UGA HISTORY EXEMPTION EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Large indian mound settlements appeared in Georgia when? - Correct Answers -During
the archaic period
The Georgia colony was unique because... - Correct Answers -it was the first colony to
ban the importation of slaves
The Georgia colony was opened to slavery in... - Correct Answers -1751
The first governor of the colony of Georgia was... - Correct Answers -James Oglethorpe
During the American Revolution, Georgia was... - Correct Answers -divided among
revolutionaries and loyalists
Georgia eagerly ratified the federal constitution because... - Correct Answers -fear of
the indians on its frontier
The "trail of tears" refers to... - Correct Answers -the removal of the cherokee from their
homes in the 1830's
Antebellum Georgia was called... - Correct Answers -The empire state of the south
In the secession crisis... - Correct Answers -Alexander Stephens urged Georgia to
remain in the union
During the Civil War, Georgia... - Correct Answers -railroads and plantations were
destroyed during the fighting
During reconstruction in Georgia... - Correct Answers -Redeemers had to wait until
1876 to regain control of state government
The populist movement in Georgia... - Correct Answers -united white and black farmers
Governer Eugene Talmadge... - Correct Answers -represented the interests of rural
whites
In early twentieth century Georgia... - Correct Answers -there was mandatory
segregation of the races in schools
, In Browder v. Gayle, a federal court sitting in Atlanta... - Correct Answers -overturned a
conviction of ministers for trying to integrate bus service in Atlanta
In the 1966 state gubernatorial election in Georgia... - Correct Answers -many white
Georgians proved that they still believed in segregation
The power of black voting in Georgia elections was obvious in the election of... - Correct
Answers -Jimmy Carter
The Georgia County that has most consistently voted Democratic from the Civil war to
the present is... - Correct Answers –Fulton
The president election of 2000 was disputed because - Correct Answers -ballots in FL
was defective
The US went to war in afganistan in 2001 because of - Correct Answers -Afganistan
was believed to harbor Al Qaeda
All but one of the perpetrators of the 9/11 attack came from - Correct Answers -Egypt
and Saudi Arabia
The Georgia city called the capital of the "sunbelt" is... - Correct Answers -Atlanta
In the period before 1492, most Europeans were... - Correct Answers -merchants and
craftsmen
The european nation that led in ocean exploration in the fifteenth century was... -
Correct Answers -Portugal
The rise of the middle classes in Europe in the period before the Age of Discovery went
hand in hand with... - Correct Answers -The expansion of the cities
The Treaty of Tordesillas... - Correct Answers -divided ownership of the Americas
between the Portuguese and the Spanish
Which of the following was NOT an important part of the transformation of Europe in the
fifteenth century? - Correct Answers -Protestant Reformation
The concept of a "city on a hill" referred to the puritans' desire to... - Correct Answers -
be a model of Chistianity
Colonial legislatures and royal governors contested - Correct Answers -control of
revenue, introduction of legislation, choice of the speaker fo the assembly
--> all of the above
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Large indian mound settlements appeared in Georgia when? - Correct Answers -During
the archaic period
The Georgia colony was unique because... - Correct Answers -it was the first colony to
ban the importation of slaves
The Georgia colony was opened to slavery in... - Correct Answers -1751
The first governor of the colony of Georgia was... - Correct Answers -James Oglethorpe
During the American Revolution, Georgia was... - Correct Answers -divided among
revolutionaries and loyalists
Georgia eagerly ratified the federal constitution because... - Correct Answers -fear of
the indians on its frontier
The "trail of tears" refers to... - Correct Answers -the removal of the cherokee from their
homes in the 1830's
Antebellum Georgia was called... - Correct Answers -The empire state of the south
In the secession crisis... - Correct Answers -Alexander Stephens urged Georgia to
remain in the union
During the Civil War, Georgia... - Correct Answers -railroads and plantations were
destroyed during the fighting
During reconstruction in Georgia... - Correct Answers -Redeemers had to wait until
1876 to regain control of state government
The populist movement in Georgia... - Correct Answers -united white and black farmers
Governer Eugene Talmadge... - Correct Answers -represented the interests of rural
whites
In early twentieth century Georgia... - Correct Answers -there was mandatory
segregation of the races in schools
, In Browder v. Gayle, a federal court sitting in Atlanta... - Correct Answers -overturned a
conviction of ministers for trying to integrate bus service in Atlanta
In the 1966 state gubernatorial election in Georgia... - Correct Answers -many white
Georgians proved that they still believed in segregation
The power of black voting in Georgia elections was obvious in the election of... - Correct
Answers -Jimmy Carter
The Georgia County that has most consistently voted Democratic from the Civil war to
the present is... - Correct Answers –Fulton
The president election of 2000 was disputed because - Correct Answers -ballots in FL
was defective
The US went to war in afganistan in 2001 because of - Correct Answers -Afganistan
was believed to harbor Al Qaeda
All but one of the perpetrators of the 9/11 attack came from - Correct Answers -Egypt
and Saudi Arabia
The Georgia city called the capital of the "sunbelt" is... - Correct Answers -Atlanta
In the period before 1492, most Europeans were... - Correct Answers -merchants and
craftsmen
The european nation that led in ocean exploration in the fifteenth century was... -
Correct Answers -Portugal
The rise of the middle classes in Europe in the period before the Age of Discovery went
hand in hand with... - Correct Answers -The expansion of the cities
The Treaty of Tordesillas... - Correct Answers -divided ownership of the Americas
between the Portuguese and the Spanish
Which of the following was NOT an important part of the transformation of Europe in the
fifteenth century? - Correct Answers -Protestant Reformation
The concept of a "city on a hill" referred to the puritans' desire to... - Correct Answers -
be a model of Chistianity
Colonial legislatures and royal governors contested - Correct Answers -control of
revenue, introduction of legislation, choice of the speaker fo the assembly
--> all of the above
