UGA HISTORY EXEMPTION FINAL EXAM 2025/2026 NEWEST
ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS |ALREADY GRADED A+|
When was NAFTA created? - ANSWER-1994
Massacre was committed on December 29, 1890, on the Lakota
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, USA. -
ANSWER-Battle of Wounded Knee
Heroine of the American Revolutionary War whose exploits
against Loyalists in the Georgia back country are the stuff of
legend. Most known for holding six British soldiers at gunpoint,
but this is only one of her patriotic efforts against the British. -
ANSWER-Nancy Morgan Hart
This state played an essential role in the Civil War. As the most
populous southern state and as the state with the most slaves, its
decision to secede was crucial to the secessionist movement. -
ANSWER-Georgia
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42nd Governor of Georgia from , and a U.S. Senator. During the
American Civil War he had constant disagreements with
Confederate President Jefferson Davis, whom he saw as an
incipient tyrant. Tried at times to keep his own troops apart from
the Confederate forces and insisted on hoarding surplus supplies
for his own state's militias. He believed that his state had seceded
so that it didn't have to follow the dictates of a central
government. - ANSWER-Joseph Brown
Was a lawyer, legislator, judge on the Georgia Supreme Court,
and a Confederate general during the American Civil War. He is
also noted for the U.S. Army's fort named in his honor -
ANSWER-Henry L. Benning
Secretary of state, strong advocate for secession. A senator and
extremist from Georgia who said that the South would never let
the federal government be controlled by the Republican party and
threatened secession.. - ANSWER-Robert Toombs
He commanded the Union army in Tennessee. In September of
1864 his troops captured Atlanta, Georgia. He then headed to
take Savannah. This was his famous "march to the sea.". His
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troops burned barns and houses, and destroyed the countryside.
His march showed a shift in the belief that only military targets
should be destroyed. Civilian centers could also be targets. -
ANSWER-William T. Sherman
A credit system that became widely used by farmers in the United
States in the South from the 1860s to the 1920s. - ANSWER-Crop
Line System
Sought to diversify the Georgia economy; eventually led to the
industrialization of the state. - ANSWER-"New South" Crusade
Rose to national prominence as the leader of the Niagara
Movement, a group of African-American activists who wanted
equal rights for blacks. - ANSWER-W.E.B Du Bois
A Jewish-American factory superintendent whose hanging in
1915 by a lynch mob, planned and led by prominent citizens in
Marietta, Georgia, drew attention to antisemitism in the United
States. - ANSWER-Leo Frank
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Used by the U.S. state of Georgia to determine a victor in its
primary elections. Each county was given a certain number of
votes and the candidate who received the highest number of
votes in that county won all their 'unit votes', under a form of block
voting. - ANSWER-County-Unit System
A United States federal law of the New Deal era which restricted
agricultural production by paying farmers subsidies not to plant
part of their land (that is, to let a portion of their fields lie fallow)
and to kill off excess livestock. Its purpose was to reduce crop
surplus and therefore effectively raise the value of crops. The
money for these subsidies was generated through an exclusive
tax on companies which processed farm products. - ANSWER-
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
The state flag used from 1956 to 2001 featured a prominent
Confederate Battle Flag, which some residents found offensive
due to its historical use by the Confederate States of America and
its contemporary use as a symbol by various white supremacy
groups - ANSWER-GA Flag Controversies