UGA EXEMPTION TEST WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
He was a spanish explorer who marched across Mexico and
conquered the Aztecs - CORRECT ANSWER-Hernan Cortes
He explored deep in USA, first to discover and cross the
Mississippi River and claim it for Spain - CORRECT ANSWER-
Hernando de Soto
This man was a member of the English Parliament who
founded the colony of Georgia. - CORRECT ANSWER-James
Edward Oglethorpe
Who was Georgia's 3rd and final royal governor who fled the
colony after the start of the American Revolution? - CORRECT
ANSWER-James Wright
In what year did the 13th amendment abolish slavery and
involuntary servitude? - CORRECT ANSWER-1864
Who settled land in New York along the Hudson River? -
CORRECT ANSWER-The Dutch
,This man was an African American educator born into slavery
who called for black progress through education. - CORRECT
ANSWER-Booker T Washington
Act of Congress that created and established the Federal
Reserve System, the central banking system of the United
States, and granted it the legal authority to issue Federal
Reserve Notes, and Federal Reserve Bank Notes as legal
tender. - CORRECT ANSWER-Federal Reserve Act
In what year was the Federal Reserve Act ratified? -
CORRECT ANSWER-1913
What machine automated cotton processing and INCREASED
the need for slaves? - CORRECT ANSWER-Cotton Gin
This man was a quaker who founded Pennsylvania. He wanted
to unite all of the UA colonies and pushed for democracy and
religious freedom. - CORRECT ANSWER-William Penn
What was Georgia's fourth capital and seat of the state
government during the Civil War (1861 - 1865)? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Milledgeville
In 1832 SC argued that the federal tariffs were unconstitutional
and President Jackson sent Troops to force SC to pay tariffs. -
CORRECT ANSWER-Nullification Crisis
In 1925 a substitute teacher was accused of violating
Tennessee's Butler Act - CORRECT ANSWER-Scopes Trial
The period after the Civil War in the United States when the
southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the
Union - CORRECT ANSWER-Reconstruction Era
In what years did the Reconstruction Era occur? - CORRECT
ANSWER-1865-1877
,A series of economic programs enacted in the United States
between 1933 and 1936. They involved presidential executive
orders or laws passed by Congress during the first term of
President Franklin D. Roosevelt. - CORRECT ANSWER-The
New Deal
Between what years was The New Deal enacted? - CORRECT
ANSWER-1933-1936
An African American social reformer, orator, writer and
statesman. Former Slave who was the leader of the abolitionist
movement and supported women's suffrage. - CORRECT
ANSWER-Frederick Douglass
What organization unsuccessfully campaigned for an equal
rights amendment to the constitution? - CORRECT ANSWER-
National Organization of Women
Who was the 40th President of the United States who worked
to lift govt regulations, reduce taxes, and reduce domestic
spending by curtailing social welfare. Launched the largest
peacetime military buildup in American history. - CORRECT
ANSWER-Ronald Reagan
In what years did prohibition take place? - CORRECT
ANSWER-1920-1933
A national ban on the sale, manufacture, and transportation of
alcohol. - CORRECT ANSWER-American Prohibition
Prohibition ended with the ratification of which amendment? -
CORRECT ANSWER-The 21st Amendment
Grayish bug that lays its eggs in cotton bolls destroying the
cotton - CORRECT ANSWER-Boll Weevil
, This was a house committee on international security looking
for alleged disloyalty and communist ties. - CORRECT
ANSWER-Un-American Activities Committee
A league of 5 tribes of indigenous people of North America
involved in the Beaver Wars. - CORRECT ANSWER-Iroquois
League
In what year did the strike against Pearl Harbor take place? -
CORRECT ANSWER-1941
This strike against US by imperial Japanese navy that led the
US into WW2. Also voided Roosevelt's neutrality act. -
CORRECT ANSWER-Pearl Harbor
Explicitly grants right of citizens to vote regardless of race, color
or having been enslaved. - CORRECT ANSWER-15th
Amendment
In what year was the 15th Amendment enacted? - CORRECT
ANSWER-1870
Poll taxes, literacy test, grandfather clause, property
requirements aimed at disenfranchising black voters -
CORRECT ANSWER-Voting Restrictions
When did the civil war take place? - CORRECT ANSWER-
1861-1865
War between the North and South US to determine the survival
of union or independence of confederacy. - CORRECT
ANSWER-Civil War
This man was the father of the American revolution who
inspired Rebels to declare independence from Britain and
Wrote Common Sense and The American Crisis. - CORRECT
ANSWER-Thomas Paine
CORRECT ANSWERS
He was a spanish explorer who marched across Mexico and
conquered the Aztecs - CORRECT ANSWER-Hernan Cortes
He explored deep in USA, first to discover and cross the
Mississippi River and claim it for Spain - CORRECT ANSWER-
Hernando de Soto
This man was a member of the English Parliament who
founded the colony of Georgia. - CORRECT ANSWER-James
Edward Oglethorpe
Who was Georgia's 3rd and final royal governor who fled the
colony after the start of the American Revolution? - CORRECT
ANSWER-James Wright
In what year did the 13th amendment abolish slavery and
involuntary servitude? - CORRECT ANSWER-1864
Who settled land in New York along the Hudson River? -
CORRECT ANSWER-The Dutch
,This man was an African American educator born into slavery
who called for black progress through education. - CORRECT
ANSWER-Booker T Washington
Act of Congress that created and established the Federal
Reserve System, the central banking system of the United
States, and granted it the legal authority to issue Federal
Reserve Notes, and Federal Reserve Bank Notes as legal
tender. - CORRECT ANSWER-Federal Reserve Act
In what year was the Federal Reserve Act ratified? -
CORRECT ANSWER-1913
What machine automated cotton processing and INCREASED
the need for slaves? - CORRECT ANSWER-Cotton Gin
This man was a quaker who founded Pennsylvania. He wanted
to unite all of the UA colonies and pushed for democracy and
religious freedom. - CORRECT ANSWER-William Penn
What was Georgia's fourth capital and seat of the state
government during the Civil War (1861 - 1865)? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Milledgeville
In 1832 SC argued that the federal tariffs were unconstitutional
and President Jackson sent Troops to force SC to pay tariffs. -
CORRECT ANSWER-Nullification Crisis
In 1925 a substitute teacher was accused of violating
Tennessee's Butler Act - CORRECT ANSWER-Scopes Trial
The period after the Civil War in the United States when the
southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the
Union - CORRECT ANSWER-Reconstruction Era
In what years did the Reconstruction Era occur? - CORRECT
ANSWER-1865-1877
,A series of economic programs enacted in the United States
between 1933 and 1936. They involved presidential executive
orders or laws passed by Congress during the first term of
President Franklin D. Roosevelt. - CORRECT ANSWER-The
New Deal
Between what years was The New Deal enacted? - CORRECT
ANSWER-1933-1936
An African American social reformer, orator, writer and
statesman. Former Slave who was the leader of the abolitionist
movement and supported women's suffrage. - CORRECT
ANSWER-Frederick Douglass
What organization unsuccessfully campaigned for an equal
rights amendment to the constitution? - CORRECT ANSWER-
National Organization of Women
Who was the 40th President of the United States who worked
to lift govt regulations, reduce taxes, and reduce domestic
spending by curtailing social welfare. Launched the largest
peacetime military buildup in American history. - CORRECT
ANSWER-Ronald Reagan
In what years did prohibition take place? - CORRECT
ANSWER-1920-1933
A national ban on the sale, manufacture, and transportation of
alcohol. - CORRECT ANSWER-American Prohibition
Prohibition ended with the ratification of which amendment? -
CORRECT ANSWER-The 21st Amendment
Grayish bug that lays its eggs in cotton bolls destroying the
cotton - CORRECT ANSWER-Boll Weevil
, This was a house committee on international security looking
for alleged disloyalty and communist ties. - CORRECT
ANSWER-Un-American Activities Committee
A league of 5 tribes of indigenous people of North America
involved in the Beaver Wars. - CORRECT ANSWER-Iroquois
League
In what year did the strike against Pearl Harbor take place? -
CORRECT ANSWER-1941
This strike against US by imperial Japanese navy that led the
US into WW2. Also voided Roosevelt's neutrality act. -
CORRECT ANSWER-Pearl Harbor
Explicitly grants right of citizens to vote regardless of race, color
or having been enslaved. - CORRECT ANSWER-15th
Amendment
In what year was the 15th Amendment enacted? - CORRECT
ANSWER-1870
Poll taxes, literacy test, grandfather clause, property
requirements aimed at disenfranchising black voters -
CORRECT ANSWER-Voting Restrictions
When did the civil war take place? - CORRECT ANSWER-
1861-1865
War between the North and South US to determine the survival
of union or independence of confederacy. - CORRECT
ANSWER-Civil War
This man was the father of the American revolution who
inspired Rebels to declare independence from Britain and
Wrote Common Sense and The American Crisis. - CORRECT
ANSWER-Thomas Paine
