GCSU GA History Exam questions with verified
answers
________________ became the capital in 1868 Ans✓✓✓ Atlanta
__________________ indians populated North GA.
___________________ indians populated other areas.
Small bands of _________________ were near Augusta. Ans✓✓✓
Cherokee
Creek Confederation
Chickasaw
_____, ______, and ______ amendments were added to the constitution
during the reconstruction era Ans✓✓✓ 13th, 14th, and 15th
1670 Founding of _______________.
English traders began to trade with __________ in what later became
Georgia. Ans✓✓✓ Charleston.
Indians.
1732 ___________ granted to a charitable trust. Ans✓✓✓ Charter.
1733-early 1750s is considered the ___________ period. Ans✓✓✓
Trustee
,1763-1775: opened back country to farmers Ans✓✓✓ Indian Land
Cessions
1775-1778: Fighting in Georgia between ______________ and
_____________. Ans✓✓✓ Patriots (Whigs) and Loyalists (Tories)
1776- Battle of _______ ________ where the royal gov't fell;
also called the Battle of Yamacraw Bluff; land and naval battle of the
American Revolutionary War that took place in and around the
Savannah River on the border between the Province of Georgia and the
Province of South Carolina. The battle pitted the Patriot militia from
Georgia and South Carolina against a small fleet of the Royal Navy.
Ans✓✓✓ Rice Boats
1779- French/Patriot siege of ________________ failed Ans✓✓✓
Savannah
1779- patriot victory at _____________ _____________ and defeat at
_________ __________ Ans✓✓✓ Kettle Creek.
Briar Creek.
1779-1780 Patriots retreated to _____________. This place was taken
by british, retaken by patriots, retaken by british, retaken by patriots.
Ans✓✓✓ Augusta
, 1781-1789: Georgia is a part of the Confederation of states under the
____________ of
____________________ Ans✓✓✓ Articles of Confederation.
1782- _____________ retook Savannah. Ans✓✓✓ Patriots
1787- Georgia participated in _____________________
_________________.
Who signed it? Ans✓✓✓ Constitutional Convention.
Abraham Baldwin and William Few,
1788- Georgia electors unanimously chose _______________
_________________ for
first president. Support for Constitution and stronger federal
government related to Indian lands. Ans✓✓✓ George Washington
1793- Eli Whitney invented the _________ ____ on Mulberry Grove
Plantation outside of Savannah Ans✓✓✓ cotton gin
1800s development of the ____________ culture Ans✓✓✓ cotton
1813-1814: a regional war between opposing Creek factions, European
empires, and the United States, taking place largely in Alabama and
along the Gulf Coast. Ans✓✓✓ Creek War
aka Red Stick War
answers
________________ became the capital in 1868 Ans✓✓✓ Atlanta
__________________ indians populated North GA.
___________________ indians populated other areas.
Small bands of _________________ were near Augusta. Ans✓✓✓
Cherokee
Creek Confederation
Chickasaw
_____, ______, and ______ amendments were added to the constitution
during the reconstruction era Ans✓✓✓ 13th, 14th, and 15th
1670 Founding of _______________.
English traders began to trade with __________ in what later became
Georgia. Ans✓✓✓ Charleston.
Indians.
1732 ___________ granted to a charitable trust. Ans✓✓✓ Charter.
1733-early 1750s is considered the ___________ period. Ans✓✓✓
Trustee
,1763-1775: opened back country to farmers Ans✓✓✓ Indian Land
Cessions
1775-1778: Fighting in Georgia between ______________ and
_____________. Ans✓✓✓ Patriots (Whigs) and Loyalists (Tories)
1776- Battle of _______ ________ where the royal gov't fell;
also called the Battle of Yamacraw Bluff; land and naval battle of the
American Revolutionary War that took place in and around the
Savannah River on the border between the Province of Georgia and the
Province of South Carolina. The battle pitted the Patriot militia from
Georgia and South Carolina against a small fleet of the Royal Navy.
Ans✓✓✓ Rice Boats
1779- French/Patriot siege of ________________ failed Ans✓✓✓
Savannah
1779- patriot victory at _____________ _____________ and defeat at
_________ __________ Ans✓✓✓ Kettle Creek.
Briar Creek.
1779-1780 Patriots retreated to _____________. This place was taken
by british, retaken by patriots, retaken by british, retaken by patriots.
Ans✓✓✓ Augusta
, 1781-1789: Georgia is a part of the Confederation of states under the
____________ of
____________________ Ans✓✓✓ Articles of Confederation.
1782- _____________ retook Savannah. Ans✓✓✓ Patriots
1787- Georgia participated in _____________________
_________________.
Who signed it? Ans✓✓✓ Constitutional Convention.
Abraham Baldwin and William Few,
1788- Georgia electors unanimously chose _______________
_________________ for
first president. Support for Constitution and stronger federal
government related to Indian lands. Ans✓✓✓ George Washington
1793- Eli Whitney invented the _________ ____ on Mulberry Grove
Plantation outside of Savannah Ans✓✓✓ cotton gin
1800s development of the ____________ culture Ans✓✓✓ cotton
1813-1814: a regional war between opposing Creek factions, European
empires, and the United States, taking place largely in Alabama and
along the Gulf Coast. Ans✓✓✓ Creek War
aka Red Stick War
