GA Studies People

2. Man worked with the Populist Party, developed the Rural Free Delivery Bill
7. President that did the New Deal and during WWII.
10. President who signed the Indian Removal Act
12. Developed the concept of the New South
13. Brought in major league sports to Atlanta, kept the city of Atlanta calm during the Civil Rights movement.
14. American Indian chief who permitted the colonists to settle on Yamacraw Bluff
18. Father of the Two Ocean Navy
19. Gave the Atlanta Compromise speech, believed in slow progress for African American progress
20. Spanish conquistador who game to Georgia looking for God, gold, and glory.
21. Chief of the Cherokee people who worked to help them keep their land
22. Helped found the NAACP, believed in immediate education and progress for African Americans.

1. Founder of the colony of Georgia
3. Brought aviation to Atlanta
4. Civil Rights leader, member of SNCC, represented Georgia in Congress
5. Creek Chief who sold his people's land with the Treaty of Indian Spring
6. Civil Rights leader from Atlanta, gave the I Have a Dream speech, head of the SCLC.
8. Elected in 1860, led to the South succeeding from the Union.
9. Only president from Georgia
11. Took over Reconstruction after Lincoln's death
15. Daughter of a Creek woman and Irish trader, translated for Oglethorpe and Tomochichi
16. Jewish man was lynched after being accused of the murder of Mary Phagan
17. Entrepreneur who developed a barbershop and founded Atlanta Mutual Life Insurance