GA History Exam UGA Test Exam Questions And
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Eastern Air Lines - ANSWER- used Hartsfield as a major hub
Delta Air Lines - ANSWER- moved its headquarters to Atlanta in 1941
Empire State of the South - ANSWER- title given to largest slaveholding
state in the south
Joseph E Brown Governor - ANSWER- disliked centralized Federal and
Confederate power
Robert Toombs - ANSWER- secretary of state, strong advocate for
secession
Alexander Stephens - ANSWER- Vice president of the confedacy
1861 - ANSWER- When the Georgia Secession Convention held in
Milledgeville
Cobb Brothers - ANSWER- Howell presided over Confederacy's organizing ;
Thomas authored the constitution
Henry L. Benning - ANSWER- lawyer, legislator, judge on the Georgia Supreme Court,
and a Confederate general during the American Civil War. He is also noted for the U.S.
Army's fort named in his honor
William T. Sherman - ANSWER- general who burned Georgia marching thru
Atlanta to Savannah, 1864
Field Order 15 - ANSWER- Sherman's special order granting 400,000 acres
of land to newly freed black families in forty-acre segments; likely origin of the phrase
"forty acres and a mule"
Andersonville - ANSWER- Horrific POW camp infamous for atrocities and
prisoner mistreatment
Reconstruction - ANSWER- Process to readmit Southern states to the
,Union, 1865-1871
460,000 - ANSWER- Number of slaves freed during and after the war
Freedmen's Bureau - ANSWER- established by Congress to aid African
Americans undergoing the transition from slavery to freedom in the aftermath of the Civil
War
Ku Klux Klan - ANSWER- Terrorist organization devoted to racial inequality,
suffering and evil, established 1868
Black Legislators - ANSWER- 27 duly elected were expelled from the
General Assembly leading Congress to impose martial law and ban Georgia's
congressmen
Racist bullshit - ANSWER- Sometimes it seems like the history of Georgia is
solely compromised of this single element
Rufus Bullock - ANSWER- first Republican to be elected to Governor,
fought for equality and brought industry to the state, falsely accused of corruption
John B. Gordon - ANSWER- general and clansman, lost Gubernatorial
contest to Rufus Bullock
1870 - ANSWER- Georgia readmitted to the Union
Democrats - ANSWER- party of racists and clansmen
Republicans - ANSWER- party of reformers fighting for equality
Redeemers - ANSWER- Democrats working to counter reconstruction and
equality
Thirteenth Amendment - ANSWER- officially abolished and continues to
prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude; 1864
Fourteenth Amendment - ANSWER- overruled Dred Scott(1857) granting
blacks citizenship ; reinforced due process and equal rights; 1868
Fifteenth Amendment - ANSWER- explicitly grants right of citizens to vote
regardless of race, color or having been enslaved (!) ; 1870
,Redemption - ANSWER- widespread movement to oppress the newly freed
; the term reeks and drips irony like a bloated corpse
the crop-lien system - ANSWER- a way for farmers to get credit before the
planting season by borrowing against the value for anticipated harvests ; guess how
well this worked for farmers
Bourbon Triumvirate - ANSWER- Joseph E. Brown(ex-Confederate governor), John B.
Gordon and Alfred H. Colquitt (ex-Confederate gennerals) maintained power from 1872-
1890 focused on industrializing the stated for their own profit
Tunis Campbell - ANSWER- prominent African American politician, fought
for equality and justice
Henry W. Grady - ANSWER- editor of the Atlanta Constitution, who
spearheaded a crusade to build a prosperous "New South" centered around Atlanta
New South - ANSWER- dream that Georgia might lead the South phoenix
like from the ashes as a land of prosperity and equality
Atlanta - ANSWER- state capital 1868
sharecroppers - ANSWER- tenant farmers, serfs, who worked the land they
did not own for a meager share of the crops
Populist Party - ANSWER- U.S. political party formed in 1892 representing
mainly farmers, favoring free coinage of silver and government control of railroads and
other monopolies
Farmers' Alliance - ANSWER- A Farmers' organization founded in late
1870s; worked for lower railroad freight rates, lower interest rates, and a change in the
governments tight money policy
Thomas E. Watson - ANSWER- ran for vp on Populist Party ticket, in later
life he became a racist
Yazoo Land Fraud - ANSWER- land companies bribed GA leaders to sell
land cheaply; resulted in U.S. take-over of disputed land
James Jackson - ANSWER- Reformer, wants to clean up the mess made by the
Federalists. Plans to repeal the Yazoo deal if elected. Father of Jeffersonian Party in
Ga. Swept the election, takes office in 1796, rescinds the Yazoo purchase of year prior.
Trail of Tears - ANSWER- Cherokee were forced to leave their lands
, traveling over 800 miles more than 4,000 died; 1838
Indian Removal Act 1830 - ANSWER- Passed by Congress under the
Andrew Jackson administration, this act removed all Indians east of the Mississippi to
an "Indian Territory" where they would be "permanently" housed.
Signed the Declaration of Independence - ANSWER- Button Gwinnett,
Lyman Hall, and George Walton
Signed U.S. Constitution - ANSWER- Abraham Baldwin and William Few Jr.
Nancy Hart - ANSWER- a female patriot and spy credited with killing several
Tories at her home.
Battle of Kettle Creek - ANSWER- battle near Augusta, GA won by the
Patriots on February 14, 1779
Augusta - ANSWER- Becomes capital in 1779
Eli Whitney - ANSWER- Invented the cotton gin, 1793
cotton gin - ANSWER- machine which automated cotton processing
Gold Rush - ANSWER- largest discovery of gold east of the Mississippi,
1828
University of Georgia - ANSWER- established 1785
Wesleyan College - ANSWER- first womens college, 1836
James Edward Oglethorpe - ANSWER- created colony, georgia, for English
debtors & to protect the other British colonies from Spanish atttack (buffer colony)
James Wright - ANSWER- Georgia's third royal governor for 16 years who
fled the colony when the American Revolution began
Nancy Morgan Hart - ANSWER- from Georgia, she had to defend her home
against a group of Loyalist fighters
Board of Trustees - ANSWER- Appointed by King George II in 1732 to
govern Georgia until 1752
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Eastern Air Lines - ANSWER- used Hartsfield as a major hub
Delta Air Lines - ANSWER- moved its headquarters to Atlanta in 1941
Empire State of the South - ANSWER- title given to largest slaveholding
state in the south
Joseph E Brown Governor - ANSWER- disliked centralized Federal and
Confederate power
Robert Toombs - ANSWER- secretary of state, strong advocate for
secession
Alexander Stephens - ANSWER- Vice president of the confedacy
1861 - ANSWER- When the Georgia Secession Convention held in
Milledgeville
Cobb Brothers - ANSWER- Howell presided over Confederacy's organizing ;
Thomas authored the constitution
Henry L. Benning - ANSWER- lawyer, legislator, judge on the Georgia Supreme Court,
and a Confederate general during the American Civil War. He is also noted for the U.S.
Army's fort named in his honor
William T. Sherman - ANSWER- general who burned Georgia marching thru
Atlanta to Savannah, 1864
Field Order 15 - ANSWER- Sherman's special order granting 400,000 acres
of land to newly freed black families in forty-acre segments; likely origin of the phrase
"forty acres and a mule"
Andersonville - ANSWER- Horrific POW camp infamous for atrocities and
prisoner mistreatment
Reconstruction - ANSWER- Process to readmit Southern states to the
,Union, 1865-1871
460,000 - ANSWER- Number of slaves freed during and after the war
Freedmen's Bureau - ANSWER- established by Congress to aid African
Americans undergoing the transition from slavery to freedom in the aftermath of the Civil
War
Ku Klux Klan - ANSWER- Terrorist organization devoted to racial inequality,
suffering and evil, established 1868
Black Legislators - ANSWER- 27 duly elected were expelled from the
General Assembly leading Congress to impose martial law and ban Georgia's
congressmen
Racist bullshit - ANSWER- Sometimes it seems like the history of Georgia is
solely compromised of this single element
Rufus Bullock - ANSWER- first Republican to be elected to Governor,
fought for equality and brought industry to the state, falsely accused of corruption
John B. Gordon - ANSWER- general and clansman, lost Gubernatorial
contest to Rufus Bullock
1870 - ANSWER- Georgia readmitted to the Union
Democrats - ANSWER- party of racists and clansmen
Republicans - ANSWER- party of reformers fighting for equality
Redeemers - ANSWER- Democrats working to counter reconstruction and
equality
Thirteenth Amendment - ANSWER- officially abolished and continues to
prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude; 1864
Fourteenth Amendment - ANSWER- overruled Dred Scott(1857) granting
blacks citizenship ; reinforced due process and equal rights; 1868
Fifteenth Amendment - ANSWER- explicitly grants right of citizens to vote
regardless of race, color or having been enslaved (!) ; 1870
,Redemption - ANSWER- widespread movement to oppress the newly freed
; the term reeks and drips irony like a bloated corpse
the crop-lien system - ANSWER- a way for farmers to get credit before the
planting season by borrowing against the value for anticipated harvests ; guess how
well this worked for farmers
Bourbon Triumvirate - ANSWER- Joseph E. Brown(ex-Confederate governor), John B.
Gordon and Alfred H. Colquitt (ex-Confederate gennerals) maintained power from 1872-
1890 focused on industrializing the stated for their own profit
Tunis Campbell - ANSWER- prominent African American politician, fought
for equality and justice
Henry W. Grady - ANSWER- editor of the Atlanta Constitution, who
spearheaded a crusade to build a prosperous "New South" centered around Atlanta
New South - ANSWER- dream that Georgia might lead the South phoenix
like from the ashes as a land of prosperity and equality
Atlanta - ANSWER- state capital 1868
sharecroppers - ANSWER- tenant farmers, serfs, who worked the land they
did not own for a meager share of the crops
Populist Party - ANSWER- U.S. political party formed in 1892 representing
mainly farmers, favoring free coinage of silver and government control of railroads and
other monopolies
Farmers' Alliance - ANSWER- A Farmers' organization founded in late
1870s; worked for lower railroad freight rates, lower interest rates, and a change in the
governments tight money policy
Thomas E. Watson - ANSWER- ran for vp on Populist Party ticket, in later
life he became a racist
Yazoo Land Fraud - ANSWER- land companies bribed GA leaders to sell
land cheaply; resulted in U.S. take-over of disputed land
James Jackson - ANSWER- Reformer, wants to clean up the mess made by the
Federalists. Plans to repeal the Yazoo deal if elected. Father of Jeffersonian Party in
Ga. Swept the election, takes office in 1796, rescinds the Yazoo purchase of year prior.
Trail of Tears - ANSWER- Cherokee were forced to leave their lands
, traveling over 800 miles more than 4,000 died; 1838
Indian Removal Act 1830 - ANSWER- Passed by Congress under the
Andrew Jackson administration, this act removed all Indians east of the Mississippi to
an "Indian Territory" where they would be "permanently" housed.
Signed the Declaration of Independence - ANSWER- Button Gwinnett,
Lyman Hall, and George Walton
Signed U.S. Constitution - ANSWER- Abraham Baldwin and William Few Jr.
Nancy Hart - ANSWER- a female patriot and spy credited with killing several
Tories at her home.
Battle of Kettle Creek - ANSWER- battle near Augusta, GA won by the
Patriots on February 14, 1779
Augusta - ANSWER- Becomes capital in 1779
Eli Whitney - ANSWER- Invented the cotton gin, 1793
cotton gin - ANSWER- machine which automated cotton processing
Gold Rush - ANSWER- largest discovery of gold east of the Mississippi,
1828
University of Georgia - ANSWER- established 1785
Wesleyan College - ANSWER- first womens college, 1836
James Edward Oglethorpe - ANSWER- created colony, georgia, for English
debtors & to protect the other British colonies from Spanish atttack (buffer colony)
James Wright - ANSWER- Georgia's third royal governor for 16 years who
fled the colony when the American Revolution began
Nancy Morgan Hart - ANSWER- from Georgia, she had to defend her home
against a group of Loyalist fighters
Board of Trustees - ANSWER- Appointed by King George II in 1732 to
govern Georgia until 1752
