Late 20th Century (SS8H12)

SS8H12 Explain the importance of developments in Georgia since the late 20th century.

1. Explain how the continued development of Atlanta under mayors Maynard Jackson and Andrew Young impacted the state. 

2. Describe the role of Jimmy Carter in Georgia as state senator, governor, president, and past president. 

3. Evaluate the short-term and long-term impacts of hosting the 1996 Olympics on Georgia’s economic and population growth.

4. Analyze Georgia’s role in the national and global economy of the 21st Century, with regard to tourism, Savannah port expansion, and the film industry. 

Suggested Collections 

• AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records (Georgia State University)

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

• Cascade Oral History Project Collection (Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library)

• Civic Magazine (City of Savannah Municipal Archives)

• 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)

• Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce records, 1900-2012 (MSS 1077) (Atlanta History Center)

• Planning Atlanta (Georgia State University) 

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

Suggested Searches

• 1996 Olympics 

• Jimmy Carter 

• Film industry 

• Maynard Jackson 

• Savannah port expansion 

• Tourism 

• Andrew Young 

Suggested DLG/NGE Exhibits

• Race and Reckoning in Forsyth County, 1912-2020

Suggested DPLA Primary Resource Sets and Exhibits

• Equal Rights Amendment 

• Rise of Conservatism in the 1980s 

NGE Articles

Georgia Public Broadcasting Resources

Posters and Postcards

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