USG Georgia History Legislative Requirement Practice Exam

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• A hallmark of the New South era in Georgia's economy was?
• Which sector became prominent in Georgia's economy due to diversification in the 20th century?
• Which statement about Robert Toombs is NOT accurate?
• What are the three branches of Georgia's state government?
• What was a defining feature of Georgia's County Unit System?
• Who was the chief of the Yamacraw Indians who acted as mediator between the native population and the English settlers during the early years of Georgia's settlement?
• Nancy Hart is best known for her role as a Patriot spy who sought to rid the area of which group?
• In 1860, Georgia's population, including enslaved people, ranked where among Deep South states?
• Who served as president and vice president of the Confederate States of America?
• Which Georgia governor implemented a ten-point reform program in the 1940s and helped restore higher education accreditation?
• Which is a primary budgeting responsibility of the Georgia General Assembly?
• In what year was Georgia established and where was its settlement?
• Which description best captures the Ku Klux Klan's activity during Reconstruction?
• Which statement best describes Joseph E. Brown's stance during the Civil War?
• Which of the following was NOT a main theater of Georgia's involvement in the War of 1812?
• Which statement about convict labor in Georgia after abolition is accurate?
• Which statement best defines recall?
• What term describes Georgia's effort to promote industrial growth after Reconstruction?
• Which statement about Franklin D. Roosevelt's connection to Georgia is true?
• Which statement about Wilson Lumpkin is NOT accurate?
• Which statement best describes the Atlanta Campaign?
• When was the Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda (GCPA) founded?
• Name a Georgia figure who promoted the New South.
• How did Georgia's economy shift in the 20th century?
• Which company broke ground on a factory in Troup County in 2006?
• Which statement accurately describes the founding of Georgia?
• Which Georgia figure was one of three signers of the Declaration of Independence and served in Georgia's colonial legislature, in the Second Continental Congress, and as president of Georgia's Revolutionary Council of Safety?
• Which act did Hoke Smith help pass to create a national agricultural extension system?
• What led to the abandonment of Georgia's interior missions?
• The Siege of Savannah occurred during which war?
• Which governor resigned his seat in 1795 to address the Yazoo land fraud scandal?
• What system replaced convict leasing after abolition?
• Which Georgian was the two-time U.S. presidential nominee and ran in the controversial 1824 election?
• Who was the first royal governor of Georgia?
• Which outcome followed the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot?
• What was the impact of the Moore's Ford Lynching on civil rights and federal action?
• Which statement best describes James Oglethorpe's role in Georgia's history?
• Which county witnessed the most lynching activity in Georgia between 1882 and 1930?
• During which decade did the Indian Removal policy lead to the relocation of Native Americans from Georgia?
• Corra Harris is best known for which of the following?
• Which body confirms gubernatorial appointments in Georgia?
• Which party split from the Democratic Party in 1948 and was known as the Dixiecrats?
• Which act passed in 1965 significantly increased Black voter registration and voting rights?
• Name a major Georgia battle or operation during the Revolutionary War.
• What is the Mississippian Period timeframe?
• Which Georgia-born individual served as U.S. president from 1977 to 1981?
• What was the primary aim of Sherman's March to the Sea?
• Which office is responsible for corporate filings in Georgia?
• Which figure is widely described as the “Spokesman of the New South”?
• Which group voiced displeasure with the policies of General James Oglethorpe and the Georgia Trustees in the early years of Georgia's settlement?
• Which president signed the Indian Removal Act that led to the Cherokee Removal?
• Georgia's Trustees adopted which motto?
• Which document establishes the framework for Georgia's government and rights?
• One of the Dixiecrats' goals was to deny both major parties a majority in the Electoral College and push the election to the House.
• After independence, what was the main problem with Georgia's claim to lands reaching to the Mississippi River?
• What is the highest law in Georgia?
• Which office is responsible for enforcing laws and directing state agencies?
• What is the Governor's primary responsibility?
• In Reconstruction Georgia, who were known as scalawags?
• What event in 1877 marked the end of federal Reconstruction influence in Georgia?
• What role did Walter White hold in the NAACP?
• Which two Georgia leaders were involved in a fatal duel during the revolutionary era?
• Which statement best characterizes the Progressive Era?
• Roswell King is known for founding which town and beginning which industry?
• Which statement accurately describes Georgia's status during the Revolution?
• What were the primary goals of the Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction?
• Which statement about Rufus Bullock is accurate?
• What is a key duty of the Lieutenant Governor besides presiding over the Senate?
• How were carpetbaggers defined in Reconstruction Georgia?
• Which statement about Crawford Long is NOT true?
• Who has headed the Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda since 1997?
• During the Revolutionary War in Georgia, which city experienced a failed siege resulting in a British victory?
• What term describes the system of racial segregation in Georgia after Reconstruction?
• What development helped Atlanta become a major city after the Civil War?
• Which of the following best describes Georgia's economic transition in the 20th century?
• Which Constitutional case addressed state-tribal relations and limited Georgia's authority over the Cherokee Nation?
• In 1860, Georgia's population passed which milestone?
• What is described as the major legacy of Reconstruction in Georgia?
• Which city developed as a railroad hub and transportation center after the Civil War?
• What were the main industries in late antebellum Georgia?
• Which Georgia figure served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999?
• Which statement is true about John B. Gordon?
• Which national policy led to relocation of Native Americans including Georgians in the 1830s?
• Which governor publicly welcomed the civil rights movement into Georgia in 1971?
• Mary Turner was lynched in Georgia; what is she infamously known for during her lynching?
• Where did the Georgia Gold Rush primarily occur in the late 1820s?
• The Atlanta Campaign was part of which war?
• Which entity confirms the governor's appointments as part of Georgia's checks and balances?
• In 1827, Major Ridge helped establish a Cherokee Nation with three branches of government in cooperation with which leader?
• Which office is responsible for enforcing laws and directing state agencies?
• The Georgia Platform's stance in 1850 can best be described as?
• Which statement about Howell Cobb is NOT accurate?
• Which statement accurately describes lynching in the American South from 1882 to 1930?
• What is notable about Sam Hose Lynching?
• Under which Georgia governor was the NAACP's leadership in the state notably hostile to African American civil rights during much of its history?
• Which statement best describes the New South economic trend in Georgia?
• Which author popularized the Uncle Remus character through a collection of folktales?
• Who promoted the 'New South' concept to spur industrial growth in Georgia?
• Reconstruction in Georgia lasted from 1865 to 1871, bringing Republican government and Federal military occupation to the state.
• What slavery policy did the Trustees implement in early Georgia, and when was it repealed?
• In the Yazoo land scandal, the land bribed to be sold in 1795 now makes up which U.S. state?
• What does the principle of separation of powers aim to prevent in Georgia?
• What term describes the dominance of slavery in Georgia's economy before the Civil War?
• In what year was Savannah founded, and who led its founding?
• Georgia's 2008 tax-incentive legislation targeted which industry?
• Which of the following most accurately describes a consequence of the boll weevil infestation in Georgia?
• What factor prevented general emancipation in Revolutionary Georgia after the war?
• Which statement accurately describes secession in Georgia?
• What is W. W. Law best known for in Georgia's civil rights history?
• Which Georgia-born leader helped lead national civil rights efforts?
• What role did Amos T. Akerman play after the Civil War?
• Which historical figure is associated with founding the Georgia colony and giving the state its name?
• Major Ridge fought alongside Andrew Jackson at which battle?
• By what year did federal civil rights legislation prohibit segregation in Georgia?
• The Atlanta Compromise Speech, delivered by Booker T. Washington, is widely regarded as which approach to Black-white relations in the South?
• Which Native American tribes were among the original inhabitants of Georgia?
• During the Progressive Era, what change occurred at state and local levels?
• Which Georgia author was among the first prominent white Southern writers to denounce Jim Crow and wrote Strange Fruit?
• Who was ultimately identified as Mary Phagan's killer in the Leo Frank case as described in the material?
• What is the modern name of the facility established by Franklin D. Roosevelt in Warm Springs, Georgia?
• Which statement about Robert Toombs is accurate?
• Which two figures were involved in a fatal duel, with one killing the other?
• Which statement describes Rufus Bullock's involvement with the Atlanta Exposition of 1895?
• What principle divides Georgia's government power among three branches to prevent concentration?
• What is the role of the Georgia Department of Education?
• How can a Governor's veto be overridden in Georgia?
• Repartimiento in the context of Spanish missions refers to which system?
• What is the official name of the Confederate prisoner-of-war camp at Andersonville?
• Which Supreme Court case declared Georgia's County Unit System invalid by establishing one person, one vote?
• Which of the following is the highest state court in Georgia?
• What method determined eligibility and chance in Georgia's Land Lottery System for distributing public lands?
• Which factor contributed to the Great Migration of Georgia's poor tenant farmers into northern cities?
• Georgia was the lone Deep South state to remain loyal to the national Democratic Party in 1948. Which state among the following was not?
• What was Georgia's first staple crop and major commercial commodity in the Lowcountry from mid-18th century until the early 20th century?
• Which sequence lists Georgia's five state capitals in their correct chronological order?
• Which Georgia leader served two terms as governor from 2003 to 2011 and later became U.S. Secretary of Agriculture?
• Who presides over the Georgia Senate?
• After Georgia governor John Slaton commuted Leo Frank's sentence, what occurred in Atlanta?
• Which artist used collages and other media to explore slavery, the Holocaust, and the American response to revolt and war?
• Which statement about Worcester v. Georgia (1832) is accurate?
• Which major port city is central to Georgia’s international trade?
• How does Georgia’s coastline influence its economy?
• What is a basic civic responsibility of Georgia residents?
• Battle of Kennesaw Mountain: what was the outcome (June 27, 1864)?
• How are most Georgia state judges selected?
• Which figure was a powerful ally of Henry W. Grady in Georgia politics?
• Which two rail lines anchor Georgia's contemporary rail system?
• Mark Anthony Cooper is best remembered as an industrialist in which area?
• Which statement best describes Georgia's post-Civil War development?
• Which artist is often called the 'Picasso of folk artists' and emerged from rural Appalachian culture?
• Which statement about Sequoyah is NOT true?
• In Georgia, which entity fits the description 'the basic unit of local government' and how do municipalities relate?
• Who is known as the founder of Georgia and the colony’s namesake?
• What event led to the forced removal of Cherokees and Creeks from Georgia in the 1830s?
• Charlayne Hunter-Gault is also known for her journalism career and has worked for which networks?
• Which organization affiliated with the Ku Klux Klan lynched Leo Frank for 'justice' in the Leo Frank case?
• What is true about secession in Georgia?
• What happened to the Roswell Mill workers during the Atlanta campaign?
• Which Supreme Court decision established the one-man, one-vote principle and contributed to increased Black voter registration after 1965?
• Which statement best describes John Ross's role in Cherokee leadership?
• What industry became central to Georgia’s economy in the 19th and early 20th centuries?
• Under which governing body was Georgia administered during its founding under Oglethorpe?
• What invention did Eli Whitney create in Georgia that revolutionized cotton production?
• Spanish missions in Georgia were primarily established for what purpose?
• The 15th Amendment addresses voting rights for which group?
• During the Cocking Affair, which institution's leadership was targeted?
• William and Ellen Craft gained fame for which achievement?
• Dixiecrats dissolved after the 1948 election but paved the way for the rise of which political trend in the South?
• Which Georgia city became the center of the carpet industry in the 1920s?
• In 1789, about how many acres were traded in the Yazoo land sale before the deal was torpedoed?
• The Salzburgers were expelled from their home in the Catholic principality of which region?
• What are the two houses that make up the Georgia General Assembly?
• Georgia's path to independence began with which major conflict?
• Who was elected governor of Georgia on January 7, 1783, after independence?
• In the Three Governors Controversy, which governor refused to leave office until the dispute was settled?
• Which statement is NOT a stated goal of the GCPA?
• Which Georgia governor, taking office in 1966 amid desegregation tensions, opened Pickrick Cafeteria and appointed many African Americans to government positions?
• Who was the third and last royal governor of Georgia, serving from 1760 to 1782 and known for delaying the flame of revolution?
• Which of the following is NOT a branch of Georgia's government?
• Charlayne Hunter-Gault is known for being one of the first two African American students admitted to which university?
• Which statement describes Wilson Lumpkin's major achievement?
• Battle of Bloody Marsh occurred on July 7, 1742 on St. Simons Island as part of which conflict?
• Corra Harris published essays in which periodical?
• Which Georgia city is widely recognized as the state's oldest city and major port?
• What outcome is associated with the Sibley Commission’s work in Georgia?
• Approximately how many Georgians served in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II?
• During World War II, which statement about Georgia is accurate?
• During the Three Governors Controversy, which court ruled that Thompson was the successor?
• Which state office is primarily responsible for administering elections in Georgia?
• Which airline emerged from bankruptcy in 2007?
• Name the three levels of Georgia’s state courts, from highest to lowest.
• Which explorer was the first European to explore the interior of what is now Georgia?
• How can the Georgia Constitution be amended?
• Which event led to the forced removal of Native American tribes from Georgia in the 1830s?
• What proportion of Georgia's land was sold under the Land Lottery System?
• In Georgia, most state judges are elected by voters.
• Which governor died in 1946, triggering the Three Governors Controversy?
• Sequoyah is credited with which major achievement?
• Who wrote Gone With the Wind, a novel set during the American Civil War?
• Which mid-18th century figure served as a cultural liaison (translator) between colonial Georgia and the Creek Indians, also known as Coosaponakeesa?
• Which crop was the dominant factor in Georgia's agricultural economy from the late 18th to the mid-20th century?
• Which artist described himself as a 'stranger from another world' and a 'man of visions'?
• In what year did Georgia move its capital from Milledgeville to Atlanta?
• Which offices did Howell Cobb hold during his career?
• Which Civil War events significantly affected Georgia?
• What term describes the period between the termination of Trustee governance and Georgia's declaration of independence?
• What was the primary purpose of founding the Georgia colony under James Oglethorpe and the Trustees?
• Which event in 1906 Atlanta Riot is identified as the catalyst for the violence?
• In Georgia, the SNCC primarily concentrated its civil rights organizing in which cities?
• Crawford Long is credited with which medical advancement?
• Rebecca Latimer Felton was a writer and reformer who championed Progressive Era reforms, including women's suffrage; she is also known for what?
• Which statement about Thomas E. Watson describes his political evolution?
• Yamacraw Indians were a small group in the Savannah area led by Tomochichi. They consisted of which tribes?
• What did John Marshall rule in Fletcher v. Peck about the Yazoo Rescinding Act?
• In what year did Georgia adopt its current constitution?
• Georgia's capital city after Milledgeville was changed to which city?
• Which Georgia city was a focal point of civil rights activism in the 1950s and 1960s?
• Which statement about Georgia's women's suffrage is correct?
• What happened to the Andersonville prison site after it closed?
• Which federal amendment addresses voting rights for African Americans?
• Before moving to Atlanta in 1868, which city served as Georgia’s capital?
• Which office handles corporate filings in Georgia?
• What did the 1946 King v. Chapman decision decide about the white primary?
• Which statement about Alexander Stephens is NOT true?
• Georgia's current constitution was adopted in which year?
• What process allows Georgians to vote on proposed laws or constitutional changes?
• During the Three Governors Controversy, who did the Georgia Supreme Court recognize as the successor governor?
• The 2003 Georgia state flag was signed into effect by which governor?
• Major Ridge is best known for signing which treaty that led to the Trail of Tears?
• In the Land Lottery context, land originally used for tobacco was later used for which crop?
• Which city in Georgia is closely associated with the state's history as an early major port and urban center?
• Which trio is identified as part of Georgia's Bourbon Triumvirate?
• Georgia convicts today are still expected to work on which types of projects?
• The twentieth-century effort to mobilize black Georgians in the political process began during which decade?
• Which event is commonly cited as marking the end of federal Reconstruction influence in Georgia?
• What defines Unionists in Georgia during the Civil War era?
• Where was Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in 1968 while supporting striking workers?