Questions & Expertly Verified
Quiz_________________?
Albany Movement -
Answer✅
Desegregation coalition formed in Albany, Georgia, quickly became a broad-front nonviolent
attack on every aspect of segregation within the city. Bus stations, libraries, and lunch
counters reserved for White Americans were occupied by African Americans, boycotts
were launched, and hundreds of protesters marched on City Hall.
Quiz_________________?
Alexander Stephens -
Answer✅
Georgia Congressman who supported the Georgia Platform in 1850 and fought against
secession in 1861 but eventually became the Vice President of the Confederate States of
America.
Quiz_________________?
Andersonville -
Answer✅
One of the most brutal prison camps in the Civil War. Union prisoner of war camp near
Andersonville, Georgia. Estimated 12,000 Union soldiers died there from disease and
starvation. Liberated in 1865
1
, Quiz_________________?
Andrew Young -
Answer✅
Aide to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Ga's first black representative to the House of
Representatives since Reconstruction. US Ambassador to the United Nations. Succeeded
Jackson as mayor. Brought the Democratic Convention to Georgia and the 1996 Olympics
to Atlanta.
Quiz_________________?
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
Quiz_________________?
Atlanta Campaign -
Answer✅
was a series of battles fought in the Western Theater throughout northwest Georgia and
the area around Atlanta, Georgia, during the summer of 1864, leading to the eventual fall of
Atlanta and hastening the end of the American Civil War
Quiz_________________?
Atlanta Compromise -
2
, Answer✅
Argument put forward by Booker T. Washington that African-Americans should not focus
on civil rights or social equality but concentrate on economic self-improvement
Quiz_________________?
Atlanta Race Riot of 1906 -
Answer✅
Mass civil disturbance in Atlanta, September 22-24, 1906 characterized at the time by Le
Petit Journal and other media outlets as a "racial massacre of negroes". The death toll of the
conflict was at least 25 African Americans along with 2 confirmed European Americans
Quiz_________________?
Battle of Bloody Marsh -
Answer✅
In 1742, Oglethorpe's forces, along with help from the Highland Scots, surprised Spanish
troops at St. Simon's Is;and and forced them back across the Florida border. This marked
the beginning of a safe southern frontier for the British.
Quiz_________________?
Battle of Chickamauga -
Answer✅
Fought September 19-20, 1863, marked the end of a Union offensive in southeastern
Tennessee and northwestern Georgia called the Chickamauga Campaign. The battle was the
most significant Union defeat in the Western Theater of the American Civil War and
involved the second highest number of casualties in the war following the Battle of
Gettysburg. It was the first major battle of the war that was fought in Georgia.
3
Quiz_________________?
Albany Movement -
Answer✅
Desegregation coalition formed in Albany, Georgia, quickly became a broad-front nonviolent
attack on every aspect of segregation within the city. Bus stations, libraries, and lunch
counters reserved for White Americans were occupied by African Americans, boycotts
were launched, and hundreds of protesters marched on City Hall.
Quiz_________________?
Alexander Stephens -
Answer✅
Georgia Congressman who supported the Georgia Platform in 1850 and fought against
secession in 1861 but eventually became the Vice President of the Confederate States of
America.
Quiz_________________?
Andersonville -
Answer✅
One of the most brutal prison camps in the Civil War. Union prisoner of war camp near
Andersonville, Georgia. Estimated 12,000 Union soldiers died there from disease and
starvation. Liberated in 1865
1
, Quiz_________________?
Andrew Young -
Answer✅
Aide to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Ga's first black representative to the House of
Representatives since Reconstruction. US Ambassador to the United Nations. Succeeded
Jackson as mayor. Brought the Democratic Convention to Georgia and the 1996 Olympics
to Atlanta.
Quiz_________________?
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
Quiz_________________?
Atlanta Campaign -
Answer✅
was a series of battles fought in the Western Theater throughout northwest Georgia and
the area around Atlanta, Georgia, during the summer of 1864, leading to the eventual fall of
Atlanta and hastening the end of the American Civil War
Quiz_________________?
Atlanta Compromise -
2
, Answer✅
Argument put forward by Booker T. Washington that African-Americans should not focus
on civil rights or social equality but concentrate on economic self-improvement
Quiz_________________?
Atlanta Race Riot of 1906 -
Answer✅
Mass civil disturbance in Atlanta, September 22-24, 1906 characterized at the time by Le
Petit Journal and other media outlets as a "racial massacre of negroes". The death toll of the
conflict was at least 25 African Americans along with 2 confirmed European Americans
Quiz_________________?
Battle of Bloody Marsh -
Answer✅
In 1742, Oglethorpe's forces, along with help from the Highland Scots, surprised Spanish
troops at St. Simon's Is;and and forced them back across the Florida border. This marked
the beginning of a safe southern frontier for the British.
Quiz_________________?
Battle of Chickamauga -
Answer✅
Fought September 19-20, 1863, marked the end of a Union offensive in southeastern
Tennessee and northwestern Georgia called the Chickamauga Campaign. The battle was the
most significant Union defeat in the Western Theater of the American Civil War and
involved the second highest number of casualties in the war following the Battle of
Gettysburg. It was the first major battle of the war that was fought in Georgia.
3
