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GEORGIA SOUTHERN- GA HISTORY
LEGISLATIVE EXEMPTION EXAM 2026
REAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH EXPERTLY
VERIFIED ANSWERS.
1. How many days did the first female senator serve for? - correct
answer -1 day
2. Leo Frank Case - correct answer -Trial where a Northern
Jewish pencil factory manager was accused of murdering 13
year old Mary Phagan; found guilty of the crime and sentenced
to death, his sentence was later reduced to life due to
additional evidence. However, a group of men calling
themselves "the Knights of Mary Phagan" took Frank out of his
prison cell and lynched him in Marietta.
3. How did the KKK of 1915 differ from the KKK during
reconstruction? - correct answer -They were racist against
Jews, Catholics, and foreigners too
4. Boll Weevil - correct answer -grayish weevil that lays its eggs in
cotton bolls destroying the cotton
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5. Great Migration - correct answer -movement of over 300,000
African American from the rural south into Northern cities
between 1914 and 1920
6. Who was the youngest GA governor elected in the 20th
century? - correct answer -Richard B. Russell
7. Who succeeded Russell as governor? - correct answer -
Eugene Talmadge
8. Who opposed the Great Textile Strike? - correct answer -
Talmadge. He called in National Guard and arrested the strike
leaders
9. Who succeeded Talmadge as governor? - correct answer -E.D.
Rivers
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10. What was E.D. Rivers known for? - correct answer -
Supporting the Federal New Deal program and GA's Little New
Deal
11. Agricultural Adjustment Act - correct answer -Gave farmers
money to reduce crop size to reduce production and bring up
the value of crops. Price of cotton increased
12. Which state had the second largest number of military bases
in the nation? - correct answer -GA
13. Most famous military base. "Home of the US infantry" -
correct answer -Ft. Benning
14. What additional crops did GA farmers grow after WWII? -
correct answer -peaches, peanuts, soybeans, and they raised
chickens
15. Bell Bomber Plant - correct answer -Made B29 Bombers in
Marietta during World War II
GEORGIA SOUTHERN- GA HISTORY
LEGISLATIVE EXEMPTION EXAM 2026
REAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH EXPERTLY
VERIFIED ANSWERS.
1. How many days did the first female senator serve for? - correct
answer -1 day
2. Leo Frank Case - correct answer -Trial where a Northern
Jewish pencil factory manager was accused of murdering 13
year old Mary Phagan; found guilty of the crime and sentenced
to death, his sentence was later reduced to life due to
additional evidence. However, a group of men calling
themselves "the Knights of Mary Phagan" took Frank out of his
prison cell and lynched him in Marietta.
3. How did the KKK of 1915 differ from the KKK during
reconstruction? - correct answer -They were racist against
Jews, Catholics, and foreigners too
4. Boll Weevil - correct answer -grayish weevil that lays its eggs in
cotton bolls destroying the cotton
, Page | 2
5. Great Migration - correct answer -movement of over 300,000
African American from the rural south into Northern cities
between 1914 and 1920
6. Who was the youngest GA governor elected in the 20th
century? - correct answer -Richard B. Russell
7. Who succeeded Russell as governor? - correct answer -
Eugene Talmadge
8. Who opposed the Great Textile Strike? - correct answer -
Talmadge. He called in National Guard and arrested the strike
leaders
9. Who succeeded Talmadge as governor? - correct answer -E.D.
Rivers
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10. What was E.D. Rivers known for? - correct answer -
Supporting the Federal New Deal program and GA's Little New
Deal
11. Agricultural Adjustment Act - correct answer -Gave farmers
money to reduce crop size to reduce production and bring up
the value of crops. Price of cotton increased
12. Which state had the second largest number of military bases
in the nation? - correct answer -GA
13. Most famous military base. "Home of the US infantry" -
correct answer -Ft. Benning
14. What additional crops did GA farmers grow after WWII? -
correct answer -peaches, peanuts, soybeans, and they raised
chickens
15. Bell Bomber Plant - correct answer -Made B29 Bombers in
Marietta during World War II
