UGA US History Exemption Exam
SINCE 1877 Questions and Answers
Verified Solutions Latest Update
(2026/2027)
Question:
WW2
Answer:
the global war that started in 1939 and ended in 1945. It involved a vast
majority of the world's nations (including all of the great powers) eventually
forming two
opposing military alliances (allies and axis powers). Germany invaded
Poland, Japan bombed
Pearl Harbor. Ended with Hiroshima. Allies - US, GB, France, Soviet Union.
Axis - Germany, Japan,
Italy.
Question:
Conscription
Answer:
Question:
the compulsory enlistment of people in some sort of national
service (Mostly military)
,populist party
Answer:
Led by Tom Watson. Was a US political party in the late 1890s
that resulted in the joint effort between farmers and labor groups that were
against big
business and machine-based politics (advocating increased currency issue,
free coinage of gold
and silver, public ownership of railroads, and a graduated federal income
tax); Also known as
'the people's party'. Became a third party in the election of 1892.
Question:
WW1
Answer:
Question:
the global war centered in Europe that began on July 28 1914 and lasted
until November 11 1918. It was primarily called the World War or the Great
War until WW2. US
joined when German U-boat sank the Lusitania. Allies - US, GB, France,
Russia, Italy. Central
Powers - Germany, Hungary, Ottoman Empire
Jim Crow
Answer:
state and local laws that were enacted between 1876 and 1965.
,Question:
They mandated racial segregation in all public facilities in the Southern
States (former
Confederate states) in addition to starting a "separate but equal" status for
Blacks
Progressive Movement
Answer:
Question:
Ranged from the 1890s through the 1920s. Was a
general political philosophy that advocated/favored social, political, and
economic reform
Prohibition
Answer:
a national ban on the sale, manufacture, and transportation of
alcohol from 1920 to 1933. The ban was mandated by the 18th amendment.
The Volstead act
set down the rules that enforced the ban and defined the types of prohibited
alcohol beverages.
The private ownership of consumable alcohol and drinking it was not made
illegal. Prohibition
ended in 1933 with the ratification of the 21st amendment (repealing the
18th amendment).
Question:
Woodrow Wilson
Answer:
, Was the 28th President of the US (from 1913-1921). Was a
leader of the progressive movement and was President of Princeton from
1902-1910. Was
Governor of NJ from 1911-1913. He ran against Republican William Howard
Taft and Progressive
("Bull Moose") Party candidate Theodore Roosevelt (former president) and
was elected
President (as a DEM) in 1912. Was born in 1856 and died in 1924.
Question:
Treaty of Versailles
Answer:
One of the peace treaties at the end of WW1. It ended the
state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on June
28 1919 (exactly 5
years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand)
Question:
League of Nations
Answer:
was an intergovernmental organization founded as a result
of the Paris Peace Treaty Conference that ended the First World War.
Question:
American Federation of Labor (AFL)
Answer:
SINCE 1877 Questions and Answers
Verified Solutions Latest Update
(2026/2027)
Question:
WW2
Answer:
the global war that started in 1939 and ended in 1945. It involved a vast
majority of the world's nations (including all of the great powers) eventually
forming two
opposing military alliances (allies and axis powers). Germany invaded
Poland, Japan bombed
Pearl Harbor. Ended with Hiroshima. Allies - US, GB, France, Soviet Union.
Axis - Germany, Japan,
Italy.
Question:
Conscription
Answer:
Question:
the compulsory enlistment of people in some sort of national
service (Mostly military)
,populist party
Answer:
Led by Tom Watson. Was a US political party in the late 1890s
that resulted in the joint effort between farmers and labor groups that were
against big
business and machine-based politics (advocating increased currency issue,
free coinage of gold
and silver, public ownership of railroads, and a graduated federal income
tax); Also known as
'the people's party'. Became a third party in the election of 1892.
Question:
WW1
Answer:
Question:
the global war centered in Europe that began on July 28 1914 and lasted
until November 11 1918. It was primarily called the World War or the Great
War until WW2. US
joined when German U-boat sank the Lusitania. Allies - US, GB, France,
Russia, Italy. Central
Powers - Germany, Hungary, Ottoman Empire
Jim Crow
Answer:
state and local laws that were enacted between 1876 and 1965.
,Question:
They mandated racial segregation in all public facilities in the Southern
States (former
Confederate states) in addition to starting a "separate but equal" status for
Blacks
Progressive Movement
Answer:
Question:
Ranged from the 1890s through the 1920s. Was a
general political philosophy that advocated/favored social, political, and
economic reform
Prohibition
Answer:
a national ban on the sale, manufacture, and transportation of
alcohol from 1920 to 1933. The ban was mandated by the 18th amendment.
The Volstead act
set down the rules that enforced the ban and defined the types of prohibited
alcohol beverages.
The private ownership of consumable alcohol and drinking it was not made
illegal. Prohibition
ended in 1933 with the ratification of the 21st amendment (repealing the
18th amendment).
Question:
Woodrow Wilson
Answer:
, Was the 28th President of the US (from 1913-1921). Was a
leader of the progressive movement and was President of Princeton from
1902-1910. Was
Governor of NJ from 1911-1913. He ran against Republican William Howard
Taft and Progressive
("Bull Moose") Party candidate Theodore Roosevelt (former president) and
was elected
President (as a DEM) in 1912. Was born in 1856 and died in 1924.
Question:
Treaty of Versailles
Answer:
One of the peace treaties at the end of WW1. It ended the
state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on June
28 1919 (exactly 5
years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand)
Question:
League of Nations
Answer:
was an intergovernmental organization founded as a result
of the Paris Peace Treaty Conference that ended the First World War.
Question:
American Federation of Labor (AFL)
Answer:
