GCSU GA HISTORY COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
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◉ William Few. Answer: fought in the Battle of Burke County Jail,
served in the state legislative sessions, and took part in the 1777
constitutional convention; in 1780 he was elected to the Continental
Congress
◉ George Mathews. Answer: veteran of the Continental army during the
Revolutionary War (1775-83); after moving to Georgia he quickly rose
to service as a state legislator, governor, and member of the U.S.
Congress
◉ George Troup. Answer: served in both the Georgia and U.S. House of
Representatives; twice elected to the U.S. Senate; also served as
governor of Georgia
◉ Josiah Meigs. Answer: an American academic, journalist and
government official; president of UGA from 1801 - 1810
◉ Eli Whitney. Answer: American inventor best known for inventing the
cotton gin (one of the key inventions of the Industrial Revolution and
shaped the economy of the Antebellum South)
,◉ John Milledge. Answer: held positions as governor, congressman for
four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, and president pro
tempore in the U.S. Senate; principal figure in the organization of the
University of Georgia (on the committee that decided the location of the
institution, and he later purchased and donated the land on which the
university and the town of Athens now stand)
◉ William Harris Crawford. Answer: prepared one of the early digests
of Georgia law; elected to the Georgia State Senate, then the U.S. Senate
- where he rose to the position of President pro tempore; also served as
minister to France and Secretary of War under President James Madison,
then was appointed Secretary of the Treasury
◉ John Forsyth. Answer: attorney general of Georgia; served in the
United States House of Representatives and Senate on two separate
occasions; governor of Georgia; minister to Spain; U.S. Secretary of
State under Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren
◉ George Gilmer. Answer: fought in the War of 1812 and concurrent
Indian campaigns; served in the Georgia and U.S. House of
Representatives; governor of Georgia during the Cherokee Indian
Removal (Trail of Tears)
◉ Wilson Lumpkin. Answer: served in both the Georgia and U.S. House
of Representatives, as governor of Georgia, and as a U.S. Senator; acted
as U.S. Commissioner to the Cherokee Indians, and member of the
,commission to finalize Georgia/Florida boundary; one of the founders of
the Western and Atlantic Railroad
◉ Howell Cobb. Answer: served as congressman, Speaker of the U.S.
House of Representatives, governor of Georgia, and secretary of the
treasury; following Georgia's secession from the Union in 1861, he
served as president of the Provisional Confederate Congress (1861-62)
and a major general of the Confederate army
◉ Herschel Johnson. Answer: twice served as a judge in Georgia; served
one term each as a U.S. Senator and as governor of Georgia;
unsuccessful candidate for Vice President in 1860; served as a Georgia
Senator in the Confederate Congress
◉ Alexander Stephens. Answer: play a pivotal role in many of the
political crises of his time, including the Civil War; while personally
opposed to slavery (calling it "that abominable human tragedy"), he was
also an ardent supporter of states' rights -- which led him to defend
slavery when other politicians attacked the institution
◉ Robert Toombs. Answer: one of the most ardent secessionists in the
U.S. Senate, helped to lead Georgia out of the Union on the eve of the
Civil War
◉ Joseph Brown. Answer: Civil War governor of Georgia; one of the
most successful politicians in the state's history
, ◉ John Ross. Answer: principal chief of the Cherokee Nation in 1827;
presided over the nation during the apex of its development in the
Southeast, the tragic Trail of Tears, and the subsequent rebuilding of the
nation in Indian Territory
◉ Major and John Ridge. Answer: led the Cherokee "Treaty Party,"
which signed a removal agreement at New Echota in 1835; all four
leaders were marked for execution by members of the John Ross party in
1839
◉ Sequoyah. Answer: creator of the Cherokee syllabary
◉ Elias Boudinot. Answer: formally educated Cherokee who became the
editor of the Cherokee Phoenix, the first Native American newspaper in
the United States
◉ Augustus Baldwin Longstreet. Answer: published Georgia's first
important literary work, Georgia Scenes, Characters, Incidents, Etc. in
the First Half Century of the Republic
◉ Crawford W. Long. Answer: first to perform surgeries using sulfuric
ether anesthesia
2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT
◉ William Few. Answer: fought in the Battle of Burke County Jail,
served in the state legislative sessions, and took part in the 1777
constitutional convention; in 1780 he was elected to the Continental
Congress
◉ George Mathews. Answer: veteran of the Continental army during the
Revolutionary War (1775-83); after moving to Georgia he quickly rose
to service as a state legislator, governor, and member of the U.S.
Congress
◉ George Troup. Answer: served in both the Georgia and U.S. House of
Representatives; twice elected to the U.S. Senate; also served as
governor of Georgia
◉ Josiah Meigs. Answer: an American academic, journalist and
government official; president of UGA from 1801 - 1810
◉ Eli Whitney. Answer: American inventor best known for inventing the
cotton gin (one of the key inventions of the Industrial Revolution and
shaped the economy of the Antebellum South)
,◉ John Milledge. Answer: held positions as governor, congressman for
four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, and president pro
tempore in the U.S. Senate; principal figure in the organization of the
University of Georgia (on the committee that decided the location of the
institution, and he later purchased and donated the land on which the
university and the town of Athens now stand)
◉ William Harris Crawford. Answer: prepared one of the early digests
of Georgia law; elected to the Georgia State Senate, then the U.S. Senate
- where he rose to the position of President pro tempore; also served as
minister to France and Secretary of War under President James Madison,
then was appointed Secretary of the Treasury
◉ John Forsyth. Answer: attorney general of Georgia; served in the
United States House of Representatives and Senate on two separate
occasions; governor of Georgia; minister to Spain; U.S. Secretary of
State under Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren
◉ George Gilmer. Answer: fought in the War of 1812 and concurrent
Indian campaigns; served in the Georgia and U.S. House of
Representatives; governor of Georgia during the Cherokee Indian
Removal (Trail of Tears)
◉ Wilson Lumpkin. Answer: served in both the Georgia and U.S. House
of Representatives, as governor of Georgia, and as a U.S. Senator; acted
as U.S. Commissioner to the Cherokee Indians, and member of the
,commission to finalize Georgia/Florida boundary; one of the founders of
the Western and Atlantic Railroad
◉ Howell Cobb. Answer: served as congressman, Speaker of the U.S.
House of Representatives, governor of Georgia, and secretary of the
treasury; following Georgia's secession from the Union in 1861, he
served as president of the Provisional Confederate Congress (1861-62)
and a major general of the Confederate army
◉ Herschel Johnson. Answer: twice served as a judge in Georgia; served
one term each as a U.S. Senator and as governor of Georgia;
unsuccessful candidate for Vice President in 1860; served as a Georgia
Senator in the Confederate Congress
◉ Alexander Stephens. Answer: play a pivotal role in many of the
political crises of his time, including the Civil War; while personally
opposed to slavery (calling it "that abominable human tragedy"), he was
also an ardent supporter of states' rights -- which led him to defend
slavery when other politicians attacked the institution
◉ Robert Toombs. Answer: one of the most ardent secessionists in the
U.S. Senate, helped to lead Georgia out of the Union on the eve of the
Civil War
◉ Joseph Brown. Answer: Civil War governor of Georgia; one of the
most successful politicians in the state's history
, ◉ John Ross. Answer: principal chief of the Cherokee Nation in 1827;
presided over the nation during the apex of its development in the
Southeast, the tragic Trail of Tears, and the subsequent rebuilding of the
nation in Indian Territory
◉ Major and John Ridge. Answer: led the Cherokee "Treaty Party,"
which signed a removal agreement at New Echota in 1835; all four
leaders were marked for execution by members of the John Ross party in
1839
◉ Sequoyah. Answer: creator of the Cherokee syllabary
◉ Elias Boudinot. Answer: formally educated Cherokee who became the
editor of the Cherokee Phoenix, the first Native American newspaper in
the United States
◉ Augustus Baldwin Longstreet. Answer: published Georgia's first
important literary work, Georgia Scenes, Characters, Incidents, Etc. in
the First Half Century of the Republic
◉ Crawford W. Long. Answer: first to perform surgeries using sulfuric
ether anesthesia
