USG GEORGIA HISTORY LEGISLATIVE
REQUIREMENT EXAM
James Oglethorpe - Answer -Conceived of and implemented his plan to establish the
colony of Georgia. Led the expedition of colonists that landed in Savannah early in
1733.
Battle of Bloody Marsh - Answer -July 7, 1742, English and Spanish forces skirmished
on St. Simons Island. Only Spanish attempt to invade Georgia during the War of
Jenkins' Ear
Henry W. Grady - Answer -"Spokesman of the New South," served as managing editor
for the Atlanta Constitution in the 1880s
Leo Frank Case - Answer -A 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.
Atlanta Compromise Speech - Answer -September 18, 1895, the African American
educator and leader Booker T. Washington delivered his famous this speech. Widely
regarded as one of the most significant speeches in American history.
Hernando de Soto in Georgia - Answer -The first European to explore the interior of
what is now the state of Georgia. Entered the state on two occasions during the course
of his expedition.
Spanish Missions - Answer -Georgia's earliest colonial history is dominated by the
lengthy mission era, extending from 1568 through 1684. Catholic missions were the
primary means by which Georgia's indigenous Native American chiefdoms were
assimilated
Yamacraw Indians - Answer -Small band of Native Americans that existed from the late
1720s to the mid-1740s in the Savannah area. First led by Tomochichi
Revolutionary War in Georgia - Answer -Though Georgians opposed British trade
regulations, many hesitated to join the revolutionary movement. Georgia did not send
representatives to the First Continental Congress that met in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, in 1774.
Button Gwinnett - Answer -One of three Georgia signers of the Declaration of
Independence. Served in Georgia's colonial legislature, in the Second Continental
Congress, and as president of Georgia's Revolutionary Council of Safety.
, Lachlan McIntosh - Answer -A member of a prominent eighteenth-century Scottish
Highland family that was among the earliest settlers of the Georgia colony, played an
important role in the cause of American independence.
Mary Musgrove - Answer -Known as Coosaponakeesa among the Creek Indians and
served as a cultural liaison between colonial Georgia and Native American community
in the mid-eighteenth century.
Yazoo Land Fraud - Answer -Scheme by which Georgia legislators were bribed in 1795
to sell most of the land now making up the state of Mississippi to four land companies
for the sum of $500,000, far below its potential market value.
Major Ridge - Answer -Known for signing the Treaty of New Echota (1835), which led
to the Trail of Tears. Was one of the most prominent leaders of the Cherokee nation.
Eli Whitney - Answer -Invented the cotton gin in 1793
Nancy Hart - Answer -Patriot spy and participant during the Revolutionary War. Gained
notoriety during the revolution for efforts to rid the area of Tories, English soldiers, and
British sympathizers.
Slavery in Revolutionary Georgia - Answer -The disruption of the war offered the
prospect of freedom to many thousands of slaves, but ultimately the reestablishment of
the plantation economy after 1782 ensured that general emancipation remained a hope
rather than a reality.
War of 1812 and Georgia - Answer -Georgia's role in the war has been largely
overshadowed. Three main theaters of operation deserve recognition. These are the
Creek War of 1813-14, the British blockade, and the British occupation of St. Marys and
Cumberland Island in 1814-15.
Cherokee Removal - Answer -The Cherokee Indians expelled from their ancestral
homeland in the Southeast and removed them to the Indian Territory in what is now
Oklahoma. Done over arable land, gold, and racial disputes.
Gold Rush - Answer -By late 1829 north Georgia, known at the time as the Cherokee
Nation, was flooded by thousands of prospectors lusting for gold. The sudden influx of
miners into the Cherokee Nation was known even at the time as the Great Intrusion
Cotton - Answer -From the late eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century, there was no
more important single factor in Georgia's agricultural economy. Cash crop.
Malcontents - Answer -Among those to voice displeasure with the policies of General
James Oglethorpe and the Georgia Trustees during the early years of Georgia's
settlement. Made their objections heard in 1735
REQUIREMENT EXAM
James Oglethorpe - Answer -Conceived of and implemented his plan to establish the
colony of Georgia. Led the expedition of colonists that landed in Savannah early in
1733.
Battle of Bloody Marsh - Answer -July 7, 1742, English and Spanish forces skirmished
on St. Simons Island. Only Spanish attempt to invade Georgia during the War of
Jenkins' Ear
Henry W. Grady - Answer -"Spokesman of the New South," served as managing editor
for the Atlanta Constitution in the 1880s
Leo Frank Case - Answer -A 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.
Atlanta Compromise Speech - Answer -September 18, 1895, the African American
educator and leader Booker T. Washington delivered his famous this speech. Widely
regarded as one of the most significant speeches in American history.
Hernando de Soto in Georgia - Answer -The first European to explore the interior of
what is now the state of Georgia. Entered the state on two occasions during the course
of his expedition.
Spanish Missions - Answer -Georgia's earliest colonial history is dominated by the
lengthy mission era, extending from 1568 through 1684. Catholic missions were the
primary means by which Georgia's indigenous Native American chiefdoms were
assimilated
Yamacraw Indians - Answer -Small band of Native Americans that existed from the late
1720s to the mid-1740s in the Savannah area. First led by Tomochichi
Revolutionary War in Georgia - Answer -Though Georgians opposed British trade
regulations, many hesitated to join the revolutionary movement. Georgia did not send
representatives to the First Continental Congress that met in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, in 1774.
Button Gwinnett - Answer -One of three Georgia signers of the Declaration of
Independence. Served in Georgia's colonial legislature, in the Second Continental
Congress, and as president of Georgia's Revolutionary Council of Safety.
, Lachlan McIntosh - Answer -A member of a prominent eighteenth-century Scottish
Highland family that was among the earliest settlers of the Georgia colony, played an
important role in the cause of American independence.
Mary Musgrove - Answer -Known as Coosaponakeesa among the Creek Indians and
served as a cultural liaison between colonial Georgia and Native American community
in the mid-eighteenth century.
Yazoo Land Fraud - Answer -Scheme by which Georgia legislators were bribed in 1795
to sell most of the land now making up the state of Mississippi to four land companies
for the sum of $500,000, far below its potential market value.
Major Ridge - Answer -Known for signing the Treaty of New Echota (1835), which led
to the Trail of Tears. Was one of the most prominent leaders of the Cherokee nation.
Eli Whitney - Answer -Invented the cotton gin in 1793
Nancy Hart - Answer -Patriot spy and participant during the Revolutionary War. Gained
notoriety during the revolution for efforts to rid the area of Tories, English soldiers, and
British sympathizers.
Slavery in Revolutionary Georgia - Answer -The disruption of the war offered the
prospect of freedom to many thousands of slaves, but ultimately the reestablishment of
the plantation economy after 1782 ensured that general emancipation remained a hope
rather than a reality.
War of 1812 and Georgia - Answer -Georgia's role in the war has been largely
overshadowed. Three main theaters of operation deserve recognition. These are the
Creek War of 1813-14, the British blockade, and the British occupation of St. Marys and
Cumberland Island in 1814-15.
Cherokee Removal - Answer -The Cherokee Indians expelled from their ancestral
homeland in the Southeast and removed them to the Indian Territory in what is now
Oklahoma. Done over arable land, gold, and racial disputes.
Gold Rush - Answer -By late 1829 north Georgia, known at the time as the Cherokee
Nation, was flooded by thousands of prospectors lusting for gold. The sudden influx of
miners into the Cherokee Nation was known even at the time as the Great Intrusion
Cotton - Answer -From the late eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century, there was no
more important single factor in Georgia's agricultural economy. Cash crop.
Malcontents - Answer -Among those to voice displeasure with the policies of General
James Oglethorpe and the Georgia Trustees during the early years of Georgia's
settlement. Made their objections heard in 1735
