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UGA History Exemption Test Questions
With Revised Answers
He was a spanish explorer who marched across Mexico and conquered the Aztecs -
answer✔✔Hernan Cortes
He explored deep in USA, first to discover and cross the Mississippi River and claim it for Spain
- answer✔✔Hernando de Soto
This man was a member of the English Parliament who founded the colony of Georgia. -
answer✔✔James Edward Oglethorpe
Who was Georgia's 3rd and final royal governor who fled the colony after the start of the
American Revolution? - answer✔✔James Wright
In what year did the 13th amendment abolish slavery and involuntary servitude? -
answer✔✔1864
Who settled land in New York along the Hudson River? - answer✔✔The Dutch
This man was an African American educator born into slavery who called for black progress
through education. - answer✔✔Booker T Washington
Act of Congress that created and established the Federal Reserve System, the central banking
system of the United States, and granted it the legal authority to issue Federal Reserve Notes, and
Federal Reserve Bank Notes as legal tender. - answer✔✔Federal Reserve Act
In what year was the Federal Reserve Act ratified? - answer✔✔1913
What machine automated cotton processing and INCREASED the need for slaves? -
answer✔✔Cotton Gin
This man was a quaker who founded Pennsylvania. He wanted to unite all of the UA colonies
and pushed for democracy and religious freedom. - answer✔✔William Penn
What was Georgia's fourth capital and seat of the state government during the Civil War (1861 -
1865)? - answer✔✔Milledgeville
In 1832 SC argued that the federal tariffs were unconstitutional and President Jackson sent
Troops to force SC to pay tariffs. - answer✔✔Nullification Crisis
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In 1925 a substitute teacher was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act - answer✔✔Scopes
Trial
The period after the Civil War in the United States when the southern states were reorganized
and reintegrated into the Union - answer✔✔Reconstruction Era
In what years did the Reconstruction Era occur? - answer✔✔1865-1877
A series of economic programs enacted in the United States between 1933 and 1936. They
involved presidential executive orders or laws passed by Congress during the first term of
President Franklin D. Roosevelt. - answer✔✔The New Deal
Between what years was The New Deal enacted? - answer✔✔1933-1936
An African American social reformer, orator, writer and statesman. Former Slave who was the
leader of the abolitionist movement and supported women's suffrage. - answer✔✔Frederick
Douglass
What organization unsuccessfully campaigned for an equal rights amendment to the
constitution? - answer✔✔National Organization of Women
Who was the 40th President of the United States who worked to lift govt regulations, reduce
taxes, and reduce domestic spending by curtailing social welfare. Launched the largest peacetime
military buildup in American history. - answer✔✔Ronald Reagan
In what years did prohibition take place? - answer✔✔1920-1933
A national ban on the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol. - answer✔✔American
Prohibition
Prohibition ended with the ratification of which amendment? - answer✔✔The 21st Amendment
Grayish bug that lays its eggs in cotton bolls destroying the cotton - answer✔✔Boll Weevil
This was a house committee on international security looking for alleged disloyalty and
communist ties. - answer✔✔Un-American Activities Committee
A league of 5 tribes of indigenous people of North America involved in the Beaver Wars. -
answer✔✔Iroquois League
In what year did the strike against Pearl Harbor take place? - answer✔✔1941
This strike against US by imperial Japanese navy that led the US into WW2. Also voided
Roosevelt's neutrality act. - answer✔✔Pearl Harbor
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Explicitly grants right of citizens to vote regardless of race, color or having been enslaved. -
answer✔✔15th Amendment
In what year was the 15th Amendment enacted? - answer✔✔1870
Poll taxes, literacy test, grandfather clause, property requirements aimed at disenfranchising
black voters - answer✔✔Voting Restrictions
When did the civil war take place? - answer✔✔1861-1865
War between the North and South US to determine the survival of union or independence of
confederacy. - answer✔✔Civil War
This man was the father of the American revolution who inspired Rebels to declare
independence from Britain and Wrote Common Sense and The American Crisis. -
answer✔✔Thomas Paine
When was the American Federation of Labor founded? - answer✔✔1886
This is a collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and
John Jay promoting the ratification of the United States Constitution-Against the bill of rights -
answer✔✔Federalist Papers
When was the Sherman Antitrust Act passed? - answer✔✔1890
This law passed under the presidency of Benjamin Harrison prohibits certain business activities
that Federal government deems to be anti-competitive.-monopolies and cartels -
answer✔✔Sherman Antitrust Act
A social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups - answer✔✔Segregation
What effect did John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry have on the United States? -
answer✔✔Both northern abolitionists and southern fire-eaters became incensed.
This man was Vice President of Harding then finished his term when Harding died. He was
reelected as the 30th President in 1924. - answer✔✔Calvin Coolidge
Landmark Supreme Court Case in 1857 which confirmed the status of slaves as property rather
than citizens. - answer✔✔Dred Scott vs. Sanford
South surrendered at Appomattox court house - answer✔✔End of the Civil War
Supreme Court case which established the principle of judicial review 1803 -
answer✔✔Marbury vs. Madison
What country claimed Quebec? - answer✔✔France
UGA History Exemption Test Questions
With Revised Answers
He was a spanish explorer who marched across Mexico and conquered the Aztecs -
answer✔✔Hernan Cortes
He explored deep in USA, first to discover and cross the Mississippi River and claim it for Spain
- answer✔✔Hernando de Soto
This man was a member of the English Parliament who founded the colony of Georgia. -
answer✔✔James Edward Oglethorpe
Who was Georgia's 3rd and final royal governor who fled the colony after the start of the
American Revolution? - answer✔✔James Wright
In what year did the 13th amendment abolish slavery and involuntary servitude? -
answer✔✔1864
Who settled land in New York along the Hudson River? - answer✔✔The Dutch
This man was an African American educator born into slavery who called for black progress
through education. - answer✔✔Booker T Washington
Act of Congress that created and established the Federal Reserve System, the central banking
system of the United States, and granted it the legal authority to issue Federal Reserve Notes, and
Federal Reserve Bank Notes as legal tender. - answer✔✔Federal Reserve Act
In what year was the Federal Reserve Act ratified? - answer✔✔1913
What machine automated cotton processing and INCREASED the need for slaves? -
answer✔✔Cotton Gin
This man was a quaker who founded Pennsylvania. He wanted to unite all of the UA colonies
and pushed for democracy and religious freedom. - answer✔✔William Penn
What was Georgia's fourth capital and seat of the state government during the Civil War (1861 -
1865)? - answer✔✔Milledgeville
In 1832 SC argued that the federal tariffs were unconstitutional and President Jackson sent
Troops to force SC to pay tariffs. - answer✔✔Nullification Crisis
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In 1925 a substitute teacher was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act - answer✔✔Scopes
Trial
The period after the Civil War in the United States when the southern states were reorganized
and reintegrated into the Union - answer✔✔Reconstruction Era
In what years did the Reconstruction Era occur? - answer✔✔1865-1877
A series of economic programs enacted in the United States between 1933 and 1936. They
involved presidential executive orders or laws passed by Congress during the first term of
President Franklin D. Roosevelt. - answer✔✔The New Deal
Between what years was The New Deal enacted? - answer✔✔1933-1936
An African American social reformer, orator, writer and statesman. Former Slave who was the
leader of the abolitionist movement and supported women's suffrage. - answer✔✔Frederick
Douglass
What organization unsuccessfully campaigned for an equal rights amendment to the
constitution? - answer✔✔National Organization of Women
Who was the 40th President of the United States who worked to lift govt regulations, reduce
taxes, and reduce domestic spending by curtailing social welfare. Launched the largest peacetime
military buildup in American history. - answer✔✔Ronald Reagan
In what years did prohibition take place? - answer✔✔1920-1933
A national ban on the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol. - answer✔✔American
Prohibition
Prohibition ended with the ratification of which amendment? - answer✔✔The 21st Amendment
Grayish bug that lays its eggs in cotton bolls destroying the cotton - answer✔✔Boll Weevil
This was a house committee on international security looking for alleged disloyalty and
communist ties. - answer✔✔Un-American Activities Committee
A league of 5 tribes of indigenous people of North America involved in the Beaver Wars. -
answer✔✔Iroquois League
In what year did the strike against Pearl Harbor take place? - answer✔✔1941
This strike against US by imperial Japanese navy that led the US into WW2. Also voided
Roosevelt's neutrality act. - answer✔✔Pearl Harbor
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Explicitly grants right of citizens to vote regardless of race, color or having been enslaved. -
answer✔✔15th Amendment
In what year was the 15th Amendment enacted? - answer✔✔1870
Poll taxes, literacy test, grandfather clause, property requirements aimed at disenfranchising
black voters - answer✔✔Voting Restrictions
When did the civil war take place? - answer✔✔1861-1865
War between the North and South US to determine the survival of union or independence of
confederacy. - answer✔✔Civil War
This man was the father of the American revolution who inspired Rebels to declare
independence from Britain and Wrote Common Sense and The American Crisis. -
answer✔✔Thomas Paine
When was the American Federation of Labor founded? - answer✔✔1886
This is a collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and
John Jay promoting the ratification of the United States Constitution-Against the bill of rights -
answer✔✔Federalist Papers
When was the Sherman Antitrust Act passed? - answer✔✔1890
This law passed under the presidency of Benjamin Harrison prohibits certain business activities
that Federal government deems to be anti-competitive.-monopolies and cartels -
answer✔✔Sherman Antitrust Act
A social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups - answer✔✔Segregation
What effect did John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry have on the United States? -
answer✔✔Both northern abolitionists and southern fire-eaters became incensed.
This man was Vice President of Harding then finished his term when Harding died. He was
reelected as the 30th President in 1924. - answer✔✔Calvin Coolidge
Landmark Supreme Court Case in 1857 which confirmed the status of slaves as property rather
than citizens. - answer✔✔Dred Scott vs. Sanford
South surrendered at Appomattox court house - answer✔✔End of the Civil War
Supreme Court case which established the principle of judicial review 1803 -
answer✔✔Marbury vs. Madison
What country claimed Quebec? - answer✔✔France
