1. Section 4: Business in Georgia ESSENTIAL QUESTION – How did Georgia businesses grow during the progressive era?

2. Business in Georgia 1895: Cotton States and International ExpositionCotton States and International Exposition –800,000 visitors in three months –designed to show economic recovery in the South –encouraged investments in southern businesses

3. Rich’s Famous Atlanta department storedepartment store Started in 1867 by Morris Rich Known as a store “with heart” –took farmers’ produce in payment –took teachers’ scrip as money during the Great Depression Grew to be a regional shopping chain

4. Coca-Cola Invented in Atlanta in 1885 by John S. Pemberton as tonicAtlanta Business purchased and expanded by Asa Candler Sold company in 1919 for $25 million Robert Woodruff grew company to billions of dollars in sales each year Woodruff and Candler generous givers to worthy causes

5. Atlanta Mutual Insurance Company Alonzo Herndon started barber business 1905: Purchased small insurance company and managed it well Now one of the largest African American businesses in the US Worth over $200 million and operates in 17 states Click to return to Table of Contents.

6. Section 5: World War I ESSENTIAL QUESTION – How did Georgians contribute to World War I?

7. World War I 1914-1918 Allied Powers Leading Countries Central Powers Leading Countries France Great Britain Russia (United States joined in 1917) Germany Austria-Hungary President Woodrow Wilson declared the US would be a neutral country.

8. Eugene Jacques Bullard First black African American combat pilot – from Columbus, GA Enlisted in French Foreign Legion: 1914 Flew combat missions against Germany US Army Air Force refused his services

9. The United States Enters the War President Wilson worked to keep the US out of the war 1915: German submarine sank passenger ship Lusitania killing 128 AmericansLusitania 1917: sub attacks resumed sinking American ships Zimmerman telegram: Germany tried to get Mexico to attack the US Wilson finally joined the Allied powersAllied powers

10. Georgia and World War I ±100,000 Georgians volunteered to join the US armed forces Training in Georgia at Camp Benning, Fort McPherson, and Camp Gordon helped Georgia economy Georgians contributed manufactured goods and farm produce 3,000 young Georgians killed in the war Ended November 11, 1918

11. Atlanta Fire May 21, 1917 Lasted 10-12 hours Seventy city blocks destroyed 6,000-10,000 people left homeless Click to return to Table of Contents.