GCSU GA HISTORY EXAM FULL QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS
Abraham Baldwin - Answer -moved to Georgia in 1784, held many political offices, and
was very instrumental in obtaining the charter for the University of Georgia; played a
pivotal role in the Constitutional Convention in 1787, and was one of the two Georgians
to sign the final document
William Few - Answer -fought in the Battle of Burke County Jail, served in the state
legislative sessions, and took part in the 1777 constitutional convention; in 1780 he was
elected to the Continental Congress
George Mathews - Answer -veteran of the Continental army during the Revolutionary
War (1775-83); after moving to Georgia he quickly rose to service as a state legislator,
governor, and member of the U.S. Congress
George Troup - Answer -served in both the Georgia and U.S. House of
Representatives; twice elected to the U.S. Senate; also served as governor of Georgia
Josiah Meigs - Answer -an American academic, journalist and government official;
president of UGA from 1801 - 1810
Eli Whitney - Answer -American inventor best known for inventing the cotton gin (one of
the key inventions of the Industrial Revolution and shaped the economy of the
Antebellum South)
John Milledge - Answer -held positions as governor, congressman for four terms in the
U.S. House of Representatives, and president pro tempore in the U.S. Senate; principal
figure in the organization of the University of Georgia (on the committee that decided
the location of the institution, and he later purchased and donated the land on which the
university and the town of Athens now stand)
William Harris Crawford - Answer -prepared one of the early digests of Georgia law;
elected to the Georgia State Senate, then the U.S. Senate - where he rose to the
position of President pro tempore; also served as minister to France and Secretary of
War under President James Madison, then was appointed Secretary of the Treasury
John Forsyth - Answer -attorney general of Georgia; served in the United States House
of Representatives and Senate on two separate occasions; governor of Georgia;
minister to Spain; U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin
Van Buren
,George Gilmer - Answer -fought in the War of 1812 and concurrent Indian campaigns;
served in the Georgia and U.S. House of Representatives; governor of Georgia during
the Cherokee Indian Removal (Trail of Tears)
Wilson Lumpkin - Answer -served in both the Georgia and U.S. House of
Representatives, as governor of Georgia, and as a U.S. Senator; acted as U.S.
Commissioner to the Cherokee Indians, and member of the commission to finalize
Georgia/Florida boundary; one of the founders of the Western and Atlantic Railroad
Howell Cobb - Answer -served as congressman, Speaker of the U.S. House of
Representatives, governor of Georgia, and secretary of the treasury; following Georgia's
secession from the Union in 1861, he served as president of the Provisional
Confederate Congress (1861-62) and a major general of the Confederate army
John Ross - Answer -principal chief of the Cherokee Nation in 1827; presided over the
nation during the apex of its development in the Southeast, the tragic Trail of Tears, and
the subsequent rebuilding of the nation in Indian Territory
Major and John Ridge - Answer -led the Cherokee "Treaty Party," which signed a
removal agreement at New Echota in 1835; all four leaders were marked for execution
by members of the John Ross party in 1839
Sequoyah - Answer -creator of the Cherokee syllabary
Elias Boudinot - Answer -formally educated Cherokee who became the editor of the
Cherokee Phoenix, the first Native American newspaper in the United States
Augustus Baldwin Longstreet - Answer -published Georgia's first important literary
work, Georgia Scenes, Characters, Incidents, Etc. in the First Half Century of the
Republic
Crawford W. Long - Answer -first to perform surgeries using sulfuric ether anesthesia
Braxton Bragg - Answer -career United States Army officer, and then a general in the
Confederate States Army—a principal commander in the Western Theater of the
American Civil War and later the military adviser to the Confederate President Jefferson
Davis
Joseph E. Johnston - Answer -a career U.S. Army officer, serving with distinction in the
Mexican-American War and Seminole Wars, and was also one of the most senior
general officers in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War
William Tecumseh Sherman - Answer -served as a General in the Union Army during
the American Civil War (1861-65), for which he received recognition for his outstanding
command of military strategy as well as criticism for the harshness of the "scorched
, earth" policies that he implemented in conducting total war against the Confederate
States
Henry Wirz - Answer -a Swiss-born Confederate officer in the American Civil War; best
known for his command of Camp Sumter, the Confederate prisoner of war camp near
Andersonville, Georgia; he was tried and executed after the war for conspiracy and
murder relating to his command of the camp
Herschel Johnson - Answer -twice served as a judge in Georgia; served one term each
as a U.S. Senator and as governor of Georgia; unsuccessful candidate for Vice
President in 1860; served as a Georgia Senator in the Confederate Congress
Alexander Stephens - Answer -play a pivotal role in many of the political crises of his
time, including the Civil War; while personally opposed to slavery (calling it "that
abominable human tragedy"), he was also an ardent supporter of states' rights -- which
led him to defend slavery when other politicians attacked the institution
Robert Toombs - Answer -one of the most ardent secessionists in the U.S. Senate,
helped to lead Georgia out of the Union on the eve of the Civil War
Joseph Brown - Answer -Civil War governor of Georgia; one of the most successful
politicians in the state's history
Charles J. Jenkins - Answer -one of the authors of the "Georgia Platform" endorsing
the Compromise of 1850; unsuccessful vice presidential candidate; served on the
Georgia Supreme Court and later as governor of Georgia
Rufus Bullock - Answer -first Republican governor; became the most hated man in the
state during Reconstruction and was forced from office by the Ku Klux Klan; later he
became president of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and master of ceremonies at
the Atlanta Cotton States and International Exposition in 1895
John B. Gordon - Answer -one of Robert E. Lee's most trusted Confederate generals
during the American Civil War; after the war, he was a strong opponent of
Reconstruction and is thought by some to have been the titular leader of the Ku Klux
Klan in Georgia during the late 1860s
Alfred Terry - Answer -strong opponent of the Ku Klux Klan after being assigned as the
last military governor of the Third Military District, based in Atlanta
Jefferson Long - Answer -Georgia's first African American congressman and the first
African American to speak on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives
William Jefferson White - Answer -an Augusta Baptist minister, cabinetmaker and
journalist who founded the Augusta Theological Institute
ANSWERS
Abraham Baldwin - Answer -moved to Georgia in 1784, held many political offices, and
was very instrumental in obtaining the charter for the University of Georgia; played a
pivotal role in the Constitutional Convention in 1787, and was one of the two Georgians
to sign the final document
William Few - Answer -fought in the Battle of Burke County Jail, served in the state
legislative sessions, and took part in the 1777 constitutional convention; in 1780 he was
elected to the Continental Congress
George Mathews - Answer -veteran of the Continental army during the Revolutionary
War (1775-83); after moving to Georgia he quickly rose to service as a state legislator,
governor, and member of the U.S. Congress
George Troup - Answer -served in both the Georgia and U.S. House of
Representatives; twice elected to the U.S. Senate; also served as governor of Georgia
Josiah Meigs - Answer -an American academic, journalist and government official;
president of UGA from 1801 - 1810
Eli Whitney - Answer -American inventor best known for inventing the cotton gin (one of
the key inventions of the Industrial Revolution and shaped the economy of the
Antebellum South)
John Milledge - Answer -held positions as governor, congressman for four terms in the
U.S. House of Representatives, and president pro tempore in the U.S. Senate; principal
figure in the organization of the University of Georgia (on the committee that decided
the location of the institution, and he later purchased and donated the land on which the
university and the town of Athens now stand)
William Harris Crawford - Answer -prepared one of the early digests of Georgia law;
elected to the Georgia State Senate, then the U.S. Senate - where he rose to the
position of President pro tempore; also served as minister to France and Secretary of
War under President James Madison, then was appointed Secretary of the Treasury
John Forsyth - Answer -attorney general of Georgia; served in the United States House
of Representatives and Senate on two separate occasions; governor of Georgia;
minister to Spain; U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin
Van Buren
,George Gilmer - Answer -fought in the War of 1812 and concurrent Indian campaigns;
served in the Georgia and U.S. House of Representatives; governor of Georgia during
the Cherokee Indian Removal (Trail of Tears)
Wilson Lumpkin - Answer -served in both the Georgia and U.S. House of
Representatives, as governor of Georgia, and as a U.S. Senator; acted as U.S.
Commissioner to the Cherokee Indians, and member of the commission to finalize
Georgia/Florida boundary; one of the founders of the Western and Atlantic Railroad
Howell Cobb - Answer -served as congressman, Speaker of the U.S. House of
Representatives, governor of Georgia, and secretary of the treasury; following Georgia's
secession from the Union in 1861, he served as president of the Provisional
Confederate Congress (1861-62) and a major general of the Confederate army
John Ross - Answer -principal chief of the Cherokee Nation in 1827; presided over the
nation during the apex of its development in the Southeast, the tragic Trail of Tears, and
the subsequent rebuilding of the nation in Indian Territory
Major and John Ridge - Answer -led the Cherokee "Treaty Party," which signed a
removal agreement at New Echota in 1835; all four leaders were marked for execution
by members of the John Ross party in 1839
Sequoyah - Answer -creator of the Cherokee syllabary
Elias Boudinot - Answer -formally educated Cherokee who became the editor of the
Cherokee Phoenix, the first Native American newspaper in the United States
Augustus Baldwin Longstreet - Answer -published Georgia's first important literary
work, Georgia Scenes, Characters, Incidents, Etc. in the First Half Century of the
Republic
Crawford W. Long - Answer -first to perform surgeries using sulfuric ether anesthesia
Braxton Bragg - Answer -career United States Army officer, and then a general in the
Confederate States Army—a principal commander in the Western Theater of the
American Civil War and later the military adviser to the Confederate President Jefferson
Davis
Joseph E. Johnston - Answer -a career U.S. Army officer, serving with distinction in the
Mexican-American War and Seminole Wars, and was also one of the most senior
general officers in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War
William Tecumseh Sherman - Answer -served as a General in the Union Army during
the American Civil War (1861-65), for which he received recognition for his outstanding
command of military strategy as well as criticism for the harshness of the "scorched
, earth" policies that he implemented in conducting total war against the Confederate
States
Henry Wirz - Answer -a Swiss-born Confederate officer in the American Civil War; best
known for his command of Camp Sumter, the Confederate prisoner of war camp near
Andersonville, Georgia; he was tried and executed after the war for conspiracy and
murder relating to his command of the camp
Herschel Johnson - Answer -twice served as a judge in Georgia; served one term each
as a U.S. Senator and as governor of Georgia; unsuccessful candidate for Vice
President in 1860; served as a Georgia Senator in the Confederate Congress
Alexander Stephens - Answer -play a pivotal role in many of the political crises of his
time, including the Civil War; while personally opposed to slavery (calling it "that
abominable human tragedy"), he was also an ardent supporter of states' rights -- which
led him to defend slavery when other politicians attacked the institution
Robert Toombs - Answer -one of the most ardent secessionists in the U.S. Senate,
helped to lead Georgia out of the Union on the eve of the Civil War
Joseph Brown - Answer -Civil War governor of Georgia; one of the most successful
politicians in the state's history
Charles J. Jenkins - Answer -one of the authors of the "Georgia Platform" endorsing
the Compromise of 1850; unsuccessful vice presidential candidate; served on the
Georgia Supreme Court and later as governor of Georgia
Rufus Bullock - Answer -first Republican governor; became the most hated man in the
state during Reconstruction and was forced from office by the Ku Klux Klan; later he
became president of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and master of ceremonies at
the Atlanta Cotton States and International Exposition in 1895
John B. Gordon - Answer -one of Robert E. Lee's most trusted Confederate generals
during the American Civil War; after the war, he was a strong opponent of
Reconstruction and is thought by some to have been the titular leader of the Ku Klux
Klan in Georgia during the late 1860s
Alfred Terry - Answer -strong opponent of the Ku Klux Klan after being assigned as the
last military governor of the Third Military District, based in Atlanta
Jefferson Long - Answer -Georgia's first African American congressman and the first
African American to speak on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives
William Jefferson White - Answer -an Augusta Baptist minister, cabinetmaker and
journalist who founded the Augusta Theological Institute
