Goods & Services in Georgia

Goods & Services in Georgia

Georgia’s Growth- WWII to Today • Farming no longer main source of Ga’s economy • Chicken, Peanuts, Peaches • Services include : • Finance • Information • Transportation

Georgia’s Entrepreneurs Coca-Cola 1880 in Atlanta- John Pemberton Take notes on 3 interesting facts from the video. http://www.gpb.org/georgiastories/stories/coca-cola

Home Depot The Home Depot is the world’s largest chain of home improvement stores. It was started in 1978 by entrepreneurs named Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank. Marcus and Blank wanted their store to sell everything a person might need for a project. Operating on a large scale allows prices to be low. Store employees are trained experts in home improvement. Arthur Blank owns 90% of the Atlanta Falcons. Bernie Marcus donated $250 million to start the Georgia Aquarium.

Rich’s Department StoreMorris Rich - Atlanta PG 362

Atlanta Mutual Insurance Co. • Alonzo Herndon -Atlanta Pg. 367

Georgia- Pacific Owen R . Cheatham- Atlanta Georgia-Pacific is one of the world’s top producers of tissue, pulp, paper, packaging, and building goods. Owen R. Cheatham started the company in 1927 as a small lumber mill. He took the risk to expand his mill into a larger business. By 1938, the company was running 5 lumberyards in the South. In 1947, the company bought a lumber mill on the Pacific Coast. The company is still very successful.

Transportation in Georgia Delta Airlines is one of the largest airlines in the country. The company was started by an entrepreneur named Collett E. Woolman. The company began as a crop dusting service in the 1920’s and quickly expanded to offer passenger and mail services. By1929, Woolman had 3 planes and started flying passengers between Texas and Mississippi. Now Delta flies passengers all over the world.

Hartsfield Jackson AirportBusiest airport in the world! On an average day the airport handles more than 2500 flights and more than 250,000 passengers.

Lockheed-MartinMarietta • Formerly called Bell Bomber Plant • Built planes for WWII and Korean War. • By 1969, had a peak workforce of 32,945. • Was the reason for a lot of Cobb County’s growth.

UPS United Parcel Service Global package delivery company Headquartered in Sandy Springs, Georgia Delivers 15 million packages a day in 220 countries and territories around the world.

Georgia’s Interstates

Georgia’s Ports Brunswick Savannah

Definitions Naval Stores Turpentine, rosin, tar, and pitch A mill that grinds grain Grist Mill A mill that makes woven materials Textile Mill A machine that separates the seeds, hulls, and other small objects from the fibers of cotton. Created by Eli Whitney. Cotton Gin International trade that is free of quotas, subsidies, and tariffs. Free Trade People who organize and operate a business, taking on financial risk. Entrepreneurs A financial gain Profit

Guess the Word Cotton Gin A machine that separates the seeds, hulls, and other small objects from the fibers of cotton. Created by Eli Whitney.

Guess the Word Profit A financial gain

Guess the Word Textile Mill A mill that makes woven materials

Guess the Word Entrepreneurs A person who organizes and operates a business, taking on financial risk.

Guess the Word Grist Mill A mill that grinds grain

Guess the Word Naval Stores Turpentine, rosin, tar, and pitch

Guess the Word Free Trade International trade that is free of quotas, subsidies, and tariffs.

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