History Exemption: Georgia History, KSU GA
History Exemption test, GA History Exemption
Exam Questions with Correct Answers 2025/2026
Who founded Georgia and what was his position? - CORRECT ANSWER -James Edward
Oglethorpe, leader of English Parliament
When was Georgia founded and what was its purpose? - CORRECT ANSWER --1732
-To serve as a buffer between colonies and Spanish controlled Florida
Who was James Wright? - CORRECT ANSWER --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
ANSWER --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-Fletcher v Peck, Government rescinded act and returned the money to the companies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 ANSWER --Overturned Yazoo Land Fraud
-Helped bring GA into the Jeffersonian Republican Party -- built states 1st true political party
Trail of Tears? - CORRECT ANSWER --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 ANSWER --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)
2 facts about Milledgeville? - CORRECT ANSWER --GA's 4th capital
-Seat of State Gov during the civil war
3 things about Henry Benning? - CORRECT ANSWER --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 ANSWER --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 ANSWER --March to sea - general of union army in civil war
-Captured ATL in Sep 1864
Rufus Bullock 3 facts? - CORRECT ANSWER --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 ANSWER --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 ANSWER --Sought to diversify the Georgia economy
and promote prosperity
-Eventually led to industrialization of the state
Who was Henry Grady and what was he associated with? - CORRECT ANSWER --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 ANSWER --Late 1800's that mandated segregation in public facilities
WEB DuBois 3 facts? - CORRECT ANSWER --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 ANSWER --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 ANSWER --Jewish factory manager in ATL
-Convicted of murdering female employee
Battle of Bloody Marsh 3 things? - CORRECT ANSWER --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 ANSWER --Period between Rev and Civil
War
-Slavery increased dramatically
-Land region increased as well
4 facts about GA from 1865 - 1890? - CORRECT ANSWER --After fall of confederacy
(reconstruction began)
-Democrats controlled state gov
-White Georgians controlled and disfranchised black Georgians
-Loss of millions in slave capital
Georgia Populism 2 things? - CORRECT ANSWER --1892 led by Thomas Watson
-Directly challenged dominance of Democratic party, presented threat to split white vote in GA
-White farmers
4 facts about GA 1890 - 1940? - CORRECT ANSWER --Increased racial discrimination developed
after reconstruction (Jim Crow & segragation)
History Exemption test, GA History Exemption
Exam Questions with Correct Answers 2025/2026
Who founded Georgia and what was his position? - CORRECT ANSWER -James Edward
Oglethorpe, leader of English Parliament
When was Georgia founded and what was its purpose? - CORRECT ANSWER --1732
-To serve as a buffer between colonies and Spanish controlled Florida
Who was James Wright? - CORRECT ANSWER --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
ANSWER --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 ANSWER --Overturned Yazoo Land Fraud
-Helped bring GA into the Jeffersonian Republican Party -- built states 1st true political party
Trail of Tears? - CORRECT ANSWER --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 ANSWER --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)
2 facts about Milledgeville? - CORRECT ANSWER --GA's 4th capital
-Seat of State Gov during the civil war
3 things about Henry Benning? - CORRECT ANSWER --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 ANSWER --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 ANSWER --March to sea - general of union army in civil war
-Captured ATL in Sep 1864
Rufus Bullock 3 facts? - CORRECT ANSWER --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 ANSWER --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 ANSWER --Sought to diversify the Georgia economy
and promote prosperity
-Eventually led to industrialization of the state
Who was Henry Grady and what was he associated with? - CORRECT ANSWER --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 ANSWER --Late 1800's that mandated segregation in public facilities
WEB DuBois 3 facts? - CORRECT ANSWER --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 ANSWER --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 ANSWER --Jewish factory manager in ATL
-Convicted of murdering female employee
Battle of Bloody Marsh 3 things? - CORRECT ANSWER --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 ANSWER --Period between Rev and Civil
War
-Slavery increased dramatically
-Land region increased as well
4 facts about GA from 1865 - 1890? - CORRECT ANSWER --After fall of confederacy
(reconstruction began)
-Democrats controlled state gov
-White Georgians controlled and disfranchised black Georgians
-Loss of millions in slave capital
Georgia Populism 2 things? - CORRECT ANSWER --1892 led by Thomas Watson
-Directly challenged dominance of Democratic party, presented threat to split white vote in GA
-White farmers
4 facts about GA 1890 - 1940? - CORRECT ANSWER --Increased racial discrimination developed
after reconstruction (Jim Crow & segragation)
