GSU GEORGIA HISTORY Exam Questions
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Reconstruction in Georgia - Correct Answer--As a defeated Confederate state, Georgia
underwent Reconstruction from 1865, when the Civil War (1861-65) ended, until 1871,
when Republican government and military occupation in the state ended
1865-1871( around the civil war)******
Georgia was founded - Correct Answer--Established in 1732***
-Settlement in Savannah in 1733***
When was Savannah Captured
-Last of the 13 colonies founded
What three Georgians signed the declaration of independence? - Correct Answer--
Button Gwinnett
-Lyman Hall
-George Walton
Eli Whitney - Correct Answer--Invention of the Cotton Gin*****
The construction of railroads - Correct Answer--connecting Athens, Augusta, Macon,
and Savannah during the 1830s******
What was atlanta originally named? - Correct Answer--Terminus
-Founded in 1837 as the end of the rail system's line
by 1860, Georgia was known as the - Correct Answer--Empire state of the south
Slavery in Antebellum Georgia - Correct Answer--When the Georgia Trustees first
envisioned their colonial experiment in the early 1730s, they banned slavery in order to
avoid the slave-based plantation economy that had developed in other colonies in the
American South
The original group of settlers were - Correct Answer--125
the original site for settlement - Correct Answer--Yamacraw Bluff****
the charter of the original group of trustees was to last for - Correct Answer--20 years
The Indian chief with whom the first settlers made their agreement wias - Correct
Answer--Tomo-chi-chi*****
