UGA HISTORY EXEMPTION EXAM LATEST 2023
ACTUAL EXAM 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS|AGRADE
Define: Board of Trustees – ANSWER- The governing body of Georgia in London
England. King George signed a charter establishing the colony and creating its
governing board
What years is Georgia referred to as “Trustee Georgia”? – ANSWER- 1732 – 1752
What were four things that were outlawed when Georgia was founded? –
ANSWER- slavery, rum, lawyers, and Catholics
Who was the impetus behind Georgia’s founding? – ANSWER- James Edward
Ogelthorpe
Battle of Bloody Marsh – ANSWER- On St. Simons Island between the English
and the Spanish. It was an attempt of the Spanish to invade Georgia
Who from Georgia signed the Declaration of Independence? – ANSWER- Button
Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, and George Walton
Who from Georgia signed the US Constitution? – ANSWER- Abraham Baldwin
and William Few Jr.
Which state was Georgia to enter the Union when it ratified the Constitution in
1788? – ANSWER- Fourth
What was the most serious military confrontation between British and American
troops? – ANSWER- Siege of Savannah in 1779
Where was the capital moved to and from in 1779? – ANSWER- Savannah to
Augusta
Battle of Kettle Creek – ANSWER- Took place in Wilkes County
Nancy Hart – ANSWER- a female patriot and spy credited with killing several
Tories at her home
When was the ban on slavery in Georgia lifted? – ANSWER- 1752
Eli Whitney – ANSWER- inventor of the cotton gin
Yazoo land fraud – ANSWER- 1795, the sale of western land to four land
companies after the governor and members of the General Assembly had been
bribed / land companies bribed GA leaders to sell land cheaply; resulted in U.S.
take-over of disputed land
James Edward Ogelthorpe – ANSWER- The leader of English Parliament who
founded the Georgia colony, in order to create an effective buffer from the Spanish
and Spanish controlled Florida.
University of Georgia – ANSWER- Founded in 1785, first university in the nation
established by a state government
Wesleyan College – ANSWER- Established in Macon in 1836, the first degreegranting women’s college in the world
Trail of Tears – ANSWER- The Cherokees forced exile from the states
northewestern territory in 1838 – 1839. It became a symbol of the trauma and
suffering all experienced
What was Georgia referred to as by the 1860s? – ANSWER- “Empire State of the
South”
Which state was Georgia out of all the states to secede from the Union? –
ANSWER- fifth
Howell Cobb – ANSWER- in control of the Confederacy’s organizing convention
Thomas R. R. Cobb – ANSWER- primary author of the Confederate Constitution
William T. Sherman – ANSWER- known for his military campaign “March to the
Sea” in which he marched from Atlanta to Savannah for his final siege. His troops
burned barns and houses, and destroyed the countryside. His march showed a shift
in the belief that only military targets should be destroyed. Civilian centers could
also be targets
Reconstruction – ANSWER- the period after the Civil War in the United States
when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union
Freedmen’s Bureau – ANSWER- established by Congress to aid African Americans
undergoing the transition from slavery to freedom in the aftermath of the Civil War
Klu Klux Klan – ANSWER- Terrorist organization devoted to racial inequality,
suffering and evil, established 1868
Governor James Jackson – ANSWER- Overturned the Yazoo Act; elected to First
Congress; lost reelection
Joseph Brown – ANSWER- Governor from Georgia who tried at times to keep his
own troops apart from the Confederate forces and insisted on hoarding surplus
supplies for his own state’s militias. He believed that his state had seceded so that it
didn’t have to follow the dictates of a central government.
Milledgeville – ANSWER- Georgia’s fourth capital and seat of the state
government during the Civil War
Henry L. Benning – ANSWER- A jurist who became associate justice of the
Supreme Court of Georgia in the 1850s. He then became a vocal advocate for
secession and earned the rank of brigadier general during the Civil War
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.
Rufus Bullock – ANSWER- He served as the Governor of Georgia from 1868 to
1871 during Reconstruction and was the first Republican governor of Georgia.
After various allegations of scandal, in 1871 he was obliged by the Ku Klux Klan
to resign the governorship.
Tunis Campbell – ANSWER- Represented McIntosh County as a state senator and
served as a justice of the peace.Insisted on equal representation of blacks in juries
and otherwise championed their rights to the point of making himself an
annoyance to the whites. Was sentenced to a year of hard labor for improper
conduct.