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 citiesApproximately 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
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Ellis Arnall elected governor in 1942
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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.)
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Energetic and progressive
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10 Point Program adopted within days of his
election...
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championed education by restoring the
accreditation to Georgia’s schools &
reformed prison (penal) system
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abolished poll tax
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lowered voting age to 18
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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
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Ivan Allen Jr. served as Atlanta’s mayor from
1962-1970.
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Ivan Allen Jr. plays a key role in maintaining
peace during Civil Rights Movement in GA.
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Georgia Tech Graduate
Had been WWII Second Lieutenant in the Army
Quartermaster Corps (sent supplies)
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
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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
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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. ($$$)
 Atlanta Braves—1966. Made
history by becoming the first major
league sports team that called the
Deep South home.
 Atlanta Falcons--1966
 Atlanta Hawks—1968
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Cities Become Too Crowded
People Move to the suburbs
Agriculture Changes
AGRICULTURE CHANGES
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Demand for cotton fell
 Peanuts, soybeans, pecans, and corn were planted in
place of cotton
 Post WWII, GA leading agricultural product was
poultry
 Diversified Georgia agriculture makes Georgia more
marketable across the U.S. and brings in more $$
 Tractors and other motorized implements improved
the efficiency of Georgia’s farmers in that a single
farmer could work a larger plot of land.
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.
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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
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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
U.S. PROPAGANDA
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"Daisy Girl" Rare 1964
Lyndon Johnson Political Ad
-aired only once- 9/7/64 YouTube
Duck and Cover Commercial
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