EXAM STUDY TEST FOR UGA WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
James Edward Oglethorpe - CORRECT ANSWER-The leader
of English Parliament who founded the Georgia colony, in order
to create an effective buffer from the Spanish and Spanish
controlled Florida.
James Wright - CORRECT ANSWER-Georgia's third, and final,
royal governor who fled the colony when the American
Revolution began
Nancy Morgan Hart - CORRECT ANSWER-one of the most
patriotic women in Georgia, she worked as a spy; she
disguised herself as a man and entered British camps trying to
gain information; famous for holding six British soldiers at
gunpoint who tried to pillage her land.
Yazoo Land Fraud - CORRECT ANSWER-1795, the sale of
western land to four land companies after the governor and
members of the General Assembly had been bribed
Governor James Jackson - CORRECT ANSWER-Overturned
Yazoo Act; elected to First Congress; lost reelection
Trail of Tears - CORRECT ANSWER-Forced journey of the
Cherokee Indians from Georgia to a region west of the
, Mississippi (present day Oklahoma) during which thousands of
Cherokees died
Joseph Brown - CORRECT ANSWER-Governor from Georgia
who tried at times to keep his own troops apart from the
Confederate forces and insisted on hoarding surplus supplies
for his own state's militias. He believed that his state had
seceded so that it didn't have to follow the dictates of a central
government.
Milledgeville - CORRECT ANSWER-Georgia's fourth capital
and seat of the state government during the Civil War
Henry L. Benning - CORRECT ANSWER-A jurist who became
associate justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia in the 1850s.
He then became a vocal advocate for secession and earned
the rank of brigadier general during the Civil War
Robert Toombs - CORRECT ANSWER-A senator and
extremist from Georgia who said that the South would never let
the federal government be controlled by the Republican party
and threatened secession.
William T. Sherman - CORRECT ANSWER-He commanded
the Union army in Tennessee. In September of 1864 his troops
captured Atlanta, Georgia. He then headed to take Savannah.
This was his famous "march to the sea.". His troops burned
barns and houses, and destroyed the countryside. His march
showed a shift in the belief that only military targets should be
destroyed. Civilian centers could also be targets.
Rufus Bullock - CORRECT ANSWER-He served as the
Governor of Georgia from 1868 to 1871 during Reconstruction
and was the first Republican governor of Georgia. After various
allegations of scandal, in 1871 he was obliged by the Ku Klux
Klan to resign the governorship.
CORRECT ANSWERS
James Edward Oglethorpe - CORRECT ANSWER-The leader
of English Parliament who founded the Georgia colony, in order
to create an effective buffer from the Spanish and Spanish
controlled Florida.
James Wright - CORRECT ANSWER-Georgia's third, and final,
royal governor who fled the colony when the American
Revolution began
Nancy Morgan Hart - CORRECT ANSWER-one of the most
patriotic women in Georgia, she worked as a spy; she
disguised herself as a man and entered British camps trying to
gain information; famous for holding six British soldiers at
gunpoint who tried to pillage her land.
Yazoo Land Fraud - CORRECT ANSWER-1795, the sale of
western land to four land companies after the governor and
members of the General Assembly had been bribed
Governor James Jackson - CORRECT ANSWER-Overturned
Yazoo Act; elected to First Congress; lost reelection
Trail of Tears - CORRECT ANSWER-Forced journey of the
Cherokee Indians from Georgia to a region west of the
, Mississippi (present day Oklahoma) during which thousands of
Cherokees died
Joseph Brown - CORRECT ANSWER-Governor from Georgia
who tried at times to keep his own troops apart from the
Confederate forces and insisted on hoarding surplus supplies
for his own state's militias. He believed that his state had
seceded so that it didn't have to follow the dictates of a central
government.
Milledgeville - CORRECT ANSWER-Georgia's fourth capital
and seat of the state government during the Civil War
Henry L. Benning - CORRECT ANSWER-A jurist who became
associate justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia in the 1850s.
He then became a vocal advocate for secession and earned
the rank of brigadier general during the Civil War
Robert Toombs - CORRECT ANSWER-A senator and
extremist from Georgia who said that the South would never let
the federal government be controlled by the Republican party
and threatened secession.
William T. Sherman - CORRECT ANSWER-He commanded
the Union army in Tennessee. In September of 1864 his troops
captured Atlanta, Georgia. He then headed to take Savannah.
This was his famous "march to the sea.". His troops burned
barns and houses, and destroyed the countryside. His march
showed a shift in the belief that only military targets should be
destroyed. Civilian centers could also be targets.
Rufus Bullock - CORRECT ANSWER-He served as the
Governor of Georgia from 1868 to 1871 during Reconstruction
and was the first Republican governor of Georgia. After various
allegations of scandal, in 1871 he was obliged by the Ku Klux
Klan to resign the governorship.
