GEORGIA HISTORY EXEMPTION Exam 2026|2027 Advanced
Practice Questions and Answers with Complete A+ Solutions
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Thomas Watson - correct answer -A politician, attorney, newspaper editor, and writer from
Georgia. In the 1890's Watson championed poor farmers as a leader of the Populist Party,
articulating an agrarian political viewpoint while attacking business, bankers, railroads,
Democratic President Grover Cleveland, and the Democratic Party.
Atlanta Race Riot of 1906 - correct answer -Mass civil disturbance in Atlanta, September 22-
24, 1906 characterized at the time by Le Petit Journal and other media outlets as a "racial
massacre of negroes". The death toll of the conflict was at least 25 African Americans along
with 2 confirmed European Americans
Albany Movement - correct answer -Desegregation coalition formed in Albany, Georgia,
quickly became a broad-front nonviolent attack on every aspect of segregation within the
city. Bus stations, libraries, and lunch counters reserved for White Americans were
occupied by African Americans, boycotts were launched, and hundreds of protesters
marched on City Hall.
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, County unit system - correct answer -1917-1962 affected primary elections only (where we
narrow down what candidate from which party will run for a particular office) the 121
smallest counties had the ability to control elections even though 67% of voters lived in the
38 largest counties
Leo Frank - correct answer -A Jewish man charged with the murder of MARY PHAGAN.
Originally sentenced to death but Governor reduced to life in prison. Tom Watson led a public
outcry and a group of angry men kidnapped him from jail and lynched him. His case led to
rebirth of KKK in GA
Booker T. Washington - correct answer -Prominent black American, born into slavery, who
believed that racism would end once blacks acquired useful labor skills and proved their
economic value to society, was head of the Tuskegee Institute in 1881. His book "Up from
Slavery."
Atlanta Compromise - correct answer -Argument put forward by Booker T. Washington that
African-Americans should not focus on civil rights or social equality but concentrate on
economic self-improvement
Martin Luther King, Jr. - correct answer -U.S. Baptist minister and civil rights leader. He
opposed discrimination against blacks by organizing nonviolent resistance and peaceful
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Practice Questions and Answers with Complete A+ Solutions
100% Correct!!!
Thomas Watson - correct answer -A politician, attorney, newspaper editor, and writer from
Georgia. In the 1890's Watson championed poor farmers as a leader of the Populist Party,
articulating an agrarian political viewpoint while attacking business, bankers, railroads,
Democratic President Grover Cleveland, and the Democratic Party.
Atlanta Race Riot of 1906 - correct answer -Mass civil disturbance in Atlanta, September 22-
24, 1906 characterized at the time by Le Petit Journal and other media outlets as a "racial
massacre of negroes". The death toll of the conflict was at least 25 African Americans along
with 2 confirmed European Americans
Albany Movement - correct answer -Desegregation coalition formed in Albany, Georgia,
quickly became a broad-front nonviolent attack on every aspect of segregation within the
city. Bus stations, libraries, and lunch counters reserved for White Americans were
occupied by African Americans, boycotts were launched, and hundreds of protesters
marched on City Hall.
1|Page
, County unit system - correct answer -1917-1962 affected primary elections only (where we
narrow down what candidate from which party will run for a particular office) the 121
smallest counties had the ability to control elections even though 67% of voters lived in the
38 largest counties
Leo Frank - correct answer -A Jewish man charged with the murder of MARY PHAGAN.
Originally sentenced to death but Governor reduced to life in prison. Tom Watson led a public
outcry and a group of angry men kidnapped him from jail and lynched him. His case led to
rebirth of KKK in GA
Booker T. Washington - correct answer -Prominent black American, born into slavery, who
believed that racism would end once blacks acquired useful labor skills and proved their
economic value to society, was head of the Tuskegee Institute in 1881. His book "Up from
Slavery."
Atlanta Compromise - correct answer -Argument put forward by Booker T. Washington that
African-Americans should not focus on civil rights or social equality but concentrate on
economic self-improvement
Martin Luther King, Jr. - correct answer -U.S. Baptist minister and civil rights leader. He
opposed discrimination against blacks by organizing nonviolent resistance and peaceful
2|Page
