KSU GA History Exemption Test
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Alexander Stephens - ANSWER-the vice president of the Confederacy during the Civil
War (1861-65),
Amos T. Akerman (1821-1880) - ANSWER-As attorney general he strenuously
investigated and prosecuted Klan activities, and under his leadership the Klan was
effectively ended.
Andersonville Prison - ANSWER-officially named Camp Sumter after the railroad station
in neighboring Sumter County beside which the camp was located. established in
Macon County, in southwest Georgia, to provide relief for the large number of Union
prisoners concentrated in and around Richmond, Virginia.
Atlanta Campaign - ANSWER-the name given by historians to the military operations
that took place in north Georgia during the Civil War (1861-65) in the spring and
summer of 1864.
Atlanta Compromise Speech - ANSWER-On September 18, 1895, the African American
educator and leader Booker T. Washington delivered this famous speech at the Cotton
States and International Exposition in Atlanta. Considered the definitive statement of
what Washington termed the "accommodationist" strategy of black response to
southern racial tensions, it is widely regarded as one of the most significant speeches in
American history.
Atlanta Race Riot of 1906 - ANSWER-white mobs killed dozens of blacks, wounded
scores of others, and inflicted considerable property damage. Local newspaper reports
of alleged assaults by black males on white females were the catalyst for the riot, but a
number of underlying causes lay behind the outbreak of the mob violence.
Battle of Bloody Marsh - ANSWER-This event was the only Spanish attempt to invade
Georgia during the War of Jenkins' Ear, and it resulted in a significant ENGLISH
VICTORY.
English and Spanish forces skirmished on St. Simons Island
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain - ANSWER-one of the Atlanta campaign's major actions
in the Civil War. At Cheatham Hill, the heaviest fighting occurred along a salient stretch
in the Confederate line dubbed "Dead Angle" by Confederate defenders.
Benny Andrews (1930-2006) - ANSWER-appilation red, preacher, when the saints go
marching in, homage
, Black Suffrage in the Twentieth Century - ANSWER-
Boll Weevil - ANSWER-
Button Gwinnett (1735-1777) - ANSWER-one of three Georgia signers of the
Declaration of Independence. He served in Georgia's colonial legislature, in the Second
Continental Congress, and as president of Georgia's Revolutionary Council of Safety.
Carpet Industry - ANSWER-Dalton, Georgia, became the center of production for this
new industry, as the growing number of manufacturers encouraged the development of
specialized machine shops
Charlayne Hunter-Gault (b. 1942) - ANSWER-one of the first two African American
students admitted to the University of Georgia.
Cherokee removal - ANSWER-during the growth of cotton agriculture in the Southeast,
the discovery of gold, and the racial prejudice that many white southerners harbored
toward American Indians.
Cherokee Removal - ANSWER-In 1838 and 1839 U.S. troops, prompted by the state of
Georgia, expelled the Cherokee Indians from their ancestral homeland in the Southeast
and removed them to the Indian Territory in what is now Oklahoma. Product of the
demand for arable land during the rampant growth of cotton agriculture in the
Southeast, the discovery of gold on Cherokee land, and the racial prejudice that many
white southerners harbored toward American Indians.
Chiefdoms - ANSWER-a specific kind of human social organization with social ranking
as a fundamental part of their structure. In ranked societies people belonged to one of
two groupings, elites or commoners.
Civil Rights Movement - ANSWER-
Cocking Affair - ANSWER-Talmadge caused the state to lose accreditation by the
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Convict Lease System - ANSWER-sold prisoners to farmers and railway workers, also
known as the chain gang
Corra Harris (1869-1935) - ANSWER-one of the most celebrated women from Georgia
for nearly three decades in the early twentieth century. She is best known for her first
novel, A Circuit Rider's Wife
Cotton - ANSWER-From the late eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century, there was no
more important single factor in Georgia's agricultural economy
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Alexander Stephens - ANSWER-the vice president of the Confederacy during the Civil
War (1861-65),
Amos T. Akerman (1821-1880) - ANSWER-As attorney general he strenuously
investigated and prosecuted Klan activities, and under his leadership the Klan was
effectively ended.
Andersonville Prison - ANSWER-officially named Camp Sumter after the railroad station
in neighboring Sumter County beside which the camp was located. established in
Macon County, in southwest Georgia, to provide relief for the large number of Union
prisoners concentrated in and around Richmond, Virginia.
Atlanta Campaign - ANSWER-the name given by historians to the military operations
that took place in north Georgia during the Civil War (1861-65) in the spring and
summer of 1864.
Atlanta Compromise Speech - ANSWER-On September 18, 1895, the African American
educator and leader Booker T. Washington delivered this famous speech at the Cotton
States and International Exposition in Atlanta. Considered the definitive statement of
what Washington termed the "accommodationist" strategy of black response to
southern racial tensions, it is widely regarded as one of the most significant speeches in
American history.
Atlanta Race Riot of 1906 - ANSWER-white mobs killed dozens of blacks, wounded
scores of others, and inflicted considerable property damage. Local newspaper reports
of alleged assaults by black males on white females were the catalyst for the riot, but a
number of underlying causes lay behind the outbreak of the mob violence.
Battle of Bloody Marsh - ANSWER-This event was the only Spanish attempt to invade
Georgia during the War of Jenkins' Ear, and it resulted in a significant ENGLISH
VICTORY.
English and Spanish forces skirmished on St. Simons Island
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain - ANSWER-one of the Atlanta campaign's major actions
in the Civil War. At Cheatham Hill, the heaviest fighting occurred along a salient stretch
in the Confederate line dubbed "Dead Angle" by Confederate defenders.
Benny Andrews (1930-2006) - ANSWER-appilation red, preacher, when the saints go
marching in, homage
, Black Suffrage in the Twentieth Century - ANSWER-
Boll Weevil - ANSWER-
Button Gwinnett (1735-1777) - ANSWER-one of three Georgia signers of the
Declaration of Independence. He served in Georgia's colonial legislature, in the Second
Continental Congress, and as president of Georgia's Revolutionary Council of Safety.
Carpet Industry - ANSWER-Dalton, Georgia, became the center of production for this
new industry, as the growing number of manufacturers encouraged the development of
specialized machine shops
Charlayne Hunter-Gault (b. 1942) - ANSWER-one of the first two African American
students admitted to the University of Georgia.
Cherokee removal - ANSWER-during the growth of cotton agriculture in the Southeast,
the discovery of gold, and the racial prejudice that many white southerners harbored
toward American Indians.
Cherokee Removal - ANSWER-In 1838 and 1839 U.S. troops, prompted by the state of
Georgia, expelled the Cherokee Indians from their ancestral homeland in the Southeast
and removed them to the Indian Territory in what is now Oklahoma. Product of the
demand for arable land during the rampant growth of cotton agriculture in the
Southeast, the discovery of gold on Cherokee land, and the racial prejudice that many
white southerners harbored toward American Indians.
Chiefdoms - ANSWER-a specific kind of human social organization with social ranking
as a fundamental part of their structure. In ranked societies people belonged to one of
two groupings, elites or commoners.
Civil Rights Movement - ANSWER-
Cocking Affair - ANSWER-Talmadge caused the state to lose accreditation by the
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Convict Lease System - ANSWER-sold prisoners to farmers and railway workers, also
known as the chain gang
Corra Harris (1869-1935) - ANSWER-one of the most celebrated women from Georgia
for nearly three decades in the early twentieth century. She is best known for her first
novel, A Circuit Rider's Wife
Cotton - ANSWER-From the late eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century, there was no
more important single factor in Georgia's agricultural economy
