UGA HISTORY EXEMPTION TEST1 ACTUAL
EXAM PAPER FULL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS 2026
◉ Who was the keynote speaker at the 1895 Cotton Exposition?
A. W.E.B. Dubois
B. Booker T Washington
C. Tunis Campbell
D. Eli Whitney
Answer: B. Booker T Washington
Rather than advocate for equal political and social power,
Washington urged blacks to make progress as agricultural and
industrial laborers and, easing white fears about racial integration,
argued that the races could be "as separate as the fingers, yet one as
the hand in all things essential to mutual progress."
◉ "New South" Crusade
Answer: Sought to diversify the Georgia economy; eventually led to
the industrialization of the state
Henry Grady
,◉ Rebecca Latimer Felton
Answer: A civic leader that supported women's suffrage and
temperance as well as strongly disagreed with the convict lease
system. She was also the first woman to serve in the US Senate.
Foremost feminist
◉ Leo Frank
Answer: Jewish factory manager in Atlanta who was convicted of
murdering a female employee. A mob lynched him in his jail cell
◉ W.E.B. Du Bois
Answer: -First African American to earn a doctorate at harvard
-Co founder of NAACP( national association for the advancement of
colored people) 1909
-opposed Atlanta compromise
◉ Free silver (Populism)
Answer: -the use of both silver and gold as currency
-incorrect ratios that made the silver lose value
-inflation... but maybe not beneficial
- fourth coinage act of 1873 demonetized silver until the federal
reserve act overhauled the U.S monetary system.
, -supported by populist party
◉ Jim Crow laws were:
A. declared from the beginning to be unconstitutional.
B. a method of imposing strict segregation in even the smallest
aspects of society.
C. laws passed by supporters of African-American equality to insure
their equal treatment in Southern states.
D. a series of acts passed by Congress to encourage the growth of
agriculture in the South.
Answer: B. a method of imposing strict segregation in even the
smallest aspects of society.
◉ The most significant third political party of the late nineteenth
century was the:
A. Whig Party.
B. Progressive Party.
C. Populist Party.
D. Mugwump Party.
Answer: C. Populist Party.
◉ Prohibition
EXAM PAPER FULL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS 2026
◉ Who was the keynote speaker at the 1895 Cotton Exposition?
A. W.E.B. Dubois
B. Booker T Washington
C. Tunis Campbell
D. Eli Whitney
Answer: B. Booker T Washington
Rather than advocate for equal political and social power,
Washington urged blacks to make progress as agricultural and
industrial laborers and, easing white fears about racial integration,
argued that the races could be "as separate as the fingers, yet one as
the hand in all things essential to mutual progress."
◉ "New South" Crusade
Answer: Sought to diversify the Georgia economy; eventually led to
the industrialization of the state
Henry Grady
,◉ Rebecca Latimer Felton
Answer: A civic leader that supported women's suffrage and
temperance as well as strongly disagreed with the convict lease
system. She was also the first woman to serve in the US Senate.
Foremost feminist
◉ Leo Frank
Answer: Jewish factory manager in Atlanta who was convicted of
murdering a female employee. A mob lynched him in his jail cell
◉ W.E.B. Du Bois
Answer: -First African American to earn a doctorate at harvard
-Co founder of NAACP( national association for the advancement of
colored people) 1909
-opposed Atlanta compromise
◉ Free silver (Populism)
Answer: -the use of both silver and gold as currency
-incorrect ratios that made the silver lose value
-inflation... but maybe not beneficial
- fourth coinage act of 1873 demonetized silver until the federal
reserve act overhauled the U.S monetary system.
, -supported by populist party
◉ Jim Crow laws were:
A. declared from the beginning to be unconstitutional.
B. a method of imposing strict segregation in even the smallest
aspects of society.
C. laws passed by supporters of African-American equality to insure
their equal treatment in Southern states.
D. a series of acts passed by Congress to encourage the growth of
agriculture in the South.
Answer: B. a method of imposing strict segregation in even the
smallest aspects of society.
◉ The most significant third political party of the late nineteenth
century was the:
A. Whig Party.
B. Progressive Party.
C. Populist Party.
D. Mugwump Party.
Answer: C. Populist Party.
◉ Prohibition
