Question 1

In 1780, Massachusetts sought to revise the power of the governor by

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A)  allowing the legislature to set his salary. 
B)  having him elected directly by the people. 
C)  taking away his authority to veto legislation. 
D)  permitting him to sit in the legislature. 
E)  granting him the power to tax. 
A)  allowing the legislature to set his salary. 
B)  having him elected directly by the people. 
C)  taking away his authority to veto legislation. 
D)  permitting him to sit in the legislature. 
E)  granting him the power to tax.

Question 2

The republican concept of equality included the belief that not all people would live equally.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Both Congress, under the Articles of Confederation, and the various state legislatures had the power to independently tax individual Americans.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The Articles of Confederation provided for a separate judiciary and executive.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The 1795 Treaty of Greenville

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A)  allowed the Miami Indians navigation rights to the Mississippi. 
B)  compelled the Miami Indians to move out of the Ohio Valley. 
C)  was never signed by any Indian leaders. 
D)  removed all restrictions to white settlement of the Ohio Valley. 
E)  led the United States to affirm that Indian lands could be ceded only by the tribes themselves. 
A)  allowed the Miami Indians navigation rights to the Mississippi. 
B)  compelled the Miami Indians to move out of the Ohio Valley. 
C)  was never signed by any Indian leaders. 
D)  removed all restrictions to white settlement of the Ohio Valley. 
E)  led the United States to affirm that Indian lands could be ceded only by the tribes themselves.

Question 6

In colonial America, under English common law a married woman

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A)  could not own property. 
B)  had more legal rights than unmarried women. 
C)  had legal authority over her children. 
D)  could not earn wages greater than her husband. 
E)  could only initiate divorce in case of adultery. 
A)  could not own property. 
B)  had more legal rights than unmarried women. 
C)  had legal authority over her children. 
D)  could not earn wages greater than her husband. 
E)  could only initiate divorce in case of adultery.

Question 7

Every new state constitution prevented the state's governor from holding a seat in the state legislature.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Only a few of the new state constitutions provided for a two-house legislature.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1783,

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A)  the United States gained formal British recognition of American independence. 
B)  Spain received Gibraltar from the English. 
C)  the United States received all territory east of the Rocky Mountains. 
D)  France received Canada from the English. 
E)  England was forced to pay reparations to the new American nation. 
A)  the United States gained formal British recognition of American independence. 
B)  Spain received Gibraltar from the English. 
C)  the United States received all territory east of the Rocky Mountains. 
D)  France received Canada from the English. 
E)  England was forced to pay reparations to the new American nation.

Question 10

During the second phase (1776-1778) of the American Revolution, British military efforts were hampered by

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A)  a series of tactical blunders and misfortunes. 
B)  a severe shortage of new soldiers coming from England. 
C)  an American blockade of British ships. 
D)  the American capture of the commanding British general. 
E)  American alliances with Native American tribes in the region. 
A)  a series of tactical blunders and misfortunes. 
B)  a severe shortage of new soldiers coming from England. 
C)  an American blockade of British ships. 
D)  the American capture of the commanding British general. 
E)  American alliances with Native American tribes in the region.

Question 11

As a result of the American Revolution, the ________ denomination was weakened in the colonies because its followers practiced pacifism.

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The answer of As a result of the American Revolution,...

Question 12

During the American Revolution, the Iroquois Confederacy officially

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A)  declared its neutrality. 
B)  allied itself with the colonists. 
C)  allied itself with the British. 
D)  refused to ally with either combatant until France entered the war. 
E)  disbanded and withdrew to the west. 
A)  declared its neutrality. 
B)  allied itself with the colonists. 
C)  allied itself with the British. 
D)  refused to ally with either combatant until France entered the war. 
E)  disbanded and withdrew to the west.

Question 13

Compare the leading personalities on both sides in an explanation as to why the upstart United States was able to defeat England.

Accepted Answer

The leading personalities on the America

Question 14

One effect the Declaration of Independence had was that individual colonies were motivated to reconstitute themselves as "states."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The Americans violated their alliance with France by negotiating a peace with Great Britain without informing the French.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

In the Battle of Bunker Hill,

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A)  the Patriots suffered light casualties and won the battle. 
B)  the British suffered heavy casualties. 
C)  Benedict Arnold was wounded. 
D)  the British surrendered their main forces to the Patriots. 
E)  the Patriots refused to withdraw and were all killed. 
A)  the Patriots suffered light casualties and won the battle. 
B)  the British suffered heavy casualties. 
C)  Benedict Arnold was wounded. 
D)  the British surrendered their main forces to the Patriots. 
E)  the Patriots refused to withdraw and were all killed.

Question 17

The precise rectangular grid pattern imposed on the Northwest Territory eventually became the norm for much of the land west of the Appalachians.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The Articles of Confederation were adopted when states gave up their

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A)  power to regulate trade. 
B)  power to make war. 
C)  claims to western lands. 
D)  right to levy their own taxes. 
E)  plans for emancipation. 
A)  power to regulate trade. 
B)  power to make war. 
C)  claims to western lands. 
D)  right to levy their own taxes. 
E)  plans for emancipation.

Question 19

Under English common law, a single woman had greater legal rights than a married woman.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

In composing the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson borrowed heavily from the political theories of Thomas Hobbes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 5: The American Revolution

In 1780, Massachusetts sought to revise the power of the governor by

The republican concept of equality included the belief that not all people would live equally.

Both Congress, under the Articles of Confederation, and the various state legislatures had the power to independently tax individual Americans.

The Articles of Confederation provided for a separate judiciary and executive.

The 1795 Treaty of Greenville

In colonial America, under English common law a married woman

Every new state constitution prevented the state's governor from holding a seat in the state legislature.

Only a few of the new state constitutions provided for a two-house legislature.

Under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1783,

During the second phase (1776-1778) of the American Revolution, British military efforts were hampered by

As a result of the American Revolution, the ________ denomination was weakened in the colonies because its followers practiced pacifism.

During the American Revolution, the Iroquois Confederacy officially

Compare the leading personalities on both sides in an explanation as to why the upstart United States was able to defeat England.

One effect the Declaration of Independence had was that individual colonies were motivated to reconstitute themselves as "states."

The Americans violated their alliance with France by negotiating a peace with Great Britain without informing the French.

In the Battle of Bunker Hill,

The precise rectangular grid pattern imposed on the Northwest Territory eventually became the norm for much of the land west of the Appalachians.

The Articles of Confederation were adopted when states gave up their

Under English common law, a single woman had greater legal rights than a married woman.

In composing the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson borrowed heavily from the political theories of Thomas Hobbes.

The Collision of Cultures

Transplantations and Borderlands

Society and Culture in Provincial America

The Empire in Transition

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

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