HISTORY EXEMPTION: GEORGIA
HISTORY, KSU GA HISTORY
EXEMPTION TEST, GA HISTORY
EXEMPTION EXAM 2025
Who founded Georgia and what was his position? - ANSWERJames Edward
Oglethorpe, leader of English Parliament
When was Georgia founded and what was its purpose? - ANSWER-1732
-To serve as a buffer between colonies and Spanish controlled Florida
Who was James Wright? - ANSWER-Georgia's third and final royal Governor who fled
the colony when the American Revolution began
-Battle of Rice Boats
Yazoo Land Fraud: When did it happen, what happened, and how was it fixed? -
ANSWER-1795
-Sale of land in Mississippi to four companies way below market value bc they bribed
the government
-Fletcher v Peck, Government rescinded act and returned the money to the companies
Governor James Jackson (2 things)? - ANSWER-Overturned Yazoo Land Fraud
-Helped bring GA into the Jeffersonian Republican Party -- built states 1st true political
party
Trail of Tears? - ANSWER-thousands of Cherokees died after removed from GA and
forced on the trail of tears
-1838-1839 by pres Andrew Jackson
Joseph Brown 4 things? - ANSWER-42nd gov of GA. Leading secessionist that took GA
out of Union and into the Confederacy
-Tried to protect Georgia from getting pulled into the war
-Only Gov that served 4 terms (other than Talmadge)
2 facts about Milledgeville? - ANSWER-GA's 4th capital
-Seat of State Gov during the civil war
3 things about Henry Benning? - ANSWER-Ft. Benning named after him
-Lawyer, legislator, jurist (became associate justice of the supreme court in the 1850's)
-Vocal advocate for secession and earned rank of brigadier general during Civil War
,Who was Robert Toombs (3 things)? - ANSWER-Founding father of the Confederacy
(said the south would secede if the federal government was ever controlled by the
Republican party)
-Confederate political leader, whig party senator
-1st Confederate Secretary of State
William T. Sherman - ANSWER-March to sea - general of union army in civil war
-Captured ATL in Sep 1864
Rufus Bullock 3 facts? - ANSWER-1st Republican governor of GA
-46th gov of GA
-Most hated him bc he supported African American equality
-Forced out of office by KKK, never committed any scandals
Tunis Campbell 5 things? - ANSWER-Prominent African American politician of the 19th
century, and a major figure in Reconstruction
-Represented McIntosh County as state senator and served as justice of peace
-Insisted on equal representation of black juries
-Sentenced a year of hard labor for improper conduct
-Freedman's Bureau
"New South" Crusade 2 things? - ANSWER-Sought to diversify the Georgia economy
and promote prosperity
-Eventually led to industrialization of the state
Who was Henry Grady and what was he associated with? - ANSWER-The spokesman
of the South
-Associated with the "New South" Crusade
Both of these assisted GA in the economic recovery after the Civil war
Jim Crow laws? - ANSWER-Late 1800's that mandated segregation in public facilities
WEB DuBois 3 facts? - ANSWER-First African American to get his Doctorate
-Wrote "Souls of the Black Folk" and demanded racial equality
-Helped found the NAACP in 1909
Rebecca Latimer Felton four things? - ANSWER-1st Woman to serve in the US Senate
(woman's suffrage)
-Disagreed with convict lease system
-In favor of lynching
-One of the few prominent women in GA in Progressive Era
Leo Frank (2)? - ANSWER-Jewish factory manager in ATL
-Convicted of murdering female employee
, Battle of Bloody Marsh 3 things? - ANSWER-July 7, 1742
-English vs. Spanish on St. Simon's Island
-Only attempt by Spanish to invade GA during War of Jenkins Ear (significant English
Victory)
-Oglethorpe Redeemed reputation from defeat in St. Augustine
State 3 facts about GA from 1783 - 1865? - ANSWER-Period between Rev and Civil
War
-Slavery increased dramatically
-Land region increased as well
4 facts about GA from 1865 - 1890? - ANSWER-After fall of confederacy (reconstruction
began)
-Democrats controlled state gov
-White Georgians controlled and disfranchised black Georgians
-Loss of millions in slave capital
Georgia Populism 2 things? - ANSWER-1892 led by Thomas Watson
-Directly challenged dominance of Democratic party, presented threat to split white vote
in GA
-White farmers
4 facts about GA 1890 - 1940? - ANSWER-Increased racial discrimination developed
after reconstruction (Jim Crow & segragation)
-Restrictions on black voting increase
-Cotton prices plummet because of the Great Depression
-State's economic and Ag problems increase
Who founded the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (1933) and what was it
designed to do? - ANSWER-Franklin Roosevelt was founder
-Designed to boost ag prices by reducing surpluses
Georgia 1940 - Present 5 things? - ANSWER-During and after WW2
-Agriculture became less central to State's Economy, industry, manufacturing and
urbanization greatly increased
-Segregation ended - blacks gained opportunity to gain political power
-More whites voted for Republican party
-Atlanta hosted Olympics
GA writers (3)? - ANSWER-Alice Walker
-Carson McCullers
-Flannery O'Connor
GA artists (2)? - ANSWER-Jasper Johns
-Kara Walker
HISTORY, KSU GA HISTORY
EXEMPTION TEST, GA HISTORY
EXEMPTION EXAM 2025
Who founded Georgia and what was his position? - ANSWERJames Edward
Oglethorpe, leader of English Parliament
When was Georgia founded and what was its purpose? - ANSWER-1732
-To serve as a buffer between colonies and Spanish controlled Florida
Who was James Wright? - ANSWER-Georgia's third and final royal Governor who fled
the colony when the American Revolution began
-Battle of Rice Boats
Yazoo Land Fraud: When did it happen, what happened, and how was it fixed? -
ANSWER-1795
-Sale of land in Mississippi to four companies way below market value bc they bribed
the government
-Fletcher v Peck, Government rescinded act and returned the money to the companies
Governor James Jackson (2 things)? - ANSWER-Overturned Yazoo Land Fraud
-Helped bring GA into the Jeffersonian Republican Party -- built states 1st true political
party
Trail of Tears? - ANSWER-thousands of Cherokees died after removed from GA and
forced on the trail of tears
-1838-1839 by pres Andrew Jackson
Joseph Brown 4 things? - ANSWER-42nd gov of GA. Leading secessionist that took GA
out of Union and into the Confederacy
-Tried to protect Georgia from getting pulled into the war
-Only Gov that served 4 terms (other than Talmadge)
2 facts about Milledgeville? - ANSWER-GA's 4th capital
-Seat of State Gov during the civil war
3 things about Henry Benning? - ANSWER-Ft. Benning named after him
-Lawyer, legislator, jurist (became associate justice of the supreme court in the 1850's)
-Vocal advocate for secession and earned rank of brigadier general during Civil War
,Who was Robert Toombs (3 things)? - ANSWER-Founding father of the Confederacy
(said the south would secede if the federal government was ever controlled by the
Republican party)
-Confederate political leader, whig party senator
-1st Confederate Secretary of State
William T. Sherman - ANSWER-March to sea - general of union army in civil war
-Captured ATL in Sep 1864
Rufus Bullock 3 facts? - ANSWER-1st Republican governor of GA
-46th gov of GA
-Most hated him bc he supported African American equality
-Forced out of office by KKK, never committed any scandals
Tunis Campbell 5 things? - ANSWER-Prominent African American politician of the 19th
century, and a major figure in Reconstruction
-Represented McIntosh County as state senator and served as justice of peace
-Insisted on equal representation of black juries
-Sentenced a year of hard labor for improper conduct
-Freedman's Bureau
"New South" Crusade 2 things? - ANSWER-Sought to diversify the Georgia economy
and promote prosperity
-Eventually led to industrialization of the state
Who was Henry Grady and what was he associated with? - ANSWER-The spokesman
of the South
-Associated with the "New South" Crusade
Both of these assisted GA in the economic recovery after the Civil war
Jim Crow laws? - ANSWER-Late 1800's that mandated segregation in public facilities
WEB DuBois 3 facts? - ANSWER-First African American to get his Doctorate
-Wrote "Souls of the Black Folk" and demanded racial equality
-Helped found the NAACP in 1909
Rebecca Latimer Felton four things? - ANSWER-1st Woman to serve in the US Senate
(woman's suffrage)
-Disagreed with convict lease system
-In favor of lynching
-One of the few prominent women in GA in Progressive Era
Leo Frank (2)? - ANSWER-Jewish factory manager in ATL
-Convicted of murdering female employee
, Battle of Bloody Marsh 3 things? - ANSWER-July 7, 1742
-English vs. Spanish on St. Simon's Island
-Only attempt by Spanish to invade GA during War of Jenkins Ear (significant English
Victory)
-Oglethorpe Redeemed reputation from defeat in St. Augustine
State 3 facts about GA from 1783 - 1865? - ANSWER-Period between Rev and Civil
War
-Slavery increased dramatically
-Land region increased as well
4 facts about GA from 1865 - 1890? - ANSWER-After fall of confederacy (reconstruction
began)
-Democrats controlled state gov
-White Georgians controlled and disfranchised black Georgians
-Loss of millions in slave capital
Georgia Populism 2 things? - ANSWER-1892 led by Thomas Watson
-Directly challenged dominance of Democratic party, presented threat to split white vote
in GA
-White farmers
4 facts about GA 1890 - 1940? - ANSWER-Increased racial discrimination developed
after reconstruction (Jim Crow & segragation)
-Restrictions on black voting increase
-Cotton prices plummet because of the Great Depression
-State's economic and Ag problems increase
Who founded the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (1933) and what was it
designed to do? - ANSWER-Franklin Roosevelt was founder
-Designed to boost ag prices by reducing surpluses
Georgia 1940 - Present 5 things? - ANSWER-During and after WW2
-Agriculture became less central to State's Economy, industry, manufacturing and
urbanization greatly increased
-Segregation ended - blacks gained opportunity to gain political power
-More whites voted for Republican party
-Atlanta hosted Olympics
GA writers (3)? - ANSWER-Alice Walker
-Carson McCullers
-Flannery O'Connor
GA artists (2)? - ANSWER-Jasper Johns
-Kara Walker
