UGA History Exemption Test 2020 (Answered) Complete Solution

UGA History Exemption Test 2020 (Answered) Complete Solution He was a spanish explorer who marched across Mexico and conquered the Aztecs Hernan Cortes He explored deep in USA, first to discover and cross the Mississippi River and claim it for Spain Hernando de Soto This man was a member of the English Parliament who founded the colony of Georgia. James Edward Oglethorpe Who was Georgia's 3rd and final royal governor who fled the colony after the start of the American Revolution? James Wright In what year did the 13th amendment abolish slavery and involuntary servitude? 1864 Who settled land in New York along the Hudson River? The Dutch This man was an African American educator born into slavery who called for black progress through education. Booker T Washington Act of Congress that created and established the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States, and granted it the legal authority to issue Federal Reserve Notes, and Federal Reserve Bank Notes as legal tender. Federal Reserve Act In what year was the Federal Reserve Act ratified? 1913 What machine automated cotton processing and INCREASED the need for slaves? Cotton Gin This man was a quaker who founded Pennsylvania. He wanted to unite all of the UA colonies and pushed for democracy and religious freedom. William Penn What was Georgia's fourth capital and seat of the state government during the Civil War ()? Milledgeville In 1832 SC argued that the federal tariffs were unconstitutional and President Jackson sent Troops to force SC to pay tariffs. Nullification Crisis In 1925 a substitute teacher was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act Scopes Trial The period after the Civil War in the United States when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union Reconstruction Era In what years did the Reconstruction Era occur? A series of economic programs enacted in the United States between 1933 and 1936. They involved presidential executive orders or laws passed by Congress during the first term of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The New Deal Between what years was The New Deal enacted? An African American social reformer, orator, writer and statesman. Former Slave who was the leader of the abolitionist movement and supported women's suffrage. Frederick Douglass What organization unsuccessfully campaigned for an equal rights amendment to the constitution? National Organization of Women Who was the 40th President of the United States who worked to lift govt regulations, reduce taxes, and reduce domestic spending by curtailing social welfare. Launched the largest peacetime military buildup in American history. Ronald Reagan In what years did prohibition take place? A national ban on the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol. American Prohibition Prohibition ended with the ratification of which amendment? The 21st Amendment Grayish bug that lays its eggs in cotton bolls destroying the cotton Boll Weevil This was a house committee on international security looking for alleged disloyalty and communist ties. Un-American Activities Committee A league of 5 tribes of indigenous people of North America involved in the Beaver Wars. Iroquois League In what year did the strike against Pearl Harbor take place? 1941 This strike against US by imperial Japanese navy that led the US into WW2. Also voided Roosevelt's neutrality act. Pearl Harbor Explicitly grants right of citizens to vote regardless of race, color or having been enslaved. 15th Amendment In what year was the 15th Amendment enacted? 1870 Poll taxes, literacy test, grandfather clause, property requirements aimed at disenfranchising black voters Voting Restrictions When did the civil war take place? War between the North and South US to determine the survival of union or independence of confederacy. Civil War This man was the father of the American revolution who inspired Rebels to declare independence from Britain and Wrote Common Sense and The American Crisis. Thomas Paine When was the American Federation of Labor founded? 1886 This is a collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay promoting the ratification of the United States Constitution-Against the bill of rights Federalist Papers When was the Sherman Antitrust Act passed? 1890 This law passed under the presidency of Benjamin Harrison prohibits certain business activities that Federal government deems to be anti-competitive.-monopolies and cartels Sherman Antitrust Act A social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups Segregation What effect did John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry have on the United States? Both northern abolitionists and southern fire-eaters became incensed. This man was Vice President of Harding then finished his term when Harding died. He was reelected as the 30th President in 1924. Calvin Coolidge Landmark Supreme Court Case in 1857 which confirmed the status of slaves as property rather than citizens. Dred Scott vs. Sanford South surrendered at Appomattox court house End of the Civil War Supreme Court case which established the principle of judicial review 1803 Marbury vs. Madison What country claimed Quebec? France An American Baptist minister, activist, humanitarian, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. Promoted nonviolent civil disobedience. Martin Luther King, Jr. In what year did MLK win the Nobel Peace Prize? 1964 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. James Madison Who was president during the war of 1812? James Madison An armed conflict between American Indian inhabitants of New England versus the New England colonists and their Indian allies. King Phillip's War When did King Philip's War take place? Who was the VP of Confederate states of America during civil war? Alexander Stephens In what year did King George II issue the official charter to make Georgia an English colony? 1732 Why did colonists come to the new world? Religious freedom profit adventure...etc. This man was a US representative from GA, a judge advocate American Civil War, and a chief justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia. He nullified the yazoo sale and destructed records connected with the state. Later the Yazoo lands was given to the Federal Goverment. James Jackson In what year did Washington give his farewell address? 1796 What 3 dangers did Washington stress in his farewell address? 1) political parties could divide the nation 2. avoid long-term alliances with foreign nations 3. avoid sectionalism caused by geography and other differences He was one of the founding fathers and the first US treasurer. Founded the US financial system and the Federalist Party. Father of US coast guard and the New York Post. Alexander Hamilton When was the Northwest Ordinance passed? 1787 The primary effect was the creation of the Northwest Territory as the first organized territory of the US out of the region south of the Great Lakes, north and west of the Ohio River, and east of the Mississippi River. Northwest Ordinance Political statements drafted in 1798 and 1799 in which the Kentucky and Virginia legislatures took the position that the federal Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional. Kentucky and Virginia Resolves In what year did the Revolutionary War begin? 1775 In what year did the Revolutionary War end? 1783 South's weaknesses durin