Kennesaw State University
HIST 3304 HISTORY OF GEORGIA
History Exemption: Georgia History, KSU GA History
Exemption test, GA HISTORY EXEMPTION EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (2025).
Who founded Georgia and what was his position? - CORRECT ANS>>James
Edward Oglethorpe, leader of English Parliament
When was Georgia founded and what was its purpose? - CORRECT ANS>>-1732
-To serve as a buffer between colonies and Spanish controlled Florida
Who was James Wright? - CORRECT ANS>>-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? -
CORRECT ANS>>-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-Fletcher v Peck, Government rescinded act and returned the money to the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)? - CORRECT ANS>>-Overturned Yazoo Land
Fraud
-Helped bring GA into the Jeffersonian Republican Party -- built states 1st true
political party
Trail of Tears? - CORRECT ANS>>-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? - CORRECT ANS>>-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)
,Kennesaw State University
HIST 3304 HISTORY OF GEORGIA
2 facts about Milledgeville? - CORRECT ANS>>-GA's 4th capital
-Seat of State Gov during the civil war
3 things about Henry Benning? - CORRECT ANS>>-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)? - CORRECT ANS>>-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 - CORRECT ANS>>-March to sea - general of union army in
civil war
-Captured ATL in Sep 1864
Rufus Bullock 3 facts? - CORRECT ANS>>-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? - CORRECT ANS>>-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? - CORRECT ANS>>-Sought to diversify the
Georgia economy and promote prosperity
, Kennesaw State University
HIST 3304 HISTORY OF GEORGIA
-Eventually led to industrialization of the state
Who was Henry Grady and what was he associated with? - CORRECT ANS>>-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? - CORRECT ANS>>-Late 1800's that mandated segregation in
public facilities
WEB DuBois 3 facts? - CORRECT ANS>>-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? - CORRECT ANS>>-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)? - CORRECT ANS>>-Jewish factory manager in ATL
-Convicted of murdering female employee
Battle of Bloody Marsh 3 things? - CORRECT ANS>>-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? - CORRECT ANS>>-Period between Rev
and Civil War
HIST 3304 HISTORY OF GEORGIA
History Exemption: Georgia History, KSU GA History
Exemption test, GA HISTORY EXEMPTION EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (2025).
Who founded Georgia and what was his position? - CORRECT ANS>>James
Edward Oglethorpe, leader of English Parliament
When was Georgia founded and what was its purpose? - CORRECT ANS>>-1732
-To serve as a buffer between colonies and Spanish controlled Florida
Who was James Wright? - CORRECT ANS>>-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? -
CORRECT ANS>>-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)? - CORRECT ANS>>-Overturned Yazoo Land
Fraud
-Helped bring GA into the Jeffersonian Republican Party -- built states 1st true
political party
Trail of Tears? - CORRECT ANS>>-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? - CORRECT ANS>>-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)
,Kennesaw State University
HIST 3304 HISTORY OF GEORGIA
2 facts about Milledgeville? - CORRECT ANS>>-GA's 4th capital
-Seat of State Gov during the civil war
3 things about Henry Benning? - CORRECT ANS>>-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)? - CORRECT ANS>>-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 - CORRECT ANS>>-March to sea - general of union army in
civil war
-Captured ATL in Sep 1864
Rufus Bullock 3 facts? - CORRECT ANS>>-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? - CORRECT ANS>>-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? - CORRECT ANS>>-Sought to diversify the
Georgia economy and promote prosperity
, Kennesaw State University
HIST 3304 HISTORY OF GEORGIA
-Eventually led to industrialization of the state
Who was Henry Grady and what was he associated with? - CORRECT ANS>>-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? - CORRECT ANS>>-Late 1800's that mandated segregation in
public facilities
WEB DuBois 3 facts? - CORRECT ANS>>-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? - CORRECT ANS>>-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)? - CORRECT ANS>>-Jewish factory manager in ATL
-Convicted of murdering female employee
Battle of Bloody Marsh 3 things? - CORRECT ANS>>-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? - CORRECT ANS>>-Period between Rev
and Civil War
