Post World War II (SS8H10)

SS8H10 Evaluate key post-World War II developments in Georgia.

1. Explain how technology transformed agriculture and created a population shift within the state.

2. Explain how the development of Atlanta under mayors William B. Hartsfield and Ivan Allen, Jr. impacted the state.

3. Describe the relationship between the end of the white primary and the 1946 governor’s race.

Suggested Collections 

• Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photograph Collection (Georgia State University)  

• Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997 (Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies)

• Georgia Government Documentation Project (Georgia State University) 

• Georgia Government Publications (Map and Government Information Library, University of Georgia)

• Georgia's Political Heritage Program (University of West Georgia)

• Planning Atlanta (Georgia State University) 

• Reflections on Georgia Politics Oral Histories (Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies)

Suggested Searches

• 1946 Governor's Race

• Ivan Allen, Jr.

• Ellis Arnall

• Great Migration

• William B. Hartsfield

• Herman Talmadge

• Melvin Thompson

Suggested DPLA Primary Resource Sets and Exhibits

• The Impact of Television on News Media 

• Postwar Rise of the Suburbs 

• There is No Cure for Polio 

NGE Articles

Georgia Public Broadcasting Resources

Posters and Postcards

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