13. 21. GA signer of US Constitution & first president of UGA
  14. 22. GA Governor and U.S. Senator (seven consecutive terms). chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee-helped to bring military bases to GA. "father of the school lunch program"
  15. 24. Prominent black American, born into slavery, who believed that racism would end once blacks acquired useful labor skills and proved their economic value to society, was head of the Tuskegee Institute in 1881. His book "Up from Slavery."
  16. 27. the youngest of the Georgia signers of the Declaration of Independence; Georgia governor, and U.S. Senator.
  17. 29. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who ruled against the state of Georgia in Worcester v. Georgia