UGA History Exemption Test
Earlier in statehood GA was made up of what two states? - Answer-Alabama and Mississippi
First people to settle in Georgia - Answer-Paleoindian Period: Clovis culture
Woodland Period: Mound builders
Kolomoki Mounds
New Deal in Georgia? - Answer--Aimed at economic recovery and address Georgia's social conditions as
well
-Within a year, 20% of Georgia's urban residents were receiving some kind of federal relief (increased
wages)
-New deal brought $250mm to GA
-Agricultural Adjustment paid farmers to plant less cotton (decreased
supply of cotton to help with depressed cotton prices)
-Talmadge opposed New Deal policies
-Failed to improve economic conditions overall
Impact of WWII in GA? Increased or decreased wages? - Answer--Lifted GA out of the Great Depression
-American farmers were strained by the war effort (left farms to work at defense factories which paid
better)
-Employment increased significantly
-Higher wages overall
,-By 1950 more people in manufacturing than farming
Cahokia? - Answer-The most sophisticated pre-historic Native civilization north of Mexico. Mound state
across the Mississippi River in St. Louis
1st woman to run for vice presidency? - Answer-Geraldine Ferraro
Which president ended Vietnam War? - Answer-Nixon
"New nationalism" - Answer-Teddy Roosevelt
-Fed intervention, social justice, under privileged
Why was Andrew Jackson elected? - Answer--Known as the People's president
-Was a War hero
-Supported individual liberty and forced Native American migration
Who created the Federalist Party? - Answer-Alexander Hamilton
-The party elected Adams to the presidency in 1796
Siege of Savannah - Answer--Second deadliest battle of the Revolutionary War
-Americans unsuccessfully tried to rid the city of British occupation
-Whig allies lost the battle
Favorite pastime of Antebellum GA? - Answer--Shakespeare?
-Major reformation movements
-Playrights
, -POLITICS became a great national pastime
Why did Georgians want Indians removed from the state? - Answer-Indian removal was a product of
demand for arable land during the rampant growth of cotton agriculture
-discovery of gold on Cherokee land
-And racial prejudice against Native Americans
- Answer-
Where was the most inequality in the colonies? - Answer-Jamaica?
-greatest inequality in terms of land ownership was South Carolina
French Indian War resulted in? - Answer-The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the
Treaty of Paris in 1763. The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America, but
disputes over subsequent frontier policy and paying the war's expenses led to colonial discontent, and
ultimately to the American Revolution.
Which president launched the Atomic Bomb? - Answer-Truman
"New Freedom" - Answer-Woodrow Wilson limited government, reforms, and greater economic
opportunity
Worchester v GA - Answer-Supreme Court Case which ruled that the laws of Georgia had no force within
the boundaries of the Cherokee territory and supported the Cherokees.
-Jackson ignored and refused to enforce this decision
Earlier in statehood GA was made up of what two states? - Answer-Alabama and Mississippi
First people to settle in Georgia - Answer-Paleoindian Period: Clovis culture
Woodland Period: Mound builders
Kolomoki Mounds
New Deal in Georgia? - Answer--Aimed at economic recovery and address Georgia's social conditions as
well
-Within a year, 20% of Georgia's urban residents were receiving some kind of federal relief (increased
wages)
-New deal brought $250mm to GA
-Agricultural Adjustment paid farmers to plant less cotton (decreased
supply of cotton to help with depressed cotton prices)
-Talmadge opposed New Deal policies
-Failed to improve economic conditions overall
Impact of WWII in GA? Increased or decreased wages? - Answer--Lifted GA out of the Great Depression
-American farmers were strained by the war effort (left farms to work at defense factories which paid
better)
-Employment increased significantly
-Higher wages overall
,-By 1950 more people in manufacturing than farming
Cahokia? - Answer-The most sophisticated pre-historic Native civilization north of Mexico. Mound state
across the Mississippi River in St. Louis
1st woman to run for vice presidency? - Answer-Geraldine Ferraro
Which president ended Vietnam War? - Answer-Nixon
"New nationalism" - Answer-Teddy Roosevelt
-Fed intervention, social justice, under privileged
Why was Andrew Jackson elected? - Answer--Known as the People's president
-Was a War hero
-Supported individual liberty and forced Native American migration
Who created the Federalist Party? - Answer-Alexander Hamilton
-The party elected Adams to the presidency in 1796
Siege of Savannah - Answer--Second deadliest battle of the Revolutionary War
-Americans unsuccessfully tried to rid the city of British occupation
-Whig allies lost the battle
Favorite pastime of Antebellum GA? - Answer--Shakespeare?
-Major reformation movements
-Playrights
, -POLITICS became a great national pastime
Why did Georgians want Indians removed from the state? - Answer-Indian removal was a product of
demand for arable land during the rampant growth of cotton agriculture
-discovery of gold on Cherokee land
-And racial prejudice against Native Americans
- Answer-
Where was the most inequality in the colonies? - Answer-Jamaica?
-greatest inequality in terms of land ownership was South Carolina
French Indian War resulted in? - Answer-The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the
Treaty of Paris in 1763. The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America, but
disputes over subsequent frontier policy and paying the war's expenses led to colonial discontent, and
ultimately to the American Revolution.
Which president launched the Atomic Bomb? - Answer-Truman
"New Freedom" - Answer-Woodrow Wilson limited government, reforms, and greater economic
opportunity
Worchester v GA - Answer-Supreme Court Case which ruled that the laws of Georgia had no force within
the boundaries of the Cherokee territory and supported the Cherokees.
-Jackson ignored and refused to enforce this decision
