Georgia History Exemption Exam
Questions and Answers
Henry Ellis - ANSWER-second royal governor; capable; didn't like heat
James Wright - ANSWER-third royal governor; expanded/opened frontier to farmers
by obtaining Creed land cessions; longest serving
1763 Georgia boundaries - ANSWER-Atlantic Ocean to Mississippi River
Georgian Signers of Declaration of Independence - ANSWER-George Walton,
Lyman Hall, and Button Gwinnett (later died in duel)
Georgia Constitution of 1777 - ANSWER-unicameral legislative assembly; governor
elected by assembly
Obstacles faced by Patriots - ANSWER-political division, personal disputes,
apathy/division of population, and financing war
British entry into Georgia - ANSWER-Savannah in 1778
Georgia Constitution of 1789 - ANSWER-bicameral legislature; expanded suffrage
Yazoo Land Fraud - ANSWER-bribed legislators sold over 40 million acres to land
companies
James Jackson - ANSWER-lead support for Thomas Jefferson's democratic-
republican party; lead nullification of Yazoo land sale
Fletcher v Peck - ANSWER-ruled state couldn't nullify Yazoo land sale
1802 Compact - ANSWER-Georgia agreed to cede western land to US government
in exchange for native removal
Georgia capital - ANSWER-Savannah > Augusta > Louisville > Milledgeville
Battle of Horseshoebend - ANSWER-Andrew Jackson led army to victory over upper
Creeks and forced them to cede land to AL
Why were the Cherokee considered the most advanced? - ANSWER-some
assimilation into white society; completed syllabary; established
constitution/government; bilingual newspaper
Treaty of New Echota - ANSWER-Cherokee would cede lands in exchange for
Indian Territory in OK
, Signers of the Treaty of New Echota - ANSWER-Major Ridge, John Ridge, and Elias
Boudinot
Why was the antebellum period propserious? - ANSWER-Rail system; small scale
enterprises; Savannah port; expansion of cotton/slavery
Rivers - ANSWER-major mode of transportation pre 1840's
Georgia Railroad - ANSWER-Augusta to Athens
Central of Georgia Railroad - ANSWER-Savannah to Macon
Western and Atlantic Railroad - ANSWER-Chattahoochee River to Atlanta
Tariff of 1832 - ANSWER-SC declared tariff as null; President Jackson planned to
enforce
Why did Georgians support President Jackson? - ANSWER-supported his views on
Cherokee removal
Eli Whitney - ANSWER-invented cotton gin; spread cotton culture, plantations, and
slavery across state
Task system - ANSWER-lowcountry rice plantations; required to complete certain
number of tasks before free time
Gang labor - ANSWER-cotton plantations; worked all day under overseer
Compromise of 1850 - ANSWER-admitted California as free state in exchange for
stricter fugitive slave laws
Howell Cobb - ANSWER-supported Compromise of 1850
Georgia Platform - ANSWER-accepted Compromise of 1850 as long as north
adhered; weakened secession movement
1850's crisis - ANSWER-sectional animosity increased and strengthened radical fire-
eaters
Herschel V Johnson - ANSWER-VP of Stephen Douglass in 1860
Joseph Brown - ANSWER-governor who warned non-slaveowners about racial
equality/race mixing and job competition; advocated for following SC and succeeding
Confederate States of America leadership - ANSWER-President Jefferson Davis and
VP Alexander Stephens
Thomas R R Cobb - ANSWER-drafted Confederate Constitution
Questions and Answers
Henry Ellis - ANSWER-second royal governor; capable; didn't like heat
James Wright - ANSWER-third royal governor; expanded/opened frontier to farmers
by obtaining Creed land cessions; longest serving
1763 Georgia boundaries - ANSWER-Atlantic Ocean to Mississippi River
Georgian Signers of Declaration of Independence - ANSWER-George Walton,
Lyman Hall, and Button Gwinnett (later died in duel)
Georgia Constitution of 1777 - ANSWER-unicameral legislative assembly; governor
elected by assembly
Obstacles faced by Patriots - ANSWER-political division, personal disputes,
apathy/division of population, and financing war
British entry into Georgia - ANSWER-Savannah in 1778
Georgia Constitution of 1789 - ANSWER-bicameral legislature; expanded suffrage
Yazoo Land Fraud - ANSWER-bribed legislators sold over 40 million acres to land
companies
James Jackson - ANSWER-lead support for Thomas Jefferson's democratic-
republican party; lead nullification of Yazoo land sale
Fletcher v Peck - ANSWER-ruled state couldn't nullify Yazoo land sale
1802 Compact - ANSWER-Georgia agreed to cede western land to US government
in exchange for native removal
Georgia capital - ANSWER-Savannah > Augusta > Louisville > Milledgeville
Battle of Horseshoebend - ANSWER-Andrew Jackson led army to victory over upper
Creeks and forced them to cede land to AL
Why were the Cherokee considered the most advanced? - ANSWER-some
assimilation into white society; completed syllabary; established
constitution/government; bilingual newspaper
Treaty of New Echota - ANSWER-Cherokee would cede lands in exchange for
Indian Territory in OK
, Signers of the Treaty of New Echota - ANSWER-Major Ridge, John Ridge, and Elias
Boudinot
Why was the antebellum period propserious? - ANSWER-Rail system; small scale
enterprises; Savannah port; expansion of cotton/slavery
Rivers - ANSWER-major mode of transportation pre 1840's
Georgia Railroad - ANSWER-Augusta to Athens
Central of Georgia Railroad - ANSWER-Savannah to Macon
Western and Atlantic Railroad - ANSWER-Chattahoochee River to Atlanta
Tariff of 1832 - ANSWER-SC declared tariff as null; President Jackson planned to
enforce
Why did Georgians support President Jackson? - ANSWER-supported his views on
Cherokee removal
Eli Whitney - ANSWER-invented cotton gin; spread cotton culture, plantations, and
slavery across state
Task system - ANSWER-lowcountry rice plantations; required to complete certain
number of tasks before free time
Gang labor - ANSWER-cotton plantations; worked all day under overseer
Compromise of 1850 - ANSWER-admitted California as free state in exchange for
stricter fugitive slave laws
Howell Cobb - ANSWER-supported Compromise of 1850
Georgia Platform - ANSWER-accepted Compromise of 1850 as long as north
adhered; weakened secession movement
1850's crisis - ANSWER-sectional animosity increased and strengthened radical fire-
eaters
Herschel V Johnson - ANSWER-VP of Stephen Douglass in 1860
Joseph Brown - ANSWER-governor who warned non-slaveowners about racial
equality/race mixing and job competition; advocated for following SC and succeeding
Confederate States of America leadership - ANSWER-President Jefferson Davis and
VP Alexander Stephens
Thomas R R Cobb - ANSWER-drafted Confederate Constitution
