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?

Caused a depression in the national economy

Which of the following was not a feature of the 1920s?

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?

Agriculture

During the 1920s, which group were the most prominent opinion leaders

Businessmen

The 1950s were marked by

the rise of the suburbs, the baby boom, the civil rights movement

all of the above

The occupy movement involved

mal distribution of wealth

The primary difference between the first and second new deal was

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

Watching the news

The 1930s saw a series of droughts and storms in the great planes that is now called

the Dust Bowl

The US first became involved in Vietnam

During the second world war

The gulf war was fought to

Drive Iraqi forces out of Kuwait

The patriot act of 2001

provided legal weapons against terrorists

Dollar diplomacy was a policy of foreign intervention associated with

William Howard Taft

The GI bill

Aided veterans

the combatants in the Korean War included

N. Korea and China

The Soviet Union in the Cold War put down nationalist revolts in

ALL OF THE ABOVE

The policy 'don't ask don't tell' referred to

Gays and lesbians in the military

The so-called great society was introduced by

President Lyndon B. Johnson

President Clinton was impeached because

he was accused of lying under oath

NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)

was part of a free trade program

President Clintons policies included all but

expnasion of federal welfare programs

The Kyoto protocols concerned

global warming

Obama was the first

African American president

All but one of the perpetrators of the 9/11 attack came from

Egypt and Saudi Arabia

The major legislative achievement of the Obama administration was

Medical Care

Obama appointed which of the following individuals to the Supreme Court?

Sonia Sotomayor

The US went to war in Afghanistan in 2001 because

Afghanistan was believed to harbor Al Qaeda

Theodore Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace Prize by mediating

An end to the Russo-Japanese war

The presidential election of 2000 was disputed because

Ballots in Florida were defective

the 'railroad boom' in the antebellum period was

a modest increase in the size of the rail network

The articles of confederation

left congress dependent on states funding

The banks of the US was the brainchild of

Alexander Hamilton

the navigation acts

were an expression of mercantilism

Which of the following was one of the effects of the revolutionary war on America?

A strong central government

the KKK primary purpose was

to engage in a kind of guerrilla warfare against ex-slaves and their republican allies

In the 1840s-50s, the most numerous immigrant group was

the Irish

Antebellum Georgia was called...

Empire State of the South

During the Civil War, Georgia

railroads and plantations were destroyed during the fighting

The most significant third political party in the late 19th century was

Mugwump group

In the 1966 state gubernatorial election in Georgia

many white Georgians proved that they still believed in segregation

In early 20th century Georgia

there was mandatory segregation of the races in schools

Georgia colony was opened to slavery

in 1751

During the American revolution, Georgia was

divided among revolutionaries and loyalists

The European nation that led in ocean exploration in the 15th century was

portugal

this one

In the period before 1492, most Europeans were

merchants and craftsmen

The concept of a city on a hill referred to the puritans desire to

be a model of christianity

Which of the following individuals was not a leader of the civil rights movement

George Wallace

Colonial Cities in the 18th century

increased population

the Georgia county that has the most consistency voted democratic from the civil war to present day is

Fulton County

the term carpetbagger refers to

northerners who came south to occupy political office

the 'share our wealth' plan is designed in opposition to the new deal relief matters

Huey Long

According to the doctrine of 'separate spheres'

men were morally superior to women

The Georgia colony was unique because

it was the first colony to ban the importation of slaves

The treaty of Tordesillas

divided the world between Spain and Portugal

Examples of fundamental law in the new nation were

state constitutions

Faced with a series of scandals in the administration of president grant, the majority of voters in the north

abandoned the republican party

the power of black voting in Georgia elections was obvious in the election of

Jimmy Carter

Southern congressional delegations during the period of congressional reconstruction were

largely indifferent to the plight of former slaves

the northern 'free soldiers' were united in

opposition to spread of slavery

in the election of 1876, successful candidate Rutherford B Hays promised

to ensure black voting rights

the expansion of the cattle frontier was due in large part to

Railroad transportation to eastern markets

reconstruction ended

ALL OF THE ABOVE

the rise of the middle classes in Europe in the period before the age of discovery went hand in hand with

the expansion of cities

which of the following best describes the Jay treaty

a treaty with Great Britain to resolve disputes over trade and other matters

Yellow Journalism

Journalism that exploits, distorts, or exaggerates the news to create sensations and attract readers; Joseph Pulitzer

the confederacy lost the civil war because

manpower and industrial deficiencies

the redeemers were

committed to white supremacy

In Browder V Gayle, a federal court sitting in Atlanta

overturned a conviction of ministers for trying to integrate bus service in Atlanta

During the reconstruction in Georgia

Redeemers had to wait until 1876 to regain control of state government

The Georgia city called the capital of the sunbelt

Atlanta

In the secession crisis

south carolina left in 1860 and 6 other states followed

During the civil war, northern industrial output

far outdistanced southern industrial output

the Mexican American war

led to the occupation of California by American troops

Women and men in the colonies

generally worked separate from one another

The first governor of Georgia Colony

James Oglethorpe

In the great awakening

rational religion grew in importance

Large indian mound settlements appeared in Georgia when?

during the archaic period

In the secession crisis

Alexander Stephens urged Georgia to remain in the union

the populist movement in Georgia

united white and black farmers

Governor Eugene Talmadge

represented the interests of rural whites

in the 18th century, the governors of most of the English colonies

could dissolve the colonial assemblies

which of the following was not one of the elements of the British reorganization of the empire after the French Indian war?

Albany plan of Union

Colonial legislatures and royal governors contested

ALL OF THE ABOVE

the trail of tears refers to

the removal of Cherokee Indians from Georgia to Indian Territory. 1830s

which of the following was not an important part of the transformation of Europe in the 15th century?

Protestant reformation

the panic of 1819 was caused by

the demise of the bank of the United States

Large indian mound settlements appeared in Georgia when?

During the archaic period

The Georgia colony was unique because...

it was the first colony to ban the importation of slaves

The Georgia colony was opened to slavery in...

1751

The first governor of the colony of Georgia was...

James Oglethorpe

During the American Revolution, Georgia was...

divided among revolutionaries and loyalists

Georgia eagerly ratified the federal constitution because...

fear of the indians on its frontier

The "trail of tears" refers to...

the removal of the cherokee from their homes in the 1830's

Antebellum Georgia was called...

The empire state of the south

In the secession crisis...

Alexander Stephens urged Georgia to remain in the union

During the Civil War, Georgia...

railroads and plantations were destroyed during the fighting

During reconstruction in Georgia...

Redeemers had to wait until 1876 to regain control of state government

The populist movement in Georgia...

united white and black farmers

Governer Eugene Talmadge...

represented the interests of rural whites

In early twentieth century Georgia...

there was mandatory segregation of the races in schools