Georgia Odyssey by James Cobb
Exam Questions with Correct Answers
Eli Whitney - ANSWER-Inventor of the cotton gin (1801).
How were Georgians viewed by northerners during the early 1800s? - ANSWER-
Violent and uneducated no matter their social standings.
Alexander Stephens - ANSWER-President of the Confederate States of America
When was the civil war? - ANSWER-1861-1865
Henry Benning - ANSWER-Debated in Milledgeville for secession from Union in
1860.
Sherman's March to the Sea - ANSWER-Sherman and his union army destroyed
everything from their passage through ATL, Macon, and Savannah. (1864)
Who was the post-civil war first GA governor? - ANSWER-James Johnson
What was the purpose of the military reconstruction of 1867? - ANSWER-Force
Georgia to allow blacks to vote.
What happened during the special elections of 1868? - ANSWER-Rufus Bullock (R)
ran for governor vs John Gordon (D) and won. He ratified 14th amendment and 32
blacks were elected officials.
Camilla Massacre - ANSWER-General election of 1868 where 9 black republicans
were murdered.
What happened during the election of 1870? - ANSWER-It turned violent so Bullock
fled state. James Smith (D) was elected governor & only 4 blacks were reelected.
Which black officer remained in office until 1907? - ANSWER-W.H. Rodgers
Tunis Cambell - ANSWER-Justice of the peace that insisted on equal representation
of blacks on juries. Was removed from office.
Crop-lien system - ANSWER-A way for farmers to get credit before the planting
season by borrowing against the value for anticipated harvests. Put most farmers in
a great amount of debt.
Sharecropping - ANSWER-Laborers with no land of their own worked on farm plots
owned by others, and at the end of the season landowners paid workers a share of
the crop.
, Which three former confederates dominated state's governorship and US Senate
after overthrowing reconstruction in 1870-71? - ANSWER-Joseph Brown, John
Gordon, and A.H. Colquitt.
Thomas Watson - ANSWER-Won state legislator seat in 1882 and congress seat in
1890. Speaker for the Populist party which grew from the Farmer's Alliance who
once spoke of racial unity and condemned lynching. He eventually started seeking
the demise of blacks, Jews, and Catholics. Played a role in the lynching of Leo
Frank.
Henry Grady - ANSWER-Led "New South" crusade which was a push for the
industrialization of GA by gaining northerner investments.
Jim Crow - ANSWER-The system of racial segregation in the South that was created
in the late nineteenth century following the end of slavery. These laws written in the
1880s and 1890s mandated segregation in public facilities.
Which laws were passed to try to keep blacks from voting? - ANSWER-Poll tax,
white primary, and literacy tests. Could get exemptions for owning land or "good
character"
County-Unit system - ANSWER-It gave each county or district a certain number of
votes. The bigger the district, the more votes. This inacurately stated what people
wanted and gave rural areas more votes, which did not represent what most people
would prefer.
Rebecca Felton - ANSWER-She was a civic leader that supported women's suffrage
and temperance as well as strongly disagree with the convict lease system.
Advocated for lynching. First woman to serve in US Senate.
Convict Lease system - ANSWER-allowed private companies to rent persons
convicted of serious crimes
Leo Frank - ANSWER-Jewish factory manager in Atlanta who was convicted of
raping and murdering his female employee, Mary Phagan. A mob lynched him.
Eugene Talmadge - ANSWER-Georgia's dominate political force for 20+ years.
Elected commissioner of agriculture in 1926 and used state money to buy cheap
hogs and resell for a profit. Used martial law to break the textile strike of 1934 and
when legislators tried to stop his opposition to the New Deal legislation of 1936.
These actions lost him a seat in the senate. He opposed higher education and
requested whites to intimidate blacks at the polls during the 1946 election.
What did the US supreme court do in 1944? - ANSWER-Invalidated the white
primary clearing the way for blacks to vote in the 1946 elections.
When did the boll weevil become a major issue to cotton production? - ANSWER-
Early 1920s
When did most of the lynchings of black people take place? - ANSWER-1882-1930
Exam Questions with Correct Answers
Eli Whitney - ANSWER-Inventor of the cotton gin (1801).
How were Georgians viewed by northerners during the early 1800s? - ANSWER-
Violent and uneducated no matter their social standings.
Alexander Stephens - ANSWER-President of the Confederate States of America
When was the civil war? - ANSWER-1861-1865
Henry Benning - ANSWER-Debated in Milledgeville for secession from Union in
1860.
Sherman's March to the Sea - ANSWER-Sherman and his union army destroyed
everything from their passage through ATL, Macon, and Savannah. (1864)
Who was the post-civil war first GA governor? - ANSWER-James Johnson
What was the purpose of the military reconstruction of 1867? - ANSWER-Force
Georgia to allow blacks to vote.
What happened during the special elections of 1868? - ANSWER-Rufus Bullock (R)
ran for governor vs John Gordon (D) and won. He ratified 14th amendment and 32
blacks were elected officials.
Camilla Massacre - ANSWER-General election of 1868 where 9 black republicans
were murdered.
What happened during the election of 1870? - ANSWER-It turned violent so Bullock
fled state. James Smith (D) was elected governor & only 4 blacks were reelected.
Which black officer remained in office until 1907? - ANSWER-W.H. Rodgers
Tunis Cambell - ANSWER-Justice of the peace that insisted on equal representation
of blacks on juries. Was removed from office.
Crop-lien system - ANSWER-A way for farmers to get credit before the planting
season by borrowing against the value for anticipated harvests. Put most farmers in
a great amount of debt.
Sharecropping - ANSWER-Laborers with no land of their own worked on farm plots
owned by others, and at the end of the season landowners paid workers a share of
the crop.
, Which three former confederates dominated state's governorship and US Senate
after overthrowing reconstruction in 1870-71? - ANSWER-Joseph Brown, John
Gordon, and A.H. Colquitt.
Thomas Watson - ANSWER-Won state legislator seat in 1882 and congress seat in
1890. Speaker for the Populist party which grew from the Farmer's Alliance who
once spoke of racial unity and condemned lynching. He eventually started seeking
the demise of blacks, Jews, and Catholics. Played a role in the lynching of Leo
Frank.
Henry Grady - ANSWER-Led "New South" crusade which was a push for the
industrialization of GA by gaining northerner investments.
Jim Crow - ANSWER-The system of racial segregation in the South that was created
in the late nineteenth century following the end of slavery. These laws written in the
1880s and 1890s mandated segregation in public facilities.
Which laws were passed to try to keep blacks from voting? - ANSWER-Poll tax,
white primary, and literacy tests. Could get exemptions for owning land or "good
character"
County-Unit system - ANSWER-It gave each county or district a certain number of
votes. The bigger the district, the more votes. This inacurately stated what people
wanted and gave rural areas more votes, which did not represent what most people
would prefer.
Rebecca Felton - ANSWER-She was a civic leader that supported women's suffrage
and temperance as well as strongly disagree with the convict lease system.
Advocated for lynching. First woman to serve in US Senate.
Convict Lease system - ANSWER-allowed private companies to rent persons
convicted of serious crimes
Leo Frank - ANSWER-Jewish factory manager in Atlanta who was convicted of
raping and murdering his female employee, Mary Phagan. A mob lynched him.
Eugene Talmadge - ANSWER-Georgia's dominate political force for 20+ years.
Elected commissioner of agriculture in 1926 and used state money to buy cheap
hogs and resell for a profit. Used martial law to break the textile strike of 1934 and
when legislators tried to stop his opposition to the New Deal legislation of 1936.
These actions lost him a seat in the senate. He opposed higher education and
requested whites to intimidate blacks at the polls during the 1946 election.
What did the US supreme court do in 1944? - ANSWER-Invalidated the white
primary clearing the way for blacks to vote in the 1946 elections.
When did the boll weevil become a major issue to cotton production? - ANSWER-
Early 1920s
When did most of the lynchings of black people take place? - ANSWER-1882-1930
