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SS8H10

Evaluate key post-World War II developments in Georgia.

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

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

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

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