UGA HISTORY EXEMPTION TEST
QUESTIONS WITH ALL CORRECT
ANSWERS
Alexander Stephens - Answer-VP of Confederate states of America during civil war
Fort Sumter - Answer--1861
- First battle of bull run (confederate victory)
-beginning f civil war
-attack on the union
Sharecroppers - Answer-1870's Tenant farmers, serfs, who worked the land they did not
own for a meager share of the crops
Ku Klux Klan - Answer--terrorism
-"purification" of american society
-right wing extremist organizations
-hate group
The Ku Klux Klan was which of the following
A. A social club
B. a terrorist organization
C. white supremacist group
D. All of the above - Answer-D. All of the above
KKK took positions such as white supremacy, white nationalism, anti-immigration,
opposed Catholics and Jews
Had 3 different manifestations over time
Emancipation proclamation (1863) - Answer--lincoln issued during the civil war, which
made ending slavery a war goal.
-Gettysburg Address - A speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War.
Lincoln was speaking at the dedication of a soldiers'
The Great Depression - Answer--1929 - 1939
-The Great Depression had devastating effects in countries both rich and poor. Personal
income, tax revenue, profits and prices dropped, while international trade plunged by
more than 50%.
-heavy industry was hit hard
Eugene Talmadge - Answer-Father died before taking office
Herman Eugene Talmadge - Answer-. To date only Joe Brown and Eugene Talmadge
have been elected FOUR times as Governor of Georgia.
,How did Talmadge end the 1934 Textile Strike - Answer-He declared martial law, using
the National Guard to break the 1934 textile strike in Georgia and incarcerate the
strikers in a hastily constructed camp near Atlanta.
US Unemployment Rate during Great Depression - Answer-Unemployment in the U.S.
rose to 25% and in some countries rose as high as 33%
Agricultural Adjustment Administration - Answer-Restricted agricultural production in the
New Deal era by paying farmers to reduce crop area. Its purpose was to reduce crop
surplus so as to effectively raise the value of crops, thereby giving farmers relative
stability again.
Paid farmers to destroy surplus and limit production ; An unintended consequence of
the policy, however, was to put farmers out of work, causing even greater numbers to
seek other means of employment. 1933
World War 2 - Answer-1939 - 1945
Allies - US, GB, France, Soviet Union
Axis - Germany Japan Italy
Germany Invaded Poland Japan Bombed Pearl Harbor
Ended with Hiroshima
Franklin D. Roosevelt - Answer-President of the US during Great Depression and World
War II. Implemented New Deal.
Only president served 3 terms!
Un-American Activities Committee - Answer-House committee on international security
looking for alleged disloyalty 1938. communist ties
Domino Theory - Answer-1950s to the 1980's if one country in a region came under the
influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow in a domino
effect.
Pearl Harbor - Answer--1941
-strike against US by Imperial japanese navy
-Led the US into WW11
-declared a war crime
-voided roosevelt's neutrality act
Victory Gardens - Answer-Victory gardens, also called war gardens or food gardens for
defense, were vegetable, fruit, and herb gardens planted at private residences and
public parks in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Germany
during World War I and World War II.
-Used to reduce pressure on public food supply
,Calvin Coolidge - Answer--Vice President of Harding then finished his term when he
died and was reelected as President in 1924
o Roaring 20s Herbert Hoover was his Sec. of State
o Tax cuts, farm subsidies
Scopes Trial - Answer--1925
-Sub teacher was accused of violating tennessee's Butler Act (Unlawful to teach human
evolution)
The Harlem Renaissance was:
A. a new craze in urban planning inspired by the New York borough of the same name.
B. an African-American literary and artistic movement.
C. an architectural revival of Manhattan.
D. a school of urban landscape painting. - Answer-B. an African-American literary and
artistic movement.
found themselves forced into internment camps in the western U.S. during
World War II.
A. Jewish-Americans
B. Japanese-Americans
C. African-Americans
D. German-Americans - Answer-B. Japanese-Americans
Cold War - Answer-political and military tension b/w Western Bloc (the United States, its
NATO allies and others) and powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its allies
in the Warsaw Pact).
-1947-91
-No large scale fighting b/w sides
-proxy wars
Mutually Assured Destruction - Answer-The MAD doctrine assumes that each side has
enough nuclear weaponry to destroy the other side and that either side, if attacked for
any reason by the other, would retaliate without fail with equal or greater force.
Containment - Answer-- US policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of
communism during the Cold War
-global effort
Georgia Flag - Answer-1956 confederate flag was incorporated into the Ga State flag
NATO - Answer-North Atlantic Treaty Organization
-Mutual defense between the states in the treaty (Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France,
Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom and
the United States)
, Baker v Carr - Answer-1962 set a precedent for federal court intervention in state
legislative apportionment disputes and thus paved the way for the courts to invalidate
the county-unit unit system.
Cuban Missile Crisis - Answer--aka October crisis
-1962
-confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over Soviet ballistic
missiles deployed in Cuba.
-Khrushchev and Fidel Castro
-Kennedy and Khrushchev came to an agreement and the soviets dismantled.
-Moscow-Washington hotline was formed
Vietnam War - Answer--b/w North vietnam (Supported by soviets and china) ans South
vietnam (Supported by US and other anti-communist allies)
-1955-75
-U.S ended its involvement in the war in 1973
Tet Offensive - Answer-o Military campaign during the Vietnam War in 1968
o Series of surprise attacks by the Vietcong and N Vietnamese on US troops. US won
but still caused physical and psychological destruction
o Vietnam war was mainly guerilla tactics
John F Kennedy (JFK) - Answer-The Cuban Missile Crisis, The Bay of Pigs Invasion,
the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, the establishment of the Peace Corps, developments in
the Space Race, the building of the Berlin Wall, the Civil Rights Movement, the "New
Frontier" domestic program, abolition of the federal death penalty in the District of
Columbia, and increased U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War all took place during his
presidency.
-Assassinated 1963
Who assassinated John F Kennedy? - Answer-Lee Harvey Oswald
Brown V. Board of ed. - Answer-1954
-Was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the court declared state
laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional.
Malcom X - Answer-AA muslim minister and human rights activist and was
assassinated
Youth Movement - Answer-The youths didn't agree with the US's involvement in the
Vietnam war so they began protesting in the 60s and 70s
-began on college campuses
Civil rights movement - Answer--1960s
-Montgomery Bus boycotts
-Selma to montgomery marches
QUESTIONS WITH ALL CORRECT
ANSWERS
Alexander Stephens - Answer-VP of Confederate states of America during civil war
Fort Sumter - Answer--1861
- First battle of bull run (confederate victory)
-beginning f civil war
-attack on the union
Sharecroppers - Answer-1870's Tenant farmers, serfs, who worked the land they did not
own for a meager share of the crops
Ku Klux Klan - Answer--terrorism
-"purification" of american society
-right wing extremist organizations
-hate group
The Ku Klux Klan was which of the following
A. A social club
B. a terrorist organization
C. white supremacist group
D. All of the above - Answer-D. All of the above
KKK took positions such as white supremacy, white nationalism, anti-immigration,
opposed Catholics and Jews
Had 3 different manifestations over time
Emancipation proclamation (1863) - Answer--lincoln issued during the civil war, which
made ending slavery a war goal.
-Gettysburg Address - A speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War.
Lincoln was speaking at the dedication of a soldiers'
The Great Depression - Answer--1929 - 1939
-The Great Depression had devastating effects in countries both rich and poor. Personal
income, tax revenue, profits and prices dropped, while international trade plunged by
more than 50%.
-heavy industry was hit hard
Eugene Talmadge - Answer-Father died before taking office
Herman Eugene Talmadge - Answer-. To date only Joe Brown and Eugene Talmadge
have been elected FOUR times as Governor of Georgia.
,How did Talmadge end the 1934 Textile Strike - Answer-He declared martial law, using
the National Guard to break the 1934 textile strike in Georgia and incarcerate the
strikers in a hastily constructed camp near Atlanta.
US Unemployment Rate during Great Depression - Answer-Unemployment in the U.S.
rose to 25% and in some countries rose as high as 33%
Agricultural Adjustment Administration - Answer-Restricted agricultural production in the
New Deal era by paying farmers to reduce crop area. Its purpose was to reduce crop
surplus so as to effectively raise the value of crops, thereby giving farmers relative
stability again.
Paid farmers to destroy surplus and limit production ; An unintended consequence of
the policy, however, was to put farmers out of work, causing even greater numbers to
seek other means of employment. 1933
World War 2 - Answer-1939 - 1945
Allies - US, GB, France, Soviet Union
Axis - Germany Japan Italy
Germany Invaded Poland Japan Bombed Pearl Harbor
Ended with Hiroshima
Franklin D. Roosevelt - Answer-President of the US during Great Depression and World
War II. Implemented New Deal.
Only president served 3 terms!
Un-American Activities Committee - Answer-House committee on international security
looking for alleged disloyalty 1938. communist ties
Domino Theory - Answer-1950s to the 1980's if one country in a region came under the
influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow in a domino
effect.
Pearl Harbor - Answer--1941
-strike against US by Imperial japanese navy
-Led the US into WW11
-declared a war crime
-voided roosevelt's neutrality act
Victory Gardens - Answer-Victory gardens, also called war gardens or food gardens for
defense, were vegetable, fruit, and herb gardens planted at private residences and
public parks in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Germany
during World War I and World War II.
-Used to reduce pressure on public food supply
,Calvin Coolidge - Answer--Vice President of Harding then finished his term when he
died and was reelected as President in 1924
o Roaring 20s Herbert Hoover was his Sec. of State
o Tax cuts, farm subsidies
Scopes Trial - Answer--1925
-Sub teacher was accused of violating tennessee's Butler Act (Unlawful to teach human
evolution)
The Harlem Renaissance was:
A. a new craze in urban planning inspired by the New York borough of the same name.
B. an African-American literary and artistic movement.
C. an architectural revival of Manhattan.
D. a school of urban landscape painting. - Answer-B. an African-American literary and
artistic movement.
found themselves forced into internment camps in the western U.S. during
World War II.
A. Jewish-Americans
B. Japanese-Americans
C. African-Americans
D. German-Americans - Answer-B. Japanese-Americans
Cold War - Answer-political and military tension b/w Western Bloc (the United States, its
NATO allies and others) and powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its allies
in the Warsaw Pact).
-1947-91
-No large scale fighting b/w sides
-proxy wars
Mutually Assured Destruction - Answer-The MAD doctrine assumes that each side has
enough nuclear weaponry to destroy the other side and that either side, if attacked for
any reason by the other, would retaliate without fail with equal or greater force.
Containment - Answer-- US policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of
communism during the Cold War
-global effort
Georgia Flag - Answer-1956 confederate flag was incorporated into the Ga State flag
NATO - Answer-North Atlantic Treaty Organization
-Mutual defense between the states in the treaty (Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France,
Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom and
the United States)
, Baker v Carr - Answer-1962 set a precedent for federal court intervention in state
legislative apportionment disputes and thus paved the way for the courts to invalidate
the county-unit unit system.
Cuban Missile Crisis - Answer--aka October crisis
-1962
-confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over Soviet ballistic
missiles deployed in Cuba.
-Khrushchev and Fidel Castro
-Kennedy and Khrushchev came to an agreement and the soviets dismantled.
-Moscow-Washington hotline was formed
Vietnam War - Answer--b/w North vietnam (Supported by soviets and china) ans South
vietnam (Supported by US and other anti-communist allies)
-1955-75
-U.S ended its involvement in the war in 1973
Tet Offensive - Answer-o Military campaign during the Vietnam War in 1968
o Series of surprise attacks by the Vietcong and N Vietnamese on US troops. US won
but still caused physical and psychological destruction
o Vietnam war was mainly guerilla tactics
John F Kennedy (JFK) - Answer-The Cuban Missile Crisis, The Bay of Pigs Invasion,
the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, the establishment of the Peace Corps, developments in
the Space Race, the building of the Berlin Wall, the Civil Rights Movement, the "New
Frontier" domestic program, abolition of the federal death penalty in the District of
Columbia, and increased U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War all took place during his
presidency.
-Assassinated 1963
Who assassinated John F Kennedy? - Answer-Lee Harvey Oswald
Brown V. Board of ed. - Answer-1954
-Was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the court declared state
laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional.
Malcom X - Answer-AA muslim minister and human rights activist and was
assassinated
Youth Movement - Answer-The youths didn't agree with the US's involvement in the
Vietnam war so they began protesting in the 60s and 70s
-began on college campuses
Civil rights movement - Answer--1960s
-Montgomery Bus boycotts
-Selma to montgomery marches
