Atlanta, Georgia
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Atlanta is the capital city of Georgia, a state of the United States of America.
[edit] History
Atlanta was built on Cherokee Native American land. It was called Terminus until 1843, when the name was changed to Marthasville. In 1845 the name was changed again to Atlanta.
During the American Civil War Atlanta was where several battles happened. Some of the battles were called the Battle of Peachtree Creek, the Battle of Atlanta, and the Battle of Ezra Church. Much of the city was destroyed. After the war, the city was built again, and got a nickname because it was built so fast: the Phoenix City, after the bird which burns itself then rises from the ashes in old myths. A picture of the bird is on the city seal.
Atlanta became the state capital in 1868.
There have been race problems in Atlanta, with riots in 1906 in which at least twelve people died and more than seventy other people were hurt. In 1913, a Jewish man named Leo Frank was tried in court for raping and killing a girl in a factory where he worked. He was found guilty, but then the government decided not to execute him because not everyone was convinced he had done it. This upset people who thought he had killed the girl, and there were more riots in 1915 and Frank was lynched (killed.)
In the 1930s, the Great Depression came to Atlanta. Many people did not have jobs and were hungry. The city government was almost out of money and the Coca-Cola company gave the city some money to help. In 1935, the government built the first federal housing project in the United States.
Turner Broadcasting, which broadcasts CNN, has their main office in Atlanta.
[edit] Events
- 1996 - The Olympic Games took place in Atlanta.
- 2000 - The census records Atlanta's population as 416,474 people.
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