Georgia History Exam Study Guide
Questions and Answers
Dred Scott - ANSWER-American slave who sued his master for keeping him
enslaved in a territory where slavery was banned under the Missouri Compromise
Battle of Chickamauga - ANSWER-1863 Confederate army defeated the Union
forces and forced the Union Army back into TN; Confederates did not follow up on
Union retreat and they lost Chattanooga to the Union a short time later.
States' Rights - ANSWER-the rights and powers held by individual US states rather
than by the federal government.
Sherman's March - ANSWER-through georgia-burned atlanta- to destroy all of the
south
Slave Code - ANSWER-Laws that controlled the lives of enslaved African Americans
and denied them basic rights.
Trustees - ANSWER-Elected officials whose obligation is to act in accordance with
their own consciences at to what policies are in the best interest of the public.
The Anne - ANSWER-The dominant issue in the election of 1844 was the
Georgia - ANSWER-the colony named to honor King George
Alonzo Herndon - ANSWER-When he died he was the wealthiest AA in Atlanta.
Atlanta Mutual insurance Association (now Atlanta Life Insurance Company). Largest
AA-owned businesses in US
W.E.B. DuBois - ANSWER-1st black to earn Ph.D. from Harvard, encouraged blacks
to resist systems of segregation and discrimination, helped create NAACP in 1910
Paleo - ANSWER-Old, ancient
Woodland - ANSWER-climax tree - perhaps pine or oak
Archaic - ANSWER-ancient; old-fashioned
Mississippians - ANSWER-What mound builders made some of the earliest cities in
North America?
Tenant Farmers - ANSWER-People who rent land to grow crops.
Atlanta Life Insurance Co. - ANSWER-Business owned by Alonso Herndon
Questions and Answers
Dred Scott - ANSWER-American slave who sued his master for keeping him
enslaved in a territory where slavery was banned under the Missouri Compromise
Battle of Chickamauga - ANSWER-1863 Confederate army defeated the Union
forces and forced the Union Army back into TN; Confederates did not follow up on
Union retreat and they lost Chattanooga to the Union a short time later.
States' Rights - ANSWER-the rights and powers held by individual US states rather
than by the federal government.
Sherman's March - ANSWER-through georgia-burned atlanta- to destroy all of the
south
Slave Code - ANSWER-Laws that controlled the lives of enslaved African Americans
and denied them basic rights.
Trustees - ANSWER-Elected officials whose obligation is to act in accordance with
their own consciences at to what policies are in the best interest of the public.
The Anne - ANSWER-The dominant issue in the election of 1844 was the
Georgia - ANSWER-the colony named to honor King George
Alonzo Herndon - ANSWER-When he died he was the wealthiest AA in Atlanta.
Atlanta Mutual insurance Association (now Atlanta Life Insurance Company). Largest
AA-owned businesses in US
W.E.B. DuBois - ANSWER-1st black to earn Ph.D. from Harvard, encouraged blacks
to resist systems of segregation and discrimination, helped create NAACP in 1910
Paleo - ANSWER-Old, ancient
Woodland - ANSWER-climax tree - perhaps pine or oak
Archaic - ANSWER-ancient; old-fashioned
Mississippians - ANSWER-What mound builders made some of the earliest cities in
North America?
Tenant Farmers - ANSWER-People who rent land to grow crops.
Atlanta Life Insurance Co. - ANSWER-Business owned by Alonso Herndon
