UGA History Exemption Test
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Women's Right Movement—ANSWER-Rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls
of many societies worldwide
Ku Klux Klan—ANSWER-Terrorist organization devoted to racial inequality, suffering and evil;
established 1868
Conscription—ANSWER-The compulsory enlistment of people in some sort of national
service, most often military service
Populist Party—ANSWER-U.S. political party that sought to represent the interests of
farmers and laborers in the 1890s, advocating increased currency issues, free coinage of
silver, public ownership of railroads, and a graduated federal income tax; also called People's
Party
World War I—ANSWER-Global war centered in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted
until 11 November 1918; also known as the Great War
President: Woodrow Wilson
,Jim Crow—ANSWER-The system of racial segregation in the South that was created in the
late nineteenth century following the end of slavery. Laws written to separate blacks and
whites in public areas/meant African Americans had unequal opportunities in housing, work,
education, and government; 1876-1965
Ended by Lyndon B. Johnson
Progressive Movement—ANSWER-General political philosophy advocating or favoring social,
political, and economic reform
Presidents: Teddy Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson
America Prohibition—ANSWER-National ban on the sale, manufacture, and transportation of
alcohol, in place from 1920 to 1933. Ban was mandated by the 18th Amendment to the
Constitution
Private ownership of consumable alcohol and drinking it was not made illegal.
Ended with the ratification of the 21st Amendment, which repealed the 18th Amendment,
on December 5, 1933
Woodrow Wilson—ANSWER-Leader of the Progressive Movement and was the 28th
President of the United States (1913-1921). After a policy of neutrality at the outbreak of
World War I, he led America into war in order to "make the world safe for democracy"
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, Treaty of Versailles—ANSWER-One of the peace treaties at the end of World War I; was
intended to provide a place where countries could peacefully discuss solutions to their
differences rather than go to war. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied
Powers.
It was signed on 28 June 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz
Ferdinand.
Whig Party—ANSWER-Party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and
Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the
1680s to the 1850s
Mugwump Party—ANSWER-Republican political activists who bolted from the US Republican
Party by supporting Democratic candidate Grover Cleveland in the United States presidential
election of 1884
Switched parties because they rejected the financial corruption associated with Republican
candidate James G. Blaine. In a close election, they supposedly made the difference in New
York state and swung the election to Cleveland
New Deal—ANSWER-Series of economic programs enacted in the US between 1933 and
1936. They involved presidential executive orders or laws passed by Congress during the first
term of FDR
Questions and Answers 100%
PASS
Women's Right Movement—ANSWER-Rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls
of many societies worldwide
Ku Klux Klan—ANSWER-Terrorist organization devoted to racial inequality, suffering and evil;
established 1868
Conscription—ANSWER-The compulsory enlistment of people in some sort of national
service, most often military service
Populist Party—ANSWER-U.S. political party that sought to represent the interests of
farmers and laborers in the 1890s, advocating increased currency issues, free coinage of
silver, public ownership of railroads, and a graduated federal income tax; also called People's
Party
World War I—ANSWER-Global war centered in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted
until 11 November 1918; also known as the Great War
President: Woodrow Wilson
,Jim Crow—ANSWER-The system of racial segregation in the South that was created in the
late nineteenth century following the end of slavery. Laws written to separate blacks and
whites in public areas/meant African Americans had unequal opportunities in housing, work,
education, and government; 1876-1965
Ended by Lyndon B. Johnson
Progressive Movement—ANSWER-General political philosophy advocating or favoring social,
political, and economic reform
Presidents: Teddy Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson
America Prohibition—ANSWER-National ban on the sale, manufacture, and transportation of
alcohol, in place from 1920 to 1933. Ban was mandated by the 18th Amendment to the
Constitution
Private ownership of consumable alcohol and drinking it was not made illegal.
Ended with the ratification of the 21st Amendment, which repealed the 18th Amendment,
on December 5, 1933
Woodrow Wilson—ANSWER-Leader of the Progressive Movement and was the 28th
President of the United States (1913-1921). After a policy of neutrality at the outbreak of
World War I, he led America into war in order to "make the world safe for democracy"
© 2026 Copyright. All Rights Reserved. This document is
protected by copyright law, Copyrighted By Brittie Donald
, Treaty of Versailles—ANSWER-One of the peace treaties at the end of World War I; was
intended to provide a place where countries could peacefully discuss solutions to their
differences rather than go to war. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied
Powers.
It was signed on 28 June 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz
Ferdinand.
Whig Party—ANSWER-Party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and
Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the
1680s to the 1850s
Mugwump Party—ANSWER-Republican political activists who bolted from the US Republican
Party by supporting Democratic candidate Grover Cleveland in the United States presidential
election of 1884
Switched parties because they rejected the financial corruption associated with Republican
candidate James G. Blaine. In a close election, they supposedly made the difference in New
York state and swung the election to Cleveland
New Deal—ANSWER-Series of economic programs enacted in the US between 1933 and
1936. They involved presidential executive orders or laws passed by Congress during the first
term of FDR
