GA HISTORY EXEMPTION EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Philanthropic
Military
Economic - Answer- Three reasons for the establishment of Georgia
Restrictions on land ownership
Prohibition of hard liquor
Prohibition of slavery - Answer- Strict rules established my the Trustees for the
colony
James Oglethorpe - Answer- defacto leader and one of the Trustees of the first
settlers in Georgia. helped establish Savannah, Augusta, and Fort Frederica
James Wright - Answer- 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 - Answer- Allowed Oglethorpe to settle on Yamacraw Bluff; advised
Oglethorpe on Indian affairs, chief of the Yamacraw
The Rules and Regulations - Answer- first governing document of independent
Georgia put into place by Provincial Congress (Whigs)
John Treutlen - Answer- first governor of GA
Yazoo Land Fraud - Answer- 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) - Answer- Supreme Court rule stating the state couldn't
nullify the Yazoo Land deal
George Walton
Lyman Hall
Button Gwinnett - Answer- Georgians who signed the Declaration of
Independence
Savannah - Augusta - Louisville - Milledgeville - Atlanta - Answer- Capitals of
Georgia
, Worcester v. Georgia - Answer- Supreme Court decision that ruled that Georgia
had no right to interfere with the Cherokees controlled land
Trail of Tears - Answer- the trek of Native Americans, particularly the Cherokee,
to Indian Territory
Charles Jenkins - Answer- 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 - Answer- 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 - Answer- Vice President of the Confederacy (1861-65),
elected to US Senate and served as governor of GA from '82-'83
Thomas R. R. Cobb - Answer- Athens lawyer instrumental in drafting the
Confederate constitution
Manpower (12,000 men), Money, Supplies (ammunition and clothing) - Answer-
What did Georgia contribute to the war?
William Sherman - Answer- Union General who destroyed South during "march to
the sea" from Atlanta to Savannah, completely burned down Atanta
1871 - Answer- When did reconstruction of Georgia end/state redeemed?
The Black Code - Answer- laws that restricted African Americans' rights and
opportunities in order to keep them in a condition as close to slaves, blacks weren't
allowed to vote, serve on juries, or testify against whites
Tunis Campbell - Answer- minister and political leader that organized an African
American militia for protection
1868 - Answer- When did Atlanta become the permanent capital of GA?
Robert Toombs - Answer- A senator and extremist from Georgia who said that the
South would never let the federal government be controlled by the Republican party
and threatened secession, led effort to call new constitutional convention in 1877
Henry Grady - Answer- Editor of the Atlanta Constitution, presented "New South"
program as the panacea for the region's problem-plagued eceonomy, tried to
alleviate postwar poverty and restore South's lost national economic position
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Philanthropic
Military
Economic - Answer- Three reasons for the establishment of Georgia
Restrictions on land ownership
Prohibition of hard liquor
Prohibition of slavery - Answer- Strict rules established my the Trustees for the
colony
James Oglethorpe - Answer- defacto leader and one of the Trustees of the first
settlers in Georgia. helped establish Savannah, Augusta, and Fort Frederica
James Wright - Answer- 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 - Answer- Allowed Oglethorpe to settle on Yamacraw Bluff; advised
Oglethorpe on Indian affairs, chief of the Yamacraw
The Rules and Regulations - Answer- first governing document of independent
Georgia put into place by Provincial Congress (Whigs)
John Treutlen - Answer- first governor of GA
Yazoo Land Fraud - Answer- 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) - Answer- Supreme Court rule stating the state couldn't
nullify the Yazoo Land deal
George Walton
Lyman Hall
Button Gwinnett - Answer- Georgians who signed the Declaration of
Independence
Savannah - Augusta - Louisville - Milledgeville - Atlanta - Answer- Capitals of
Georgia
, Worcester v. Georgia - Answer- Supreme Court decision that ruled that Georgia
had no right to interfere with the Cherokees controlled land
Trail of Tears - Answer- the trek of Native Americans, particularly the Cherokee,
to Indian Territory
Charles Jenkins - Answer- 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 - Answer- 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 - Answer- Vice President of the Confederacy (1861-65),
elected to US Senate and served as governor of GA from '82-'83
Thomas R. R. Cobb - Answer- Athens lawyer instrumental in drafting the
Confederate constitution
Manpower (12,000 men), Money, Supplies (ammunition and clothing) - Answer-
What did Georgia contribute to the war?
William Sherman - Answer- Union General who destroyed South during "march to
the sea" from Atlanta to Savannah, completely burned down Atanta
1871 - Answer- When did reconstruction of Georgia end/state redeemed?
The Black Code - Answer- laws that restricted African Americans' rights and
opportunities in order to keep them in a condition as close to slaves, blacks weren't
allowed to vote, serve on juries, or testify against whites
Tunis Campbell - Answer- minister and political leader that organized an African
American militia for protection
1868 - Answer- When did Atlanta become the permanent capital of GA?
Robert Toombs - Answer- A senator and extremist from Georgia who said that the
South would never let the federal government be controlled by the Republican party
and threatened secession, led effort to call new constitutional convention in 1877
Henry Grady - Answer- Editor of the Atlanta Constitution, presented "New South"
program as the panacea for the region's problem-plagued eceonomy, tried to
alleviate postwar poverty and restore South's lost national economic position
