History Exemption: Georgia History, KSU GA History Exemption test, GA HISTORY EXEMPTION EXAM
[Questions with verified answers]
Who founded Georgia and what was his position? -Answers- James Edward Oglethorpe, leader of
English Parliament
When was Georgia founded and what was its purpose? -Answers- -1732
-To serve as a buffer between colonies and Spanish controlled Florida
Who was James Wright? -Answers- -Georgia's third and final royal Governor who fled the colony when
the American Revolution began
-Battle of Rice Boats
Yazoo Land Fraud: When did it happen, what happened, and how was it fixed? -Answers- -1795
-Sale of land in Mississippi to four companies way below market value bc they bribed the government
-Fletcher v Peck, Government rescinded act and returned the money to the companies
Governor James Jackson (2 things)? -Answers- -Overturned Yazoo Land Fraud
-Helped bring GA into the Jeffersonian Republican Party -- built states 1st true political party
Trail of Tears? -Answers- -thousands of Cherokees died after removed from GA and forced on the trail of
tears
-1838-1839 by pres Andrew Jackson
Joseph Brown 4 things? -Answers- -42nd gov of GA. Leading secessionist that took GA out of Union and
into the Confederacy
-Tried to protect Georgia from getting pulled into the war
-Only Gov that served 4 terms (other than Talmadge)
2 facts about Milledgeville? -Answers- -GA's 4th capital
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,History Exemption: Georgia History, KSU GA History Exemption test, GA HISTORY EXEMPTION EXAM
[Questions with verified answers]
-Seat of State Gov during the civil war
3 things about Henry Benning? -Answers- -Ft. Benning named after him
-Lawyer, legislator, jurist (became associate justice of the supreme court in the 1850's)
-Vocal advocate for secession and earned rank of brigadier general during Civil War
Who was Robert Toombs (3 things)? -Answers- -Founding father of the Confederacy (said the south
would secede if the federal government was ever controlled by the Republican party)
-Confederate political leader, whig party senator
-1st Confederate Secretary of State
William T. Sherman -Answers- -March to sea - general of union army in civil war
-Captured ATL in Sep 1864
Rufus Bullock 3 facts? -Answers- -1st Republican governor of GA
-46th gov of GA
-Most hated him bc he supported African American equality
-Forced out of office by KKK, never committed any scandals
Tunis Campbell 5 things? -Answers- -Prominent African American politician of the 19th century, and a
major figure in Reconstruction
-Represented McIntosh County as state senator and served as justice of peace
-Insisted on equal representation of black juries
-Sentenced a year of hard labor for improper conduct
-Freedman's Bureau
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, History Exemption: Georgia History, KSU GA History Exemption test, GA HISTORY EXEMPTION EXAM
[Questions with verified answers]
"New South" Crusade 2 things? -Answers- -Sought to diversify the Georgia economy and promote
prosperity
-Eventually led to industrialization of the state
Who was Henry Grady and what was he associated with? -Answers- -The spokesman of the South
-Associated with the "New South" Crusade
Both of these assisted GA in the economic recovery after the Civil war
Jim Crow laws? -Answers- -Late 1800's that mandated segregation in public facilities
WEB DuBois 3 facts? -Answers- -First African American to get his Doctorate
-Wrote "Souls of the Black Folk" and demanded racial equality
-Helped found the NAACP in 1909
Rebecca Latimer Felton four things? -Answers- -1st Woman to serve in the US Senate (woman's suffrage)
-Disagreed with convict lease system
-In favor of lynching
-One of the few prominent women in GA in Progressive Era
Leo Frank (2)? -Answers- -Jewish factory manager in ATL
-Convicted of murdering female employee
Battle of Bloody Marsh 3 things? -Answers- -July 7, 1742
-English vs. Spanish on St. Simon's Island
-Only attempt by Spanish to invade GA during War of Jenkins Ear (significant English Victory)
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[Questions with verified answers]
Who founded Georgia and what was his position? -Answers- James Edward Oglethorpe, leader of
English Parliament
When was Georgia founded and what was its purpose? -Answers- -1732
-To serve as a buffer between colonies and Spanish controlled Florida
Who was James Wright? -Answers- -Georgia's third and final royal Governor who fled the colony when
the American Revolution began
-Battle of Rice Boats
Yazoo Land Fraud: When did it happen, what happened, and how was it fixed? -Answers- -1795
-Sale of land in Mississippi to four companies way below market value bc they bribed the government
-Fletcher v Peck, Government rescinded act and returned the money to the companies
Governor James Jackson (2 things)? -Answers- -Overturned Yazoo Land Fraud
-Helped bring GA into the Jeffersonian Republican Party -- built states 1st true political party
Trail of Tears? -Answers- -thousands of Cherokees died after removed from GA and forced on the trail of
tears
-1838-1839 by pres Andrew Jackson
Joseph Brown 4 things? -Answers- -42nd gov of GA. Leading secessionist that took GA out of Union and
into the Confederacy
-Tried to protect Georgia from getting pulled into the war
-Only Gov that served 4 terms (other than Talmadge)
2 facts about Milledgeville? -Answers- -GA's 4th capital
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,History Exemption: Georgia History, KSU GA History Exemption test, GA HISTORY EXEMPTION EXAM
[Questions with verified answers]
-Seat of State Gov during the civil war
3 things about Henry Benning? -Answers- -Ft. Benning named after him
-Lawyer, legislator, jurist (became associate justice of the supreme court in the 1850's)
-Vocal advocate for secession and earned rank of brigadier general during Civil War
Who was Robert Toombs (3 things)? -Answers- -Founding father of the Confederacy (said the south
would secede if the federal government was ever controlled by the Republican party)
-Confederate political leader, whig party senator
-1st Confederate Secretary of State
William T. Sherman -Answers- -March to sea - general of union army in civil war
-Captured ATL in Sep 1864
Rufus Bullock 3 facts? -Answers- -1st Republican governor of GA
-46th gov of GA
-Most hated him bc he supported African American equality
-Forced out of office by KKK, never committed any scandals
Tunis Campbell 5 things? -Answers- -Prominent African American politician of the 19th century, and a
major figure in Reconstruction
-Represented McIntosh County as state senator and served as justice of peace
-Insisted on equal representation of black juries
-Sentenced a year of hard labor for improper conduct
-Freedman's Bureau
2
, History Exemption: Georgia History, KSU GA History Exemption test, GA HISTORY EXEMPTION EXAM
[Questions with verified answers]
"New South" Crusade 2 things? -Answers- -Sought to diversify the Georgia economy and promote
prosperity
-Eventually led to industrialization of the state
Who was Henry Grady and what was he associated with? -Answers- -The spokesman of the South
-Associated with the "New South" Crusade
Both of these assisted GA in the economic recovery after the Civil war
Jim Crow laws? -Answers- -Late 1800's that mandated segregation in public facilities
WEB DuBois 3 facts? -Answers- -First African American to get his Doctorate
-Wrote "Souls of the Black Folk" and demanded racial equality
-Helped found the NAACP in 1909
Rebecca Latimer Felton four things? -Answers- -1st Woman to serve in the US Senate (woman's suffrage)
-Disagreed with convict lease system
-In favor of lynching
-One of the few prominent women in GA in Progressive Era
Leo Frank (2)? -Answers- -Jewish factory manager in ATL
-Convicted of murdering female employee
Battle of Bloody Marsh 3 things? -Answers- -July 7, 1742
-English vs. Spanish on St. Simon's Island
-Only attempt by Spanish to invade GA during War of Jenkins Ear (significant English Victory)
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