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UGA History Exemption Testwith 100%Correct Answers2023Yazoo Lands-Correct answer-The sparsely-populated central and western areas of theUS state of GA, when its western border stretched to the Mississippi River.James Jackson-Correct answer-October 18, 1819-January 13, 1887. It was a USrepresentativefrom GA, a judge advocate American Civil War, and a chief justice of theSupreme Court of Georgia. He nullified the yazoo sale and destructed recordsconnected with the state. Later the Yazoo lands was given to the Federal Goverment.Iroquois League-Correct answer-Known as the haudenosaunee of the "People of theLonghouse", are a league of several nations and tribes of indigenous people of NorthAmericaYazoo Fraud-Correct answer-a massive fraud perpetrated from 1794-1803 by severalGeorgia governersand the state legislature.James Gun-Correct answer-Arranged the distribution of money of the Yazoo fraud andland to legislators, state officials, newspaper editors and cries of bribery and corruption.Trail of Tears-Correct answer-Forced relocation and movement of Native Americannations from southeastern parts of the US following the Indian Removal Act of 1830.The removal included many members of the Cherokee, Muscogee, Seminole,Chickasaw and Choctaw nations, among others in the US, from their homelands toIndian territory (From Georgia to Oklahoma.)Hernan Cortes-Correct answer-1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca (1485-December2, 1547) was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of theAztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under the rule of the Kingof Castile in the early 16th CenturyThe Stono Rebellion-Correct answer-Slave rebellion that commenced on September 91739, in the colony of South Carolina. It was the largest slave uprising in the Britishmainland colonies prior to the American Revolution.William Penn-Correct answer-October 14, 1644-July 30 1718. It was an English realestate entrepreneur, philosopher and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, theEnglish North American colony and the future Commonwealth of PennsylvaniaThe Great Awakening-Correct answer-Used to refer to several periods of religionsrevival in American religious history. Historians and theologians identify three or fourwaves of increased religious enthusiasm occurring between the early 18th and late 19th

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century. Each of these was characterized by widespread revivals lead by evangelicalProtestant ministers, a sharp increase of interest in religion, a profound sense ofconviction and redemption on the part of those affected, an increase in evangelicalchurch membership and the formation of new religious movements and denominations.Indentured Servitude-Correct answer-Historical practice of contracting to work for afixed period of time, typically 3 to7 years in exchange for transportation, food, clothinglodging and other necessities during the term of indenture.Quakers-Correct answer-Members of the Religious Society of friends. Came to NorthAmerica in the early days because they wanted to spreadtheir beliefs to the Britishcolonists there, while others came to escape the persecution that they wereexperiencing in Europe. First known quakers arrived in 1656. The colony of RhodeIsland with its policy of religious freedom was a frequent destionation as the Friendswere persecuted by law in Massachusetts until 1681. Pennsylvania was formed byWilliam Penn in 1681 as a haven for persecuted.Mercantilism-Correct answer-the economic doctrine that government control of foreigntrade is of paramount importance for ensuring the prosperity and military security of thestate.Thomas Paine-Correct answer-English-American political activist, author, politicaltheorist and revolutionary. As the author or two highly influential pamphlets at the startof the American Revolution, he became one of the Founding Fathers of the UnitedStates. He has been called "a corsetmaker by trade, a journalist by profession, and apropagandist by inclination.Alexander Hamilton-Correct answer-(January 11, 1755 or 177-July 12, 1804) was aFounding Father, soldier, economist, political philosopher, one of Amrica's firstconstitutional lawyers and the first US Secretary of the Treasury.Federalist papers-Correct answer-Series of 85 articles of essays promoting theratification of the United States Constitution written by Alexander Hamilton, JamesMadison, and john jayFrench vs. Indian War-Correct answer-The war was fought primarilybetween thecolonies of British America and the New France, with both sides supported by militaryunits from their parent countries of Great Britain and France. In 1756 the war escalatedfrom a regional affair into a world-wide conflict. In Canada some historians refer to theconflict as the Seven Years War fought for control of eastern north america. British won.American Revolution-Correct answer-Political upheaval during the last half of the 18thcentury in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free fromthe British Empire, combining to become the USA.

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Revolutionary War-Correct answer-1775-1783. began as a war between the Kingdomof Great Britain and the New USA, but gradually expanded to a global war betweenBritain on one side and USA, France, Netherlands and Spain on the other.Tories-Correct answer-A traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grewout of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.Northwest ordinance-Correct answer-Actof the Congress of the Confederation of theUS. Passed July 13, 1787. The primary effect was the creation of the NorthwestTerritory as the first organized territory of the US out of the region south of the GreatLakes, north and west of the Ohio River, and east of the Mississippi River.Kentucky and Virginia Resolves-Correct answer-Political statements drafted in 1798and 1799 in which the Kentucky and Virginia legislatures took the position that thefederal Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional.Louisiana purchase-Correct answer-Acquisition by the US in 1803 of France's claim tothe territory of Louisiana.Hartford Convention-Correct answer-An event in 1814-1815 in the US in which NewEngland Federalists met to discuss their grievances concerning the ongoing war of1812 and the political problems arising from the federal government's increasing power.Trustees dartmouth college vs woodward case-Correct answer-Was a landmark USSupreme Court case dealing with the application of the Contract Clause of the USconstitution to private corportationsFrederick Douglass-Correct answer-February 1818-February 20, 1895. AfricanAmerican social reformer, orator, writer and statesman. Former SlaveNullification Crisis-Correct answer-A sectional crisis during the presidency of AndrewJackson created by South Carolina's 1832 Ordinance of Nullification.Second Party System-Correct answer-Term of periodization used by historians andpolitical scientists to name the political party system existing in the US from about 1828-1854 after the First Party System. The major parties were the Democratic Party, led byAndrew Jackson, and the Whig Party, assembled by Henry Clay from the NationalRepublicans and other opponents of Jackson.First Party System-Correct answer-Model of American politics used by politicalscientists and historians to periodize the political party system existing in the UnitedStates between roughly 1792 and 1824. It featured two national parties competing forcontrol of the presidency, Congress, and the states: the Federalist Party, created largelyby Alexander Hamilton, and the rival Democratic-Republican Party formed by ThomasJefferson and James Madison.

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Eli Whitney-Correct answer-December 8, 1765-January 8, 1825. American inventorbest known for inventing the cotton gin.Sectionalism-Correct answer-In national politics, this is often a precursor toseparatism.Civil War-Correct answer-1861-1865.war between organized groups within the samenation state or republic, or, less commonly, between two countries created from aformerly united nation state.American Civil War-Correct answer-1861-1865. "War Between the States", was a civilwar fought over the secession of the Confederate States.Women's Right Movement-Correct answer-rights and entitlements claimed for womenand girls of many societies worldwide.Abolition Movement-Correct answer-movement to end slavery, whether formal orinformal.In western Europe and the Americas, abolitionism was a historical movement to end theAfrican slave trade and set slaves free.Abolitionism-Correct answer-After the American Revolutionary War established theUnited States, northern states, beginning with Pennsylvania in 1780, passed legislationduring the next two decades to abolish slavery, sometimes by gradual emancipation.Massachusetts ratified a constitution that declared all men equal; freedom suitschallenging slavery based on this principle brought an end to slavery in the state.Similar declarations of rights, as in Virginia, were not taken by the courts to apply toAfricans. During the following decades, the abolitionist movement grew in northernstates, and Congress limited the expansion of slavery in new states admitted to theunion.Seneca Falls Convention-Correct answer-an early and influential women's rightsconvention held in Seneca Falls, New York, July 19-20, 1848. It was organized by localNew York women upon the occasion of a visitby Philadelphia-based Lucretia Mott, aQuaker famous for her orating ability, a skill rarely cultivated by American women at thetime.Morrill Act of 1862-Correct answer-Land-Grant are United States statutes that allowedfor the creation of land-grant colleges, including the Morrill Act of 1862 and the MorrillAct of 1890 (the Agricultural College Act of 1890)New York City Riots-Correct answer-(July 13 to July 16, 1863; known at the time asDraft Week[2]) were violent disturbances in New York City that were the culmination ofworking-class discontent with new laws passed by Congress that year to draft men tofight in the ongoing American Civil War. The riots were the largest civil insurrection inAmerican history.

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New York City Riots Abraham Lincoln-Correct answer-President Abraham Lincolndiverted several regiments of militia and volunteer troops from following up after theBattle of Gettysburg to control the city. The rioters were overwhelmingly working-classmen, primarily ethnic Irish, resentingparticularly that wealthier men, who could afford topay a $300 commutation fee to hire a substitute, were spared the draft.Jefferson Davis-Correct answer-(June 3, 1808-December 6, 1889) was an Americanstatesman and leader of the Confederacy duringthe American Civil War, serving asPresident of the Confederate States of America for its entire history.Ku Klux Klan-Correct answer-is the name of three distinct past and present far-rightorganizations in the United States, which have advocated extremist reactionary currentssuch as white supremacy, white nationalism, and anti-immigration, historicallyexpressed through terrorism.Andrew Johnson-Correct answer-(December 29, 1808 July 31, 1875) was the 17thPresident of the United States (1865-1869). he succeeded Abraham Lincoln followingthe latter's assassination. He then presided over the initial and contentiousReconstruction era of the United States following the American Civil War. Johnson'sreconstruction policies failed to promote the rightsof the Freedmen (newly freedslaves), and he came under vigorous political attack from Republicans, ending in hisimpeachment by the U.S. House of Representatives; he was acquitted by the U.S.Senate.Reconstruction Era of the United States-Correct answer-the first covers the completehistory of the entire U.S. from 1865-1877 following the Civil War; the second sensefocuses on the transformation of the Southern United States from 1863 to 1877, asdirected by Washington, with the reconstruction of state and society.Reconstruction Era-Correct answer-From 1863 to 1869, Presidents Abraham Lincolnand Andrew Johnson (who became president on April 14, 1865) took a moderateposition designed to bring theSouth back to normal as soon as possible, while theRadical Republicans (as they called themselves) used Congress to block the moderateapproach, impose harsh terms, and upgrade the rights of the Freedmen (former slaves).The views of Lincoln and Johnsonprevailed until the election of 1866, which enabledthe Radicals to take control of policy, remove former Confederates from power, andenfranchise the Freedmen. A Republican coalition came to power in nearly all thesouthern states and set out to transformthe society by setting up a free labor economy,with support from the Army and the Freedman's Bureau. The Radicals, upset atPresident Johnson's opposition to Congressional Reconstruction, filed impeachmentcharges but the action failed by one vote in theSenate. President Ulysses S. Grantsupported Radical Reconstruction, using both the U.S. Justice Department and the U.S.military to suppress white insurgency and support Republican reconstructed states.Southern Democrats, alleging widespread corruption,counterattacked and regained

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power in each state by 1877. President Rutherford B. Hayes blocked efforts to overturnReconstruction legislation.John Brown's Raid-Correct answer-raid on Harpers Ferry was an attempt by whiteabolitionist John Brown to start an armed slave revolt by seizing a United States Arsenalat Harpers Ferry in Virginia in 1859. Brown's raid was defeated by a detachment of U.S.Conscription-Correct answer-Conscription is the compulsory enlistment of people insome sort of nationalservice, most often military service.Populist Party-Correct answer-A U.S. political party that sought to represent theinterests of farmers and laborers in the 1890s, advocating increased currency issue,free coinage of gold and silver, public ownership of railroads, and a graduated federalincome tax. Also called People's Party.World War I-Correct answer-was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. It was predominantly called the World War ortheGreat War from its occurrence until the start of World War II in 1939, and the FirstWorld War or World War I thereafter.Jim Crow-Correct answer-were state and local laws in the United States enactedbetween 1876 and 1965. They mandated de jure racialsegregation in all public facilitiesin Southern states of the former Confederacy, with, starting in 1890, a "separate butequal" status for African Americans.Progressive Movement-Correct answer-a general political philosophy advocating orfavoring social, political, and economic reform.America Prohibition-Correct answer-was a national ban on the sale, manufacture, andtransportation of alcohol, in place from 1920 to 1933.[1] The ban was mandated by theEighteenth Amendment to the Constitution, andthe Volstead Act set down the rules forenforcing the ban and defined the types of alcoholic beverages that were prohibited.Private ownership of consumable alcohol and drinking it was not made illegal.Prohibition ended with the ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment, which repealedthe Eighteenth Amendment, on December 5, 1933.Woodrow Wilson-Correct answer-December 28, 1856-February 3, 1924. was the28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921. A leader of the ProgressiveMovement, heserved as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and thenas the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913. Running against Republicanincumbent William Howard Taft and Progressive ("Bull Moose") Party candidateTheodore Roosevelt, a former President, Wilson was elected President as a Democratin 1912.

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Treaty of Versailles-Correct answer-one of the peace treaties at the end of World WarI. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on28 June 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.League of Nations-Correct answer-was an intergovernmental organization founded asa result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War.Progressive Movement-Correct answer-a general political philosophy advocating orfavoring social, political, and economic reform.Federalist Party-Correct answer-considered the first American political party. Itadvocated a strong national government, and prominent Federalists included JohnAdams and Alexander Hamilton.Whig Party-Correct answer-were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament ofGreat Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rivalTories from the 1680s to the 1850s.Progressive Party-Correct answer-....Populist Party-Correct answer-was a political party in the United States between 1984and 1996. It was far-right and often white nationalist in its ideology.Mugwump Party-Correct answer-were Republican political activists who bolted fromthe United States Republican Party by supporting Democratic candidate GroverCleveland in the United States presidential election of 1884. They switched partiesbecause they rejected the financial corruption associated with Republican candidateJames G. Blaine. In a close election, the Mugwumps supposedly made the difference inNew York state and swung the election to Cleveland.New Deal-Correct answer-A series of economic programs enacted in the United Statesbetween 1933 and 1936. They involved presidential executive orders or laws passed byCongress during the first term of President Franklin D.Great Depression-Correct answer-Depression varied across nations, but in mostcountries it started in 1930 after the passage ofthe United States' Smoot-Hawley Tariffbill (June 17), and lasted until the late 1930s or middle 1940s.[1] It was the longest,most widespread, and deepest depression of the 20th century.World War II-Correct answer-was a global war that was under wayby 1939 and endedin 1945. It involved a vast majority of the world's nations-including all of the greatpowers-eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis.Internment Camps-Correct answer-the relocation and internment bythe United Statesgovernment in 1942 of about 110,000 Japanese Americans and Japanese who livedalong the Pacific coast of the United States to camps called "War Relocation Camps," in

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the wake of Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. The internment ofJapaneseAmericans was applied unequally throughout the United States.Axis Powers-Correct answer-was the alignment of nations that fought in the SecondWorld War against the Allied forces.Franklin D. Roosevelt-Correct answer-January 30, 1882-April12, 1945. was the 32ndPresident of the United States 1933-1945 and a central figure in world events during themid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economicdepression and total war.Victory Gardens-Correct answer-also called war gardens or food gardens for defense,were vegetable, fruit and herb gardens planted at private residences and public parks inthe United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Germany[1] during World War I andWorld War II to reduce the pressure on the public food supply brought on by the wareffort. In addition to indirectly aiding the war effort these gardens were also considereda civil "morale booster"—in that gardeners could feel empowered by their contributionof labor and rewarded by the produce grown. This made victory gardens become a partof daily life on the home front.Calvin Coolidgde-Correct answer-July 4, 1872-January 5, 1933. was the 30thPresident of the United States 1923-1929Scopes Trial-Correct answer-formally known asThe State of Tennessee v. JohnThomas Scopes and commonly referred to as the Scopes Monkey Trial, was alandmark American legal case in 1925 in which high school science teacher, JohnScopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which made it unlawful toteach evolution in any state-funded school.Father Charles Coughlin-Correct answer-October 25, 1891-October 27, 1979. It wasa controversial Roman Catholic priest at Royal Oak, Michigan's National Shrine of theLittle Flower church.Tennessee Valley Authority-Correct answer-is a federally owned corporation in theUnited States created by congressional charter in May 1933 to provide navigation, floodcontrol, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development in theTennessee Valley, a region particularly affected by the Great Depression.Lend-lease act-Correct answer-was the program under which the United States ofAmerica supplied the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, China, Free France, and otherAllied nations with materiel between 1941 and 1945. It was signed into law on March11, 1941, a year and a half after the outbreak of World War II in Europe in September1939 but nine months before the U.S

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Hiroshima-Correct answer-The atomic bombings of the cities of Hiroshima andNagasaki in Japan were conducted by the United States duringthe final stages of WorldWar II in 1945. These two events are the only use of nuclear weapons in war to date.Harlem Renissance-Correct answer-a cultural movement that spanned the 1920s and1930s. At the time, it was known as the "New Negro Movement",named after the 1925anthology by Alain Locke.The Cold War-Correct answer-often dated from 1947-1991, was a sustained state ofpolitical and military tension between the powers of the Western world, led by the UnitedStates and its NATO allies, and thecommunist world, led by the Soviet Union, itssatellite states and allies.Cuban missile Crisis-Correct answer-known as the October crisis in Cuba and theCaribbean crisis in the USSR-was a 13-day confrontation between the Soviet Union andCuba on oneside and the United States on the other; the crisis occurred in October1962, during the Cold War.Vietnam War-Correct answer-Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam,Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. Thiswar followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supportedby its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the UnitedStates and other anti-communist countries.Free Speech Movement-Correct answer-student protest which took place during the1964-1965 academic year on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley underthe informal leadership of students Mario Savio, Brian Turner, Bettina Aptheker, SteveWeissman, Art Goldberg, Jackie Goldberg, and others.Civil Rights Movement-Correct answer-worldwide political movement for equalitybefore the law occurring between approximately 1950 and 1980. In many situations ittook the form of campaigns of civil resistance aimed at achieving change by nonviolentforms of resistance. In some situations it was accompanied, or followed, by civil unrestand armed rebellion. The process was long and tenuous in many countries, and manyof these movements did not fully achieve their goals although,the efforts of thesemovements did lead to improvements in the legal rights of previously oppressed groupsof people.Martin Luther King, Jr.-Correct answer-January 15, 1929-April 4, 1968. was anAmerican clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the African-American Civil RightsMovement. Novel Prize winner.National Organization of Women-Correct answer-the largest feminist organization inthe United States. It was founded in 1966 and has a membership of 500,000contributing members. unsuccessfully campaigned for an equal rights amendment inconst.

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Richard Nixon-Correct answer-January 9, 1913-April 22, 1994. was the 37th Presidentof the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office,Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and asthe 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961.Watergate Scandal-Correct answer-was a political scandal that occurred in the UnitedStates in the 1970s as a result of the June 1972 break-in at the Democratic NationalCommittee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., and theNixon administration's attempted cover-up of its involvement.Communism-Correct answer-a revolutionary socialist movement tocreate a classless,moneyless, and stateless social order structured upon common ownership of the meansof production, as well as a social, political and economic ideology that aims at theestablishment of this social order.america feared this1960's youth movement-Correct answer-started because of the Civil Rights movement.belief was that how could the U.S fight for another countries freedom when their wasracism and discrimination occurring in their own country? The first anti-war protest was"teach-ins". These were meant to educate the public about the war.youth movement-Correct answer-The youth were focusing on the freedom and rightsfor youth, but they were also protesting the Vietnam War. The protest against the warwas organized marches and protests. They took a non-violent approach. Once itbecame obvious that it was impossible to win the war the protest movement reached itspeak. Although they wanted to use non-violent approaches, some anti-wardemonstration turned violent, for example, theMarch on the Pentagon, Kent StateUniversity, and Detroit Riots. The Kent State IncidentYouth movement-woodstock-Correct answer-lead to the temporary closures of about500 Universities.One of the most famous anti-war demonstrations was Woodstock. It was known as"Three Days of Peace and Music." When one mentions the counterculture of the 1960's,Woodstock is the first term and image that is constructed.Baby Boomers-Correct answer-a person who was born during the demographic Post-World War II baby boom between the years 1946 and 1964, according to the U.S.Containment-Correct answer-aUnited States policy using numerous strategies toprevent the spread of communism abroad.Brown V. Board of Education-Correct answer-was a landmark United States SupremeCourt case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schoolsfor black and white students unconstitutional.

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