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Key Unit 9 Study Guide Answers

The Unit 9 Study Guide covers various topics related to Savannah, Georgia, including its role in international trade, the impact of the Sibley Commission, and the significance of the Olympic Games. It also discusses key Atlanta mayors and their contributions to transportation and civil rights, as well as the effects of technology on rural populations post-World War II. Additionally, it highlights the importance of entrepreneurship and the film industry in Georgia, along with the historical context of the March on Washington and its influence on civil rights legislation.

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Key Unit 9 Study Guide Answers

The Unit 9 Study Guide covers various topics related to Savannah, Georgia, including its role in international trade, the impact of the Sibley Commission, and the significance of the Olympic Games. It also discusses key Atlanta mayors and their contributions to transportation and civil rights, as well as the effects of technology on rural populations post-World War II. Additionally, it highlights the importance of entrepreneurship and the film industry in Georgia, along with the historical context of the March on Washington and its influence on civil rights legislation.

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Unit 9 Study Guide

1. Why do so many people live around Savannah?

It’s the largest shipping center in Georgia providing many jobs so

people move there.

2. How does Savannah help with International Trade?

They expanded their port increasing international trade

3. How would you get products from the port in Savannah to the airport in
Atlanta?

The Interstate Highways

4. What was the Sibley Commission and what did it decide?


John Sibley met with Georgians and decided if they wanted to close
schools or integrate them. A majority chose to close schools.
5. How does Georgia benefit from having large companies headquartered
here?

Revenue from taxes and provides many jobs.

6. Define Entrepreneur.

A person who takes a risk to open their own business in order to make

a profit

7. Why did Georgia change its flag in 1956?

They were upset about the decision in Brown v Board of Education

so they changed the flag to include the confederate battle flag.

8. What are two ways the Olympic Games in Atlanta helped Atlanta?

They helped the economy grow and improved infrastructure (streets and
sidewalks)

9. Why did rural populations go down after World War II?

New technology made it easier for people to farm and they didn’t need as
many

people to work the farms. People had to move to the cities for jobs
10. Describe the 4 Atlanta mayors we talked about: William
Hartsfield, Ivan Allen, jr., Maynard Jackson and Andrew Young. What
did they do for Atlanta? How did they help transportation in Atlanta as
well as Civil Rights? How did Jackson and Young help black-owned
businesses?

10.

Hartsfield: Built the airport, got more African Americans to participate


in politics
Allen, jr.: helped with MARTA, worked with MLK, jr., brought major
league sports teams to Atlanta.
Jackson: international terminal at the airport, provided more work to
black owned businesses
Young: continued Jackson’s support of black owned businesses,
helped bring the Olympics to GA, was Ambassador of the UN

12. If I want to open a store and instead of using original ideas, I copy
another store. Will I be successful? Why or why not?

Probably won’t be successful because my store looks like everyone else’s.

13. What mode of transportation is the most important for getting


commuters to and from work? Interstates (like I-85)
14. What did Carter do to many state agencies as governor?

Got rid of them

15. What was the Camp David Accords?


Carter got Israel and Egypt to agree to a peace
16. Why is so much filmed in Georgia?

Companies get tax breaks and it cost less to film in Georgia than other
states.

17. What did the March on Washington lead to? How did it do this?

Politicians passed important Civil Rights legislation: The Civil Rights Act of
1964

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