UGA history Exam - Georgia Odyssey
Questions and Answers
Georgia colony's leading minister of the gospel - ANSWER-George Whitefield
arguments of proslavery made by - ANSWER-Thomas Stephens
slavery began in georgia - ANSWER-1750
by 1760 _______ of Georgia's population was slaves - ANSWER-1/3
Georgia's royal governor in 1760 (3rd) - ANSWER-James Wright
James Wright's action's on GA - ANSWER--area increased 5 fold
-population increased 10 fold
first successful crops of GA - ANSWER-rice and indigo
Georgia was the only colony to comply with - ANSWER-the Stamp Act (revolutionary
war)
Heroine of the American Revolutionary War whose exploits against Loyalists in the
Georgia back country are the stuff of legend. Most known for holding six British
soldiers at gunpoint, but this is only one of her patriotic efforts against the British. -
ANSWER-Nancy Morgan Hart
population of slaves - ANSWER--1790: 30,000
-1800: 60,000
-1810: >100,000
-by Civil War: nearly .5 million, 44% of states popd
upon entering the civil war, how many of Georgia's white population were
slaveholders - ANSWER-only 1/3
How many average lynchings a month were there in Georgia in 1890? - ANSWER-
One per month
How many lynchings occurred in Georgia in 1899 - ANSWER-27
Georgia led the nation in the number of lynching during what years? - ANSWER-
1899-1919
Books written about georgia - ANSWER-Gone with the wind
Strange fruit
Praying for sheetrock
Gods little acre
Questions and Answers
Georgia colony's leading minister of the gospel - ANSWER-George Whitefield
arguments of proslavery made by - ANSWER-Thomas Stephens
slavery began in georgia - ANSWER-1750
by 1760 _______ of Georgia's population was slaves - ANSWER-1/3
Georgia's royal governor in 1760 (3rd) - ANSWER-James Wright
James Wright's action's on GA - ANSWER--area increased 5 fold
-population increased 10 fold
first successful crops of GA - ANSWER-rice and indigo
Georgia was the only colony to comply with - ANSWER-the Stamp Act (revolutionary
war)
Heroine of the American Revolutionary War whose exploits against Loyalists in the
Georgia back country are the stuff of legend. Most known for holding six British
soldiers at gunpoint, but this is only one of her patriotic efforts against the British. -
ANSWER-Nancy Morgan Hart
population of slaves - ANSWER--1790: 30,000
-1800: 60,000
-1810: >100,000
-by Civil War: nearly .5 million, 44% of states popd
upon entering the civil war, how many of Georgia's white population were
slaveholders - ANSWER-only 1/3
How many average lynchings a month were there in Georgia in 1890? - ANSWER-
One per month
How many lynchings occurred in Georgia in 1899 - ANSWER-27
Georgia led the nation in the number of lynching during what years? - ANSWER-
1899-1919
Books written about georgia - ANSWER-Gone with the wind
Strange fruit
Praying for sheetrock
Gods little acre
