UGA History Exemption Exam: Post 1877 Questions and Answers 100% Pass
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Robert Smalls Enslaved African American who, during and after the American Civil War,
became a ship's pilot, sea captain, and politician; freed himself, his crew and their families from
slavery on May 13, 1862, by commandeering a Confederate transport ship, the CSS Planter, in
Charleston harbor,...
UGA History Exemption Exam: Post
1877 Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Robert Smalls ✔✔Enslaved African American who, during and after the American Civil War,
became a ship's pilot, sea captain, and politician; freed himself, his crew and their families from
slavery on May 13, 1862, by commandeering a Confederate transport ship, the CSS Planter, in
Charleston harbor, and sailing it to freedom beyond the blockade
Helped convince Lincoln to accept African-American soldiers into the Union Army
Ten Percent Plan ✔✔Lincoln's plan that allowed a Southern state to form its own government
after ten percent of its voters swore an oath of loyalty to the United States
Meant to shorten the war
Hoped to weaken the southern cause by making it easy for disillusioned or lukewarm
confederates to switch sides
Hoped to further his emancipation proclamation by insisting that the new governments abolish
slavery
,Radical Republicans ✔✔After the Civil War, a group that believed the South should be harshly
punished and thought that Lincoln was sometimes too compassionate towards the South
Favored protection for black rights (especially black, male suffrage)
Wade-Davis Bill ✔✔Legislation requiring 50% of the voters to take an oath of future loyalty
before the restoration process could begin
Once they took the oath, those who could wear they had never willingly supported the
confederacy could vote in an election for delegates to a constitutional convention
Passed after congress refused to recognize Lincoln's 10 percent governments
Railroads were the first ✔✔Modern corporation
Cornelius Vanderbilt ✔✔A railroad owner who built a railway connecting Chicago and New
York
,He popularized the use of steel rails in his railroad, which made railroads safer and more
economical.
John D. Rockefeller ✔✔Established the Standard Oil Company, the greatest, wisest, and meanest
monopoly known in history
J.P. Morgan ✔✔Banker who buys out Carnegie Steel and renames it to U.S. Steel
Was a philanthropist in a way; he gave all the money needed for WWI and was payed back
Was one of the "Robber barons"
Haymarket Riot (1886) ✔✔The riot took place in Chicago between rioters and the police
It ended when someone threw a bomb that killed dozens
The riot was suppressed, and in addition with the damaged reputation of unions, it also killed the
Knights of Labor, who were seen as anarchists.
, American Federation of Labor ✔✔1886; founded by Samuel Gompers; sought better wages, hrs,
working conditions; skilled laborers, arose out of dissatisfaction with the Knights of Labor,
rejected socialist and communist ideas, non-violent.
Vertical Integration ✔✔Practice where a single entity controls the entire process of a product,
from the raw materials to distribution
Example: Phillip Armour's meat company
Horizontal Integration ✔✔Absorption into a single firm of several firms involved in the same
level of production and sharing resources at that level
Example: Rockefeller
Dawes Act of 1887 ✔✔Tried to civilize Indians and make them more little settlers by giving
them land to farm, instead it harmed their native culture
General Philip Sheridan ✔✔ordered by Grant to wage total war in Shenandoah Valley in
Virginia.
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