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Georgia History Exemption Exam WITH 100% SURE
ANSWERS
Terms in this set (59)
- the point on a river where there is an abrupt drop in elevation of the land and
where numerous waterfalls occur.
- it is the ancient coastline of the southern tier of North America when sea-levels wer
higher
Fall Line - Navigation up-stream beyond this feature stops
- ultimately towns located just beyond this natural boundary were important river
ports (like Macon)
- The line in the eastern US is located where streams pass from harder to softer
rocks.[E - M.Y.]
Georgia capitals Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Atlanta
- Largest city in Georgia and the Deep South
- Capital of modern Georgia
Atlanta - originally named Terminus, as it became the South's most important rail hub and
manufacturing center;
- set ablaze by General Sherman
James Wright Georgia's 3rd (and last) Royal Governor. He was extremely popular and successful
- Brought to GA by Europeans
Indigo, Silk
- became a new major cash crop
Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the first European expedition deep into
the modern-day Southeastern United States (Florida, Georgia, Alabama and most
Hernando de Soto
likely Arkansas) in 1540, and the first documented European to have crossed the
Mississippi River.
Some of the first immigrants to the new Georgia colony in the 1730's From Austria
Salzburgers came to Georgia to escape religious persecution (they were protestants, not
Catholics) settled Ebenezer/New Ebenezer opposed slavery
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, Founder of Savannah (1733), and governor of the Georgia colony. He ran a tightly-
disciplined, military-like colony. Slaves, alcohol, and Catholicism were forbidden in
James Oglethorpe his colony. Many colonists felt that he was a dictator, and that (along with the
colonist's dissatisfaction over not being allowed to own slaves) caused the colony to
break down and he to lose his position as governor.
They gave out land between the Savannah and Altamaha Rivers. They also prohibited
Georgia Trustees
having rum and owning African Slaves.
- Added protection to GAs southern border
Scottish Highlanders
- fought with Oglethorpe to fight off the Spanish
(1810) First time the Supreme Court ruled a state law unconstitutional. It protected
Fletcher v. Peck property rights and allowed the invalidation of state laws that conflicted with the
Constitution.
(1832) US Supreme Court (esp. Frank Marshall) held that Cherokee Native Americans
Worcester v. Georgia were entitled to federal protection from the actions of state governments which
would infringe on the tribe's sovereignty. Ignored blatantly by Andrew Jackson
In 1742, Oglethorpe's forces, along with help from the Highland Scots, surprised
Battle of Bloody Marsh Spanish troops at St. Simon's Is;and and forced them back across the Florida border.
This marked the beginning of a safe southern frontier for the British.
First colonial victory in Georgia on Feb. 14, 1779; important to Georgia because it
Battle of Kettle Creek increased morale and the militia was able to take horses and much needed weapons
from the British
This scandal that took place in Georgia in the early 1800's & resulted in Georgia
Yazoo Land Fraud losing much land in what is now Alabama and Mississippi
- Also made the western border of Georgia the Chattahoochee River?
In 1800, while on an East Coast trip that included a visit to Washington, D.C., Vann met
a group of Moravian missionaries from North Carolina who desired to spread the
Gospel and teach Cherokee children. Vann convinced them to move to Spring Place,
James Vann south of the soon-to-be-built Vann House, to start a mission and school. He
presented his idea to the tribal council, in part so his two-year old son Joseph might
attend. That autumn the Moravians would have a school. Many of the mixed-blood
Cherokee supported Vann. The council vote was in favor of the Moravians.
Cherokee plantation owner, son of Chief James Vann, who had his land confiscated
Joseph Vann
because he hired a white man to work for him
American Revolution battle in GA; loss for Georgia as the militia and continental
Siege of Savannah
army failed to retake GA's capital city from British control
(1831) Established that Indian tribes are a "domestic dependent nation" under the
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia care of the U.S. Government and therefore not a foreign nation with the right to sue
in federal court
A treaty signed in 1825 by which the Lower Creek gave up all their land east of the
Treaty of Indian Springs Oconee war
- where the creek Indians burned houses, stole cattle, and more - for $200,000
Sequoyah Cherokee leader who developed the alphabet for the Cherokee language.
GA Governor during the Great Depression; served 2 terms. Was popular among rural
farmers, county unit system helped get him elected. Was a white supremacist, tried
Eugene Talmadge
to fire those who supported integration of schools. Was against the New Deal; his
opposition to it hurt rural farmers.
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Georgia History Exemption Exam WITH 100% SURE
ANSWERS
Terms in this set (59)
- the point on a river where there is an abrupt drop in elevation of the land and
where numerous waterfalls occur.
- it is the ancient coastline of the southern tier of North America when sea-levels wer
higher
Fall Line - Navigation up-stream beyond this feature stops
- ultimately towns located just beyond this natural boundary were important river
ports (like Macon)
- The line in the eastern US is located where streams pass from harder to softer
rocks.[E - M.Y.]
Georgia capitals Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Atlanta
- Largest city in Georgia and the Deep South
- Capital of modern Georgia
Atlanta - originally named Terminus, as it became the South's most important rail hub and
manufacturing center;
- set ablaze by General Sherman
James Wright Georgia's 3rd (and last) Royal Governor. He was extremely popular and successful
- Brought to GA by Europeans
Indigo, Silk
- became a new major cash crop
Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the first European expedition deep into
the modern-day Southeastern United States (Florida, Georgia, Alabama and most
Hernando de Soto
likely Arkansas) in 1540, and the first documented European to have crossed the
Mississippi River.
Some of the first immigrants to the new Georgia colony in the 1730's From Austria
Salzburgers came to Georgia to escape religious persecution (they were protestants, not
Catholics) settled Ebenezer/New Ebenezer opposed slavery
1/5
, Founder of Savannah (1733), and governor of the Georgia colony. He ran a tightly-
disciplined, military-like colony. Slaves, alcohol, and Catholicism were forbidden in
James Oglethorpe his colony. Many colonists felt that he was a dictator, and that (along with the
colonist's dissatisfaction over not being allowed to own slaves) caused the colony to
break down and he to lose his position as governor.
They gave out land between the Savannah and Altamaha Rivers. They also prohibited
Georgia Trustees
having rum and owning African Slaves.
- Added protection to GAs southern border
Scottish Highlanders
- fought with Oglethorpe to fight off the Spanish
(1810) First time the Supreme Court ruled a state law unconstitutional. It protected
Fletcher v. Peck property rights and allowed the invalidation of state laws that conflicted with the
Constitution.
(1832) US Supreme Court (esp. Frank Marshall) held that Cherokee Native Americans
Worcester v. Georgia were entitled to federal protection from the actions of state governments which
would infringe on the tribe's sovereignty. Ignored blatantly by Andrew Jackson
In 1742, Oglethorpe's forces, along with help from the Highland Scots, surprised
Battle of Bloody Marsh Spanish troops at St. Simon's Is;and and forced them back across the Florida border.
This marked the beginning of a safe southern frontier for the British.
First colonial victory in Georgia on Feb. 14, 1779; important to Georgia because it
Battle of Kettle Creek increased morale and the militia was able to take horses and much needed weapons
from the British
This scandal that took place in Georgia in the early 1800's & resulted in Georgia
Yazoo Land Fraud losing much land in what is now Alabama and Mississippi
- Also made the western border of Georgia the Chattahoochee River?
In 1800, while on an East Coast trip that included a visit to Washington, D.C., Vann met
a group of Moravian missionaries from North Carolina who desired to spread the
Gospel and teach Cherokee children. Vann convinced them to move to Spring Place,
James Vann south of the soon-to-be-built Vann House, to start a mission and school. He
presented his idea to the tribal council, in part so his two-year old son Joseph might
attend. That autumn the Moravians would have a school. Many of the mixed-blood
Cherokee supported Vann. The council vote was in favor of the Moravians.
Cherokee plantation owner, son of Chief James Vann, who had his land confiscated
Joseph Vann
because he hired a white man to work for him
American Revolution battle in GA; loss for Georgia as the militia and continental
Siege of Savannah
army failed to retake GA's capital city from British control
(1831) Established that Indian tribes are a "domestic dependent nation" under the
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia care of the U.S. Government and therefore not a foreign nation with the right to sue
in federal court
A treaty signed in 1825 by which the Lower Creek gave up all their land east of the
Treaty of Indian Springs Oconee war
- where the creek Indians burned houses, stole cattle, and more - for $200,000
Sequoyah Cherokee leader who developed the alphabet for the Cherokee language.
GA Governor during the Great Depression; served 2 terms. Was popular among rural
farmers, county unit system helped get him elected. Was a white supremacist, tried
Eugene Talmadge
to fire those who supported integration of schools. Was against the New Deal; his
opposition to it hurt rural farmers.
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