UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA 2025 SUMMER.
GEORGIA HISTORY EXEMPTION EXAM(UGA).
100% COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
ACTUAL 2025 SUMMER SESSION EXAM.
Fall Line - CORRECT 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 were 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 - CORRECT ANS>>Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Atlanta
Atlanta - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANS>>Georgia's 3rd (and last) Royal Governor. He was extremely
popular and successful
Indigo, Silk - CORRECT ANS>>- Brought to GA by Europeans
became a new major cash crop
Hernando de Soto - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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.
, UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA 2025 SUMMER.
Georgia Trustees - CORRECT ANS>>They gave out land between the Savannah and Altamaha
Rivers. They also prohibited having rum and owning African Slaves.
Scottish Highlanders - CORRECT ANS>>- Added protection to GAs southern border
fought with Oglethorpe to fight off the Spanish
Fletcher v. Peck - CORRECT ANS>> (1810) First time the Supreme Court ruled a state law
unconstitutional. It protected property rights and allowed the invalidation of state laws that
conflicted with the Constitution.
Worcester v. Georgia - CORRECT ANS>> (1832) US Supreme Court (esp. Frank Marshall) held
that Cherokee Native Americans were entitled to federal protection from the actions of state
governments which would infringe on the tribe's sovereignty. Ignored blatantly by Andrew
Jackson
Battle of Bloody Marsh - CORRECT ANS>>In 1742, Oglethorpe's forces, along with help from the
Highland Scots, surprised Spanish troops at St. Simon's Is;and and forced them back across
the Florida border. This marked the beginning of a safe southern frontier for the British.
Battle of Kettle Creek - CORRECT ANS>>First colonial victory in Georgia on Feb. 14, 1779;
important to Georgia because it increased morale and the militia was able to take horses and
much needed weapons from the British
Yazoo Land Fraud - CORRECT ANS>>This scandal that took place in Georgia in the early 1800's
& resulted in Georgia losing much land in what is now Alabama and Mississippi
Also made the western border of Georgia the Chattahoochee River?
James Vann - CORRECT ANS>>In 1800, while on an East Coast trip that included a visit to
Washington, D.C., Vann met a group of Moravian missionaries from North Carolina who desired
to spread the Gospel and teach Cherokee children. Vann convinced them to move to Spring
Place, south of the soon-to-be-built Vann House, to start a mission and school. He presented
his idea to the tribal council, in part so his two-year old son Joseph might attend. That autumn
the Moravians would have a school. Many of the mixed-blood Cherokee supported Vann. The
council vote was in favor of the Moravians.
Joseph Vann - CORRECT ANS>>Cherokee plantation owner, son of Chief James Vann, who had
his land confiscated because he hired a white man to work for him
Siege of Savannah - CORRECT ANS>>American Revolution battle in GA; loss for Georgia as the
militia and continental army failed to retake GA's capital city from British control
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia - CORRECT ANS>> (1831) Established that Indian tribes are a
"domestic dependent nation" under the care of the U.S. Government and therefore not a foreign
nation with the right to sue in federal court
GEORGIA HISTORY EXEMPTION EXAM(UGA).
100% COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
ACTUAL 2025 SUMMER SESSION EXAM.
Fall Line - CORRECT 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 were 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 - CORRECT ANS>>Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Atlanta
Atlanta - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANS>>Georgia's 3rd (and last) Royal Governor. He was extremely
popular and successful
Indigo, Silk - CORRECT ANS>>- Brought to GA by Europeans
became a new major cash crop
Hernando de Soto - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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.
, UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA 2025 SUMMER.
Georgia Trustees - CORRECT ANS>>They gave out land between the Savannah and Altamaha
Rivers. They also prohibited having rum and owning African Slaves.
Scottish Highlanders - CORRECT ANS>>- Added protection to GAs southern border
fought with Oglethorpe to fight off the Spanish
Fletcher v. Peck - CORRECT ANS>> (1810) First time the Supreme Court ruled a state law
unconstitutional. It protected property rights and allowed the invalidation of state laws that
conflicted with the Constitution.
Worcester v. Georgia - CORRECT ANS>> (1832) US Supreme Court (esp. Frank Marshall) held
that Cherokee Native Americans were entitled to federal protection from the actions of state
governments which would infringe on the tribe's sovereignty. Ignored blatantly by Andrew
Jackson
Battle of Bloody Marsh - CORRECT ANS>>In 1742, Oglethorpe's forces, along with help from the
Highland Scots, surprised Spanish troops at St. Simon's Is;and and forced them back across
the Florida border. This marked the beginning of a safe southern frontier for the British.
Battle of Kettle Creek - CORRECT ANS>>First colonial victory in Georgia on Feb. 14, 1779;
important to Georgia because it increased morale and the militia was able to take horses and
much needed weapons from the British
Yazoo Land Fraud - CORRECT ANS>>This scandal that took place in Georgia in the early 1800's
& resulted in Georgia losing much land in what is now Alabama and Mississippi
Also made the western border of Georgia the Chattahoochee River?
James Vann - CORRECT ANS>>In 1800, while on an East Coast trip that included a visit to
Washington, D.C., Vann met a group of Moravian missionaries from North Carolina who desired
to spread the Gospel and teach Cherokee children. Vann convinced them to move to Spring
Place, south of the soon-to-be-built Vann House, to start a mission and school. He presented
his idea to the tribal council, in part so his two-year old son Joseph might attend. That autumn
the Moravians would have a school. Many of the mixed-blood Cherokee supported Vann. The
council vote was in favor of the Moravians.
Joseph Vann - CORRECT ANS>>Cherokee plantation owner, son of Chief James Vann, who had
his land confiscated because he hired a white man to work for him
Siege of Savannah - CORRECT ANS>>American Revolution battle in GA; loss for Georgia as the
militia and continental army failed to retake GA's capital city from British control
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia - CORRECT ANS>> (1831) Established that Indian tribes are a
"domestic dependent nation" under the care of the U.S. Government and therefore not a foreign
nation with the right to sue in federal court
