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Who/What Am I?

Who/What Am I?. Madison Hall and Emma Place . What is this?. What is it called when representation in government is redetermined to make sure that citizens are represented fairly ?. Answer. Reapportionment. What is this?.

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Who/What Am I?

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  1. Who/What Am I? Madison Hall and Emma Place

  2. What is this? • What is it called when representation in government is redetermined to make sure that citizens are represented fairly?

  3. Answer • Reapportionment

  4. What is this? • Redrawing voting districts changing where something goes. Examples: School districts

  5. Answer • Redistricting

  6. What is this? • The focus shifted to this, in places like Atlanta, in order to win key elections. (two answers)

  7. Answer • Urban /African American voters

  8. Who is this? • First mayor of Atlanta. He fought to make minority businesses recover their fair share of city contracts. established MARTA and Hartsfield airport added new international terminals. • 1982-served his second term as mayor • 1990-did his third term as mayor • 2003-dead….

  9. Answer • Maynard Jackson

  10. Who is this? Well known civil rights activist .he became the first black representative after reconstruction in 1972 1977-appointed U.S ambassador in the united nations 1989-ran for mayor and won 1996-played key role in bringing Olympic games to Atlanta

  11. Answer • Andrew young

  12. What is this? • When republicans started to win in Georgia and in the south overall

  13. Answer • Rise of the two party system

  14. Who is this? • People who contributed to the rise of the two party system • One man was in Georgia's congress in 1962 • Another man was a senator from Arizona and his views sounded a lot like a conservative southern democrat but he was a republican • The first republican governor since reconstruction (three answers)

  15. Answer • Howard “Bo” Callaway • Berry Goldwater • Sonny Perdue

  16. What is this? • Political philosophy that values property rights, personal liberties and freedom from the government and limited government funding by as few taxes as possible.

  17. Answer • conservatism

  18. Who is this? • Conservative republican who was elected to congress in 1995 he became speaker of the U.S house until 1999 • He ran for republican nominee in 2012,but was not nominated

  19. Answer • Newt Gingrich

  20. Who is this? • The only Georgian to win the presidency .served two terms in the legislature before winning the 1970s governor race .served four years to change the state government .and he supported integration. He was known for awful inflation and poor economy and received as a weak person

  21. Answer • Jimmy Carter

  22. Who is this? • Republican who ran against Jimmy Carter ;the only man in the world to serve as the vice president and president without ever winning an election to either office

  23. Answer • Gerald Ford

  24. What is this? • In 1979, Iran students stormed the U.S embassy in Tehran and took the people who were inside hostage. The students demanded the release of the shah for the release of the hostages .cater refused and a long stand-off was formed.

  25. Answer • Iran hostage crisis

  26. What is this? • A huge scandal that involved supporters of the president breaking into democratic head quarters

  27. Answer • Watergate

  28. What is this? • The day sworn the president into office

  29. Answer • Inauguration day

  30. What is this? • A treaty between Egypt and Israel signed at camp David .the two nations were enemies for a long time, but peace was created between the two after the treaty.

  31. Answer • Camp David Accords

  32. What is this? • A non profit organization that builds houses for lower income families

  33. Answer • Habitat for humanity

  34. Who is this? • he helped the habitat for humanity, helped with diplomatic issues, was a philanthropist, represented the US diplomatic, wrote several books as a result he won the Noble Peace Prize in 2002.

  35. Answer • Carter leaving office

  36. What is this? • airports, railways lines, sea ports, and highways. Increase trade, moving people, tourism, increase reputation. 

  37. Answer • Transportation systems

  38. Just outside of Atlanta and in 2006 named busiest airport in the world

  39. Answer • Hartsfield airport

  40. What is this? • to transport goods through the country or for trade over seas. Export and importing are used. I-20 runs west from south Carolina to Texas. I-85 from Virginia to Alabama. Interstate 95 Miami to Maine. Interstate 75 runs from Florida through western Georgia to Michigan. Odd numbers=north to south; even numbers= west to east 

  41. Answer • Interstate highways

  42. What is this? • A harbor where ships import and export goods for Georgia. Our two main deepwater ports are Savannah and Brunswick. Savannah is the 5th largest and 4th busiest. Brunswick sleazily in transporting Cecile and heavy equipment, 

  43. Answer • Deepwater ports

  44. What is this? • used to transport goods to all different places. 5000 miles of track is used to haul cargo

  45. Answer • railroads

  46. What is this? • has to do with how much the state produces, how much debt it has, how many of its citizens are employed, etc... The better the economy=happier and secure its citizens tend to be. How nations and states use their limited resources.

  47. Answer • Georgia’s Economy

  48. What is this? • importing and exporting of products between different nations or regions. Imports= products a state or nation buys from another region or country. Exports= products it sells to foreign territories. England originally used Georgia to produce different items for trade ( cotton, rice, sugar, peanuts, rum, indigo, poultry, lumber, tobacco, and molasses. Gainesville is the chicken capital of the world. Has a certain part of the state to produces a certain item.

  49. Answer • trade

  50. What is this? • business and trade with foreign nations. 1500-2000 business internationally trade in Georgia. they boosted the states economy by minority investments and create jobs. KIA is located outside of Atlanta

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