Question 1

Because of their concentration on cotton, most southern plantations grew highly reliant on small towns and cities for their supplies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Cotton Mather promoted the use of inoculation against the disease ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Cotton Mather promoted the use of inoculation...

Question 3

French Calvinists were referred to as ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of French Calvinists were referred to as ________....

Question 4

Commerce in early colonial America relied in large part on

Accepted Answer

A)  barter. 
B)  paper currency. 
C)  gold. 
D)  silver. 
E)  credit. 
A)  barter. 
B)  paper currency. 
C)  gold. 
D)  silver. 
E)  credit.

Question 5

All of the following Americans made important contributions to Enlightenment thought EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  James Madison. 
B)  Benjamin Franklin. 
C)  Thomas Jefferson. 
D)  John Locke. 
E)  Thomas Paine. 
A)  James Madison. 
B)  Benjamin Franklin. 
C)  Thomas Jefferson. 
D)  John Locke. 
E)  Thomas Paine.

Question 6

The most outstanding Great Awakening preacher was New England Congregationalist ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The most outstanding Great Awakening preacher was...

Question 7

The witchcraft trials in Salem

Accepted Answer

A)  were unique in the history of colonial New England. 
B)  saw the original accusers recant their charges. 
C)  led to prison terms, but no executions. 
D)  provided evidence of a decline in religious fervor. 
E)  almost resulted in the revocation of Massachusetts's charter. 
A)  were unique in the history of colonial New England. 
B)  saw the original accusers recant their charges. 
C)  led to prison terms, but no executions. 
D)  provided evidence of a decline in religious fervor. 
E)  almost resulted in the revocation of Massachusetts's charter.

Question 8

In the Chesapeake region, traditional patterns of male patriarchy began to experience a revival by the early eighteenth century.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Compared to women in colonial Chesapeake, New England women

Accepted Answer

A)  were more likely to become widows. 
B)  were more likely to have their family remain intact. 
C)  had fewer children. 
D)  had much less legal authority in their marriages. 
E)  lost their husbands earlier in life. 
A)  were more likely to become widows. 
B)  were more likely to have their family remain intact. 
C)  had fewer children. 
D)  had much less legal authority in their marriages. 
E)  lost their husbands earlier in life.

Question 10

Which statement regarding colonial higher education is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Most colleges were founded by religious groups. 
B)  Colonists placed a low value on any formal education. 
C)  Parliament regulated the establishment of American colleges. 
D)  Most colonial colleges accepted female students. 
E)  Most colonial leaders after 1700 went abroad to study. 
A)  Most colleges were founded by religious groups. 
B)  Colonists placed a low value on any formal education. 
C)  Parliament regulated the establishment of American colleges. 
D)  Most colonial colleges accepted female students. 
E)  Most colonial leaders after 1700 went abroad to study.

Question 11

The most numerous of the non-English European immigrants to British North America were the Scots-Irish.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Describe the technological status of eighteenth-century Americans by examining the development and limits of technology.

Accepted Answer

In the eighteenth century, Americans wer

Question 13

Most indentured servants came to the colonies voluntarily.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

In the seventeenth century, it was easy for women to enter the medical field as midwives.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

By 1776, what proportion of white males were literate in colonial America?

Accepted Answer

A)  less than a quarter 
B)  about a third 
C)  just less than half 
D)  more than half 
E)  almost all 
A)  less than a quarter 
B)  about a third 
C)  just less than half 
D)  more than half 
E)  almost all

Question 16

In the seventeenth century, the great majority of English immigrants who came to the Chesapeake region were

Accepted Answer

A)  slaves. 
B)  women. 
C)  convicts. 
D)  indentured servants. 
E)  religious dissenters. 
A)  slaves. 
B)  women. 
C)  convicts. 
D)  indentured servants. 
E)  religious dissenters.

Question 17

Parliament passed the Iron Act in 1750 to encourage colonial production of this metal.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The proportion of all blacks in the colonies living on a plantation of at least ten slaves was over

Accepted Answer

A)  one-fourth. 
B)  one-third. 
C)  one-half. 
D)  three-fourths. 
E)  nine-tenths. 
A)  one-fourth. 
B)  one-third. 
C)  one-half. 
D)  three-fourths. 
E)  nine-tenths.

Question 19

By 1700, English colonial landowners began to rely more heavily on African slavery in part because

Accepted Answer

A)  of a declining birthrate in England. 
B)  of worsening economic conditions in England. 
C)  landowners in the southern colonies became less capable of paying indentured servant wages. 
D)  the English government had come to discourage the practice of indenture. 
E)  colonial parliaments passed laws improving the status of indentured servants. 
A)  of a declining birthrate in England. 
B)  of worsening economic conditions in England. 
C)  landowners in the southern colonies became less capable of paying indentured servant wages. 
D)  the English government had come to discourage the practice of indenture. 
E)  colonial parliaments passed laws improving the status of indentured servants.

Question 20

The dreaded journey in which captured Africans were transported to the Americas to be sold as slaves was called the ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The dreaded journey in which captured Africans...

Exam 3: Society and Culture in Provincial America

Because of their concentration on cotton, most southern plantations grew highly reliant on small towns and cities for their supplies.

Cotton Mather promoted the use of inoculation against the disease ________.

French Calvinists were referred to as ________.

Commerce in early colonial America relied in large part on

All of the following Americans made important contributions to Enlightenment thought EXCEPT

The most outstanding Great Awakening preacher was New England Congregationalist ________.

The witchcraft trials in Salem

In the Chesapeake region, traditional patterns of male patriarchy began to experience a revival by the early eighteenth century.

Compared to women in colonial Chesapeake, New England women

Which statement regarding colonial higher education is true?

The most numerous of the non-English European immigrants to British North America were the Scots-Irish.

Describe the technological status of eighteenth-century Americans by examining the development and limits of technology.

Most indentured servants came to the colonies voluntarily.

In the seventeenth century, it was easy for women to enter the medical field as midwives.

By 1776, what proportion of white males were literate in colonial America?

In the seventeenth century, the great majority of English immigrants who came to the Chesapeake region were

Parliament passed the Iron Act in 1750 to encourage colonial production of this metal.

The proportion of all blacks in the colonies living on a plantation of at least ten slaves was over

By 1700, English colonial landowners began to rely more heavily on African slavery in part because

The dreaded journey in which captured Africans were transported to the Americas to be sold as slaves was called the ________.

The Collision of Cultures

Transplantations and Borderlands

The Empire in Transition

The American Revolution

The Constitution and the New Republic

The Jeffersonian Era

Varieties of American Nationalism

Jacksonian America

America’s Economic Revolution

Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

Antebellum Culture and Reform

The Impending Crisis

The Civil War

Reconstruction and the New South

The Conquest of the Far West

Industrial Supremacy

The Age of the City

From Crisis to Empire

The Progressives

America and the Great War

The “New Era”

The Great Depression

The New Deal

The Global Crisis, 1921–1941

America in a World at War

The Cold War

The Affluent Society

Civil Rights, Vietnam, and the Ordeal of Liberalism

The Crisis of Authority

From the “Age of Limits” to the Age of Reagan

The Age of Globalization

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