UGA History Exemption Test - UPDATED 2022/2023
Women's Right Movement
Rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls of many societies worldwide
Ku Klux Klan
Terrorist organization devoted to racial inequality, suffering and evil; established 1868
Conscription
The compulsory enlistment of people in some sort of national service, most often
military service
Populist Party
U.S. political party that sought to represent the interests of farmers and laborers in the
1890s, advocating increased currency issues, free coinage of silver, public ownership of
railroads, and a graduated federal income tax; also called People's Party
World War I
Global war centered in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11
November 1918; also known as the Great War
President: Woodrow Wilson
Jim Crow
The system of racial segregation in the South that was created in the late nineteenth
century following the end of slavery. Laws written to separate blacks and whites in
public areas/meant African Americans had unequal opportunities in housing, work,
education, and government; 1876-1965
Ended by Lyndon B. Johnson
Progressive Movement
General political philosophy advocating or favoring social, political, and economic
reform
Presidents: Teddy Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson
America Prohibition
National ban on the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol, in place from 1920
to 1933. Ban was mandated by the 18th Amendment to the Constitution
Private ownership of consumable alcohol and drinking it was not made illegal.
Ended with the ratification of the 21st Amendment, which repealed the 18th
Amendment, on December 5, 1933
Woodrow Wilson
Leader of the Progressive Movement and was the 28th President of the United States
(1913-1921). After a policy of neutrality at the outbreak of World War I, he led America
into war in order to "make the world safe for democracy"
Treaty of Versailles
One of the peace treaties at the end of World War I; was intended to provide a place
where countries could peacefully discuss solutions to their differences rather than go to
war. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers.
,It was signed on 28 June 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke
Franz Ferdinand.
Whig Party
Party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the
United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s
Mugwump Party
Republican political activists who bolted from the US Republican Party by supporting
Democratic candidate Grover Cleveland in the United States presidential election of
1884
Switched parties because they rejected the financial corruption associated with
Republican candidate James G. Blaine. In a close election, they supposedly made the
difference in New York state and swung the election to Cleveland
New Deal
Series of economic programs enacted in the US between 1933 and 1936. They involved
presidential executive orders or laws passed by Congress during the first term of FDR
Great Depression
Economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash in 1929 and continuing through
the 1930s; longest and most widespread of its kind of the 20th century
President: FDR
World War II
Global war that was under way by 1939 and ended in 1945. It involved a vast majority of
the world's nations, including all of the great powers, eventually forming two opposing
military alliances: the Allies and the Axis
President: FDR
Internment Camps
The relocation of about 110,000 Japanese Americans and Japanese who lived along
the Pacific coast of the US to camps called "War Relocation Camps," in the wake of
Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor; Americans feared they might be loyal to Japan
Axis Powers
Alignment of nations that fought in the Second World War against the Allied forces
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd President of the United States 1933-1945 and a central figure in world events
during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide
economic depression and total war
President during Great Depression and WW2
Victory Gardens
Vegetable gardens planted at private residences and public parks in the United States,
United Kingdom, Canada and Germany during World War I and World War II to reduce
the pressure on the public food supply brought on by the war effort
Calvin Coolidge
30th President of the United States 1923-1929
, Scopes Trial
1925 case in which HS science teacher, John Scopes, was accused of violating
Tennessee's Butler Act, which made it unlawful to teach evolution in any state-funded
school
Father Charles Coughlin
Controversial Roman Catholic priest at Royal Oak, Michigan's National Shrine of the
Little Flower church
Tennessee Valley Authority
Federally owned corporation in the US created by congressional charter in May 1933 to
provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and
economic development in the Tennessee Valley...built hydroelectric dams to create jobs
and bring cheap electricty to south
Lend-Lease Act
Principal means for providing US military aid to foreign nations during WW2.
By allowing the transfer of supplies without compensation to Britain, China, SU, and
others, it permitted the US to support its war interests without being overextended in
battle
Hiroshima
The atomic bombings of the cities of this city in Japan was conducted by the US during
the final stages of World War II in 1945. These two events are the only use of nuclear
weapons in war to date.
Harlem Renissance
A cultural movement that spanned the 1920s and 1930s
Name given to the cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem;
known as the "New Negro Movement"
The Cold War
Often dated from 1947-1991; was a sustained state of political and military tension
between the powers of the Western world, led by the US and its NATO allies, and the
communist world, led by the Soviet Union, its satellite states and allies; President:
Eisenhower
Cuban Missile Crisis
A 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over Soviet
ballistic missiles deployed in Cuba. It played out on television worldwide and was the
closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war.
Vietnam War
Military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from November 1955 to
the fall of Saigon on April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was
fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government
of South Vietnam, supported by the United States and other anti-communist countries
Free Speech Movement
Student protests which took place during the 1964-1965 academic year on the campus
of the University of California, Berkeley
Civil Rights Movement
Women's Right Movement
Rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls of many societies worldwide
Ku Klux Klan
Terrorist organization devoted to racial inequality, suffering and evil; established 1868
Conscription
The compulsory enlistment of people in some sort of national service, most often
military service
Populist Party
U.S. political party that sought to represent the interests of farmers and laborers in the
1890s, advocating increased currency issues, free coinage of silver, public ownership of
railroads, and a graduated federal income tax; also called People's Party
World War I
Global war centered in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11
November 1918; also known as the Great War
President: Woodrow Wilson
Jim Crow
The system of racial segregation in the South that was created in the late nineteenth
century following the end of slavery. Laws written to separate blacks and whites in
public areas/meant African Americans had unequal opportunities in housing, work,
education, and government; 1876-1965
Ended by Lyndon B. Johnson
Progressive Movement
General political philosophy advocating or favoring social, political, and economic
reform
Presidents: Teddy Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson
America Prohibition
National ban on the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol, in place from 1920
to 1933. Ban was mandated by the 18th Amendment to the Constitution
Private ownership of consumable alcohol and drinking it was not made illegal.
Ended with the ratification of the 21st Amendment, which repealed the 18th
Amendment, on December 5, 1933
Woodrow Wilson
Leader of the Progressive Movement and was the 28th President of the United States
(1913-1921). After a policy of neutrality at the outbreak of World War I, he led America
into war in order to "make the world safe for democracy"
Treaty of Versailles
One of the peace treaties at the end of World War I; was intended to provide a place
where countries could peacefully discuss solutions to their differences rather than go to
war. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers.
,It was signed on 28 June 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke
Franz Ferdinand.
Whig Party
Party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the
United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s
Mugwump Party
Republican political activists who bolted from the US Republican Party by supporting
Democratic candidate Grover Cleveland in the United States presidential election of
1884
Switched parties because they rejected the financial corruption associated with
Republican candidate James G. Blaine. In a close election, they supposedly made the
difference in New York state and swung the election to Cleveland
New Deal
Series of economic programs enacted in the US between 1933 and 1936. They involved
presidential executive orders or laws passed by Congress during the first term of FDR
Great Depression
Economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash in 1929 and continuing through
the 1930s; longest and most widespread of its kind of the 20th century
President: FDR
World War II
Global war that was under way by 1939 and ended in 1945. It involved a vast majority of
the world's nations, including all of the great powers, eventually forming two opposing
military alliances: the Allies and the Axis
President: FDR
Internment Camps
The relocation of about 110,000 Japanese Americans and Japanese who lived along
the Pacific coast of the US to camps called "War Relocation Camps," in the wake of
Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor; Americans feared they might be loyal to Japan
Axis Powers
Alignment of nations that fought in the Second World War against the Allied forces
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd President of the United States 1933-1945 and a central figure in world events
during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide
economic depression and total war
President during Great Depression and WW2
Victory Gardens
Vegetable gardens planted at private residences and public parks in the United States,
United Kingdom, Canada and Germany during World War I and World War II to reduce
the pressure on the public food supply brought on by the war effort
Calvin Coolidge
30th President of the United States 1923-1929
, Scopes Trial
1925 case in which HS science teacher, John Scopes, was accused of violating
Tennessee's Butler Act, which made it unlawful to teach evolution in any state-funded
school
Father Charles Coughlin
Controversial Roman Catholic priest at Royal Oak, Michigan's National Shrine of the
Little Flower church
Tennessee Valley Authority
Federally owned corporation in the US created by congressional charter in May 1933 to
provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and
economic development in the Tennessee Valley...built hydroelectric dams to create jobs
and bring cheap electricty to south
Lend-Lease Act
Principal means for providing US military aid to foreign nations during WW2.
By allowing the transfer of supplies without compensation to Britain, China, SU, and
others, it permitted the US to support its war interests without being overextended in
battle
Hiroshima
The atomic bombings of the cities of this city in Japan was conducted by the US during
the final stages of World War II in 1945. These two events are the only use of nuclear
weapons in war to date.
Harlem Renissance
A cultural movement that spanned the 1920s and 1930s
Name given to the cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem;
known as the "New Negro Movement"
The Cold War
Often dated from 1947-1991; was a sustained state of political and military tension
between the powers of the Western world, led by the US and its NATO allies, and the
communist world, led by the Soviet Union, its satellite states and allies; President:
Eisenhower
Cuban Missile Crisis
A 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over Soviet
ballistic missiles deployed in Cuba. It played out on television worldwide and was the
closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war.
Vietnam War
Military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from November 1955 to
the fall of Saigon on April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was
fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government
of South Vietnam, supported by the United States and other anti-communist countries
Free Speech Movement
Student protests which took place during the 1964-1965 academic year on the campus
of the University of California, Berkeley
Civil Rights Movement
