Georgia History Exemption Exam
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Fall Line - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔- the point on a river where there is an abrupt
drop in elevation of the land and where numerous waterfalls occur.
- it is the ancient coastline of the southern tier of North America when sea-
levels wer higher
- Navigation up-stream beyond this feature stops
- ultimately towns located just beyond this natural boundary were important
river ports (like Macon)
- The line in the eastern US is located where streams pass from harder to
softer rocks.[E - M.Y.]
Georgia capitals - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Savannah, Augusta, Louisville,
Milledgeville, Atlanta
,Atlanta - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔- Largest city in Georgia and the Deep South
- Capital of modern Georgia
- originally named Terminus, as it became the South's most important rail
hub and manufacturing center;
- set ablaze by General Sherman
James Wright - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Georgia's 3rd (and last) Royal Governor. He
was extremely popular and successful
Indigo, Silk - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔- Brought to GA by Europeans
- became a new major cash crop
Hernando de Soto - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Spanish explorer and conquistador who
led the first European expedition deep into the modern-day Southeastern
United States (Florida, Georgia, Alabama and most likely Arkansas) in
1540, and the first documented European to have crossed the Mississippi
River.
Salzburgers - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Some of the first immigrants to the new
Georgia colony in the 1730's From Austria came to Georgia to escape
, religious persecution (they were protestants, not Catholics) settled
Ebenezer/New Ebenezer opposed slavery
James Oglethorpe - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Founder of Savannah (1733), and
governor of the Georgia colony. He ran a tightly-disciplined, military-like
colony. Slaves, alcohol, and Catholicism were forbidden in his colony.
Many colonists felt that he was a dictator, and that (along with the colonist's
dissatisfaction over not being allowed to own slaves) caused the colony to
break down and he to lose his position as governor.
Georgia Trustees - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔They gave out land between the
Savannah and Altamaha Rivers. They also prohibited having rum and
owning African Slaves.
Scottish Highlanders - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔- Added protection to GAs southern
border
- fought with Oglethorpe to fight off the Spanish
Fletcher v. Peck - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔(1810) First time the Supreme Court ruled
a state law unconstitutional. It protected property rights and allowed the
invalidation of state laws that conflicted with the Constitution.
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2025/2026 Exam Questions with 100%
Correct Answers | Latest Update
Fall Line - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔- the point on a river where there is an abrupt
drop in elevation of the land and where numerous waterfalls occur.
- it is the ancient coastline of the southern tier of North America when sea-
levels wer higher
- Navigation up-stream beyond this feature stops
- ultimately towns located just beyond this natural boundary were important
river ports (like Macon)
- The line in the eastern US is located where streams pass from harder to
softer rocks.[E - M.Y.]
Georgia capitals - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Savannah, Augusta, Louisville,
Milledgeville, Atlanta
,Atlanta - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔- Largest city in Georgia and the Deep South
- Capital of modern Georgia
- originally named Terminus, as it became the South's most important rail
hub and manufacturing center;
- set ablaze by General Sherman
James Wright - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Georgia's 3rd (and last) Royal Governor. He
was extremely popular and successful
Indigo, Silk - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔- Brought to GA by Europeans
- became a new major cash crop
Hernando de Soto - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Spanish explorer and conquistador who
led the first European expedition deep into the modern-day Southeastern
United States (Florida, Georgia, Alabama and most likely Arkansas) in
1540, and the first documented European to have crossed the Mississippi
River.
Salzburgers - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Some of the first immigrants to the new
Georgia colony in the 1730's From Austria came to Georgia to escape
, religious persecution (they were protestants, not Catholics) settled
Ebenezer/New Ebenezer opposed slavery
James Oglethorpe - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Founder of Savannah (1733), and
governor of the Georgia colony. He ran a tightly-disciplined, military-like
colony. Slaves, alcohol, and Catholicism were forbidden in his colony.
Many colonists felt that he was a dictator, and that (along with the colonist's
dissatisfaction over not being allowed to own slaves) caused the colony to
break down and he to lose his position as governor.
Georgia Trustees - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔They gave out land between the
Savannah and Altamaha Rivers. They also prohibited having rum and
owning African Slaves.
Scottish Highlanders - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔- Added protection to GAs southern
border
- fought with Oglethorpe to fight off the Spanish
Fletcher v. Peck - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔(1810) First time the Supreme Court ruled
a state law unconstitutional. It protected property rights and allowed the
invalidation of state laws that conflicted with the Constitution.
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