UGA HISTORY EXEMPTION TEST PRACTICE QUESTIONS COMPLETE
WITH 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS
1. Who was the Spanish explorer who marched across Mexico and conquered
the Aztecs?
A) Hernando de Soto
B) Francisco Pizarro
C) Herman Cortes
D) Juan Ponce de Leon
Correct Answer: C - Herman Cortes led the expedition that caused the fall of the
Aztec Empire in 1521.
2. Who was the first European to discover and cross the Mississippi River?
A) Herman Cortes
B) Hernando de Soto
C) Francisco Coronado
D) Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Correct Answer: B - Hernando de Soto explored deep into North America and was
the first to discover and cross the Mississippi River, claiming it for Spain.
3. Who founded the colony of Georgia as a member of the English Parliament?
A) James Oglethorpe
B) William Penn
C) John Smith
D) Roger Williams
Correct Answer: A - James Edward Oglethorpe was a member of Parliament who
founded Georgia as a haven for debtors and as a buffer colony.
,4. Who was Georgia's third and final royal governor?
A) James Oglethorpe
B) John Reynolds
C) Henry Ellis
D) James Wright
Correct Answer: D - James Wright was Georgia's final royal governor who fled the
colony after the American Revolution began.
5. In what year was the 13th Amendment ratified, abolishing slavery?
A) 1863
B) 1865
C) 1864
D) 1866
Correct Answer: B - The 13th Amendment was ratified in December 1865,
officially abolishing slavery and involuntary servitude.
6. Who settled land in New York along the Hudson River?
A) The English
B) The Spanish
C) The Dutch
D) The French
Correct Answer: C - The Dutch settled along the Hudson River and established
New Netherland, which later became New York.
7. Who was the African American educator born into slavery who called for
black progress through education?
A) Frederick Douglass
B) W.E.B. Du Bois
C) Booker T. Washington
,D) Malcolm X
Correct Answer: C - Booker T. Washington was born into slavery and became a
leading African American educator advocating for vocational education and
economic progress.
8. What Act created the Federal Reserve System?
A) The Banking Act of 1933
B) The Federal Reserve Act
C) The Glass-Steagall Act
D) The Gold Standard Act
Correct Answer: B - The Federal Reserve Act created the central banking system
and authorized the issuance of Federal Reserve Notes.
9. In what year was the Federal Reserve Act ratified?
A) 1912
B) 1914
C) 1913
D) 1915
Correct Answer: C - President Woodrow Wilson signed the Federal Reserve Act
into law in 1913.
10. What machine automated cotton processing and increased the need for
slaves?
A) The Cotton Gin
B) The Spinning Jenny
C) The Power Loom
D) The Steam Engine
Correct Answer: A - Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin revolutionized cotton processing,
increasing production and the demand for slave labor.
, 11. Who was the Quaker who founded Pennsylvania?
A) John Winthrop
B) William Penn
C) Roger Williams
D) Thomas Hooker
Correct Answer: B - William Penn, a Quaker, founded Pennsylvania as a haven for
religious freedom and promoted democracy.
12. What was Georgia's fourth capital during the Civil War?
A) Savannah
B) Atlanta
C) Augusta
D) Milledgeville
Correct Answer: D - Milledgeville served as Georgia's capital from 1861 to 1865
during the Civil War.
13. What crisis occurred in 1832 when South Carolina argued federal tariffs were
unconstitutional?
A) The Nullification Crisis
B) The Secession Crisis
C) The Tariff Crisis
D) The States' Rights Crisis
Correct Answer: A - The Nullification Crisis involved South Carolina declaring
federal tariffs null and void, leading President Jackson to send troops.
14. What trial in 1925 involved a substitute teacher accused of violating
Tennessee's Butler Act?
A) The Scopes Trial
B) The Sacco and Vanzetti Trial
C) The Loeb-Leopold Trial
WITH 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS
1. Who was the Spanish explorer who marched across Mexico and conquered
the Aztecs?
A) Hernando de Soto
B) Francisco Pizarro
C) Herman Cortes
D) Juan Ponce de Leon
Correct Answer: C - Herman Cortes led the expedition that caused the fall of the
Aztec Empire in 1521.
2. Who was the first European to discover and cross the Mississippi River?
A) Herman Cortes
B) Hernando de Soto
C) Francisco Coronado
D) Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Correct Answer: B - Hernando de Soto explored deep into North America and was
the first to discover and cross the Mississippi River, claiming it for Spain.
3. Who founded the colony of Georgia as a member of the English Parliament?
A) James Oglethorpe
B) William Penn
C) John Smith
D) Roger Williams
Correct Answer: A - James Edward Oglethorpe was a member of Parliament who
founded Georgia as a haven for debtors and as a buffer colony.
,4. Who was Georgia's third and final royal governor?
A) James Oglethorpe
B) John Reynolds
C) Henry Ellis
D) James Wright
Correct Answer: D - James Wright was Georgia's final royal governor who fled the
colony after the American Revolution began.
5. In what year was the 13th Amendment ratified, abolishing slavery?
A) 1863
B) 1865
C) 1864
D) 1866
Correct Answer: B - The 13th Amendment was ratified in December 1865,
officially abolishing slavery and involuntary servitude.
6. Who settled land in New York along the Hudson River?
A) The English
B) The Spanish
C) The Dutch
D) The French
Correct Answer: C - The Dutch settled along the Hudson River and established
New Netherland, which later became New York.
7. Who was the African American educator born into slavery who called for
black progress through education?
A) Frederick Douglass
B) W.E.B. Du Bois
C) Booker T. Washington
,D) Malcolm X
Correct Answer: C - Booker T. Washington was born into slavery and became a
leading African American educator advocating for vocational education and
economic progress.
8. What Act created the Federal Reserve System?
A) The Banking Act of 1933
B) The Federal Reserve Act
C) The Glass-Steagall Act
D) The Gold Standard Act
Correct Answer: B - The Federal Reserve Act created the central banking system
and authorized the issuance of Federal Reserve Notes.
9. In what year was the Federal Reserve Act ratified?
A) 1912
B) 1914
C) 1913
D) 1915
Correct Answer: C - President Woodrow Wilson signed the Federal Reserve Act
into law in 1913.
10. What machine automated cotton processing and increased the need for
slaves?
A) The Cotton Gin
B) The Spinning Jenny
C) The Power Loom
D) The Steam Engine
Correct Answer: A - Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin revolutionized cotton processing,
increasing production and the demand for slave labor.
, 11. Who was the Quaker who founded Pennsylvania?
A) John Winthrop
B) William Penn
C) Roger Williams
D) Thomas Hooker
Correct Answer: B - William Penn, a Quaker, founded Pennsylvania as a haven for
religious freedom and promoted democracy.
12. What was Georgia's fourth capital during the Civil War?
A) Savannah
B) Atlanta
C) Augusta
D) Milledgeville
Correct Answer: D - Milledgeville served as Georgia's capital from 1861 to 1865
during the Civil War.
13. What crisis occurred in 1832 when South Carolina argued federal tariffs were
unconstitutional?
A) The Nullification Crisis
B) The Secession Crisis
C) The Tariff Crisis
D) The States' Rights Crisis
Correct Answer: A - The Nullification Crisis involved South Carolina declaring
federal tariffs null and void, leading President Jackson to send troops.
14. What trial in 1925 involved a substitute teacher accused of violating
Tennessee's Butler Act?
A) The Scopes Trial
B) The Sacco and Vanzetti Trial
C) The Loeb-Leopold Trial
