UGA HISTORY EXEMPTION ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FULL
SOLUTION STUDY GUIDE
●● The Georgia colony was unique because...
Answer: it was the first colony to ban the importation of slaves
●● The Georgia colony was opened to slavery in...
Answer: 1751
●● The first governor of the colony of Georgia was...
Answer: James Oglethorpe
●● During the American Revolution, Georgia was...
Answer: divided among revolutionaries and loyalists
●● Georgia eagerly ratified the federal constitution because...
Answer: fear of the indians on its frontier
●● The "trail of tears" refers to...
Answer: the removal of the cherokee from their homes in the 1830's
, ●● Antebellum Georgia was called...
Answer: The empire state of the south
●● In the secession crisis...
Answer: Alexander Stephens urged Georgia to remain in the union
●● During the Civil War, Georgia...
Answer: railroads and plantations were destroyed during the fighting
●● During reconstruction in Georgia...
Answer: Redeemers had to wait until 1876 to regain control of state
government
●● The populist movement in Georgia...
Answer: united white and black farmers
●● Governer Eugene Talmadge...
Answer: represented the interests of rural whites
●● In early twentieth century Georgia...
Answer: there was mandatory segregation of the races in schools
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FULL
SOLUTION STUDY GUIDE
●● The Georgia colony was unique because...
Answer: it was the first colony to ban the importation of slaves
●● The Georgia colony was opened to slavery in...
Answer: 1751
●● The first governor of the colony of Georgia was...
Answer: James Oglethorpe
●● During the American Revolution, Georgia was...
Answer: divided among revolutionaries and loyalists
●● Georgia eagerly ratified the federal constitution because...
Answer: fear of the indians on its frontier
●● The "trail of tears" refers to...
Answer: the removal of the cherokee from their homes in the 1830's
, ●● Antebellum Georgia was called...
Answer: The empire state of the south
●● In the secession crisis...
Answer: Alexander Stephens urged Georgia to remain in the union
●● During the Civil War, Georgia...
Answer: railroads and plantations were destroyed during the fighting
●● During reconstruction in Georgia...
Answer: Redeemers had to wait until 1876 to regain control of state
government
●● The populist movement in Georgia...
Answer: united white and black farmers
●● Governer Eugene Talmadge...
Answer: represented the interests of rural whites
●● In early twentieth century Georgia...
Answer: there was mandatory segregation of the races in schools
