UGA HISTORY EXEMPTION TEST 2023 WITH 200
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS|
AGRADE
Yazoo Lands - ANSWER: The sparsely-populated central and western areas of the US
state of GA, when its western border stretched to the Mississippi River.
James Jackson - ANSWER: October 18, 1819 - January 13, 1887. It was a US
representative from GA, a judge advocate American Civil War, and a chief justice of
the Supreme Court of Georgia. He nullified the yazoo sale and destructed records
connected with the state. Later the Yazoo lands was given to the Federal Goverment.
Iroquois League - ANSWER: Known as the haudenosaunee of the "People of the
Longhouse", are a league of several nations and tribes of indigenous people of North
America
Yazoo Fraud - ANSWER: a massive fraud perpetrated from 1794-1803 by several
Georgia governers and the state legislature.
James Gun - ANSWER: Arranged the distribution of money of the Yazoo fraud and
land to legislators, state officials, newspaper editors and cries of bribery and
corruption.
Trail of Tears - ANSWER: Forced relocation and movement of Native American
nations 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 to
Indian territory (From Georgia to Oklahoma.)
Hernan Cortes - ANSWER: 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca (1485 - December 2,
1547) was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the
Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under the rule of the
King of Castile in the early 16th Century
The Stono Rebellion - ANSWER: Slave rebellion that commenced on September 9
1739, in the colony of South Carolina. It was the largest slave uprising in the British
mainland colonies prior to the American Revolution.
William Penn - ANSWER: October 14, 1644 - July 30 1718. It was an English real
estate entrepreneur, philosopher and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, the
English North American colony and the future Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
The Great Awakening - ANSWER: Used to refer to several periods of religions revival
in American religious history. Historians and theologians identify three or four waves
of increased religious enthusiasm occurring between the early 18th and late 19th
century. Each of these was characterized by widespread revivals lead by evangelical
,Protestant ministers, a sharp increase of interest in religion, a profound sense of
conviction and redemption on the part of those affected, an increase in evangelical
church membership and the formation of new religious movements and
denominations.
Indentured Servitude - ANSWER: Historical practice of contracting to work for a fixed
period of time, typically 3 to 7 years in exchange for transportation, food, clothing
lodging and other necessities during the term of indenture.
Quakers - ANSWER: Members of the Religious Society of friends. Came to North
America in the early days because they wanted to spread their beliefs to the British
colonists there, while others came to escape the persecution that they were
experiencing in Europe. First known quakers arrived in 1656. The colony of Rhode
Island with its policy of religious freedom was a frequent destionation as the Friends
were persecuted by law in Massachusetts until 1681. Pennsylvania was formed by
William Penn in 1681 as a haven for persecuted.
Mercantilism - ANSWER: the economic doctrine that government control of foreign
trade is of paramount importance for ensuring the prosperity and military security of
the state.
Thomas Paine - ANSWER: English-American political activist, author, political theorist
and revolutionary. As the author or two highly influential pamphlets at the start of
the American Revolution, he became one of the Founding Fathers of the United
States. He has been called "a corsetmaker by trade, a journalist by profession, and a
propagandist by inclination.
Alexander Hamilton - ANSWER: (January 11, 1755 or 177 - July 12, 1804) was a
Founding Father, soldier, economist, political philosopher, one of Amrica's first
constitutional lawyers and the first US Secretary of the Treasury.
Federalist papers - ANSWER: Series of 85 articles of essays promoting the ratification
of the United States Constitution written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison,
and john jay
French vs. Indian War - ANSWER: The war was fought primarily between the colonies
of British America and the New France, with both sides supported by military units
from their parent countries of Great Britain and France. In 1756 the war escalated
from a regional affair into a world-wide conflict. In Canada some historians refer to
the conflict as the Seven Years War fought for control of eastern north america.
British won.
American Revolution - ANSWER: Political upheaval during the last half of the 18th
century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free
from the British Empire, combining to become the USA.
,Revolutionary War - ANSWER: 1775-1783. began as a war between the Kingdom of
Great Britain and the New USA, but gradually expanded to a global war between
Britain on one side and USA, France, Netherlands and Spain on the other.
Tories - ANSWER: A traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew
out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
Northwest ordinance - ANSWER: Act of the Congress of the Confederation of the US.
Passed July 13, 1787. The primary effect was the creation of the Northwest Territory
as the first organized territory of the US out of the region south of the Great Lakes,
north and west of the Ohio River, and east of the Mississippi River.
Kentucky and Virginia Resolves - ANSWER: Political statements drafted in 1798 and
1799 in which the Kentucky and Virginia legislatures took the position that the
federal Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional.
Louisiana purchase - ANSWER: Acquisition by the US in 1803 of France's claim to the
territory of Louisiana.
Hartford Convention - ANSWER: An event in 1814-1815 in the US in which New
England Federalists met to discuss their grievances concerning the ongoing war of
1812 and the political problems arising from the federal government's increasing
power.
Trustees dartmouth college vs woodward case - ANSWER: Was a landmark US
Supreme Court case dealing with the application of the Contract Clause of the US
constitution to private corportations
Frederick Douglass - ANSWER: February 1818- February 20, 1895. African American
social reformer, orator, writer and statesman. Former Slave
Nullification Crisis - ANSWER: A sectional crisis during the presidency of Andrew
Jackson created by South Carolina's 1832 Ordinance of Nullification.
Second Party System - ANSWER: Term of periodization used by historians and
political 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 by Andrew Jackson, and the Whig Party, assembled by Henry Clay from the
National Republicans and other opponents of Jackson.
First Party System - ANSWER: Model of American politics used by political scientists
and historians to periodize the political party system existing in the United States
between roughly 1792 and 1824. It featured two national parties competing for
control of the presidency, Congress, and the states: the Federalist Party, created
largely by Alexander Hamilton, and the rival Democratic-Republican Party formed by
Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.
, Eli Whitney - ANSWER: December 8, 1765 - January 8, 1825. American inventor best
known for inventing the cotton gin.
Sectionalism - ANSWER: In national politics, this is often a precursor to separatism.
Civil War - ANSWER: 1861-1865. war between organized groups within the same
nation state or republic, or, less commonly, between two countries created from a
formerly united nation state.
American Civil War - ANSWER: 1861-1865. "War Between the States", was a civil war
fought over the secession of the Confederate States.
Women's Right Movement - ANSWER: rights and entitlements claimed for women
and girls of many societies worldwide.
Abolition Movement - ANSWER: movement to end slavery, whether formal or
informal.
In western Europe and the Americas, abolitionism was a historical movement to end
the African slave trade and set slaves free.
Abolitionism - ANSWER: After the American Revolutionary War established the
United States, northern states, beginning with Pennsylvania in 1780, passed
legislation during the next two decades to abolish slavery, sometimes by gradual
emancipation. Massachusetts ratified a constitution that declared all men equal;
freedom suits challenging 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 to Africans. During the following decades, the abolitionist movement grew
in northern states, and Congress limited the expansion of slavery in new states
admitted to the union.
Seneca Falls Convention - ANSWER: an early and influential women's rights
convention held in Seneca Falls, New York, July 19-20, 1848. It was organized by local
New York women upon the occasion of a visit by Philadelphia-based Lucretia Mott, a
Quaker famous for her orating ability, a skill rarely cultivated by American women at
the time.
Morrill Act of 1862 - ANSWER: Land-Grant are United States statutes that allowed for
the creation of land-grant colleges, including the Morrill Act of 1862 and the Morrill
Act of 1890 (the Agricultural College Act of 1890)
New York City Riots - ANSWER: (July 13 to July 16, 1863; known at the time as Draft
Week[2]) were violent disturbances in New York City that were the culmination of
working-class discontent with new laws passed by Congress that year to draft men to
fight in the ongoing American Civil War. The riots were the largest civil insurrection
in American history.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS|
AGRADE
Yazoo Lands - ANSWER: The sparsely-populated central and western areas of the US
state of GA, when its western border stretched to the Mississippi River.
James Jackson - ANSWER: October 18, 1819 - January 13, 1887. It was a US
representative from GA, a judge advocate American Civil War, and a chief justice of
the Supreme Court of Georgia. He nullified the yazoo sale and destructed records
connected with the state. Later the Yazoo lands was given to the Federal Goverment.
Iroquois League - ANSWER: Known as the haudenosaunee of the "People of the
Longhouse", are a league of several nations and tribes of indigenous people of North
America
Yazoo Fraud - ANSWER: a massive fraud perpetrated from 1794-1803 by several
Georgia governers and the state legislature.
James Gun - ANSWER: Arranged the distribution of money of the Yazoo fraud and
land to legislators, state officials, newspaper editors and cries of bribery and
corruption.
Trail of Tears - ANSWER: Forced relocation and movement of Native American
nations 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 to
Indian territory (From Georgia to Oklahoma.)
Hernan Cortes - ANSWER: 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca (1485 - December 2,
1547) was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the
Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under the rule of the
King of Castile in the early 16th Century
The Stono Rebellion - ANSWER: Slave rebellion that commenced on September 9
1739, in the colony of South Carolina. It was the largest slave uprising in the British
mainland colonies prior to the American Revolution.
William Penn - ANSWER: October 14, 1644 - July 30 1718. It was an English real
estate entrepreneur, philosopher and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, the
English North American colony and the future Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
The Great Awakening - ANSWER: Used to refer to several periods of religions revival
in American religious history. Historians and theologians identify three or four waves
of increased religious enthusiasm occurring between the early 18th and late 19th
century. Each of these was characterized by widespread revivals lead by evangelical
,Protestant ministers, a sharp increase of interest in religion, a profound sense of
conviction and redemption on the part of those affected, an increase in evangelical
church membership and the formation of new religious movements and
denominations.
Indentured Servitude - ANSWER: Historical practice of contracting to work for a fixed
period of time, typically 3 to 7 years in exchange for transportation, food, clothing
lodging and other necessities during the term of indenture.
Quakers - ANSWER: Members of the Religious Society of friends. Came to North
America in the early days because they wanted to spread their beliefs to the British
colonists there, while others came to escape the persecution that they were
experiencing in Europe. First known quakers arrived in 1656. The colony of Rhode
Island with its policy of religious freedom was a frequent destionation as the Friends
were persecuted by law in Massachusetts until 1681. Pennsylvania was formed by
William Penn in 1681 as a haven for persecuted.
Mercantilism - ANSWER: the economic doctrine that government control of foreign
trade is of paramount importance for ensuring the prosperity and military security of
the state.
Thomas Paine - ANSWER: English-American political activist, author, political theorist
and revolutionary. As the author or two highly influential pamphlets at the start of
the American Revolution, he became one of the Founding Fathers of the United
States. He has been called "a corsetmaker by trade, a journalist by profession, and a
propagandist by inclination.
Alexander Hamilton - ANSWER: (January 11, 1755 or 177 - July 12, 1804) was a
Founding Father, soldier, economist, political philosopher, one of Amrica's first
constitutional lawyers and the first US Secretary of the Treasury.
Federalist papers - ANSWER: Series of 85 articles of essays promoting the ratification
of the United States Constitution written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison,
and john jay
French vs. Indian War - ANSWER: The war was fought primarily between the colonies
of British America and the New France, with both sides supported by military units
from their parent countries of Great Britain and France. In 1756 the war escalated
from a regional affair into a world-wide conflict. In Canada some historians refer to
the conflict as the Seven Years War fought for control of eastern north america.
British won.
American Revolution - ANSWER: Political upheaval during the last half of the 18th
century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free
from the British Empire, combining to become the USA.
,Revolutionary War - ANSWER: 1775-1783. began as a war between the Kingdom of
Great Britain and the New USA, but gradually expanded to a global war between
Britain on one side and USA, France, Netherlands and Spain on the other.
Tories - ANSWER: A traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew
out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
Northwest ordinance - ANSWER: Act of the Congress of the Confederation of the US.
Passed July 13, 1787. The primary effect was the creation of the Northwest Territory
as the first organized territory of the US out of the region south of the Great Lakes,
north and west of the Ohio River, and east of the Mississippi River.
Kentucky and Virginia Resolves - ANSWER: Political statements drafted in 1798 and
1799 in which the Kentucky and Virginia legislatures took the position that the
federal Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional.
Louisiana purchase - ANSWER: Acquisition by the US in 1803 of France's claim to the
territory of Louisiana.
Hartford Convention - ANSWER: An event in 1814-1815 in the US in which New
England Federalists met to discuss their grievances concerning the ongoing war of
1812 and the political problems arising from the federal government's increasing
power.
Trustees dartmouth college vs woodward case - ANSWER: Was a landmark US
Supreme Court case dealing with the application of the Contract Clause of the US
constitution to private corportations
Frederick Douglass - ANSWER: February 1818- February 20, 1895. African American
social reformer, orator, writer and statesman. Former Slave
Nullification Crisis - ANSWER: A sectional crisis during the presidency of Andrew
Jackson created by South Carolina's 1832 Ordinance of Nullification.
Second Party System - ANSWER: Term of periodization used by historians and
political 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 by Andrew Jackson, and the Whig Party, assembled by Henry Clay from the
National Republicans and other opponents of Jackson.
First Party System - ANSWER: Model of American politics used by political scientists
and historians to periodize the political party system existing in the United States
between roughly 1792 and 1824. It featured two national parties competing for
control of the presidency, Congress, and the states: the Federalist Party, created
largely by Alexander Hamilton, and the rival Democratic-Republican Party formed by
Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.
, Eli Whitney - ANSWER: December 8, 1765 - January 8, 1825. American inventor best
known for inventing the cotton gin.
Sectionalism - ANSWER: In national politics, this is often a precursor to separatism.
Civil War - ANSWER: 1861-1865. war between organized groups within the same
nation state or republic, or, less commonly, between two countries created from a
formerly united nation state.
American Civil War - ANSWER: 1861-1865. "War Between the States", was a civil war
fought over the secession of the Confederate States.
Women's Right Movement - ANSWER: rights and entitlements claimed for women
and girls of many societies worldwide.
Abolition Movement - ANSWER: movement to end slavery, whether formal or
informal.
In western Europe and the Americas, abolitionism was a historical movement to end
the African slave trade and set slaves free.
Abolitionism - ANSWER: After the American Revolutionary War established the
United States, northern states, beginning with Pennsylvania in 1780, passed
legislation during the next two decades to abolish slavery, sometimes by gradual
emancipation. Massachusetts ratified a constitution that declared all men equal;
freedom suits challenging 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 to Africans. During the following decades, the abolitionist movement grew
in northern states, and Congress limited the expansion of slavery in new states
admitted to the union.
Seneca Falls Convention - ANSWER: an early and influential women's rights
convention held in Seneca Falls, New York, July 19-20, 1848. It was organized by local
New York women upon the occasion of a visit by Philadelphia-based Lucretia Mott, a
Quaker famous for her orating ability, a skill rarely cultivated by American women at
the time.
Morrill Act of 1862 - ANSWER: Land-Grant are United States statutes that allowed for
the creation of land-grant colleges, including the Morrill Act of 1862 and the Morrill
Act of 1890 (the Agricultural College Act of 1890)
New York City Riots - ANSWER: (July 13 to July 16, 1863; known at the time as Draft
Week[2]) were violent disturbances in New York City that were the culmination of
working-class discontent with new laws passed by Congress that year to draft men to
fight in the ongoing American Civil War. The riots were the largest civil insurrection
in American history.
