History test 2 UGA, UGA History
Exemption Exam, UGA U.S. & GA History
Exemption Test: REAL QUESTIONS
What did the Embargo act during Jeffersons presidency do? - Answer- Caused a
depression in the national economy
Which of the following was not a feature of the 1920s? - Answer- Television
viewing
The 1920s was a boom period for the US economy, but what sector of the economy
did not benefit from the flush times? - Answer- Agriculture
During the 1920s, which group were the most prominent opinion leaders - Answer-
Businessmen
The 1950s were marked by - Answer- the rise of the suburbs, the baby boom, the
civil rights movement
all of the above
The occupy movement involved - Answer- mal distribution of wealth
The primary difference between the first and second new deal was - Answer-
support from the Supreme Court on the first but not the second
All of the following were popular forms of entertainment in the 1930s except -
Answer- Watching the news
The 1930s saw a series of droughts and storms in the great planes that is now
called - Answer- the Dust Bowl
The US first became involved in Vietnam - Answer- During the second world war
The gulf war was fought to - Answer- Drive Iraqi forces out of Kuwait
The patriot act of 2001 - Answer- provided legal weapons against terrorists
Dollar diplomacy was a policy of foreign intervention associated with - Answer-
William Howard Taft
, The GI bill - Answer- Aided veterans
the combatants in the Korean War included - Answer- N. Korea and China
The Soviet Union in the Cold War put down nationalist revolts in - Answer- ALL
OF THE ABOVE
The policy 'don't ask don't tell' referred to - Answer- Gays and lesbians in the
military
The so-called great society was introduced by - Answer- President Lyndon B.
Johnson
President Clinton was impeached because - Answer- he was accused of lying
under oath
NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) - Answer- was part of a free
trade program
President Clintons policies included all but - Answer- expnasion of federal welfare
programs
The Kyoto protocols concerned - Answer- global warming
Obama was the first - Answer- African American president
All but one of the perpetrators of the 9/11 attack came from - Answer- Egypt and
Saudi Arabia
The major legislative achievement of the Obama administration was - Answer-
Medical Care
Obama appointed which of the following individuals to the Supreme Court? -
Answer- Sonia Sotomayor
The US went to war in Afghanistan in 2001 because - Answer- Afghanistan was
believed to harbor Al Qaeda
Theodore Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace Prize by mediating - Answer- An end
to the Russo-Japanese war
The presidential election of 2000 was disputed because - Answer- Ballots in
Florida were defective
Exemption Exam, UGA U.S. & GA History
Exemption Test: REAL QUESTIONS
What did the Embargo act during Jeffersons presidency do? - Answer- Caused a
depression in the national economy
Which of the following was not a feature of the 1920s? - Answer- Television
viewing
The 1920s was a boom period for the US economy, but what sector of the economy
did not benefit from the flush times? - Answer- Agriculture
During the 1920s, which group were the most prominent opinion leaders - Answer-
Businessmen
The 1950s were marked by - Answer- the rise of the suburbs, the baby boom, the
civil rights movement
all of the above
The occupy movement involved - Answer- mal distribution of wealth
The primary difference between the first and second new deal was - Answer-
support from the Supreme Court on the first but not the second
All of the following were popular forms of entertainment in the 1930s except -
Answer- Watching the news
The 1930s saw a series of droughts and storms in the great planes that is now
called - Answer- the Dust Bowl
The US first became involved in Vietnam - Answer- During the second world war
The gulf war was fought to - Answer- Drive Iraqi forces out of Kuwait
The patriot act of 2001 - Answer- provided legal weapons against terrorists
Dollar diplomacy was a policy of foreign intervention associated with - Answer-
William Howard Taft
, The GI bill - Answer- Aided veterans
the combatants in the Korean War included - Answer- N. Korea and China
The Soviet Union in the Cold War put down nationalist revolts in - Answer- ALL
OF THE ABOVE
The policy 'don't ask don't tell' referred to - Answer- Gays and lesbians in the
military
The so-called great society was introduced by - Answer- President Lyndon B.
Johnson
President Clinton was impeached because - Answer- he was accused of lying
under oath
NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) - Answer- was part of a free
trade program
President Clintons policies included all but - Answer- expnasion of federal welfare
programs
The Kyoto protocols concerned - Answer- global warming
Obama was the first - Answer- African American president
All but one of the perpetrators of the 9/11 attack came from - Answer- Egypt and
Saudi Arabia
The major legislative achievement of the Obama administration was - Answer-
Medical Care
Obama appointed which of the following individuals to the Supreme Court? -
Answer- Sonia Sotomayor
The US went to war in Afghanistan in 2001 because - Answer- Afghanistan was
believed to harbor Al Qaeda
Theodore Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace Prize by mediating - Answer- An end
to the Russo-Japanese war
The presidential election of 2000 was disputed because - Answer- Ballots in
Florida were defective
