Georgia History Exemption Exam Questions and Correct Answers

Fall Line - the point on a river where there is an abrupt drop in elevation of the land and where numerous waterfalls occur. - it is the ancient coastline of the southern tier of North America when sea-levels wer higher - Navigation up-stream beyond this feature stops - ultimately towns located just beyond this natural boundary were important river ports (like Macon) - The line in the eastern US is located where streams pass from harder to softer rocks.[E - M.Y.] Georgia capitals Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Atlanta Atlanta - 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 James Wright Georgia's 3rd (and last) Royal Governor. He was extremely popular and successful Indigo, Silk - Brought to GA by Europeans - became a new major cash crop Hernando de Soto Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the first European expedition deep into the modern-day Southeastern United States (Florida, Georgia, Alabama and most likely Arkansas) in 1540, and the first documented European to have crossed the Mississippi River. Salzburgers Some of the first immigrants to the new Georgia colony in the 1730's From Austria came to Georgia to escape religious persecution (they were protestants, not Catholics) settled Ebenezer/New Ebenezer opposed slavery James Oglethorpe Founder of Savannah (1733), and governor of the Georgia colony. He ran a tightly-disciplined, military-like colony. Slaves, alcohol, and Catholicism were forbidden in his colony. Many colonists felt that he was a dictator, and that (along with the colonist's dissatisfaction over not being allowed to own slaves) caused the colony to break down and he to lose his position as governor.