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BY: ABIGAIL CAMPBELL, RYAN

HAGERMAN, CHRISTINA COVIELLO

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Television

Changes in

America

Cold War

Korean War

Industries Move To

Georgia

Dovelopment of

atlanta p.1

Dovelopment of Atlanta p.2

Ellis Arnall

The Three Governors

Episode

Georgia

Governors

Georgia in the 1970’s

Vietnam Divides

America

The

Impact Of

Sports

Television

Changes

America

-Television use expanded in the 1950s

-With more televisions in homes, people spent more time watching

-The major networks were ABC, CBS, and NBC

-It was important to almost everyone

-Now people could watch news events quicker

-They used television in political debates, presidential elections, and racial settlements

-As TVs became more affordable and appeared in more homes, that image shifted: Instead of the host showing off his set to the neighbors, we now saw happy families gathered around the warm glow of the TV.

-As technology evolved, that content (TV content) included live programming, on-site breaking news and international broadcasts

Here is a family joining to watch the local news on their new television

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Cold War

Relations between the U.S. and SSR became tense.

Cold war : a war of words and diplomacy.

Worlds most powerful countries.

USSR kept eastern Europe in communism behind the

“Iron curtain.”

Containment of communism led to war in Korea and

Vietnam.

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Korean

War

The Korean war began as a civil war between North and South

Korean, but the conflict soon become international.

The long national history and unique cultural and linguistic

identity, urea suffered from frequent interferences.

After the Japanese victory in the conflict, Japan consolidated its

growing influence on Korea in 1910.

25,000 Americans killed during this war.

In 1904-05 the Russian and Japanese war was also fought on the

Korean territory.

During WW1, the Allies discussed the future of Korea in the

postwar period.

Peace declared in July 1953, there was no winner during this.

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Industries

Move into

Georgia

Business continued to move into the state for a long period of time.

Air condition began to be installed, making year round work more comfortable.

Lockheed became largest employer.

In the years following the end of WW2, Atlanta experienced a major growth.

Their experience were pivotal in determining the states future development and the war itself marked Georgia's history.

Because it occurred when important shifts in the states, politics, race relation, and economy were already underway the war accelerated Georgia's moderation.

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Development

of Atlanta

William

Hartsfield

Made Atlanta

an aviation

hub

Led the city in

the area of civil

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The

Impact

of Sports

The Atlanta Braves were the only team in

the city’s history to win a major championship

Falcons came straight after the braves

and then the hawks came shortly after in

1968

Thes atlanta sports teams have brought

thousands of jobs to the state and

millions of dollars to the economy

Atlanta was then considered a major

league city and with the help of the new facilities helped to bring the 1996

Olympic games

This also brought more money into the

economy due to all of the tourists coming for the games

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Development Of Atlanta

Ivan Allen

Ivan Allen was born in 1911 and died in 1968.

He was a major of Atlanta and led racial integration efforts in the 1960’s at a time when other southern cities were erupting in violence.

He came from a very rich family , when he became older he didn’t want to be spending his families money anymore.

Allen was a businessman and served two terms as a 52nd major of Atlanta.

He married Louise Richardson and had his only son Irene Bequmont Allen.

Migration

Businesses moved to the South

CDC, Lockheed, ect.

In 1970 Georgia’s feorgion-

born population was

approximtley 33,000, or 0.7

percent of the state

population

Latino growth was the biggest growth from1970-2006

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Ellis

Arnall-First governor to serve a

four year term

-Made the board of

separate entity from the

governors office

-Removed the prison

system from his control

-Abolished the poll tax

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The three

governors

episode

The three Governors episode is when Eugene Talmadge, Ellis Arnall and William Hartsfield all thought they were they were the governors at once.

After that happened Eugene won the country unit vote so he became the unofficial governor.

Eugene’s advisors thought he was going to die because of a sickness, then they wrote his son secretly and Eugene dies late December.

There was a problem with the secret letter the son, the new constitution had created a lieutenant governor.

Talmadge forces wanted the Georgia general assembly to elect Herman, others wanted Thompson to win, which caused a fight to break out in Atlanta

After the fighting happened the Georgia General assembly elected Herman Talmadge as governor.

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Georgia

Governors

Melvin Thompson: purchased Jekyll Island to build a state-owned resort ;

established UGA Veterinary School

Melvin E. Thompson1947-1948

Thompson worked in education, first as a teacher and coach, a principal, a district superintendent,

moving all the way up to assistant school superintendent for the state. Thompson was a supporter of

Governor Ellis Arnall and he was his executive secretary and state revenue commissioner.

Herman Talmadge: began education television; oversaw purchase of Stone

Mountain for park

Herman E. Talmadge1948-1955

September 1, 1936Russell (Richard B. Russel) defeats Talmadge during the Democratic primary in race for

U. S. Senate, 263,154 to 134,695 (county unit vote-378 to 143).

Lester Maddox: elected 1967; surprise winter; appointed more African

Americans to state office than any other governors combined; interrogated the

State Patrol; ”People’s Days”- any Georgian could visit and talk with the

governor

Lester G. Maddox1967-1971

September 15, 1966-In one of the tightest races for governor in the history of the state, Ellis Arnell, Lester

Maddox, Jimmy Carter and James Grey all finish with more than 150,000 votes. Arnell and Maddox are

forced into a run-off

Carl Sanders: elected in 1962; worked to diffuse racial violence; increased

spending on education; used television ads to campaign

Carl E. Sanders1963-1967

-Went against jimmy Carter

Melvin

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Herman

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Georgia in

the 1970’s

Ted Turner: TBS television network expanded from one station to a national network

MARTA: Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority-began rapid rail service in Atlanta of the United States

James Earl Carter: 1970- elected governor of Georgia; 1977-1980 served as President of the United States

-As president, negotiated peace between Israel and Egypt -Problems as president; high energy costs, high interest rates, high inflation, 52 American hostages held in Iran

-Georgia cites began to lose population to the suburbs

-Cities have worked to attract residents

March 27, 1970Georgia ratifies the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote

April 3, 1970Jimmy Carter announces his candidacy for governor. He will run against former governor Carl Sanders and others

September 9, 1970Jimmy Carter forces a run-off in the Democratic primary for governor, garnering more than 48% of the vote

September 23, 1970Carter wins run-off

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Vietnam

Divides

America

North Vietnam is communist

South Vietnam is democratic

The us began support for south Vietnam against north Vietnam

In 1968 over 500,000 American involved In the Vietnam War

Protests in the war started to increase

In1973 the war ended without a clear winner

Today Vietnam is now united and communist

As Vietnam war veterans returned to the states to be in the middle of angry protests and a war weary society that wanted the fighting to end

In 1967, 9,353 troops were killed

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