GCSU GA History Actual Exam Questions with
Complete Answers
The Georgia who served as vice president of the confederacy was: - ANSWER Alexander
Stephens
Support for the Civil War in Georgia was weakest in: - ANSWER The mountains
The northern general who finally brought Georgia's defeat was: - ANSWER William
T. Sherman
Statement about Reconstruction in Georgia is true: - ANSWER The state was under
military control at times
Georgia Republicans in the reconstruction era included all except: - ANSWER redeemers
During Reconstruction period, Freedmen's Bureau: - ANSWER Helped Georgians
with jobs, food, education
Attiancemen and Populist refer to the political movement favoring: - ANSWER farmers
The populist in Georgia call for all except: - ANSWER a gold and silver money standard
A leading populist in Georgia: - ANSWER Thomas E. Watson
, Voting system that maintained dominant political power for rural areas of Georgia:
- ANSWER The county- unit system
Henry Grady was known for: - ANSWER Being an advocate for the "new
south" philosophy
Segregation of African Americans in the late 1800s/early 1900s was known as: -
ANSWER Jim Crowism
Georgia used all the following to disfranchise African American voters except: - ANSWER
secret ballots
Georgia act associated with early 20th century movement called progressivism: -
ANSWER the passage of Jim Crow laws
Which is true of the 1920's in Georgia: - ANSWER The boll weevil devastated
cotton crops
Main political strengths of Eugene Tallmadge in Georgia politics: - ANSWER towns and
cities
Major boost to Georgia's economy in the WWII period came because: - ANSWER military
bases were built in the state
The two-governor controversy in the mid 1940 that got national attention in
Georgia involved: - ANSWER Ellis Arnall
and Herman Tallmadge
Complete Answers
The Georgia who served as vice president of the confederacy was: - ANSWER Alexander
Stephens
Support for the Civil War in Georgia was weakest in: - ANSWER The mountains
The northern general who finally brought Georgia's defeat was: - ANSWER William
T. Sherman
Statement about Reconstruction in Georgia is true: - ANSWER The state was under
military control at times
Georgia Republicans in the reconstruction era included all except: - ANSWER redeemers
During Reconstruction period, Freedmen's Bureau: - ANSWER Helped Georgians
with jobs, food, education
Attiancemen and Populist refer to the political movement favoring: - ANSWER farmers
The populist in Georgia call for all except: - ANSWER a gold and silver money standard
A leading populist in Georgia: - ANSWER Thomas E. Watson
, Voting system that maintained dominant political power for rural areas of Georgia:
- ANSWER The county- unit system
Henry Grady was known for: - ANSWER Being an advocate for the "new
south" philosophy
Segregation of African Americans in the late 1800s/early 1900s was known as: -
ANSWER Jim Crowism
Georgia used all the following to disfranchise African American voters except: - ANSWER
secret ballots
Georgia act associated with early 20th century movement called progressivism: -
ANSWER the passage of Jim Crow laws
Which is true of the 1920's in Georgia: - ANSWER The boll weevil devastated
cotton crops
Main political strengths of Eugene Tallmadge in Georgia politics: - ANSWER towns and
cities
Major boost to Georgia's economy in the WWII period came because: - ANSWER military
bases were built in the state
The two-governor controversy in the mid 1940 that got national attention in
Georgia involved: - ANSWER Ellis Arnall
and Herman Tallmadge
