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US & GA History Exemption Exam (UGA)
Exam Questions With Revised Answers
In what year was Georgia established? - answer✔✔1732
When did settlement take place in Savannah? - answer✔✔1733
How long was Georgia in existence before there was a governor or governing body within the
colony itself? - answer✔✔Two decades
Who ruled Georgia in the beginning? - answer✔✔Board of Trustees
Define: Board of Trustees - answer✔✔The governing body of Georgia in London England. King
George signed a charter establishing the colony and creating its governing board
What years is Georgia referred to as "Trustee Georgia"? - answer✔✔1732 - 1752
What were four things that were outlawed when Georgia was founded? - answer✔✔slavery,
rum, lawyers, and Catholics
Who was the impetus behind Georgia's founding? - answer✔✔James Edward Ogelthorpe
Battle of Bloody Marsh - answer✔✔On St. Simons Island between the English and the Spanish.
It was an attempt of the Spanish to invade Georgia
Who from Georgia signed the Declaration of Independence? - answer✔✔Button Gwinnett,
Lyman Hall, and George Walton
Who from Georgia signed the US Constitution? - answer✔✔Abraham Baldwin and William Few
Jr.
Which state was Georgia to enter the Union when it ratified the Constitution in 1788? -
answer✔✔Fourth
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
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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
US & GA History Exemption Exam (UGA)
Exam Questions With Revised Answers
In what year was Georgia established? - answer✔✔1732
When did settlement take place in Savannah? - answer✔✔1733
How long was Georgia in existence before there was a governor or governing body within the
colony itself? - answer✔✔Two decades
Who ruled Georgia in the beginning? - answer✔✔Board of Trustees
Define: Board of Trustees - answer✔✔The governing body of Georgia in London England. King
George signed a charter establishing the colony and creating its governing board
What years is Georgia referred to as "Trustee Georgia"? - answer✔✔1732 - 1752
What were four things that were outlawed when Georgia was founded? - answer✔✔slavery,
rum, lawyers, and Catholics
Who was the impetus behind Georgia's founding? - answer✔✔James Edward Ogelthorpe
Battle of Bloody Marsh - answer✔✔On St. Simons Island between the English and the Spanish.
It was an attempt of the Spanish to invade Georgia
Who from Georgia signed the Declaration of Independence? - answer✔✔Button Gwinnett,
Lyman Hall, and George Walton
Who from Georgia signed the US Constitution? - answer✔✔Abraham Baldwin and William Few
Jr.
Which state was Georgia to enter the Union when it ratified the Constitution in 1788? -
answer✔✔Fourth
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
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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
