GCSU GA HISTORY COMPREHENSIVE
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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
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REVIEW GRADED A+
●● 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
