GA HISTORY EXEMPTION EXAM
LATEST UPDATE 2025
Philanthropic
Military
Economic - ANSWER Three reasons for the establishment of Georgia
Restrictions on land ownership
Prohibition of hard liquor
Prohibition of slavery - ANSWER Strict rules established my the Trustees for the colony
James Oglethorpe - ANSWER defacto leader and one of the Trustees of the first
settlers in Georgia. helped establish Savannah, Augusta, and Fort Frederica
James Wright - ANSWER longest serving, most influential governor of the Royal
Colony. Expanded and opened Georgia's frontier to farmers by obtaining peaceful land
cessions from the Native Americans
Tomochichi - ANSWER Allowed Oglethorpe to settle on Yamacraw Bluff; advised
Oglethorpe on Indian affairs, chief of the Yamacraw
The Rules and Regulations - ANSWER first governing document of independent
Georgia put into place by Provincial Congress (Whigs)
John Treutlen - ANSWER first governor of GA
Yazoo Land Fraud - ANSWER in 1795, Georgia legislators sold over 40 acres of land to
4 land companies for 1.5 cents per acre; they were voted out of office and deal nullified
by James Jackson
Fletcher v. Peck (1810) - ANSWER Supreme Court rule stating the state couldn't nullify
the Yazoo Land deal
George Walton
Lyman Hall
Button Gwinnett - ANSWER Georgians who signed the Declaration of Independence
Savannah - Augusta - Louisville - Milledgeville - Atlanta - ANSWER Capitals of Georgia
Worcester v. Georgia - ANSWER Supreme Court decision that ruled that Georgia had
no right to interfere with the Cherokees controlled land
Trail of Tears - ANSWER the trek of Native Americans, particularly the Cherokee, to
Indian Territory
, Charles Jenkins - ANSWER author of the Georgia Platform- a proclamation that
endorsed the Compromise of 1850; appointed justice as the Supreme Court of GA;
governor of GA during reconstruction; he refused to allow state funds to be used for a
racially integrated state constitutional convention
Joseph E. Brown - ANSWER governor of Ga in 1857 and 1859; he campaigned as a
champion of non-slaveholding upcountry masses but also had ties to fireeaters; he
worked to strengthen state defenses for the war
Alexander Stephens - ANSWER Vice President of the Confederacy (1861-65), elected
to US Senate and served as governor of GA from '82-'83
Thomas R. R. Cobb - ANSWER Athens lawyer instrumental in drafting the Confederate
constitution
cotton textile mill - ANSWER symbol of the New South
Jim Crow Law's - ANSWER complex system that developed to insure white supremacy
by white southerners after Reconstruction until 1965 which included mandating racial
segregation in public facilities
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) - ANSWER Supreme Court ruling that "separate but equal"
facilities for different races are not unconstitutional. This ruling opened the door to 75
years of state-sanctioned segregation in the south.
Disenfranchisement - ANSWER southern states sought ways to prevent African
Americans from voting by instituting poll taxes, literacy tests, early registration
requirements, and all white primary. Also, in 1908, required voters to be able to read
and interpret any part of the Constitution
Lynching - ANSWER used to keep African Americans in their "proper place," Georgia
led nation between 1899 and 1918
Booker T. Washington - ANSWER former slave and founder of Tuskeegee Institute,
advocated idea of black self-help, best path of advancement for African-Americans was
economic prosperity on their own to gain respect of whites, known as "Atlanta
Compromise"
WEB Duboise - ANSWER First African American to graduate from Harvard; helped
establish the N.A.A.C.P.; believed the African American should work toward social and
political opportunities as well as self sufficiency
Georgia - ANSWER First state to enact prohibition in 1907
Rebecca Latimer Felton - ANSWER First female US senator, served one day
LATEST UPDATE 2025
Philanthropic
Military
Economic - ANSWER Three reasons for the establishment of Georgia
Restrictions on land ownership
Prohibition of hard liquor
Prohibition of slavery - ANSWER Strict rules established my the Trustees for the colony
James Oglethorpe - ANSWER defacto leader and one of the Trustees of the first
settlers in Georgia. helped establish Savannah, Augusta, and Fort Frederica
James Wright - ANSWER longest serving, most influential governor of the Royal
Colony. Expanded and opened Georgia's frontier to farmers by obtaining peaceful land
cessions from the Native Americans
Tomochichi - ANSWER Allowed Oglethorpe to settle on Yamacraw Bluff; advised
Oglethorpe on Indian affairs, chief of the Yamacraw
The Rules and Regulations - ANSWER first governing document of independent
Georgia put into place by Provincial Congress (Whigs)
John Treutlen - ANSWER first governor of GA
Yazoo Land Fraud - ANSWER in 1795, Georgia legislators sold over 40 acres of land to
4 land companies for 1.5 cents per acre; they were voted out of office and deal nullified
by James Jackson
Fletcher v. Peck (1810) - ANSWER Supreme Court rule stating the state couldn't nullify
the Yazoo Land deal
George Walton
Lyman Hall
Button Gwinnett - ANSWER Georgians who signed the Declaration of Independence
Savannah - Augusta - Louisville - Milledgeville - Atlanta - ANSWER Capitals of Georgia
Worcester v. Georgia - ANSWER Supreme Court decision that ruled that Georgia had
no right to interfere with the Cherokees controlled land
Trail of Tears - ANSWER the trek of Native Americans, particularly the Cherokee, to
Indian Territory
, Charles Jenkins - ANSWER author of the Georgia Platform- a proclamation that
endorsed the Compromise of 1850; appointed justice as the Supreme Court of GA;
governor of GA during reconstruction; he refused to allow state funds to be used for a
racially integrated state constitutional convention
Joseph E. Brown - ANSWER governor of Ga in 1857 and 1859; he campaigned as a
champion of non-slaveholding upcountry masses but also had ties to fireeaters; he
worked to strengthen state defenses for the war
Alexander Stephens - ANSWER Vice President of the Confederacy (1861-65), elected
to US Senate and served as governor of GA from '82-'83
Thomas R. R. Cobb - ANSWER Athens lawyer instrumental in drafting the Confederate
constitution
cotton textile mill - ANSWER symbol of the New South
Jim Crow Law's - ANSWER complex system that developed to insure white supremacy
by white southerners after Reconstruction until 1965 which included mandating racial
segregation in public facilities
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) - ANSWER Supreme Court ruling that "separate but equal"
facilities for different races are not unconstitutional. This ruling opened the door to 75
years of state-sanctioned segregation in the south.
Disenfranchisement - ANSWER southern states sought ways to prevent African
Americans from voting by instituting poll taxes, literacy tests, early registration
requirements, and all white primary. Also, in 1908, required voters to be able to read
and interpret any part of the Constitution
Lynching - ANSWER used to keep African Americans in their "proper place," Georgia
led nation between 1899 and 1918
Booker T. Washington - ANSWER former slave and founder of Tuskeegee Institute,
advocated idea of black self-help, best path of advancement for African-Americans was
economic prosperity on their own to gain respect of whites, known as "Atlanta
Compromise"
WEB Duboise - ANSWER First African American to graduate from Harvard; helped
establish the N.A.A.C.P.; believed the African American should work toward social and
political opportunities as well as self sufficiency
Georgia - ANSWER First state to enact prohibition in 1907
Rebecca Latimer Felton - ANSWER First female US senator, served one day
