GA HISTORY EXEMPTION EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2025 SUMMER QTR.
Philanthropic Military
Economic <<CORRECT ANS-Three reasons for the establishment of Georgia
Restrictions on land ownership Prohibition of hard liquor
Prohibition of slavery <<CORRECT ANS-Strict rules established the Trustees for the colony
James Oglethorpe <<CORRECT ANS-defector leader and one of the Trustees of the first
settlers in Georgia. helped establish Savannah, Augusta, and Fort Frederica
James Wright <<CORRECT ANS-longest serving, most influential governor of the Royal
Colony. Expanded and opened Georgia's frontier to farmers by obtaining peaceful land cessions
from the Native Americans
Tomochichi <<CORRECT ANS-Allowed Oglethorpe to settle on Yamacraw Bluff; advised
Oglethorpe on Indian affairs, chief of the Yamacraw
The Rules and Regulations <<CORRECT ANS-first governing document of independent
Georgia put into place by Provincial Congress (Whigs)
John Treutlen <<CORRECT ANS-first governor of GA
Yazoo Land Fraud <<CORRECT ANS-in 1795, Georgia legislators sold over 40 acres of land to
4 land companies for 1.5 cents per acre; they were voted out of office and deal nullified by
James Jackson
Fletcher v. Peck (1810) <<CORRECT ANS-Supreme Court rule stating the state couldn't nullify
the Yazoo Land deal
, George Walton Lyman Hall
Button Gwinnett <<CORRECT ANS-Georgians who signed the Declaration of Independence
Savannah - Augusta - Louisville - Milledgeville - Atlanta <<CORRECT ANS-Capitals of Georgia
Worcester v. Georgia <<CORRECT ANS-Supreme Court decision that ruled that Georgia had
no right to interfere with the Cherokees controlled land
Trail of Tears <<CORRECT ANS-the trek of Native Americans, particularly the Cherokee, to
Indian Territory
Charles Jenkins <<CORRECT ANS-author of the Georgia Platform- a proclamation that
endorsed the Compromise of 1850; appointed justice as the Supreme Court of GA; governor of
GA during reconstruction; he refused to allow state funds to be used for a racially integrated
state constitutional convention
Joseph E. Brown <<CORRECT ANS-governor of Ga in 1857 and 1859; he campaigned as a
champion of non-slaveholding upcountry masses but also had ties to fireeaters; he worked to
strengthen state defenses for the war
Alexander Stephens <<CORRECT ANS-Vice President of the Confederacy (1861-65), elected
to US Senate and served as governor of GA from '82-'83
Thomas R. R. Cobb <<CORRECT ANS-Athen’s lawyer instrumental in drafting the Confederate
constitution
Manpower (12,000 men), Money, Supplies (ammunition and clothing) <<CORRECT ANS-What
did Georgia contribute to the war?
William Sherman <<CORRECT ANS-Union General who destroyed South during "march to the
sea" from Atlanta to Savannah, completely burned down Atlanta
ANSWERS 2025 SUMMER QTR.
Philanthropic Military
Economic <<CORRECT ANS-Three reasons for the establishment of Georgia
Restrictions on land ownership Prohibition of hard liquor
Prohibition of slavery <<CORRECT ANS-Strict rules established the Trustees for the colony
James Oglethorpe <<CORRECT ANS-defector leader and one of the Trustees of the first
settlers in Georgia. helped establish Savannah, Augusta, and Fort Frederica
James Wright <<CORRECT ANS-longest serving, most influential governor of the Royal
Colony. Expanded and opened Georgia's frontier to farmers by obtaining peaceful land cessions
from the Native Americans
Tomochichi <<CORRECT ANS-Allowed Oglethorpe to settle on Yamacraw Bluff; advised
Oglethorpe on Indian affairs, chief of the Yamacraw
The Rules and Regulations <<CORRECT ANS-first governing document of independent
Georgia put into place by Provincial Congress (Whigs)
John Treutlen <<CORRECT ANS-first governor of GA
Yazoo Land Fraud <<CORRECT ANS-in 1795, Georgia legislators sold over 40 acres of land to
4 land companies for 1.5 cents per acre; they were voted out of office and deal nullified by
James Jackson
Fletcher v. Peck (1810) <<CORRECT ANS-Supreme Court rule stating the state couldn't nullify
the Yazoo Land deal
, George Walton Lyman Hall
Button Gwinnett <<CORRECT ANS-Georgians who signed the Declaration of Independence
Savannah - Augusta - Louisville - Milledgeville - Atlanta <<CORRECT ANS-Capitals of Georgia
Worcester v. Georgia <<CORRECT ANS-Supreme Court decision that ruled that Georgia had
no right to interfere with the Cherokees controlled land
Trail of Tears <<CORRECT ANS-the trek of Native Americans, particularly the Cherokee, to
Indian Territory
Charles Jenkins <<CORRECT ANS-author of the Georgia Platform- a proclamation that
endorsed the Compromise of 1850; appointed justice as the Supreme Court of GA; governor of
GA during reconstruction; he refused to allow state funds to be used for a racially integrated
state constitutional convention
Joseph E. Brown <<CORRECT ANS-governor of Ga in 1857 and 1859; he campaigned as a
champion of non-slaveholding upcountry masses but also had ties to fireeaters; he worked to
strengthen state defenses for the war
Alexander Stephens <<CORRECT ANS-Vice President of the Confederacy (1861-65), elected
to US Senate and served as governor of GA from '82-'83
Thomas R. R. Cobb <<CORRECT ANS-Athen’s lawyer instrumental in drafting the Confederate
constitution
Manpower (12,000 men), Money, Supplies (ammunition and clothing) <<CORRECT ANS-What
did Georgia contribute to the war?
William Sherman <<CORRECT ANS-Union General who destroyed South during "march to the
sea" from Atlanta to Savannah, completely burned down Atlanta
