UGA History Exemption Test Questions With Complete Solutions 2023 Updated Exam

UGA History Exemption Test Questions With Complete Solutions 2023 Updated Exam Yazoo Lands - CORRECT ANSWER- The sparsely-populated central and western areas of the US state of GA, when its western border stretched to the Mississippi River. James Jackson - CORRECT ANSWER- 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 were given to the Federal Government. Iroquois League - CORRECT ANSWER- Known as the haudenosaunee of the "People of the Longhouse", are a league of several nations and tribes of indigenous people of North America Yazoo Fraud - CORRECT ANSWER- a massive fraud perpetrated from by several Georgia governors and the state legislature. James Gun - CORRECT ANSWER- Arranged the distribution of money of the Yazoo fraud and land to legislators, state officials, newspaper editors and cries of bribery and corruption. Trail of Tears - CORRECT ANSWER- 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.) Henan Cortes - CORRECT ANSWER- 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 The Stono Rebellion - CORRECT ANSWER- 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. William Penn - CORRECT ANSWER- 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 The Great Awakening - CORRECT ANSWER- 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 and redemption on the part of those affected an increase in evangelical church membership and the formation of new religious movements and denominations. Indentured Servitude - CORRECT ANSWER- 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. Quakers - CORRECT ANSWER- 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 destination as the Friends were persecuted by law in Massachusetts until 1681. Pennsylvania was formed by William Penn in 1681 as a haven for persecuted. Mercantilism - CORRECT ANSWER- the economic doctrine that government control of foreign trade is of paramount importance for ensuring the prosperity and military security of the state. Thomas Paine - CORRECT ANSWER- 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 corset maker by trade, a journalist by profession, and a propagandist by inclination. Alexander Hamilton - CORRECT ANSWER- (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. Federalist papers - CORRECT ANSWER- Series of 85 articles of essays promoting the ratification of the United States Constitution written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and john jay French vs. Indian War - CORRECT ANSWER- 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. American Revolution - CORRECT ANSWER- 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. Revolutionary War - CORRECT ANSWER- 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. Tories - CORRECT ANSWER- A traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Northwest ordinance - CORRECT ANSWER- Act of the Congress of the Confederation of the US Passed July 13, 1787 the primary effect was the creation of the Northwest Territory as the first organized territory of the US out of the region south of the Great Lakes, north and west of the Ohio River, and east of the Mississippi River. Kentucky and Virginia Resolves - CORRECT ANSWER- Political statements drafted in 1798 and 1799 in which the Kentucky and Virginia legislatures took the position that the federal Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitution