Georgia History Exemption Exam
Fall Line Correct answers - 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
- 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 Correct answers Savannah, Augusta, Louisville,
Milledgeville, Atlanta Atlanta Correct answers - Largest city in Georgia and
the Deep South
- Capital of modern Georgia
-originally named Terminus, as it became the South's most important
rail hub and manufacturing center;
- set ablaze by General Sherman
James Wright Correct answers Georgia's 3rd (and last) Royal Governor.
He was extremely popular and successful
Indigo, Silk Correct answers - Brought to GA by Europeans
- became a new major cash crop
Hernando de Soto Correct answers Spanish explorer and conquistador who
led the first European expedition deep into the modern-day Southeastern
United States (Florida, Georgia, Alabama and most likely Arkansas) in 1540,
and the first documented European to have crossed the Mississippi River.
Salzburgers Correct answers Some of the first immigrants to the new
Georgia colony in the 1730's From Austria came to Georgia to escape
religious persecution (they were protestants, not Catholics) settled
Ebenezer/New Ebenezer opposed slavery
James Oglethorpe Correct answers 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 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.
, Georgia Trustees Correct answers They gave out land between the
Savannah and Altamaha Rivers. They also prohibited having rum and
owning African Slaves.
Scottish Highlanders Correct answers - Added protection to GAs
southern border
- fought with Oglethorpe to fight off the Spanish
Fletcher v. Peck Correct answers (1810) First time the Supreme Court ruled a
state law unconstitutional. It protected property rights and allowed the
invalidation of state laws that conflicted with the Constitution.
Worcester v. Georgia Correct answers (1832) US Supreme Court (esp. Frank
Marshall) held that Cherokee Native Americans were entitled to federal
protection from the actions of state governments which would infringe on
the tribe's sovereignty. Ignored blatantly by Andrew Jackson
Battle of Bloody Marsh Correct answers In 1742, Oglethorpe's forces, along
with help from the Highland Scots, surprised 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.
Battle of Kettle Creek Correct answers First colonial victory in Georgia on
Feb. 14, 1779; important to Georgia because it increased morale and the
militia was able to take horses and much needed weapons from the British
Yazoo Land Fraud Correct answers This scandal that took place in Georgia in
the early 1800's & resulted in Georgia losing much land in what is now
Alabama and Mississippi
- Also made the western border of Georgia the Chattahoochee River?
James Vann Correct answers 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, 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.
Joseph Vann Correct answers Cherokee plantation owner, son of Chief
James Vann, who had his land confiscated because he hired a white man
to work for him
Siege of Savannah Correct answers American Revolution battle in GA; loss
for Georgia as the militia and continental army failed to retake GA's capital
city from British control
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia Correct answers (1831) Established that Indian
tribes are a "domestic dependent nation" under the care of the U.S.
Government and therefore not a foreign nation with the right to sue in
federal court
Fall Line Correct answers - 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
- 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 Correct answers Savannah, Augusta, Louisville,
Milledgeville, Atlanta Atlanta Correct answers - Largest city in Georgia and
the Deep South
- Capital of modern Georgia
-originally named Terminus, as it became the South's most important
rail hub and manufacturing center;
- set ablaze by General Sherman
James Wright Correct answers Georgia's 3rd (and last) Royal Governor.
He was extremely popular and successful
Indigo, Silk Correct answers - Brought to GA by Europeans
- became a new major cash crop
Hernando de Soto Correct answers Spanish explorer and conquistador who
led the first European expedition deep into the modern-day Southeastern
United States (Florida, Georgia, Alabama and most likely Arkansas) in 1540,
and the first documented European to have crossed the Mississippi River.
Salzburgers Correct answers Some of the first immigrants to the new
Georgia colony in the 1730's From Austria came to Georgia to escape
religious persecution (they were protestants, not Catholics) settled
Ebenezer/New Ebenezer opposed slavery
James Oglethorpe Correct answers 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 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.
, Georgia Trustees Correct answers They gave out land between the
Savannah and Altamaha Rivers. They also prohibited having rum and
owning African Slaves.
Scottish Highlanders Correct answers - Added protection to GAs
southern border
- fought with Oglethorpe to fight off the Spanish
Fletcher v. Peck Correct answers (1810) First time the Supreme Court ruled a
state law unconstitutional. It protected property rights and allowed the
invalidation of state laws that conflicted with the Constitution.
Worcester v. Georgia Correct answers (1832) US Supreme Court (esp. Frank
Marshall) held that Cherokee Native Americans were entitled to federal
protection from the actions of state governments which would infringe on
the tribe's sovereignty. Ignored blatantly by Andrew Jackson
Battle of Bloody Marsh Correct answers In 1742, Oglethorpe's forces, along
with help from the Highland Scots, surprised 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.
Battle of Kettle Creek Correct answers First colonial victory in Georgia on
Feb. 14, 1779; important to Georgia because it increased morale and the
militia was able to take horses and much needed weapons from the British
Yazoo Land Fraud Correct answers This scandal that took place in Georgia in
the early 1800's & resulted in Georgia losing much land in what is now
Alabama and Mississippi
- Also made the western border of Georgia the Chattahoochee River?
James Vann Correct answers 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, 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.
Joseph Vann Correct answers Cherokee plantation owner, son of Chief
James Vann, who had his land confiscated because he hired a white man
to work for him
Siege of Savannah Correct answers American Revolution battle in GA; loss
for Georgia as the militia and continental army failed to retake GA's capital
city from British control
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia Correct answers (1831) Established that Indian
tribes are a "domestic dependent nation" under the care of the U.S.
Government and therefore not a foreign nation with the right to sue in
federal court
