UGA History Exemption Test Questions and Verified Answers

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UGA History Exemption Test
Questions and Verified
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Question: Yazoo Lands

Ans: The sparsely-populated central and western areas of the US state of GA, when
its western border stretched to the Mississippi River.


Question: James Jackson

Ans: October 18, 1819 - January 13, 1887. It 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.


Question: Iroquois League

Ans: Known as the haudenosaunee of the "People of the Longhouse", are a league of
several nations and tribes of indigenous people of North America


Question: Yazoo Fraud

Ans: a massive fraud perpetrated from 1794-1803 by several Georgia governers
and the state legislature.


Question: James Gun

Ans: Arranged the distribution of money of the Yazoo fraud and land to legislators,
state officials, newspaper editors and cries of bribery and corruption.

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Question: Trail of Tears

Ans: Forced relocation and movement of Native American nations from
southeastern parts of the US following the Indian Removal Act of 1830. The removal
included many members of the Cherokee, Muscogee, Seminole, Chickasaw and
Choctaw nations, among others in the US, from their homelands to Indian territory
(From Georgia to Oklahoma.)


Question: Hernan Cortes

Ans: 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca (1485 - December 2, 1547) was a Spanish
Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and
brought large portions of mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in
the early 16th Century


Question: The Stono Rebellion

Ans: Slave rebellion that commenced on September 9 1739, in the colony of South
Carolina. It was the largest slave uprising in the British mainland colonies prior to
the American Revolution.


Question: William Penn

Ans: October 14, 1644 - July 30 1718. It was an English real estate entrepreneur,
philosopher and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, the English North
American colony and the future Commonwealth of Pennsylvania


Question: The Great Awakening

Ans: Used to refer to several periods of religions revival in American religious
history. Historians and theologians identify three or four waves of increased
religious enthusiasm occurring between the early 18th and late 19th century. Each
of these was characterized by widespread revivals lead by evangelical Protestant
ministers, a sharp increase of interest in religion, a profound sense of conviction

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and redemption on the part of those affected, an increase in evangelical church
membership and the formation of new religious movements and denominations.


Question: Indentured Servitude

Ans: Historical practice of contracting to work for a fixed period of time, typically 3
to 7 years in exchange for transportation, food, clothing lodging and other
necessities during the term of indenture.


Question: Quakers

Ans: Members of the Religious Society of friends. Came to North America in the
early days because they wanted to spread their beliefs to the British colonists there,
while others came to escape the persecution that they were experiencing in Europe.
First known quakers arrived in 1656. The colony of Rhode Island with its policy of
religious freedom was a frequent destionation as the Friends were persecuted by
law in Massachusetts until 1681. Pennsylvania was formed by William Penn in 1681
as a haven for persecuted.


Question: Mercantilism

Ans: the economic doctrine that government control of foreign trade is of
paramount importance for ensuring the prosperity and military security of the
state.


Question: Thomas Paine

Ans: English-American political activist, author, political theorist and
revolutionary. As the author or two highly influential pamphlets at the start of the
American Revolution, he became one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
He has been called "a corsetmaker by trade, a journalist by profession, and a
propagandist by inclination.


Question: Alexander Hamilton

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Ans: (January 11, 1755 or 177 - July 12, 1804) was a Founding Father, soldier,
economist, political philosopher, one of Amrica's first constitutional lawyers and
the first US Secretary of the Treasury.


Question: Federalist papers

Ans: Series of 85 articles of essays promoting the ratification of the United States
Constitution written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and john jay


Question: French vs. Indian War

Ans: The war was fought primarily between the colonies of British America and the
New France, with both sides supported by military units from their parent countries
of Great Britain and France. In 1756 the war escalated from a regional affair into a
world-wide conflict. In Canada some historians refer to the conflict as the Seven
Years War fought for control of eastern north america. British won.


Question: American Revolution

Ans: Political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen
colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British Empire,
combining to become the USA.


Question: Revolutionary War

Ans: 1775-1783. began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the New
USA, but gradually expanded to a global war between Britain on one side and USA,
France, Netherlands and Spain on the other.


Question: Tories

Ans: A traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the
Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.


Question: Northwest ordinance