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UGA History Exemption Exam: Post 1877 Questions with
Complete Solutions UPDATED!!!
Robert Smalls - ANSWER Enslaved African American who, during
and after the American Civil War, became a ship's pilot, sea
captain, and politician; freed himself, his crew and their families
from slavery on May 13, 1862, by commandeering a
Confederate transport ship, the CSS Planter, in Charleston
harbor, and sailing it to freedom beyond the blockade
Helped convince Lincoln to accept African-American soldiers
into the Union Army
Ten Percent Plan - ANSWER Lincoln's plan that allowed a
Southern state to form its own government after ten percent of
its voters swore an oath of loyalty to the United States
Meant to shorten the war
Hoped to weaken the southern cause by making it easy for
disillusioned or lukewarm confederates to switch sides
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Hoped to further his emancipation proclamation by insisting
that the new governments abolish slavery
Radical Republicans - ANSWER After the Civil War, a group that
believed the South should be harshly punished and thought
that Lincoln was sometimes too compassionate towards the
South
Favored protection for black rights (especially black, male
suffrage)
Wade-Davis Bill - ANSWER Legislation requiring 50% of the
voters to take an oath of future loyalty before the restoration
process could begin
Once they took the oath, those who could wear they had never
willingly supported the confederacy could vote in an election
for delegates to a constitutional convention
Passed after congress refused to recognize Lincoln's 10 percent
governments
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Railroads were the first - ANSWER Modern corporation
Cornelius Vanderbilt - ANSWER A railroad owner who built a
railway connecting Chicago and New York
He popularized the use of steel rails in his railroad, which made
railroads safer and more economical.
John D. Rockefeller - ANSWER Established the Standard Oil
Company, the greatest, wisest, and meanest monopoly known
in history
J.P. Morgan - ANSWER Banker who buys out Carnegie Steel and
renames it to U.S. Steel
Was a philanthropist in a way; he gave all the money needed for
WWI and was payed back
Was one of the "Robber barons"
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Haymarket Riot (1886) - ANSWER The riot took place in Chicago
between rioters and the police
It ended when someone threw a bomb that killed dozens
The riot was suppressed, and in addition with the damaged
reputation of unions, it also killed the Knights of Labor, who
were seen as anarchists.
American Federation of Labor - ANSWER 1886; founded by
Samuel Gompers; sought better wages, hrs, working conditions;
skilled laborers, arose out of dissatisfaction with the Knights of
Labor, rejected socialist and communist ideas, non-violent.
Vertical Integration - ANSWER Practice where a single entity
controls the entire process of a product, from the raw materials
to distribution
Example: Phillip Armour's meat company
UGA History Exemption Exam: Post 1877 Questions with
Complete Solutions UPDATED!!!
Robert Smalls - ANSWER Enslaved African American who, during
and after the American Civil War, became a ship's pilot, sea
captain, and politician; freed himself, his crew and their families
from slavery on May 13, 1862, by commandeering a
Confederate transport ship, the CSS Planter, in Charleston
harbor, and sailing it to freedom beyond the blockade
Helped convince Lincoln to accept African-American soldiers
into the Union Army
Ten Percent Plan - ANSWER Lincoln's plan that allowed a
Southern state to form its own government after ten percent of
its voters swore an oath of loyalty to the United States
Meant to shorten the war
Hoped to weaken the southern cause by making it easy for
disillusioned or lukewarm confederates to switch sides
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Hoped to further his emancipation proclamation by insisting
that the new governments abolish slavery
Radical Republicans - ANSWER After the Civil War, a group that
believed the South should be harshly punished and thought
that Lincoln was sometimes too compassionate towards the
South
Favored protection for black rights (especially black, male
suffrage)
Wade-Davis Bill - ANSWER Legislation requiring 50% of the
voters to take an oath of future loyalty before the restoration
process could begin
Once they took the oath, those who could wear they had never
willingly supported the confederacy could vote in an election
for delegates to a constitutional convention
Passed after congress refused to recognize Lincoln's 10 percent
governments
,3|Page
Railroads were the first - ANSWER Modern corporation
Cornelius Vanderbilt - ANSWER A railroad owner who built a
railway connecting Chicago and New York
He popularized the use of steel rails in his railroad, which made
railroads safer and more economical.
John D. Rockefeller - ANSWER Established the Standard Oil
Company, the greatest, wisest, and meanest monopoly known
in history
J.P. Morgan - ANSWER Banker who buys out Carnegie Steel and
renames it to U.S. Steel
Was a philanthropist in a way; he gave all the money needed for
WWI and was payed back
Was one of the "Robber barons"
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Haymarket Riot (1886) - ANSWER The riot took place in Chicago
between rioters and the police
It ended when someone threw a bomb that killed dozens
The riot was suppressed, and in addition with the damaged
reputation of unions, it also killed the Knights of Labor, who
were seen as anarchists.
American Federation of Labor - ANSWER 1886; founded by
Samuel Gompers; sought better wages, hrs, working conditions;
skilled laborers, arose out of dissatisfaction with the Knights of
Labor, rejected socialist and communist ideas, non-violent.
Vertical Integration - ANSWER Practice where a single entity
controls the entire process of a product, from the raw materials
to distribution
Example: Phillip Armour's meat company
