UGA HISTORY FULL QUESTIONS & PRACTICE
OUTCOME REVISED 2026.
⫸ He explored deep in USA, first to discover and cross the
Mississippi River and claim it for Spain Answer: Hernando de Soto
⫸ This man was a member of the English Parliament who founded
the colony of Georgia. Answer: James Edward Oglethorpe
⫸ Who was Georgia's 3rd and final royal governor who fled the
colony after the start of the American Revolution? Answer: James
Wright
⫸ In what year did the 13th amendment abolish slavery and
involuntary servitude? Answer: 1864
⫸ Who settled land in New York along the Hudson River? Answer:
The Dutch
⫸ This man was an African American educator born into slavery
who called for black progress through education. 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. Answer: Federal Reserve Act
⫸ In what year was the Federal Reserve Act ratified? Answer: 1913
⫸ What machine automated cotton processing and INCREASED the
need for slaves? 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. Answer: William Penn
⫸ What was Georgia's fourth capital and seat of the state
government during the Civil War (1861 - 1865)? Answer:
Milledgeville
⫸ In 1832 SC argued that the federal tariffs were unconstitutional
and President Jackson sent Troops to force SC to pay tariffs. Answer:
Nullification Crisis
⫸ In 1925 a substitute teacher was accused of violating Tennessee's
Butler Act Answer: Scopes Trial
⫸ The period after the Civil War in the United States when the
southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union
Answer: Reconstruction Era
,⫸ In what years did the Reconstruction Era occur? 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. Answer: The New Deal
⫸ Between what years was The New Deal enacted? 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. Answer: Frederick Douglass
⫸ What organization unsuccessfully campaigned for an equal rights
amendment to the constitution? 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. Answer: Ronald Reagan
⫸ In what years did prohibition take place? Answer: 1920-1933
, ⫸ A national ban on the sale, manufacture, and transportation of
alcohol. Answer: American Prohibition
⫸ Prohibition ended with the ratification of which amendment?
Answer: The 21st Amendment
⫸ Grayish bug that lays its eggs in cotton bolls destroying the cotton
Answer: Boll Weevil
⫸ This was a house committee on international security looking for
alleged disloyalty and communist ties. Answer: Un-American
Activities Committee
⫸ A league of 5 tribes of indigenous people of North America
involved in the Beaver Wars. Answer: Iroquois League
⫸ In what year did the strike against Pearl Harbor take place?
Answer: 1941
⫸ This strike against US by imperial Japanese navy that led the US
into WW2. Also voided Roosevelt's neutrality act. Answer: Pearl
Harbor
⫸ Explicitly grants right of citizens to vote regardless of race, color
or having been enslaved. Answer: 15th Amendment
OUTCOME REVISED 2026.
⫸ He explored deep in USA, first to discover and cross the
Mississippi River and claim it for Spain Answer: Hernando de Soto
⫸ This man was a member of the English Parliament who founded
the colony of Georgia. Answer: James Edward Oglethorpe
⫸ Who was Georgia's 3rd and final royal governor who fled the
colony after the start of the American Revolution? Answer: James
Wright
⫸ In what year did the 13th amendment abolish slavery and
involuntary servitude? Answer: 1864
⫸ Who settled land in New York along the Hudson River? Answer:
The Dutch
⫸ This man was an African American educator born into slavery
who called for black progress through education. 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. Answer: Federal Reserve Act
⫸ In what year was the Federal Reserve Act ratified? Answer: 1913
⫸ What machine automated cotton processing and INCREASED the
need for slaves? 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. Answer: William Penn
⫸ What was Georgia's fourth capital and seat of the state
government during the Civil War (1861 - 1865)? Answer:
Milledgeville
⫸ In 1832 SC argued that the federal tariffs were unconstitutional
and President Jackson sent Troops to force SC to pay tariffs. Answer:
Nullification Crisis
⫸ In 1925 a substitute teacher was accused of violating Tennessee's
Butler Act Answer: Scopes Trial
⫸ The period after the Civil War in the United States when the
southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union
Answer: Reconstruction Era
,⫸ In what years did the Reconstruction Era occur? 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. Answer: The New Deal
⫸ Between what years was The New Deal enacted? 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. Answer: Frederick Douglass
⫸ What organization unsuccessfully campaigned for an equal rights
amendment to the constitution? 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. Answer: Ronald Reagan
⫸ In what years did prohibition take place? Answer: 1920-1933
, ⫸ A national ban on the sale, manufacture, and transportation of
alcohol. Answer: American Prohibition
⫸ Prohibition ended with the ratification of which amendment?
Answer: The 21st Amendment
⫸ Grayish bug that lays its eggs in cotton bolls destroying the cotton
Answer: Boll Weevil
⫸ This was a house committee on international security looking for
alleged disloyalty and communist ties. Answer: Un-American
Activities Committee
⫸ A league of 5 tribes of indigenous people of North America
involved in the Beaver Wars. Answer: Iroquois League
⫸ In what year did the strike against Pearl Harbor take place?
Answer: 1941
⫸ This strike against US by imperial Japanese navy that led the US
into WW2. Also voided Roosevelt's neutrality act. Answer: Pearl
Harbor
⫸ Explicitly grants right of citizens to vote regardless of race, color
or having been enslaved. Answer: 15th Amendment
