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14 Cards in this Set
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worked at reorganizing government, and made government more efficient
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Richard Russell, Jr.
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GA speaker of the house of Rep.
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violently opposed the new deal, he was dismissed from office, used federal money for state improvement, reduced the cost of lisence tags, used marshal law to end testile strikes, and caused UGA to use its standings in academic circles
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eugene talmadge
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state agricultural commissioner
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publicly endorsed FDR's New deal, established state planning board, rural housing authority as well as state house authorities, re-organized department of welfare, game more money to the public health department, improved work at prison reform, highway patrol was established in his governorship, left office when term was over.
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E.T. Rivers
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was not re-elected because of rumors, youngest elected to the GA general assembly (30 yrs), established teacher retirement system, created a merit system for state employees, repaled states poll taxes, reformed prison system, lowered voting age (26th amendment), paid off state debts, revised state's constitution, fought for fair and equal freight rates.
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Ellis G. Arnold
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Attorney general
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increased construction of roads, fought hard to preserve the segregation of the races, started minimum foundation fropgram for education act in '49. State funding of public schools increased by 74%, sponsored programs to develop GA and improve life
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Herman Talmadge
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farmer person
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Built atomic reactor for GA tech, made new classrooms and hired good teachers, purchased stone mountain, made new roads,
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S. Marving Griffin
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lietenant governor
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Cut expenses to state government, eliminated county unity system, expanded foreign trade, built state archives buyilding, and he improved education
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Ernest Vandiver
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lieutenant governor, campaign manager for herman talmadge and aid to eugene talmadge
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Reorganized dept. of education, built a lot of university projects, created governor's honor program, and appointed first blacks to state patrol and the national guard,
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Carl Sanders
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defied civil rights, closed his eating facilites rather than integrating it, and added the gold plate to the dome.
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Lester Maddox
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racist
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Reorganized the state government leading to increased economy and efficiency.
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jimmy carter
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brought a lot of foreign business and instment to the state
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George Bussbee
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House of rep.
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Passed the QBE quality based education, achivements in monority rights and in building the GA dome, he made it possible for the 1996 olympics to take place in atlanta, Ga
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Joe Frank Harris
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Education reformer
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GA lottery, hope scholarsip, and started 4-yr old Pre-K. Began to phase out merit system and fired the state board of education
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Zell Miller
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Former College teacher
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Moste known for educational reform act, tax free holiday and lowered taxes for farmers.
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Roy Barnes
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