GEORGIA HISTORY EXEMPTION EXAM
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1. Fall Line - ANSWER ✔ - 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.]
2. Georgia capitals - ANSWER ✔ Savannah, Augusta, Louisville,
Milledgeville, Atlanta
3. Atlanta - ANSWER ✔ - 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
4. James Wright - ANSWER ✔ Georgia's 3rd (and last) Royal Governor. He
was extremely popular and successful
5. Indigo, Silk - ANSWER ✔ - Brought to GA by Europeans
- became a new major cash crop
6. Hernando de Soto - ANSWER ✔ 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.
7. Salzburgers - ANSWER ✔ 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
8. James Oglethorpe - ANSWER ✔ 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.
,9. Georgia Trustees - ANSWER ✔ They gave out land between the Savannah
and Altamaha Rivers. They also prohibited having rum and owning African
Slaves.
10.James Edward Oglethorpe - ANSWER ✔ Brittish man that Conceived of
and implemented his plan to establish the colony of Georgia.
11.Georgia would be a place where debtors in England could go instead of
prison. Georgia would also produce silk, wine, and be a military board
between Spanish Florida and the British colonies
12.Battle of Bloody Marsh - ANSWER ✔ On July 7, 1742, English and
Spanish forces skirmished on St. Simons Island
13.This event was the only Spanish attempt to invade Georgia during the War
of Jenkins' Ear, and it resulted in a significant ENGLISH VICTORY.
14.General James Oglethorpe redeemed his reputation from his defeat at St.
Augustine, Florida
15.Commons House of Assembly - ANSWER ✔ The Provincial Congress
began work on a permanent constitution that would take effect in May 1777.
Under this document, a one-house legislature, or House of Assembly, would
be elected annually, and the Assembly would choose the governor and his
council.
, 16.Cherokee - ANSWER ✔ principal chief (the equivalent of president) John
Ross
17.The discovery of gold on Cherokee territory in 1829 further fueled the desire
of Georgians to possess their land.
18.Congress passed the Indian Removal Act, which authorized U.S. president
Andrew Jackson to negotiate removal treaties with Native American tribes.
19.Ross and other leaders fought government In Worcester v. Georgia (1832)
the Court held that the Cherokee Indians constituted a nation holding distinct
sovereign powers, but the decision would not protect the Cherokees from
removal.
20.First Provisional Congress - ANSWER ✔ Johnson would appoint a
provisional governor to supervise the Reconstruction process. When
Reconstruction had been completed and the state readmitted and represented
in Congress, this provisional governor would step aside and a permanent
governor, elected by the voters, would take office.
21.president Andrew Johnson appoint governor James Johnson as provisional
governor of Georgia
22.on July 4, at the convening of this was in Savannah. The council comprised
sixteen members and was charged with conducting the affairs of opposition
against royal rule. He presided over that body during the critical months
STUDY GUIDE 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS || 100% GUARANTEED PASS
<RECENT VERSION>
1. Fall Line - ANSWER ✔ - 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.]
2. Georgia capitals - ANSWER ✔ Savannah, Augusta, Louisville,
Milledgeville, Atlanta
3. Atlanta - ANSWER ✔ - 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
4. James Wright - ANSWER ✔ Georgia's 3rd (and last) Royal Governor. He
was extremely popular and successful
5. Indigo, Silk - ANSWER ✔ - Brought to GA by Europeans
- became a new major cash crop
6. Hernando de Soto - ANSWER ✔ 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.
7. Salzburgers - ANSWER ✔ 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
8. James Oglethorpe - ANSWER ✔ 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.
,9. Georgia Trustees - ANSWER ✔ They gave out land between the Savannah
and Altamaha Rivers. They also prohibited having rum and owning African
Slaves.
10.James Edward Oglethorpe - ANSWER ✔ Brittish man that Conceived of
and implemented his plan to establish the colony of Georgia.
11.Georgia would be a place where debtors in England could go instead of
prison. Georgia would also produce silk, wine, and be a military board
between Spanish Florida and the British colonies
12.Battle of Bloody Marsh - ANSWER ✔ On July 7, 1742, English and
Spanish forces skirmished on St. Simons Island
13.This event was the only Spanish attempt to invade Georgia during the War
of Jenkins' Ear, and it resulted in a significant ENGLISH VICTORY.
14.General James Oglethorpe redeemed his reputation from his defeat at St.
Augustine, Florida
15.Commons House of Assembly - ANSWER ✔ The Provincial Congress
began work on a permanent constitution that would take effect in May 1777.
Under this document, a one-house legislature, or House of Assembly, would
be elected annually, and the Assembly would choose the governor and his
council.
, 16.Cherokee - ANSWER ✔ principal chief (the equivalent of president) John
Ross
17.The discovery of gold on Cherokee territory in 1829 further fueled the desire
of Georgians to possess their land.
18.Congress passed the Indian Removal Act, which authorized U.S. president
Andrew Jackson to negotiate removal treaties with Native American tribes.
19.Ross and other leaders fought government In Worcester v. Georgia (1832)
the Court held that the Cherokee Indians constituted a nation holding distinct
sovereign powers, but the decision would not protect the Cherokees from
removal.
20.First Provisional Congress - ANSWER ✔ Johnson would appoint a
provisional governor to supervise the Reconstruction process. When
Reconstruction had been completed and the state readmitted and represented
in Congress, this provisional governor would step aside and a permanent
governor, elected by the voters, would take office.
21.president Andrew Johnson appoint governor James Johnson as provisional
governor of Georgia
22.on July 4, at the convening of this was in Savannah. The council comprised
sixteen members and was charged with conducting the affairs of opposition
against royal rule. He presided over that body during the critical months
