USG Legislative Exams GA History
Questions with Complete Answers
Georgia was the only colony founded and ruled by ____ - ANSWER-London-based
Board of Trustees
Slavery was banned in GA outright until - ANSWER-1751
GA was ruled by royally appointed governors instead a BoT from _______ to
________ - ANSWER-1752 - 1776
Who founded Georgia and why? - ANSWER-James Oglethorpe, as a refuge for
debtors overcrowding in English prisons
What did the English government end up using Georgia for? - ANSWER-buffer zone
for SC against the Spanish in FL, so many fortifications built in the state
What was Georgia's role during the Revolutionary War? - ANSWER-It was on the
periphery; not very involved
What were Georgian's attitudes towards the British during the R. War? - ANSWER-
they resisted trade regulation, but were sympathetic to British interests because
royal rule brought prosperity to many people and they wanted British troops for
Indian protection
Who were the 3 Georgians that signed the Declaration of Independence? -
ANSWER-Button Gwinnett
Lymon Hall
George Walton
Who were the 2 Georgians that signed the US Constitution in 1787? - ANSWER-
Abraham Baldwin
William Few Jr.
Georgia was the ____ state to ratify the US Constitution and enter the Union in 1788
- ANSWER-4th
What was the Siege of Savannah? - ANSWER-It was the most serious military
confrontation between English and US troops; US tried to liberate Savannah's year-
long occupation but failed
What was the Battle of Kettle Creek? - ANSWER-Capital was moved from Savannah
to Augusta in 1779, and battle followed shortly after. Nancy Hart possibly was there
After slavery was lifted, GA established an economy based on what 2 things? -
ANSWER-Rice and sea island cotton
, The cotton gin was invented in _____________ by Eli Whitney, and led to the
development of the Black Belt, which is ____________. - ANSWER-1793,
geographical area of concentrated slaves and cotton production across the south
UGA was founded in _____, opened in _____, and unique because _______. -
ANSWER-founded in 1785, opened in 1801, unique because it was the first
university established by a state government
First women's-degree granted college in the world - ANSWER-Wesleyan College in
Macon, 1836
What/When was the Trail of Tears - ANSWER-Forced exile of Cherokee Indians
from NW GA to OK from 1838-1939
Worcester v. Georgia - ANSWER-Supreme Court Decision in 1832; Cherokee
Indians were entitled to federal protection from the actions of state governments
which would infringe on the tribe's sovereignty - Jackson ignored it
Railroads developed during what decade - ANSWER-1830s
Atlanta was founded in _______ as ________ - ANSWER-1837, Terminus (the end
of the rail system line)
Georgia was the ______ state to secede in _________ - ANSWER-5th, 1861
What Georgian presided over the Confederate organizing convention in Alabama? -
ANSWER-Howell Cobb
Who was the primary Author of the Confederate Constitution? - ANSWER-Thomas
R.R. Cobb
Who was the VP of the Confederacy? - ANSWER-Alexander Stephens
Who was the Secretary of State for the Confederacy? - ANSWER-Robert Toombs
What Georgia governor forcefully challenged Jefferson Davis's (Confederate
president) centralizing tendencies? - ANSWER-Joseph E. Brown
The most decisive military incursion into the Deep South under General Sherman
from TN to Atlanta occurred during the spring and summer of what year? -
ANSWER-1864
Fall of Atlanta during the Civil War occurred in _____ - ANSWER-September 1864
Sherman's March to the Sea ended in December with the occupation of ________ -
ANSWER-Savannah
What was the Civil War's largest and most notorious prison? - ANSWER-
Andersonville Prison
Questions with Complete Answers
Georgia was the only colony founded and ruled by ____ - ANSWER-London-based
Board of Trustees
Slavery was banned in GA outright until - ANSWER-1751
GA was ruled by royally appointed governors instead a BoT from _______ to
________ - ANSWER-1752 - 1776
Who founded Georgia and why? - ANSWER-James Oglethorpe, as a refuge for
debtors overcrowding in English prisons
What did the English government end up using Georgia for? - ANSWER-buffer zone
for SC against the Spanish in FL, so many fortifications built in the state
What was Georgia's role during the Revolutionary War? - ANSWER-It was on the
periphery; not very involved
What were Georgian's attitudes towards the British during the R. War? - ANSWER-
they resisted trade regulation, but were sympathetic to British interests because
royal rule brought prosperity to many people and they wanted British troops for
Indian protection
Who were the 3 Georgians that signed the Declaration of Independence? -
ANSWER-Button Gwinnett
Lymon Hall
George Walton
Who were the 2 Georgians that signed the US Constitution in 1787? - ANSWER-
Abraham Baldwin
William Few Jr.
Georgia was the ____ state to ratify the US Constitution and enter the Union in 1788
- ANSWER-4th
What was the Siege of Savannah? - ANSWER-It was the most serious military
confrontation between English and US troops; US tried to liberate Savannah's year-
long occupation but failed
What was the Battle of Kettle Creek? - ANSWER-Capital was moved from Savannah
to Augusta in 1779, and battle followed shortly after. Nancy Hart possibly was there
After slavery was lifted, GA established an economy based on what 2 things? -
ANSWER-Rice and sea island cotton
, The cotton gin was invented in _____________ by Eli Whitney, and led to the
development of the Black Belt, which is ____________. - ANSWER-1793,
geographical area of concentrated slaves and cotton production across the south
UGA was founded in _____, opened in _____, and unique because _______. -
ANSWER-founded in 1785, opened in 1801, unique because it was the first
university established by a state government
First women's-degree granted college in the world - ANSWER-Wesleyan College in
Macon, 1836
What/When was the Trail of Tears - ANSWER-Forced exile of Cherokee Indians
from NW GA to OK from 1838-1939
Worcester v. Georgia - ANSWER-Supreme Court Decision in 1832; Cherokee
Indians were entitled to federal protection from the actions of state governments
which would infringe on the tribe's sovereignty - Jackson ignored it
Railroads developed during what decade - ANSWER-1830s
Atlanta was founded in _______ as ________ - ANSWER-1837, Terminus (the end
of the rail system line)
Georgia was the ______ state to secede in _________ - ANSWER-5th, 1861
What Georgian presided over the Confederate organizing convention in Alabama? -
ANSWER-Howell Cobb
Who was the primary Author of the Confederate Constitution? - ANSWER-Thomas
R.R. Cobb
Who was the VP of the Confederacy? - ANSWER-Alexander Stephens
Who was the Secretary of State for the Confederacy? - ANSWER-Robert Toombs
What Georgia governor forcefully challenged Jefferson Davis's (Confederate
president) centralizing tendencies? - ANSWER-Joseph E. Brown
The most decisive military incursion into the Deep South under General Sherman
from TN to Atlanta occurred during the spring and summer of what year? -
ANSWER-1864
Fall of Atlanta during the Civil War occurred in _____ - ANSWER-September 1864
Sherman's March to the Sea ended in December with the occupation of ________ -
ANSWER-Savannah
What was the Civil War's largest and most notorious prison? - ANSWER-
Andersonville Prison
