What category does USG assign to UGA, Georgia Tech, Georgia State, and Augusta University?
Correct answer(s):
- Research universities
Topic
Georgia Facts
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In what year did Georgia secede from the United States?
Correct answer(s):
- 1861
Atlanta passes a municipal rule. What should a reader check before treating it as statewide law?
Correct answer(s):
- The rule's jurisdiction
Which issue was central to Georgia’s secession crisis?
Correct answer(s):
- Protecting slavery
What is a river basin in Georgia?
Correct answer(s):
- Land draining into a connected river system
When did the Atlanta Campaign take place?
Correct answer(s):
- 1864
Which coastal city was the destination of Sherman’s 1864 advance from Atlanta?
Correct answer(s):
- Savannah
How could Union advances affect enslaved people in Georgia?
Correct answer(s):
- They could create opportunities to seek freedom
How does emancipation differ from Reconstruction?
Correct answer(s):
- Emancipation ended legal enslavement; Reconstruction rebuilt postwar institutions
When did Atlanta become Georgia’s state capital?
Correct answer(s):
- 1868
What is Georgia’s traditional state motto?
Correct answer(s):
- Wisdom, Justice, and Moderation
Which city was Georgia’s capital immediately before Atlanta?
Correct answer(s):
- Milledgeville
Which time zone does Georgia use?
Correct answer(s):
- Eastern Time
Which set contains three former principal Georgia capitals?
Correct answer(s):
- Savannah, Augusta, Louisville
Georgia’s Gullah Geechee heritage includes traditions with roots in which region?
Correct answer(s):
- West Africa
Who lived in present-day Georgia before British colonization?
Correct answer(s):
- Indigenous societies
What was Georgia’s relationship to the original thirteen colonies?
Correct answer(s):
- It was one of them
When did the Albany Movement begin?
Correct answer(s):
- 1961
What did the Albany Movement seek to challenge?
Correct answer(s):
- Racial segregation
How many counties does Georgia have?
Correct answer(s):
- 159