In the 1960s Both William B. Hartsfield and Ivan Allen Jr. promoted the idea that Atlanta was "a city too busy to hate," in other words, that Atlanta was too busy with its growing industry to have the same racial tensions that were affecting other southern cities at this time. Why do you think the governors wanted to project this image of Atlanta? Do you think Atlanta was really "too busy to hate?" (Hint: the Ivan Allen Jr. video mentions a possible answer at 0:52) (2 sentence minimum).

In 1914, alabama produced 1.7 million bales of cotton, but three years later produced only 515,000, bales. meanwhile, in georgia, 5.2 million acres of land was dedicated for cotton production in 1914, but by 1923 there were just 2.6 million acres used for growing cotton. all of this was the result of the work of a tiny insect: the boll weevil. alabama and georgia first felt the effects of the boll weevil at different times. what would account for this difference in timing? a) the infestation moved from west to east. b) the infestation moved from east to west. c) georgia had better ways to deal with the problem. d) alabama was further from the insect's point of origin.