GSU Georgia History Exam Questions
and Answers
The Cherokee syllabary - ANSWER--Sequoyah
-Enabled the Cherokee's to read, write, record their laws, and publish newspapers in
their language**********
Civil Rights Movement - ANSWER--One of the most significant and successful social
movements in the modern world
-Black Georgians formed part of this southern movement for full civil rights and the
wider national struggle for racial equality.
-Brown vs Board of Education (1954)***** separation of schools
Civil War in Georgia - ANSWER--1861-1865
What was special field order #15***(when slaves were freed, they were promised
land and a mule but they never got it)
County Unit System - ANSWER-when the Georgia legislature dominated by the
Democratic Party, passed the Neill Primary Act.
- How were the counties divided (Urban town rural)******
-When was the unit system abandoned**** 1962
Henry W. Grady - ANSWER--1850-1889
-Spokesman of the New South
-Managing Editor of the Atlanta Journal Constitution
-What town did he become popular in?*** MACON
-Someone that he helped (Joseph E. Brown- Senator) (Henry McDaniel-
Governor)***
James Oglethorpe - ANSWER--1696-1785
-conceived of and implemented his plan to establish the colony of Georgia
-he led the expedition of colonists that landed in Savannah early in 1733
- From England****
Jimmy Carter(1924) - ANSWER--the only Georgian elected president of the United
States that held the office for one term, 1977-81
-he founded the Carter Center, a nonpartisan public policy center in Atlanta
KKK in the 20th Century - ANSWER--Stone Mountain
Leo Frank Case - ANSWER--one of the most notorious and highly publicized cases
in the legal annals of Georgia
-Jewish man in Atlanta was placed on trial and convicted of raping and murdering a
thirteen-year-old girl who worked for the National Pencil Company, which he
managed
-Hung in Marietta
, Mary Phagan - ANSWER--13 year old girl raped by Leo Frank Case
-Milledgeville
Lester Maddox - ANSWER--1915-2003
-States most unliked governor****
-Brought to office in 1966 by widespread dissatisfaction with desegregation
Martin Luther King Jr. - ANSWER--1929-1968
-a Baptist minister and president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
- most prominent African American leader in the civil rights movement of the 1950s
and 1960s.
Olympic Games in 1996 - ANSWER--July 19- August 4 Atlanta hosted the
Centennial Summer Olympic Games
-Largest Event in the cities History
-Preparations took 6 years and 5.14 billion dollars
-2 Million visitors over 14 days
-Billy Payne
-Traffic Problems
-Pipe bomb in centennial park(2 dead-100 injured)*****
Populist Party - ANSWER--1892 Georgia politics was shaken by the arrival of the
Populist Party
-Led by Thomas E. Watson
Reconstruction in Georgia - ANSWER--As a defeated Confederate state, Georgia
underwent Reconstruction from 1865, when the Civil War (1861-65) ended, until
1871, when Republican government and military occupation in the state ended
1865-1871( around the civil war)******
Georgia was founded - ANSWER--Established in 1732***
-Settlement in Savannah in 1733***
When was Savannah Captured
-Last of the 13 colonies founded
What three Georgians signed the declaration of independence? - ANSWER--Button
Gwinnett
-Lyman Hall
-George Walton
Eli Whitney - ANSWER--Invention of the Cotton Gin*****
The construction of railroads - ANSWER--connecting Athens, Augusta, Macon, and
Savannah during the 1830s******
What was atlanta originally named? - ANSWER--Terminus
-Founded in 1837 as the end of the rail system's line
by 1860, Georgia was known as the - ANSWER--Empire state of the south
and Answers
The Cherokee syllabary - ANSWER--Sequoyah
-Enabled the Cherokee's to read, write, record their laws, and publish newspapers in
their language**********
Civil Rights Movement - ANSWER--One of the most significant and successful social
movements in the modern world
-Black Georgians formed part of this southern movement for full civil rights and the
wider national struggle for racial equality.
-Brown vs Board of Education (1954)***** separation of schools
Civil War in Georgia - ANSWER--1861-1865
What was special field order #15***(when slaves were freed, they were promised
land and a mule but they never got it)
County Unit System - ANSWER-when the Georgia legislature dominated by the
Democratic Party, passed the Neill Primary Act.
- How were the counties divided (Urban town rural)******
-When was the unit system abandoned**** 1962
Henry W. Grady - ANSWER--1850-1889
-Spokesman of the New South
-Managing Editor of the Atlanta Journal Constitution
-What town did he become popular in?*** MACON
-Someone that he helped (Joseph E. Brown- Senator) (Henry McDaniel-
Governor)***
James Oglethorpe - ANSWER--1696-1785
-conceived of and implemented his plan to establish the colony of Georgia
-he led the expedition of colonists that landed in Savannah early in 1733
- From England****
Jimmy Carter(1924) - ANSWER--the only Georgian elected president of the United
States that held the office for one term, 1977-81
-he founded the Carter Center, a nonpartisan public policy center in Atlanta
KKK in the 20th Century - ANSWER--Stone Mountain
Leo Frank Case - ANSWER--one of the most notorious and highly publicized cases
in the legal annals of Georgia
-Jewish man in Atlanta was placed on trial and convicted of raping and murdering a
thirteen-year-old girl who worked for the National Pencil Company, which he
managed
-Hung in Marietta
, Mary Phagan - ANSWER--13 year old girl raped by Leo Frank Case
-Milledgeville
Lester Maddox - ANSWER--1915-2003
-States most unliked governor****
-Brought to office in 1966 by widespread dissatisfaction with desegregation
Martin Luther King Jr. - ANSWER--1929-1968
-a Baptist minister and president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
- most prominent African American leader in the civil rights movement of the 1950s
and 1960s.
Olympic Games in 1996 - ANSWER--July 19- August 4 Atlanta hosted the
Centennial Summer Olympic Games
-Largest Event in the cities History
-Preparations took 6 years and 5.14 billion dollars
-2 Million visitors over 14 days
-Billy Payne
-Traffic Problems
-Pipe bomb in centennial park(2 dead-100 injured)*****
Populist Party - ANSWER--1892 Georgia politics was shaken by the arrival of the
Populist Party
-Led by Thomas E. Watson
Reconstruction in Georgia - ANSWER--As a defeated Confederate state, Georgia
underwent Reconstruction from 1865, when the Civil War (1861-65) ended, until
1871, when Republican government and military occupation in the state ended
1865-1871( around the civil war)******
Georgia was founded - ANSWER--Established in 1732***
-Settlement in Savannah in 1733***
When was Savannah Captured
-Last of the 13 colonies founded
What three Georgians signed the declaration of independence? - ANSWER--Button
Gwinnett
-Lyman Hall
-George Walton
Eli Whitney - ANSWER--Invention of the Cotton Gin*****
The construction of railroads - ANSWER--connecting Athens, Augusta, Macon, and
Savannah during the 1830s******
What was atlanta originally named? - ANSWER--Terminus
-Founded in 1837 as the end of the rail system's line
by 1860, Georgia was known as the - ANSWER--Empire state of the south
