KSU GA History Exemption test Questions
and Answers
Charlayne Hunter-Gault (b. 1942) one of the first two African American students admitted
to the University of Georgia.
Joel Chandler Harris (1845-1908) Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings—The
Folklore of the Old Plantation was p
Ellis Arnall (1907-1992) progressive GA governor; credited for restoring accreditation to
GA institutions of higher education, lowering the voting age, and abolishing the poll tax
Eugene Talmadge (1884-1946) Four time Georgia governor that fought against
Roosevelt's New Deal policies.
Three Governors Controversy In 1946, governor-elect Eugene Talmadge died, and since
the state constitution did not state who would replace him, Herman Talmadge, Melvin E.
Thompson, and Ellis Arnall all claimed to be governor. The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that
Thompson was the successor.
Jimmy Carter (b. 1924)
Cocking Affair Talmadge caused the state to lose accreditation by the Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools
,State Flags of Georgia
Dixiecrats southern Democrats who opposed Truman's position on civil rights. They
caused a split in the Democratic party.
Black Suffrage in the Twentieth Century
Howard Finster (ca. 1915-2001) in visions of another world, paradise garden
Benny Andrews (1930-2006) appilation red, preacher, when the saints go marching in,
homage
Lester Maddox (1915-2003) Governor of Georgia. As a restaurant owner, Maddox refused
to serve African Americans.
Newt Gingrich (b. 1943) "Contract with America". bringing the house to republican
majority. served as the majority whip, and speaker of the house
Sonny Perdue (b. 1946) He was the first Republican chosen by Georgians to occupy the
governor's mansion since the Reconstruction-era election of Rufus Bullock in
, Georgia History: Overview Georgia was the last of the thirteen colonies to be founded. Its
formation came a half century after the twelfth British colony.Georgia was the only colony
founded and ruled by a Board of Trustees, which was based in London.
Mississippian Period: Overview (A.D. 800-1600), complex native cultures, organized as
chiefdoms, emerged and developed lifeways in response to the particular features of their
physical surroundings.
Chiefdoms a specific kind of human social organization with social ranking as a
fundamental part of their structure. In ranked societies people belonged to one of two groupings,
elites or commoners.
Difference between elites and commoners in chiefdoms rested more on ideological and
religious beliefs than on such things as wealth or military power.
Purpose of mounds in Mississippian culture capitals of chiefdoms, platforms for
buildings, as stages for religious and social activities, and as cemeteries.
Hernando de Soto The first European to explore the interior of what is now the state of
Georgia
discovered the true way the Indians lived, but devastated their societies with the plague and small
pox
and Answers
Charlayne Hunter-Gault (b. 1942) one of the first two African American students admitted
to the University of Georgia.
Joel Chandler Harris (1845-1908) Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings—The
Folklore of the Old Plantation was p
Ellis Arnall (1907-1992) progressive GA governor; credited for restoring accreditation to
GA institutions of higher education, lowering the voting age, and abolishing the poll tax
Eugene Talmadge (1884-1946) Four time Georgia governor that fought against
Roosevelt's New Deal policies.
Three Governors Controversy In 1946, governor-elect Eugene Talmadge died, and since
the state constitution did not state who would replace him, Herman Talmadge, Melvin E.
Thompson, and Ellis Arnall all claimed to be governor. The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that
Thompson was the successor.
Jimmy Carter (b. 1924)
Cocking Affair Talmadge caused the state to lose accreditation by the Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools
,State Flags of Georgia
Dixiecrats southern Democrats who opposed Truman's position on civil rights. They
caused a split in the Democratic party.
Black Suffrage in the Twentieth Century
Howard Finster (ca. 1915-2001) in visions of another world, paradise garden
Benny Andrews (1930-2006) appilation red, preacher, when the saints go marching in,
homage
Lester Maddox (1915-2003) Governor of Georgia. As a restaurant owner, Maddox refused
to serve African Americans.
Newt Gingrich (b. 1943) "Contract with America". bringing the house to republican
majority. served as the majority whip, and speaker of the house
Sonny Perdue (b. 1946) He was the first Republican chosen by Georgians to occupy the
governor's mansion since the Reconstruction-era election of Rufus Bullock in
, Georgia History: Overview Georgia was the last of the thirteen colonies to be founded. Its
formation came a half century after the twelfth British colony.Georgia was the only colony
founded and ruled by a Board of Trustees, which was based in London.
Mississippian Period: Overview (A.D. 800-1600), complex native cultures, organized as
chiefdoms, emerged and developed lifeways in response to the particular features of their
physical surroundings.
Chiefdoms a specific kind of human social organization with social ranking as a
fundamental part of their structure. In ranked societies people belonged to one of two groupings,
elites or commoners.
Difference between elites and commoners in chiefdoms rested more on ideological and
religious beliefs than on such things as wealth or military power.
Purpose of mounds in Mississippian culture capitals of chiefdoms, platforms for
buildings, as stages for religious and social activities, and as cemeteries.
Hernando de Soto The first European to explore the interior of what is now the state of
Georgia
discovered the true way the Indians lived, but devastated their societies with the plague and small
pox
