Georgia Southern- GA History Legislative
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1. 5 major regions of Georgia - ANSWER ✔ Costal Plain
Piedmont
Blue Ridge
Plateau
Ridge + Valley
2. Costal Plain - ANSWER ✔ Also called "Pine Barrens"
Stretches from the Atlantic ocean 150 miles inland
land is flat and sandy
covers 60% of the state
3. Piedmont - ANSWER ✔ Also called "foothills"
upland or upcountry
covers 30% of the state
characterized by rolling hills, most fertile and most populous region
4. Blue Ridge - ANSWER ✔ located in the northeast
tallest mountains in the state + rocky slopes
5. Plateau - ANSWER ✔ northwest, both flat and gentle slopping
smallest region in the state
,6. Ridge + Valley - ANSWER ✔ located between Plateau and Blue Ridge
rich soils growth of various hardwoods and land for pasture
7. Describe the lives of the Native Americans of the Mississippian Period. -
ANSWER ✔ lived near rivers, long growing seasons and large deer
populations
more agriculture = more population and permeant settlements
8. Where did the Native Americans of the Mississippian Period live? -
ANSWER ✔ houses made out of clay
caused them to be called mound builders
9. What type of society did the Native Americans of the Mississippian Period
have? - ANSWER ✔ several villages under a single chief, society was
hierarchical
10.What did the Native Americans of the Mississippian Period eat? - ANSWER
✔ deer, bean, corn and squash
11.Which Europeans were the first to arrive in what is now Georgia and who
led this expedition? - ANSWER ✔ Spanish
Hernando de Soto
12.Yeoman farmers - ANSWER ✔ Owned land but not wealthy. 75% of the
population. may have owned 1-5 slaves, but most owned none. Produced for
their family's needs and sold surplus to support their income.
,13.Free Blacks - ANSWER ✔ 1% of the entire population. Not slaves but not
completely free. Not citizens and could not vote or hold office. Most lived
and worked in the countryside in the Upper South. 3500 in GA
14.The task system - ANSWER ✔ Slaves were required to complete a certain
number of tasks on any given day. Once they were done, they could help
family or work on their own stuff. Allowed slaves greater autonomy.
15.Gang Labor - ANSWER ✔ Plantations with 30 or more slaves. Sunup to
sundown under the supervision of an overseer.
16.When did northern states begin the process of emancipation? - ANSWER ✔
the 1790s
17.Compromise of 1850 - ANSWER ✔ Includes California admitted as a free
state, the Fugitive Slave Act, Made popular sovereignty in most other states
from Mexican- American War
18.Kansas-Nebraska Act - ANSWER ✔ 1854 law that divided the Nebraska
Territory into Kansas and Nebraska giving each territory the right to decide
whether or not to allow slavery. Building of a transcontinental railroad
19.Original Republican Party - ANSWER ✔ Was against slavery. Did not exist
in the south
20.Dred Scott Decision - ANSWER ✔ A Missouri slave sued for his freedom,
claiming that his four year stay in the northern portion of the Louisiana
Territory made free land by the Missouri Compromise had made him a free
, man. The U.S, Supreme Court decided he couldn't sue in federal court
because he was property, not a citizen.
21.Uncle Tom's Cabin - ANSWER ✔ a novel published by harriet beecher
stowe in 1852 which portrayed slavery as brutal and immoral
22.John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry - ANSWER ✔ (1859) John Brown led
a raid on Harper's Ferry. He hoped to start a rebellion against slaveholders
by arming enslaved African Americans. Brown was quickly defeated by
citizens and federal troops. Brown became a villain to southerners who now
thought northerners would use violence to end slavery as well as a martyr to
some northerners who saw Brown as someone who sacrificed himself for the
ideal of freedom for all.
23.Who did the National Democratic party nominate for president in 1860? -
ANSWER ✔ Stephen Douglas and Herschel V Johnson as VP
24.Who was elected governor of GA in 1857? - ANSWER ✔ Joseph E. Brown
25.What order was GA in state secession? - ANSWER ✔ 5th
26.Confederate States of America (CSA) - ANSWER ✔ confederation formed
in 1861 by the Southern states after their secession from the Union
27.First and Only president of the Confederacy - ANSWER ✔ Jefferson Davis
28.April 12, 1861 - ANSWER ✔ confederate forces attacked fort Sumter,
beginning the civil war
Exemption EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS ||
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<RECENT VERSION>
1. 5 major regions of Georgia - ANSWER ✔ Costal Plain
Piedmont
Blue Ridge
Plateau
Ridge + Valley
2. Costal Plain - ANSWER ✔ Also called "Pine Barrens"
Stretches from the Atlantic ocean 150 miles inland
land is flat and sandy
covers 60% of the state
3. Piedmont - ANSWER ✔ Also called "foothills"
upland or upcountry
covers 30% of the state
characterized by rolling hills, most fertile and most populous region
4. Blue Ridge - ANSWER ✔ located in the northeast
tallest mountains in the state + rocky slopes
5. Plateau - ANSWER ✔ northwest, both flat and gentle slopping
smallest region in the state
,6. Ridge + Valley - ANSWER ✔ located between Plateau and Blue Ridge
rich soils growth of various hardwoods and land for pasture
7. Describe the lives of the Native Americans of the Mississippian Period. -
ANSWER ✔ lived near rivers, long growing seasons and large deer
populations
more agriculture = more population and permeant settlements
8. Where did the Native Americans of the Mississippian Period live? -
ANSWER ✔ houses made out of clay
caused them to be called mound builders
9. What type of society did the Native Americans of the Mississippian Period
have? - ANSWER ✔ several villages under a single chief, society was
hierarchical
10.What did the Native Americans of the Mississippian Period eat? - ANSWER
✔ deer, bean, corn and squash
11.Which Europeans were the first to arrive in what is now Georgia and who
led this expedition? - ANSWER ✔ Spanish
Hernando de Soto
12.Yeoman farmers - ANSWER ✔ Owned land but not wealthy. 75% of the
population. may have owned 1-5 slaves, but most owned none. Produced for
their family's needs and sold surplus to support their income.
,13.Free Blacks - ANSWER ✔ 1% of the entire population. Not slaves but not
completely free. Not citizens and could not vote or hold office. Most lived
and worked in the countryside in the Upper South. 3500 in GA
14.The task system - ANSWER ✔ Slaves were required to complete a certain
number of tasks on any given day. Once they were done, they could help
family or work on their own stuff. Allowed slaves greater autonomy.
15.Gang Labor - ANSWER ✔ Plantations with 30 or more slaves. Sunup to
sundown under the supervision of an overseer.
16.When did northern states begin the process of emancipation? - ANSWER ✔
the 1790s
17.Compromise of 1850 - ANSWER ✔ Includes California admitted as a free
state, the Fugitive Slave Act, Made popular sovereignty in most other states
from Mexican- American War
18.Kansas-Nebraska Act - ANSWER ✔ 1854 law that divided the Nebraska
Territory into Kansas and Nebraska giving each territory the right to decide
whether or not to allow slavery. Building of a transcontinental railroad
19.Original Republican Party - ANSWER ✔ Was against slavery. Did not exist
in the south
20.Dred Scott Decision - ANSWER ✔ A Missouri slave sued for his freedom,
claiming that his four year stay in the northern portion of the Louisiana
Territory made free land by the Missouri Compromise had made him a free
, man. The U.S, Supreme Court decided he couldn't sue in federal court
because he was property, not a citizen.
21.Uncle Tom's Cabin - ANSWER ✔ a novel published by harriet beecher
stowe in 1852 which portrayed slavery as brutal and immoral
22.John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry - ANSWER ✔ (1859) John Brown led
a raid on Harper's Ferry. He hoped to start a rebellion against slaveholders
by arming enslaved African Americans. Brown was quickly defeated by
citizens and federal troops. Brown became a villain to southerners who now
thought northerners would use violence to end slavery as well as a martyr to
some northerners who saw Brown as someone who sacrificed himself for the
ideal of freedom for all.
23.Who did the National Democratic party nominate for president in 1860? -
ANSWER ✔ Stephen Douglas and Herschel V Johnson as VP
24.Who was elected governor of GA in 1857? - ANSWER ✔ Joseph E. Brown
25.What order was GA in state secession? - ANSWER ✔ 5th
26.Confederate States of America (CSA) - ANSWER ✔ confederation formed
in 1861 by the Southern states after their secession from the Union
27.First and Only president of the Confederacy - ANSWER ✔ Jefferson Davis
28.April 12, 1861 - ANSWER ✔ confederate forces attacked fort Sumter,
beginning the civil war
