UGA HISTORY EXEMPTION EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS
The Agricultural Adjustment Adminstration - Answer-enacted May 12, 1933) was 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. The
Act created a new agency, the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, to oversee the
distribution of the subsidies.
Herman Talmadge - Answer-Was an American politician from the state of Georgia. He
served as the 70th Governor of Georgia briefly in 1947 and again from 1948 to 1955.
His term was marked by his segregationist policies. After leaving office Talmadge was
elected to the U.S. Senate, serving from 1957 until 1981. Declared that GA will 'not
tolerate the mixing of races in public schools or any other tax supported instutions."
Forcibly took over the Governor's mansion until it was officially announced he had lost
the election.
GA Flag Controversies - Answer-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
GA Music and Literature - Answer-Georgia is known for such authors as Alice Walker
and Margaret Mitchell; for musicians and bands such a R.E.M. and Ray Charles;
Literature - Answer-fiction novels such as Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind and
The Color Purple by Alice Walker (The Color Purple's stage adaptation is by Georgia
Author and Agnes Scott Alumna Marsha Norman) are other examples. Among the most
interesting of Southern literature's genres is Southern Gothic, with such notable Georgia
writers as Flannery O'Conner and Erskine Caldwell. Georgia's poets, such as Sidney
Lanier, nonfiction writers like humorist Lewis Grizzard also have a place in the state's
literary background
Music in GA - Answer-Music in Georgia ranges from folk music to rhythm and blues,
rock and roll, country music, sludge metal and hip hop. The Georgia Music Hall of
Fame, located in Macon is the state's museum of music.
,1996 Olympic Games - Answer-The 1996 Summer Olympics, known officially as the
Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially as the Centennial Olympics, was a major
international multi-sport event that took place in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, from
July 19 to August 4, 1996. A record 197 nations, all current IOC member nations, took
part in the Games, comprising 10,318 athletes.
14th Amendment - Answer-Make sure African Americans were recognized as Citizens
15th Amendment - Answer-Gave African Americans the right to vote
ways southern whites tried to resist giving equal treatment to blacks after reconstrution -
Answer-kkk arose and used violence and when reconstruction ended whites passed poll
taxes, white primary, arbitrary registration, and literacy test to keep blacks
disenfranchised(vote not count)
railroads in west - Answer-helped open the west and contribute to the rise of big
buisness for ppl and goods to be transported eaisly
Chinese and Irish - Answer-contributed to building railroad
John D. Rockefeller - Answer-dominated oil industry by establishing a trust
Edison Light Bulb - Answer-transformed us culture and buisness by allowing ppl to work
and engage in leisure activities later hours
wounded knee - Answer-us army troops engaged the souix at wounded knee after they
became concerned that cheif sitting bull would use the ghost dance to start a native am
uprising. troops killed sitting bull and eventually opened fire on men women and children
killing more than 150. marked the last major violent confrontation btw whites and native
am. over westward expansion
African American Women in Western Expansion - Answer-fufilled positions traditionally
held by men, due to lack of white population . meanwhile af am. had an impact as
cowboys or soldiers
Nativist - Answer-does not support immigration, believe jobs should go to natives
Poor laborers and Immigrants - Answer-poor working conditions long hours paid low
even women and children work
Industrialization and urban growth effect on late 19th early 201th century - Answer-
many middle and upper class citizens left the cities to live in the first suburbs, inventions
like electric trolley, public transportation parks, sports
Union - Answer-organization of workers to protect the interests of its members
Leo Frank - Answer-Leo Max Frank (April 17, 1884 - August 17, 1915) was 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.
,Samuel Gompers - Answer-leader of afl
Pullman Strike - Answer-Was a nationwide conflict between the new American Railway
Union and railroads that occurred in the United States in summer 1894. It shut down
much of the nation's freight and passenger traffic west of Detroit.
Presidential Reconstruction - Answer-plan for reconstruction through andrew johnson
less servere than radical
13th Amendment - Answer-ended slavery
Johnson's Impeachment - Answer-congress impeach him bc he tried to fire secretary of
war edwin stanton senate voted to spare johnson
Freedman's Bureau - Answer-relief agency that provided clothes medical food and
education to african americans coming out of slavery. established by Congress to aid
African Americans undergoing the transition from slavery to freedom in the aftermath of
the Civil War
African American in politics during Reconstruction - Answer-they had access to political
process and many were legislatures
Poll Taxes - Answer-special taxes passed in the south after reconstruction to prevent
blacks from voting by requiring them to pay money to vote
Black Exodus - Answer-mass black migration from south to west following the
emanicipation
American Federation of Labor - Answer-The American Federation of Labor was one of
the first federations of labor unions in the United States. stood for wages working hours
and working conditions
Grandfather clause - Answer-laws designed to help the poorand less educated whites
still vote by exempting them from literacy test and poll tax if their ancestors had voted or
served in the confederate military
Isolationist - Answer-aganist us exapansion and foreign affairs
US Enters World War I - Answer-because it felt obligated to respond to unrestricted u
boat attacks aganist is ships by the german navy also public support of the war had rise
bc of zimmerman telegram
Site of Victory in American Revolution - Answer-york town
General William Howe - Answer-left u.s.
, 5th Viscount Howe, KB, PC (10 August 1729 - 12 July 1814) was a British army officer
who rose to become Commander-in-Chief of British forces during the American War of
Independence.
Antebellum - Answer-The history of the Southern United States reaches back hundreds
of years and includes the Mississippian people, well known for their mound building.
Fireside chats - Answer-30 radio addresses by fdr
Herbert Hoover - Answer-known as the great engineer 31st president
Grover Cleaveland - Answer-only president to serve two non consecutive terms
Hay Market Bombing - Answer-refers to the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a
labor demonstration on Tuesday May 4, 1886, at Haymarket Square[3] in Chicago. It
began as a peaceful rally in support of workers striking for an eight-hour day. An
unknown person threw a dynamite bomb at police as they acted to disperse the public
meeting. The bomb blast and ensuing gunfire resulted in the deaths of seven police
officers and at least four civilians, and the wounding of scores of others.
Theodore Roosevelt - Answer-president after mckinley
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt ( ; October 27, 1858- January 6, 1919) was the 26th
President of the United States of America (1901-1909).
Twin Pillars Policy - Answer-u.s. policy to promote iran and saudi arabia as local
gaurdian of u.s. in persian gulf war
PT Barnum - Answer-Phineas Taylor Barnum (July 5, 1810 - April 7, 1891) was an
American showman, businessman, scam artist and entertainer, remembered for
promoting celebrated hoaxes and for founding the circus that became the Ringling Bros.
Textiles Workers Strike - Answer-1934-largest strikein the labor history. ivolving textile
workers from ew england. it lasted 20 yrs. fdr NIRA tried to reduce over production,
raise wages, and have rights for workers
Eugene Talmadge - Answer-used martial law to control the textile strike
Cyrus McCormick - Answer-Cyrus Hall McCormick, Sr. (1809-1884) was an American
inventor and founder of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, which became
part of International Harvester Company in 1902. From the Blue Ridge Mountains of
Virginia, he and many members of his family became prominent residents of Chicago.
for farmers the reaper
First Indians in GA - Answer-woodland moundbuilders creek and cherokee
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS
The Agricultural Adjustment Adminstration - Answer-enacted May 12, 1933) was 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. The
Act created a new agency, the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, to oversee the
distribution of the subsidies.
Herman Talmadge - Answer-Was an American politician from the state of Georgia. He
served as the 70th Governor of Georgia briefly in 1947 and again from 1948 to 1955.
His term was marked by his segregationist policies. After leaving office Talmadge was
elected to the U.S. Senate, serving from 1957 until 1981. Declared that GA will 'not
tolerate the mixing of races in public schools or any other tax supported instutions."
Forcibly took over the Governor's mansion until it was officially announced he had lost
the election.
GA Flag Controversies - Answer-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
GA Music and Literature - Answer-Georgia is known for such authors as Alice Walker
and Margaret Mitchell; for musicians and bands such a R.E.M. and Ray Charles;
Literature - Answer-fiction novels such as Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind and
The Color Purple by Alice Walker (The Color Purple's stage adaptation is by Georgia
Author and Agnes Scott Alumna Marsha Norman) are other examples. Among the most
interesting of Southern literature's genres is Southern Gothic, with such notable Georgia
writers as Flannery O'Conner and Erskine Caldwell. Georgia's poets, such as Sidney
Lanier, nonfiction writers like humorist Lewis Grizzard also have a place in the state's
literary background
Music in GA - Answer-Music in Georgia ranges from folk music to rhythm and blues,
rock and roll, country music, sludge metal and hip hop. The Georgia Music Hall of
Fame, located in Macon is the state's museum of music.
,1996 Olympic Games - Answer-The 1996 Summer Olympics, known officially as the
Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially as the Centennial Olympics, was a major
international multi-sport event that took place in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, from
July 19 to August 4, 1996. A record 197 nations, all current IOC member nations, took
part in the Games, comprising 10,318 athletes.
14th Amendment - Answer-Make sure African Americans were recognized as Citizens
15th Amendment - Answer-Gave African Americans the right to vote
ways southern whites tried to resist giving equal treatment to blacks after reconstrution -
Answer-kkk arose and used violence and when reconstruction ended whites passed poll
taxes, white primary, arbitrary registration, and literacy test to keep blacks
disenfranchised(vote not count)
railroads in west - Answer-helped open the west and contribute to the rise of big
buisness for ppl and goods to be transported eaisly
Chinese and Irish - Answer-contributed to building railroad
John D. Rockefeller - Answer-dominated oil industry by establishing a trust
Edison Light Bulb - Answer-transformed us culture and buisness by allowing ppl to work
and engage in leisure activities later hours
wounded knee - Answer-us army troops engaged the souix at wounded knee after they
became concerned that cheif sitting bull would use the ghost dance to start a native am
uprising. troops killed sitting bull and eventually opened fire on men women and children
killing more than 150. marked the last major violent confrontation btw whites and native
am. over westward expansion
African American Women in Western Expansion - Answer-fufilled positions traditionally
held by men, due to lack of white population . meanwhile af am. had an impact as
cowboys or soldiers
Nativist - Answer-does not support immigration, believe jobs should go to natives
Poor laborers and Immigrants - Answer-poor working conditions long hours paid low
even women and children work
Industrialization and urban growth effect on late 19th early 201th century - Answer-
many middle and upper class citizens left the cities to live in the first suburbs, inventions
like electric trolley, public transportation parks, sports
Union - Answer-organization of workers to protect the interests of its members
Leo Frank - Answer-Leo Max Frank (April 17, 1884 - August 17, 1915) was 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.
,Samuel Gompers - Answer-leader of afl
Pullman Strike - Answer-Was a nationwide conflict between the new American Railway
Union and railroads that occurred in the United States in summer 1894. It shut down
much of the nation's freight and passenger traffic west of Detroit.
Presidential Reconstruction - Answer-plan for reconstruction through andrew johnson
less servere than radical
13th Amendment - Answer-ended slavery
Johnson's Impeachment - Answer-congress impeach him bc he tried to fire secretary of
war edwin stanton senate voted to spare johnson
Freedman's Bureau - Answer-relief agency that provided clothes medical food and
education to african americans coming out of slavery. established by Congress to aid
African Americans undergoing the transition from slavery to freedom in the aftermath of
the Civil War
African American in politics during Reconstruction - Answer-they had access to political
process and many were legislatures
Poll Taxes - Answer-special taxes passed in the south after reconstruction to prevent
blacks from voting by requiring them to pay money to vote
Black Exodus - Answer-mass black migration from south to west following the
emanicipation
American Federation of Labor - Answer-The American Federation of Labor was one of
the first federations of labor unions in the United States. stood for wages working hours
and working conditions
Grandfather clause - Answer-laws designed to help the poorand less educated whites
still vote by exempting them from literacy test and poll tax if their ancestors had voted or
served in the confederate military
Isolationist - Answer-aganist us exapansion and foreign affairs
US Enters World War I - Answer-because it felt obligated to respond to unrestricted u
boat attacks aganist is ships by the german navy also public support of the war had rise
bc of zimmerman telegram
Site of Victory in American Revolution - Answer-york town
General William Howe - Answer-left u.s.
, 5th Viscount Howe, KB, PC (10 August 1729 - 12 July 1814) was a British army officer
who rose to become Commander-in-Chief of British forces during the American War of
Independence.
Antebellum - Answer-The history of the Southern United States reaches back hundreds
of years and includes the Mississippian people, well known for their mound building.
Fireside chats - Answer-30 radio addresses by fdr
Herbert Hoover - Answer-known as the great engineer 31st president
Grover Cleaveland - Answer-only president to serve two non consecutive terms
Hay Market Bombing - Answer-refers to the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a
labor demonstration on Tuesday May 4, 1886, at Haymarket Square[3] in Chicago. It
began as a peaceful rally in support of workers striking for an eight-hour day. An
unknown person threw a dynamite bomb at police as they acted to disperse the public
meeting. The bomb blast and ensuing gunfire resulted in the deaths of seven police
officers and at least four civilians, and the wounding of scores of others.
Theodore Roosevelt - Answer-president after mckinley
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt ( ; October 27, 1858- January 6, 1919) was the 26th
President of the United States of America (1901-1909).
Twin Pillars Policy - Answer-u.s. policy to promote iran and saudi arabia as local
gaurdian of u.s. in persian gulf war
PT Barnum - Answer-Phineas Taylor Barnum (July 5, 1810 - April 7, 1891) was an
American showman, businessman, scam artist and entertainer, remembered for
promoting celebrated hoaxes and for founding the circus that became the Ringling Bros.
Textiles Workers Strike - Answer-1934-largest strikein the labor history. ivolving textile
workers from ew england. it lasted 20 yrs. fdr NIRA tried to reduce over production,
raise wages, and have rights for workers
Eugene Talmadge - Answer-used martial law to control the textile strike
Cyrus McCormick - Answer-Cyrus Hall McCormick, Sr. (1809-1884) was an American
inventor and founder of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, which became
part of International Harvester Company in 1902. From the Blue Ridge Mountains of
Virginia, he and many members of his family became prominent residents of Chicago.
for farmers the reaper
First Indians in GA - Answer-woodland moundbuilders creek and cherokee
