UGA HISTORY EXEMPTION TEST1 EXAM
PREP PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS 2026
◉ Alexander Hamilton's Financial Plan
Answer: 1. pay off all foreign and domestic debts 2. have a National
Bank 3. have a protective tariff 4. have an excise tax
Thomas Jefferson Opposed
◉ Western Land Cessions
Answer: 1781-1787; Georgia in 1802
*The original thirteen states ceded their western land claims to the
new federal government
*The states that lacked western land claims feared that states with
claims could grow in size, skewing representation in the federal
government
*Before signing the United States Constitution, these states
demanded that those with claims cede the land
*Ordinances in 1784 and 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance (1787)
organized the ceded areas in preparation for statehood
*New states were organized and admitted to the Union
,*This policy strengthened the ties of the western farmers to the
central government
◉ Federalists
Answer: A term used to describe supporters of the Constitution
during ratification debates in state legislatures.
Supporters - Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay
◉ Anti-Federalists
Answer: Opponents of the American Constitution at the time when
the states were contemplating its adoption.
George Mason, Patrick Henry, and George Clinton
Republican Party correlated
◉ Federalists papers
Answer: -collection of 85 articles and essays written (under the
pseudonym Publius) by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and
John Jay promoting the ratification of the United States Constitution
-Against the bill of rights
,-Madison discusses the means of preventing rule by majority faction
and advocates a large, commercial republic
◉ James Madison
Answer: Considered "Father of the Constitution" because of his role
in its writing and ratification. Wrote Bill of Rights. One of the authors
of the Federalist Papers.
President during War of 1812
◉ Bill of Rights
Answer: The first ten amendments to the Constitution
◉ 10th Amendment
Answer: The powers not delegated to the United States by the
Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the
States respectively, or to the people.
◉ Elastic Clause
Answer: Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution, which allows
Congress to make all laws that are "necessary and proper" to carry
out the powers of the Constitution.
◉ Northwest Ordinance
Answer: -1789
, -An Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United
States, North-West of the River Ohio
-First organized territory of the US
-Began westward expansion
-This division helped set the stage for national competition over
admitting free and slave states
◉ Iroquois league
Answer: five tribes to form the Indian confederation called the
Iroquois League.
◉ Eli Whitney
Answer: Invented the cotton gin, 1793
◉ Jay Treaty
Answer: Was made up by John Jay. It said that Britain was to pay for
Americans ships that were seized in 1793. It said that Americans
had to pay British merchants debts owed from before the revolution
and Britain had agreed to remove their troops from the Ohio Valley
◉ John Adams
Answer: America's first Vice-President and second President.
Sponsor of the American Revolution in Massachusetts, and wrote the
PREP PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS 2026
◉ Alexander Hamilton's Financial Plan
Answer: 1. pay off all foreign and domestic debts 2. have a National
Bank 3. have a protective tariff 4. have an excise tax
Thomas Jefferson Opposed
◉ Western Land Cessions
Answer: 1781-1787; Georgia in 1802
*The original thirteen states ceded their western land claims to the
new federal government
*The states that lacked western land claims feared that states with
claims could grow in size, skewing representation in the federal
government
*Before signing the United States Constitution, these states
demanded that those with claims cede the land
*Ordinances in 1784 and 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance (1787)
organized the ceded areas in preparation for statehood
*New states were organized and admitted to the Union
,*This policy strengthened the ties of the western farmers to the
central government
◉ Federalists
Answer: A term used to describe supporters of the Constitution
during ratification debates in state legislatures.
Supporters - Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay
◉ Anti-Federalists
Answer: Opponents of the American Constitution at the time when
the states were contemplating its adoption.
George Mason, Patrick Henry, and George Clinton
Republican Party correlated
◉ Federalists papers
Answer: -collection of 85 articles and essays written (under the
pseudonym Publius) by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and
John Jay promoting the ratification of the United States Constitution
-Against the bill of rights
,-Madison discusses the means of preventing rule by majority faction
and advocates a large, commercial republic
◉ James Madison
Answer: Considered "Father of the Constitution" because of his role
in its writing and ratification. Wrote Bill of Rights. One of the authors
of the Federalist Papers.
President during War of 1812
◉ Bill of Rights
Answer: The first ten amendments to the Constitution
◉ 10th Amendment
Answer: The powers not delegated to the United States by the
Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the
States respectively, or to the people.
◉ Elastic Clause
Answer: Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution, which allows
Congress to make all laws that are "necessary and proper" to carry
out the powers of the Constitution.
◉ Northwest Ordinance
Answer: -1789
, -An Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United
States, North-West of the River Ohio
-First organized territory of the US
-Began westward expansion
-This division helped set the stage for national competition over
admitting free and slave states
◉ Iroquois league
Answer: five tribes to form the Indian confederation called the
Iroquois League.
◉ Eli Whitney
Answer: Invented the cotton gin, 1793
◉ Jay Treaty
Answer: Was made up by John Jay. It said that Britain was to pay for
Americans ships that were seized in 1793. It said that Americans
had to pay British merchants debts owed from before the revolution
and Britain had agreed to remove their troops from the Ohio Valley
◉ John Adams
Answer: America's first Vice-President and second President.
Sponsor of the American Revolution in Massachusetts, and wrote the
