Georgia History Exemption Exam Questions And Answers

Georgia History Exemption Exam Questions And Answers Fall Line - ANS - the point on a river where there is an abrupt drop in elevation of the land and where numerous waterfalls occur. - it is the ancient coastline of the southern tier of North America when sea-levels wer higher - Navigation up-stream beyond this feature stops - ultimately towns located just beyond this natural boundary were important river ports (like Macon) - The line in the eastern US is located where streams pass from harder to softer rocks.[E - M.Y.] Georgia capitals - ANS Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Atlanta Atlanta - ANS - Largest city in Georgia and the Deep South - Capital of modern Georgia - originally named Terminus, as it became the South's most important rail hub and manufacturing center; - set ablaze by General Sherman James Wright - ANS Georgia's 3rd (and last) Royal Governor. He was extremely popular and successful Indigo, Silk - ANS - Brought to GA by Europeans - became a new major cash crop Hernando de Soto - ANS Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the first European expedition deep into the modern-day Southeastern United States (Florida, Georgia, Alabama and most likely Arkansas) in 1540, and the first documented European to have crossed the Mississippi River. Salzburgers - ANS Some of the first immigrants to the new Georgia colony in the 1730's From Austria came to Georgia to escape religious persecution (they were protestants, not Catholics) settled Ebenezer/New Ebenezer opposed slavery James Oglethorpe - ANS Founder of Savannah (1733), and governor of the Georgia colony. He ran a tightly-disciplined, military-like colony. Slaves, alcohol, and Catholicism were forbidden in his colony. Many colonists felt that he was a dictator, and that (along with the colonist's dissatisfaction over not being allowed to own slaves) caused the colony to break down and he to lose his position as governor.