CH. 12 MODERN GEORGIA

Cold War* Relationship between US & Soviet Union grew

strained after WW2

* Fought mainly with words & diplomacy

* US wanted democracy for other countries

* Soviet Union wanted communism

Korean War

* June 25 1950 North Korea invaded South Korea

* Hoping to make one unified communist country

*17 United Nations countries came to South Korea's help

* Peace declared July 1953 with no clear victor

* Remains divided along the 38th parallel

Brown vs. Board of Education

* court ruled that segregation was unconstitutional

* Ordered racial integration of schools

* Plessy vs. Ferguson ruling was upset by this ruling

Supreme Court and Education

* Ga General Assembly voted to cut off state funding to systems that integrated

schools

* Governor Vandiver promised to keep Georgia schools segregated

* 2 out 3 Georgians wanted to close schools rather than integrate them

* Federal Government refused federal funding to any school system that did not

end segregation

Georgia's Reaction to Brown vs. Board of Education

- Martin Luther King Jr. - Rev. William Borders- Walter White - Andrew Young- William Hartsfield - Ivan Allen

Men who worked for the Peaceful integration of schools in Atlanta

Methods Major Ivan Allen used to end discrimination in Atlanta

* Removal of "colored" and "white" signs in city hall

* Removed restrictions on African American Policemen

* Integrated city's fire dept. and city gov't

Martin Luther King Jr.

* Direct, Nonviolent Actions (marches, protests, demonstrations)

* Legal Remedies * Ballots

* Economic Boycotts

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. approach to gaining equality and civil rights for all

citizens

* March on Washington D.C - " I Have a Dream Speech"

* March from Selma to Montgomery - directly influenced the Voting Right Act of

1965

Example

- Andrew Young

- John Lewis

- Julian Bond

3 Georgians who joined Dr. King in nonviolent civil rights movement

Civil Rights Act

* Federal legislation that refused federal funds to any system that did not end

segregation

* Federal legislation also made racial discrimination illegal

* Signed my President Lyndon Johnson

Civil Rights Act 1964

2 Events that occurred in Alabama that lead congress to pass Civil Rights Act

* Montgomery Bus Boycott - lasted over a year

* Bombing of Birmingham 16th Street Baptist Church

Jimmy Carter

As Governor of Georgia

- Reorganized gov't agencies - Unified court system

- Created Georgia Heritage Trust to protect resources

- Equalized funding- Expanded education

As President of United States

- Negotiated peace between Israel and Egypt (Camp David Peace

Accords)