GCSU GA HISTORY EXAM FULL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+

GCSU GA HISTORY EXAM FULL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+ Abraham Baldwin moved to Georgia in 1784, held many political offices, and was very instrumental in obtaining the charter for the University of Georgia; played a pivotal role in the Constitutional Convention in 1787, and was one of the two Georgians to sign the final document William Few fought in the Battle of Burke County Jail, served in the state legislative sessions, and took part in the 1777 constitutional convention; in 1780 he was elected to the Continental Congress George Mathews veteran of the Continental army during the Revolutionary War (1775-83); after moving to Georgia he quickly rose to service as a state legislator, governor, and member of the U.S. Congress George Troup served in both the Georgia and U.S. House of Representatives; twice elected to the U.S. Senate; also served as governor of Georgia Josiah Meigs an American academic, journalist and government official; president of UGA from Eli Whitney American inventor best known for inventing the cotton gin (one of the key inventions of the Industrial Revolution and shaped the economy of the Antebellum South) John Milledge held positions as governor, congressman for four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, and president pro tempore in the U.S. Senate; principal figure in the organization of the University of Georgia (on the committee that decided the location of the institution, and he later purchased and donated the land on which the university and the town of Athens now stand) William Harris Crawford prepared one of the early digests of Georgia law; elected to the Georgia State Senate, then the U.S. Senate - where he rose to the position of President pro tempore; also served as minister to France and Secretary of War under President James Madison, then was appointed Secretary of the Treasury John Forsyth attorney general of Georgia; served in the United States House of Representatives and Senate on two separate occasions; governor of Georgia; minister to Spain; U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren George Gilmer fought in the War of 1812 and concurrent Indian campaigns; served in the Georgia and U.S. House of Representatives; governor of Georgia during the Cherokee Indian Removal (Trail of Tears) Wilson Lumpkin served in both the Georgia and U.S. House of Representatives, as governor of Georgia, and as a U.S. Senator; acted as U.S. Commissioner to the Cherokee Indians, and member of the commission to finalize Georgia/Florida boundary; one of the founders of the Western and Atlantic Railroad Howell Cobb served as congressman, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, governor of Georgia, and secretary of the treasury; following Georgia's secession from the Union in 1861, he served as president of the Provisional Confederate Congress (1861-62) and a major general of the Confederate army Herschel Johnson twice served as a judge in Georgia; served one term each as a U.S. Senator and as governor of Georgia; unsuccessful candidate for Vice President in 1860; served as a Georgia Senator in the Confederate Congress Alexander Stephens play a pivotal role in many of the political crises of his time, including the Civil War; while personally opposed to slavery (calling it "that abominable human tragedy"), he was also an ardent supporter of states' rights -- which led him to defend slavery when other politicians attacked the institution Robert