Georgia History Exemption Exam Questions With Revised Answers
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Georgia History
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Georgia History
Georgia History Exemption Exam Questions
With Revised Answers
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
- Na...
Georgia History Exemption Exam Questions
With Revised Answers
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.]
Georgia capitals - answer✔✔Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Atlanta
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
James Wright - answer✔✔Georgia's 3rd (and last) Royal Governor. He was extremely popular
and successful
Indigo, Silk - answer✔✔- Brought to GA by Europeans
- became a new major cash crop
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.
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
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.
Georgia Trustees - answer✔✔They gave out land between the Savannah and Altamaha Rivers.
They also prohibited having rum and owning African Slaves.
Scottish Highlanders - answer✔✔- Added protection to GAs southern border
- fought with Oglethorpe to fight off the Spanish
Fletcher v. Peck - answer✔✔(1810) First time the Supreme Court ruled a state law
unconstitutional. It protected property rights and allowed the invalidation of state laws that
conflicted with the Constitution.
Worcester v. Georgia - answer✔✔(1832) US Supreme Court (esp. Frank Marshall) held that
Cherokee Native Americans were entitled to federal protection from the actions of state
governments which would infringe on the tribe's sovereignty. Ignored blatantly by Andrew
Jackson
Battle of Bloody Marsh - answer✔✔In 1742, Oglethorpe's forces, along with help from the
Highland Scots, surprised Spanish troops at St. Simon's Is;and and forced them back across the
Florida border. This marked the beginning of a safe southern frontier for the British.
Battle of Kettle Creek - answer✔✔First colonial victory in Georgia on Feb. 14, 1779; important
to Georgia because it increased morale and the militia was able to take horses and much needed
weapons from the British
Yazoo Land Fraud - answer✔✔This scandal that took place in Georgia in the early 1800's &
resulted in Georgia losing much land in what is now Alabama and Mississippi
- Also made the western border of Georgia the Chattahoochee River?
James Vann - answer✔✔In 1800, while on an East Coast trip that included a visit to Washington,
D.C., Vann met a group of Moravian missionaries from North Carolina who desired to spread the
Gospel and teach Cherokee children. Vann convinced them to move to Spring Place, south of the
soon-to-be-built Vann House, to start a mission and school. He presented his idea to the tribal
council, in part so his two-year old son Joseph might attend. That autumn the Moravians would
have a school. Many of the mixed-blood Cherokee supported Vann. The council vote was in
favor of the Moravians.
Joseph Vann - answer✔✔Cherokee plantation owner, son of Chief James Vann, who had his
land confiscated because he hired a white man to work for him
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