GA HISTORY EXEMPTION EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
Philanthropic
Military
Economic - ANSWERThree reasons for the establishment of Georgia
Restrictions on land ownership
Prohibition of hard liquor
Prohibition of slavery - ANSWERStrict rules established my the Trustees for the colony
James Oglethorpe - ANSWERdefacto leader and one of the Trustees of the first settlers
in Georgia. helped establish Savannah, Augusta, and Fort Frederica
James Wright - ANSWERlongest serving, most influential governor of the Royal Colony.
Expanded and opened Georgia's frontier to farmers by obtaining peaceful land cessions
from the Native Americans
Tomochichi - ANSWERAllowed Oglethorpe to settle on Yamacraw Bluff; advised
Oglethorpe on Indian affairs, chief of the Yamacraw
The Rules and Regulations - ANSWERfirst governing document of independent
Georgia put into place by Provincial Congress (Whigs)
John Treutlen - ANSWERfirst governor of GA
Yazoo Land Fraud - ANSWERin 1795, Georgia legislators sold over 40 acres of land to
4 land companies for 1.5 cents per acre; they were voted out of office and deal nullified
by James Jackson
Fletcher v. Peck (1810) - ANSWERSupreme Court rule stating the state couldn't nullify
the Yazoo Land deal
George Walton
Lyman Hall
Button Gwinnett - ANSWERGeorgians who signed the Declaration of Independence
Savannah - Augusta - Louisville - Milledgeville - Atlanta - ANSWERCapitals of Georgia
Worcester v. Georgia - ANSWERSupreme Court decision that ruled that Georgia had
no right to interfere with the Cherokees controlled land
, Trail of Tears - ANSWERthe trek of Native Americans, particularly the Cherokee, to
Indian Territory
Charles Jenkins - ANSWERauthor of the Georgia Platform- a proclamation that
endorsed the Compromise of 1850; appointed justice as the Supreme Court of GA;
governor of GA during reconstruction; he refused to allow state funds to be used for a
racially integrated state constitutional convention
Joseph E. Brown - ANSWERgovernor of Ga in 1857 and 1859; he campaigned as a
champion of non-slaveholding upcountry masses but also had ties to fireeaters; he
worked to strengthen state defenses for the war
Alexander Stephens - ANSWERVice President of the Confederacy (1861-65), elected to
US Senate and served as governor of GA from '82-'83
Thomas R. R. Cobb - ANSWERAthens lawyer instrumental in drafting the Confederate
constitution
Manpower (12,000 men), Money, Supplies (ammunition and clothing) - ANSWERWhat
did Georgia contribute to the war?
William Sherman - ANSWERUnion General who destroyed South during "march to the
sea" from Atlanta to Savannah, completely burned down Atanta
1871 - ANSWERWhen did reconstruction of Georgia end/state redeemed?
The Black Code - ANSWERlaws that restricted African Americans' rights and
opportunities in order to keep them in a condition as close to slaves, blacks weren't
allowed to vote, serve on juries, or testify against whites
Tunis Campbell - ANSWERminister and political leader that organized an African
American militia for protection
1868 - ANSWERWhen did Atlanta become the permanent capital of GA?
Robert Toombs - ANSWERA 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, led effort to call new constitutional convention in 1877
Henry Grady - ANSWEREditor of the Atlanta Constitution, presented "New South"
program as the panacea for the region's problem-plagued eceonomy, tried to alleviate
postwar poverty and restore South's lost national economic position
cotton textile mill - ANSWERsymbol of the New South
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
Philanthropic
Military
Economic - ANSWERThree reasons for the establishment of Georgia
Restrictions on land ownership
Prohibition of hard liquor
Prohibition of slavery - ANSWERStrict rules established my the Trustees for the colony
James Oglethorpe - ANSWERdefacto leader and one of the Trustees of the first settlers
in Georgia. helped establish Savannah, Augusta, and Fort Frederica
James Wright - ANSWERlongest serving, most influential governor of the Royal Colony.
Expanded and opened Georgia's frontier to farmers by obtaining peaceful land cessions
from the Native Americans
Tomochichi - ANSWERAllowed Oglethorpe to settle on Yamacraw Bluff; advised
Oglethorpe on Indian affairs, chief of the Yamacraw
The Rules and Regulations - ANSWERfirst governing document of independent
Georgia put into place by Provincial Congress (Whigs)
John Treutlen - ANSWERfirst governor of GA
Yazoo Land Fraud - ANSWERin 1795, Georgia legislators sold over 40 acres of land to
4 land companies for 1.5 cents per acre; they were voted out of office and deal nullified
by James Jackson
Fletcher v. Peck (1810) - ANSWERSupreme Court rule stating the state couldn't nullify
the Yazoo Land deal
George Walton
Lyman Hall
Button Gwinnett - ANSWERGeorgians who signed the Declaration of Independence
Savannah - Augusta - Louisville - Milledgeville - Atlanta - ANSWERCapitals of Georgia
Worcester v. Georgia - ANSWERSupreme Court decision that ruled that Georgia had
no right to interfere with the Cherokees controlled land
, Trail of Tears - ANSWERthe trek of Native Americans, particularly the Cherokee, to
Indian Territory
Charles Jenkins - ANSWERauthor of the Georgia Platform- a proclamation that
endorsed the Compromise of 1850; appointed justice as the Supreme Court of GA;
governor of GA during reconstruction; he refused to allow state funds to be used for a
racially integrated state constitutional convention
Joseph E. Brown - ANSWERgovernor of Ga in 1857 and 1859; he campaigned as a
champion of non-slaveholding upcountry masses but also had ties to fireeaters; he
worked to strengthen state defenses for the war
Alexander Stephens - ANSWERVice President of the Confederacy (1861-65), elected to
US Senate and served as governor of GA from '82-'83
Thomas R. R. Cobb - ANSWERAthens lawyer instrumental in drafting the Confederate
constitution
Manpower (12,000 men), Money, Supplies (ammunition and clothing) - ANSWERWhat
did Georgia contribute to the war?
William Sherman - ANSWERUnion General who destroyed South during "march to the
sea" from Atlanta to Savannah, completely burned down Atanta
1871 - ANSWERWhen did reconstruction of Georgia end/state redeemed?
The Black Code - ANSWERlaws that restricted African Americans' rights and
opportunities in order to keep them in a condition as close to slaves, blacks weren't
allowed to vote, serve on juries, or testify against whites
Tunis Campbell - ANSWERminister and political leader that organized an African
American militia for protection
1868 - ANSWERWhen did Atlanta become the permanent capital of GA?
Robert Toombs - ANSWERA 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, led effort to call new constitutional convention in 1877
Henry Grady - ANSWEREditor of the Atlanta Constitution, presented "New South"
program as the panacea for the region's problem-plagued eceonomy, tried to alleviate
postwar poverty and restore South's lost national economic position
cotton textile mill - ANSWERsymbol of the New South
