GA HISTORY EXAM UGA QUESTIONS
WITH ALL CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
Governor James Jackson - Answer-Overturned Yazoo Act; elected to First Congress;
lost reelection
Trail of Tears - Answer-Forced journey of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia to a
region west of the Mississippi (present day Oklahoma) during which thousands of
Cherokees died
Joseph Brown - Answer-Governor from Georgia who tried at times to keep his own
troops apart from the Confederate forces and insisted on hoarding surplus supplies for
his own state's militias. He believed that his state had seceded so that it didn't have to
follow the dictates of a central government.
Milledgeville - Answer-Georgia's fourth capital and seat of the state government during
the Civil War
Henry L. Benning - Answer-A jurist who became associate justice of the Supreme Court
of Georgia in the 1850s. He then became a vocal advocate for secession and earned
the rank of brigadier general during the Civil War
Robert Toombs - Answer-A senator and extremist from Georgia who said that the South
would never let the federal government be controlled by the Republican party and
threatened secession.
William T. Sherman - Answer-He commanded the Union army in Tennessee. In
September of 1864 his troops captured Atlanta, Georgia. He then headed to take
Savannah. This was his famous "march to the sea.". 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.
Rufus Bullock - Answer-He served as the Governor of Georgia from 1868 to 1871
during Reconstruction and was the first Republican governor of Georgia. After various
allegations of scandal, in 1871 he was obliged by the Ku Klux Klan to resign the
governorship.
Tunis Campbell - Answer-Represented McIntosh County as a state senator and served
as a justice of the peace.Insisted on equal representation of blacks in juries and
otherwise championed their rights to the point of making himself an annoyance to the
whites. Was sentenced to a year of hard labor for improper conduct.
, Populism - Answer-Farm-based movement of the late 1800s that arose mainly in the
area from Texas to the Dakotas and grew into a joint effort between farmer and labor
groups against big business and machine-based politics. The movement became a third
party in the election of 1892.
"New South" Crusade - Answer-Sought to diversify the Georgia economy; eventually led
to the industrialization of the state.
Jim Crow - Answer-The system of racial segregation in the South that was created in
the late nineteenth century following the end of slavery. These laws written in the 1880s
and 1890s mandated segregation in public facilities.
W. E. B. Du Bois - Answer-American civil rights activist; wrote the Souls of Black Folk
and demanded full racial equality; helped found the NAACP
Rebecca Latimer Felton - Answer-She was a civic leader that supported women's
suffrage and temperance as well as strongly disagree with the convict lease system.
She was also the first woman to serve in the US Senate
Leo Frank - Answer-Jewish factory manager in Atlanta who was convicted of murdering
a female employee. A mob lynched him in his jail cell.
County-unit System - Answer-It gave each county or district a certain number of votes.
The bigger the district, the more votes. This inacurately stated what people wanted and
gave rural areas more votes, which did not represent what most people would prefer.
Agricultural Adjustment Administration - Answer-Restricted agricultural production in the
New Deal era by paying farmers to reduce crop area. Its purpose was to reduce crop
surplus so as to effectively raise the value of crops, thereby giving farmers relative
stability again.
Herman Talmadge - Answer-GA governor; in reaction to Brown vs. BOE he declared
that GA will 'not tolerate the mixing of races in public schools or any other tax supported
instutions." Forcibly took over the Governor's mansion until it was officially announced
he had lost the election.
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Answer-U.S. Baptist minister and civil rights leader. A noted
orator, he opposed discrimination against blacks by organizing nonviolent resistance
and peaceful mass demonstrations. He was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.
Nobel Peace Prize Winner(1964)
1996 Olympic Games - Answer-Put georgia on a national stage, and made Atlanta a
world known city.
WITH ALL CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
Governor James Jackson - Answer-Overturned Yazoo Act; elected to First Congress;
lost reelection
Trail of Tears - Answer-Forced journey of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia to a
region west of the Mississippi (present day Oklahoma) during which thousands of
Cherokees died
Joseph Brown - Answer-Governor from Georgia who tried at times to keep his own
troops apart from the Confederate forces and insisted on hoarding surplus supplies for
his own state's militias. He believed that his state had seceded so that it didn't have to
follow the dictates of a central government.
Milledgeville - Answer-Georgia's fourth capital and seat of the state government during
the Civil War
Henry L. Benning - Answer-A jurist who became associate justice of the Supreme Court
of Georgia in the 1850s. He then became a vocal advocate for secession and earned
the rank of brigadier general during the Civil War
Robert Toombs - Answer-A senator and extremist from Georgia who said that the South
would never let the federal government be controlled by the Republican party and
threatened secession.
William T. Sherman - Answer-He commanded the Union army in Tennessee. In
September of 1864 his troops captured Atlanta, Georgia. He then headed to take
Savannah. This was his famous "march to the sea.". 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.
Rufus Bullock - Answer-He served as the Governor of Georgia from 1868 to 1871
during Reconstruction and was the first Republican governor of Georgia. After various
allegations of scandal, in 1871 he was obliged by the Ku Klux Klan to resign the
governorship.
Tunis Campbell - Answer-Represented McIntosh County as a state senator and served
as a justice of the peace.Insisted on equal representation of blacks in juries and
otherwise championed their rights to the point of making himself an annoyance to the
whites. Was sentenced to a year of hard labor for improper conduct.
, Populism - Answer-Farm-based movement of the late 1800s that arose mainly in the
area from Texas to the Dakotas and grew into a joint effort between farmer and labor
groups against big business and machine-based politics. The movement became a third
party in the election of 1892.
"New South" Crusade - Answer-Sought to diversify the Georgia economy; eventually led
to the industrialization of the state.
Jim Crow - Answer-The system of racial segregation in the South that was created in
the late nineteenth century following the end of slavery. These laws written in the 1880s
and 1890s mandated segregation in public facilities.
W. E. B. Du Bois - Answer-American civil rights activist; wrote the Souls of Black Folk
and demanded full racial equality; helped found the NAACP
Rebecca Latimer Felton - Answer-She was a civic leader that supported women's
suffrage and temperance as well as strongly disagree with the convict lease system.
She was also the first woman to serve in the US Senate
Leo Frank - Answer-Jewish factory manager in Atlanta who was convicted of murdering
a female employee. A mob lynched him in his jail cell.
County-unit System - Answer-It gave each county or district a certain number of votes.
The bigger the district, the more votes. This inacurately stated what people wanted and
gave rural areas more votes, which did not represent what most people would prefer.
Agricultural Adjustment Administration - Answer-Restricted agricultural production in the
New Deal era by paying farmers to reduce crop area. Its purpose was to reduce crop
surplus so as to effectively raise the value of crops, thereby giving farmers relative
stability again.
Herman Talmadge - Answer-GA governor; in reaction to Brown vs. BOE he declared
that GA will 'not tolerate the mixing of races in public schools or any other tax supported
instutions." Forcibly took over the Governor's mansion until it was officially announced
he had lost the election.
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Answer-U.S. Baptist minister and civil rights leader. A noted
orator, he opposed discrimination against blacks by organizing nonviolent resistance
and peaceful mass demonstrations. He was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.
Nobel Peace Prize Winner(1964)
1996 Olympic Games - Answer-Put georgia on a national stage, and made Atlanta a
world known city.
