US & GA History Exemption Exam
(UGA) Correct Answers
What was the most serious military confrontation between British and American
troops? - ANSWER-Siege of Savannah in 1779
Where was the capital moved to and from in 1779? - ANSWER-Savannah to
Augusta
Battle of Kettle Creek - ANSWER-Took place in Wilkes County
Nancy Hart - ANSWER-a female patriot and spy credited with killing several Tories
at her home
When was the ban on slavery in Georgia lifted? - ANSWER-1752
Eli Whitney - ANSWER-inventor of the cotton gin
Yazoo land fraud - ANSWER-1795, the sale of western land to four land companies
after the governor and members of the General Assembly had been bribed / land
companies bribed GA leaders to sell land cheaply; resulted in U.S. take-over of
disputed land
James Edward Ogelthorpe - ANSWER-The leader of English Parliament who
founded the Georgia colony, in order to create an effective buffer from the Spanish
and Spanish controlled Florida.
University of Georgia - ANSWER-Founded in 1785, first university in the nation
established by a state government
Wesleyan College - ANSWER-Established in Macon in 1836, the first degree-
granting women's college in the world
Trail of Tears - ANSWER-The Cherokees forced exile from the states northewestern
territory in 1838 - 1839. It became a symbol of the trauma and suffering all
experienced
What was Georgia referred to as by the 1860s? - ANSWER-"Empire State of the
South"
Which state was Georgia out of all the states to secede from the Union? - ANSWER-
fifth
Howell Cobb - ANSWER-in control of the Confederacy's organizing convention
Thomas R. R. Cobb - ANSWER-primary author of the Confederate Constitution
, William T. Sherman - ANSWER-known for his military campaign "March to the Sea"
in which he marched from Atlanta to Savannah for his final siege. His troops burned
barns and houses, and destroyed the countryside. His march showed a shift in the
belief that only military targets should be destroyed. Civilian centers could also be
targets
Reconstruction - ANSWER-the period after the Civil War in the United States when
the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union
Freedmen's Bureau - ANSWER-established by Congress to aid African Americans
undergoing the transition from slavery to freedom in the aftermath of the Civil War
Klu Klux Klan - ANSWER-Terrorist organization devoted to racial inequality, suffering
and evil, established 1868
Governor James Jackson - ANSWER-Overturned the Yazoo Act; elected to First
Congress; lost reelection
Joseph Brown - ANSWER-Governor from Georgia who tried at times to keep his own
troops apart from the Confederate forces and insisted on hoarding surplus supplies
for his own state's militias. He believed that his state had seceded so that it didn't
have to follow the dictates of a central government.
Milledgeville - ANSWER-Georgia's fourth capital and seat of the state government
during the Civil War
Henry L. Benning - ANSWER-A jurist who became associate justice of the Supreme
Court of Georgia in the 1850s. He then became a vocal advocate for secession and
earned the rank of brigadier general during the Civil War
Robert Toombs - ANSWER-A senator and extremist from Georgia who said that the
South would never let the federal government be controlled by the Republican party
and threatened secession.
Rufus Bullock - ANSWER-He served as the Governor of Georgia from 1868 to 1871
during Reconstruction and was the first Republican governor of Georgia. After
various allegations of scandal, in 1871 he was obliged by the Ku Klux Klan to resign
the governorship.
Tunis Campbell - ANSWER-Represented McIntosh County as a state senator and
served as a justice of the peace.Insisted on equal representation of blacks in juries
and otherwise championed their rights to the point of making himself an annoyance
to the whites. Was sentenced to a year of hard labor for improper conduct.
the crop-lien system - ANSWER-a way for farmers to get credit before the planting
season by borrowing against the value for anticipated harvests ; guess how well this
worked for farmers
Populism - ANSWER-Farm-based movement of the late 1800s that arose mainly in
the area from Texas to the Dakotas and grew into a joint effort between farmer and
(UGA) Correct Answers
What was the most serious military confrontation between British and American
troops? - ANSWER-Siege of Savannah in 1779
Where was the capital moved to and from in 1779? - ANSWER-Savannah to
Augusta
Battle of Kettle Creek - ANSWER-Took place in Wilkes County
Nancy Hart - ANSWER-a female patriot and spy credited with killing several Tories
at her home
When was the ban on slavery in Georgia lifted? - ANSWER-1752
Eli Whitney - ANSWER-inventor of the cotton gin
Yazoo land fraud - ANSWER-1795, the sale of western land to four land companies
after the governor and members of the General Assembly had been bribed / land
companies bribed GA leaders to sell land cheaply; resulted in U.S. take-over of
disputed land
James Edward Ogelthorpe - ANSWER-The leader of English Parliament who
founded the Georgia colony, in order to create an effective buffer from the Spanish
and Spanish controlled Florida.
University of Georgia - ANSWER-Founded in 1785, first university in the nation
established by a state government
Wesleyan College - ANSWER-Established in Macon in 1836, the first degree-
granting women's college in the world
Trail of Tears - ANSWER-The Cherokees forced exile from the states northewestern
territory in 1838 - 1839. It became a symbol of the trauma and suffering all
experienced
What was Georgia referred to as by the 1860s? - ANSWER-"Empire State of the
South"
Which state was Georgia out of all the states to secede from the Union? - ANSWER-
fifth
Howell Cobb - ANSWER-in control of the Confederacy's organizing convention
Thomas R. R. Cobb - ANSWER-primary author of the Confederate Constitution
, William T. Sherman - ANSWER-known for his military campaign "March to the Sea"
in which he marched from Atlanta to Savannah for his final siege. His troops burned
barns and houses, and destroyed the countryside. His march showed a shift in the
belief that only military targets should be destroyed. Civilian centers could also be
targets
Reconstruction - ANSWER-the period after the Civil War in the United States when
the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union
Freedmen's Bureau - ANSWER-established by Congress to aid African Americans
undergoing the transition from slavery to freedom in the aftermath of the Civil War
Klu Klux Klan - ANSWER-Terrorist organization devoted to racial inequality, suffering
and evil, established 1868
Governor James Jackson - ANSWER-Overturned the Yazoo Act; elected to First
Congress; lost reelection
Joseph Brown - ANSWER-Governor from Georgia who tried at times to keep his own
troops apart from the Confederate forces and insisted on hoarding surplus supplies
for his own state's militias. He believed that his state had seceded so that it didn't
have to follow the dictates of a central government.
Milledgeville - ANSWER-Georgia's fourth capital and seat of the state government
during the Civil War
Henry L. Benning - ANSWER-A jurist who became associate justice of the Supreme
Court of Georgia in the 1850s. He then became a vocal advocate for secession and
earned the rank of brigadier general during the Civil War
Robert Toombs - ANSWER-A senator and extremist from Georgia who said that the
South would never let the federal government be controlled by the Republican party
and threatened secession.
Rufus Bullock - ANSWER-He served as the Governor of Georgia from 1868 to 1871
during Reconstruction and was the first Republican governor of Georgia. After
various allegations of scandal, in 1871 he was obliged by the Ku Klux Klan to resign
the governorship.
Tunis Campbell - ANSWER-Represented McIntosh County as a state senator and
served as a justice of the peace.Insisted on equal representation of blacks in juries
and otherwise championed their rights to the point of making himself an annoyance
to the whites. Was sentenced to a year of hard labor for improper conduct.
the crop-lien system - ANSWER-a way for farmers to get credit before the planting
season by borrowing against the value for anticipated harvests ; guess how well this
worked for farmers
Populism - ANSWER-Farm-based movement of the late 1800s that arose mainly in
the area from Texas to the Dakotas and grew into a joint effort between farmer and
