Georgia Southern- GA History Legislative Exemption
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Instructions: For each question, select the best answer. The correct answer is marked with a ✓.
1. Which Native American tribe was forcibly removed from Georgia along the Trail of Tears?
A) Iroquois
B) Sioux
C) Cherokee ✓
D) Apache
2. Who was the primary author of the Fundamental Statutes of Georgia?
A) James Oglethorpe
B) John Wesley
C) Robert Castell
D) James Edward Powell ✓
3. The Charter of 1732 established Georgia as a...
A) Royal Colony
B) Proprietary Colony
C) Trustee Colony ✓
D) Religious Haven
4. What was the original purpose for the founding of the Georgia colony?
A) Religious freedom for Puritans
B) Economic opportunity and as a buffer colony ✓
C) To serve as a military outpost against the French
D) To expand the plantation system
5. Georgia's state capital has moved several times. What was the capital immediately before
Atlanta?
A) Savannah
B) Augusta
,C) Louisville
D) Milledgeville ✓
6. The Battle of Bloody Marsh (1742) was a significant conflict between the British and which
European power?
A) France
B) Spain ✓
C) The Netherlands
D) Portugal
7. The "Worcester v. Georgia" (1832) Supreme Court case...
A) Legalized slavery in the colony.
B) Upheld Cherokee sovereignty, which President Jackson ignored. ✓
C) Granted Georgia control over all western lands.
D) Established the headright system.
8. The term "Bourbon Triumvirate" in Georgia's post-Civil War history refers to...
A) Three Confederate generals who led the state.
B) Three powerful Democrats who promoted industrialization and white supremacy. ✓
C) Three governors who opposed Reconstruction.
D) Three agricultural reformers.
9. Who was the African American leader born into slavery in Georgia who became a
prominent educator and advisor to presidents?
A) Frederick Douglass
B) Booker T. Washington ✓
C) W.E.B. Du Bois
D) John Hope
10. The county unit system, used in Georgia primaries from 1917 to 1962, primarily
benefited...
A) Urban populations and minorities.
B) Rural areas and conservative Democrats. ✓
C) Industrial interests in Atlanta.
D) The Republican Party.
11. The 1946 gubernatorial election, known as the "Three Governors Controversy," involved...
A) Ellis Arnall, Melvin Thompson, and Herman Talmadge. ✓
B) Eugene Talmadge, Lester Maddox, and Jimmy Carter.
,C) Richard Russell, Carl Vinson, and Tom Watson.
D) Ivan Allen, William Hartsfield, and Maynard Jackson.
12. What event is credited with helping to launch the modern American Civil Rights
Movement?
A) The March on Washington
B) The Montgomery Bus Boycott ✓
C) The founding of the NAACP
D) The Selma to Montgomery marches
13. Who was the first African American mayor of Atlanta?
A) Andrew Young
B) Maynard Jackson ✓
C) John Lewis
D) Martin Luther King Sr.
14. The Supreme Court case "Brown v. Board of Education" (1954) led to the...
A) Creation of segregated but equal facilities.
B) End of racial segregation in public schools. ✓
C) Implementation of the county unit system.
D) Legalization of Jim Crow laws.
15. Atlanta's symbol, the phoenix, represents the city's...
A) Greek heritage.
B) Rise from the ashes after the Civil War. ✓
C) Status as a state capital.
D) Connection to the airline industry.
16. The "Albany Movement" in the early 1960s was a...
A) Successful effort to desegregate bus stations. ✓
B) Campaign to integrate the University of Georgia.
C) Protest against the county unit system.
D) Movement to relocate the state capital.
17. Who was the Georgia publisher and populist politician known for his inflammatory
rhetoric and the Jeffersonian magazine?
A) Tom Watson ✓
B) Eugene Talmadge
C) Hoke Smith
D) John B. Gordon
, 18. The "March to the Sea" during the Civil War was led by General...
A) Robert E. Lee
B) Ulysses S. Grant
C) William T. Sherman ✓
D) James Longstreet
19. What was the main economic driver in Georgia during the colonial period under the Royal
Governors?
A) Silk production
B) Rice and indigo ✓
C) Tobacco
D) Cotton
20. The infamous "Leo Frank case" (1913) is an example of...
A) Political corruption.
B) Labor union disputes.
C) Anti-Semitism and mob violence. ✓
D) A disputed gubernatorial election.
21. Georgia's current state constitution was ratified in what year?
A) 1868
B) 1945
C) 1976
D) 1983 ✓
22. The "Dahlonega Gold Rush" in the 1830s directly led to...
A) The founding of Atlanta.
B) The forced removal of the Cherokee. ✓
C) The Civil War.
D) The end of the trustee colony.
23. Who is known as the "father of the University of Georgia"?
A) Abraham Baldwin ✓
B) Lyman Hall
C) Button Gwinnett
D) George Walton
24. The "Georgia Platform" was a response to the...
A) Missouri Compromise
B) Compromise of 1850 ✓
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Georgia History Legislative Exemption Exam Study Guide
Instructions: For each question, select the best answer. The correct answer is marked with a ✓.
1. Which Native American tribe was forcibly removed from Georgia along the Trail of Tears?
A) Iroquois
B) Sioux
C) Cherokee ✓
D) Apache
2. Who was the primary author of the Fundamental Statutes of Georgia?
A) James Oglethorpe
B) John Wesley
C) Robert Castell
D) James Edward Powell ✓
3. The Charter of 1732 established Georgia as a...
A) Royal Colony
B) Proprietary Colony
C) Trustee Colony ✓
D) Religious Haven
4. What was the original purpose for the founding of the Georgia colony?
A) Religious freedom for Puritans
B) Economic opportunity and as a buffer colony ✓
C) To serve as a military outpost against the French
D) To expand the plantation system
5. Georgia's state capital has moved several times. What was the capital immediately before
Atlanta?
A) Savannah
B) Augusta
,C) Louisville
D) Milledgeville ✓
6. The Battle of Bloody Marsh (1742) was a significant conflict between the British and which
European power?
A) France
B) Spain ✓
C) The Netherlands
D) Portugal
7. The "Worcester v. Georgia" (1832) Supreme Court case...
A) Legalized slavery in the colony.
B) Upheld Cherokee sovereignty, which President Jackson ignored. ✓
C) Granted Georgia control over all western lands.
D) Established the headright system.
8. The term "Bourbon Triumvirate" in Georgia's post-Civil War history refers to...
A) Three Confederate generals who led the state.
B) Three powerful Democrats who promoted industrialization and white supremacy. ✓
C) Three governors who opposed Reconstruction.
D) Three agricultural reformers.
9. Who was the African American leader born into slavery in Georgia who became a
prominent educator and advisor to presidents?
A) Frederick Douglass
B) Booker T. Washington ✓
C) W.E.B. Du Bois
D) John Hope
10. The county unit system, used in Georgia primaries from 1917 to 1962, primarily
benefited...
A) Urban populations and minorities.
B) Rural areas and conservative Democrats. ✓
C) Industrial interests in Atlanta.
D) The Republican Party.
11. The 1946 gubernatorial election, known as the "Three Governors Controversy," involved...
A) Ellis Arnall, Melvin Thompson, and Herman Talmadge. ✓
B) Eugene Talmadge, Lester Maddox, and Jimmy Carter.
,C) Richard Russell, Carl Vinson, and Tom Watson.
D) Ivan Allen, William Hartsfield, and Maynard Jackson.
12. What event is credited with helping to launch the modern American Civil Rights
Movement?
A) The March on Washington
B) The Montgomery Bus Boycott ✓
C) The founding of the NAACP
D) The Selma to Montgomery marches
13. Who was the first African American mayor of Atlanta?
A) Andrew Young
B) Maynard Jackson ✓
C) John Lewis
D) Martin Luther King Sr.
14. The Supreme Court case "Brown v. Board of Education" (1954) led to the...
A) Creation of segregated but equal facilities.
B) End of racial segregation in public schools. ✓
C) Implementation of the county unit system.
D) Legalization of Jim Crow laws.
15. Atlanta's symbol, the phoenix, represents the city's...
A) Greek heritage.
B) Rise from the ashes after the Civil War. ✓
C) Status as a state capital.
D) Connection to the airline industry.
16. The "Albany Movement" in the early 1960s was a...
A) Successful effort to desegregate bus stations. ✓
B) Campaign to integrate the University of Georgia.
C) Protest against the county unit system.
D) Movement to relocate the state capital.
17. Who was the Georgia publisher and populist politician known for his inflammatory
rhetoric and the Jeffersonian magazine?
A) Tom Watson ✓
B) Eugene Talmadge
C) Hoke Smith
D) John B. Gordon
, 18. The "March to the Sea" during the Civil War was led by General...
A) Robert E. Lee
B) Ulysses S. Grant
C) William T. Sherman ✓
D) James Longstreet
19. What was the main economic driver in Georgia during the colonial period under the Royal
Governors?
A) Silk production
B) Rice and indigo ✓
C) Tobacco
D) Cotton
20. The infamous "Leo Frank case" (1913) is an example of...
A) Political corruption.
B) Labor union disputes.
C) Anti-Semitism and mob violence. ✓
D) A disputed gubernatorial election.
21. Georgia's current state constitution was ratified in what year?
A) 1868
B) 1945
C) 1976
D) 1983 ✓
22. The "Dahlonega Gold Rush" in the 1830s directly led to...
A) The founding of Atlanta.
B) The forced removal of the Cherokee. ✓
C) The Civil War.
D) The end of the trustee colony.
23. Who is known as the "father of the University of Georgia"?
A) Abraham Baldwin ✓
B) Lyman Hall
C) Button Gwinnett
D) George Walton
24. The "Georgia Platform" was a response to the...
A) Missouri Compromise
B) Compromise of 1850 ✓
