Post World War II America

Soldiers Return Home

Life Back At Home

Life Back At Home

Sitting on the Dock of the Bay

Georgia on my Mind- Ray Charles

What About Georgia?

Move to the Cities

Georgia’s changing economy urged

people to move into the cities-

Approximately 60% of Georgia’s

population lived in urban areas and

40% lived in rural areas.

William Berry Hartsfield

Was Atlanta’s longest serving mayor(1937-1961)and

known as Atlanta’s “father of aviation” because he

believed that an airport for Atlanta would be a key to

the city’s economic prosperity.

Hartsfield Airport- had a positive impact on Georgia’s

economy and is one of the busiest airports in the

world.

(Delta Airlines has its headquarters in Atlanta).

Under his leadership as mayor, Atlanta did not

experience the unrest and violence that Little Rock

and New Orleans did during integration, which earned

Atlanta the nickname “The City Too Busy to Hate.”

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Progressive Leadership

Ellis Arnall elected governor in 1942

As a governor, Arnall could not have been

more different from GA’s previous governor,

Eugene Talmadge. (He was the first governor

to serve a 4 year term.)

Energetic and progressive

10 Point Program adopted within days of his

election...

championed education by restoring the

accreditation to Georgia’s schools &

reformed prison (penal) system

abolished poll tax

lowered voting age to 18 GA was 1st state to do this

erased state debt (in the millions) without

raising taxes.

Criticized because he believed black

citizens should be allowed to vote in

primaries.

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Progressive Leadership

Ivan Allen Jr. served as Atlanta’s mayor from 1962-1970.

Georgia Tech Graduate

Had been WWII Second Lieutenant in the Army Quartermaster Corps (sent supplies)

Ivan Allen Jr. plays a key role in maintaining peace during Civil Rights Movement in GA.

On his first day in office, he ordered all "white" and "colored" signs removed from city hall, and he desegregated the building's cafeteria.

Worked alongside MLK Jr. in the fight for African American rights.

Helps build up and improve Atlanta

Built sports stadiums

55 new buildings downtown and 22,000 new jobs each year of his mayorship

Built Atlanta Civic Center & Memorial Arts Center

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Major League Sports

Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. brings major

league sports to ATL.

The development of major league

sports brings tremendous growth to

Georgia’s economy and status. ($$$)

Atlanta Braves—1966. Made

history by becoming the first major

league sports team that called the

Deep South home.

Atlanta Falcons--1966

Atlanta Hawks—1968

Cities Become Too Crowded

People Move to the suburbs

Agriculture Changes

AGRICULTURE CHANGES

Demand for cotton fell

Peanuts, soybeans, pecans, and corn were planted in

place of cotton

Post WWII, GA leading agricultural product was

poultry

Diversified Georgia agriculture makes Georgia more

marketable across the U.S. and brings in more $$

Tractors and other motorized implements improved

the efficiency of Georgia’s farmers in that a single

farmer could work a larger plot of land.

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Developments Overseas

United States prospers after WWII

American Pride at an all time high

However, countries abroad are also

desiring power economically, socially,

and technologically.

The ways that these countries are trying to

achieve this power begins to scare the

United States leadership.

Start of the “Red Scare”

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Fear Abroad

Communism

A system of government in which the state plans and controls the economy and a single dictator or party holds all of the power, claiming to make progress toward a higher social order in which all goods are equally shared by the people.

Containment

United States foreign policy introduced at the start of the Cold War, aimed at stopping the spread of Communism and keeping it 'contained' and isolated within its current borders, otherwise the 'domino effect' would occur, where if one nation became Communist, the surrounding ones would follow.

Soviet Union / Russia

China

North and South Korea

North and South Vietnam

Cuba

United States

Established the nation of Israel

following WWII

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