Question 1

Which of the following statements accurately describes the background of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention?

Accepted Answer

A)  The vast majority had risen from humble origins, much as Alexander Hamilton had. 
B)  Very few had attended college, even though college education was on the rise in America. 
C)  Nearly half owned slaves, and most had come from wealth or been born into propertied families. 
D)  Very few had engaged in politics prior to the Revolution, and most were skeptical of national authority. 
E)  Most had risen to prominence through their rejection of slavery and insistence on equality for all. 
A)  The vast majority had risen from humble origins, much as Alexander Hamilton had. 
B)  Very few had attended college, even though college education was on the rise in America. 
C)  Nearly half owned slaves, and most had come from wealth or been born into propertied families. 
D)  Very few had engaged in politics prior to the Revolution, and most were skeptical of national authority. 
E)  Most had risen to prominence through their rejection of slavery and insistence on equality for all.

Question 2

The Constitution is a lengthy, wordy document that outlines the structure of government in great detail.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

How would one describe the men who attended the Constitutional Convention?

Accepted Answer

A)  They all were slave owners. 
B)  Most had more wealth than the average American. 
C)  Most came from nobility in Europe. 
D)  Very few had served in the military during the Revolutionary War. 
E)  Most had no formal education. 
A)  They all were slave owners. 
B)  Most had more wealth than the average American. 
C)  Most came from nobility in Europe. 
D)  Very few had served in the military during the Revolutionary War. 
E)  Most had no formal education.

Question 4

How did the writings of James Madison shape America's understanding of its new political institutions?

Accepted Answer

A)  They argued that religion had a key role to play in ethical governance. 
B)  They created resistance among the elite toward craft guilds and other labor organizations. 
C)  They refocused attention on the "virtuous citizen" as the foundation of good government. 
D)  They emphasized the need for the nation to have one single interest that superseded all others. 
E)  They reinforced the belief that westward expansion was essential to freedom. 
A)  They argued that religion had a key role to play in ethical governance. 
B)  They created resistance among the elite toward craft guilds and other labor organizations. 
C)  They refocused attention on the "virtuous citizen" as the foundation of good government. 
D)  They emphasized the need for the nation to have one single interest that superseded all others. 
E)  They reinforced the belief that westward expansion was essential to freedom.

Question 5

Congress nearly passed a clause in the Ordinance of 1784 that would have prohibited slavery throughout the West.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Who appears to have fathered one or more children with his slave?

Accepted Answer

A)  John Adams 
B)  Thomas Jefferson 
C)  George Washington 
D)  Ben Franklin 
E)  Benjamin Rush 
A)  John Adams 
B)  Thomas Jefferson 
C)  George Washington 
D)  Ben Franklin 
E)  Benjamin Rush

Question 7

Which of the following views of African-Americans did Thomas Jefferson express?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were unfit for economic independence and political self-government. 
B)  Those held in slavery should be emancipated immediately and every former slave family should be given a forty-acre farm in a western territory. 
C)  If legally free, they should be allowed to marry white persons. 
D)  They were naturally as intelligent as whites but lacked educational opportunities. 
E)  They were destined to someday hold an equal place in society with whites. 
A)  They were unfit for economic independence and political self-government. 
B)  Those held in slavery should be emancipated immediately and every former slave family should be given a forty-acre farm in a western territory. 
C)  If legally free, they should be allowed to marry white persons. 
D)  They were naturally as intelligent as whites but lacked educational opportunities. 
E)  They were destined to someday hold an equal place in society with whites.

Which of the following statements accurately describes the background of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention?

The Constitution is a lengthy, wordy document that outlines the structure of government in great detail.

How would one describe the men who attended the Constitutional Convention?

How did the writings of James Madison shape America's understanding of its new political institutions?

Congress nearly passed a clause in the Ordinance of 1784 that would have prohibited slavery throughout the West.

Who appears to have fathered one or more children with his slave?

Which of the following views of African-Americans did Thomas Jefferson express?

A New World

Beginnings of English America, 1607-1660

Creating Anglo-America, 1660-1750

Slavery, Freedom, and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

The American Revolution, 1763-1783

The Revolution Within

Securing the Republic, 1790-1815

The Market Revolution, 1800-1840

Democracy in America, 1815-1840

The Peculiar Institution

An Age of Reform, 1820-1840

A House Divided, 1840-1861

A New Birth of Freedom: the Civil War, 1861-1865

What Is Freedom: Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Americas Gilded Age, 1870-1890

Freedoms Boundaries, at Home and Abroad, 1890-1900

The Progressive Era, 1900-1916

Safe for Democracy: the United States and World War I, 1916-1920

From Business Culture to Great Depression: The Twenties, 1920-1932

The New Deal, 1932-1940

Fighting for the Four Freedoms: World War II, 1941-1945

The United States and the Cold War, 1945-1953

An Affluent Society, 1953-1960

The Sixties, 1960-1968

The Conservative Turn, 1969-1988

From Triumph to Tragedy, 1989-2004

A Divided Nation

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Exam 7: Founding a Nation, 1783-1791

Which of the following statements accurately describes the background of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention?

The Constitution is a lengthy, wordy document that outlines the structure of government in great detail.

How would one describe the men who attended the Constitutional Convention?

How did the writings of James Madison shape America's understanding of its new political institutions?

Congress nearly passed a clause in the Ordinance of 1784 that would have prohibited slavery throughout the West.

Who appears to have fathered one or more children with his slave?

Which of the following views of African-Americans did Thomas Jefferson express?

A New World

Beginnings of English America, 1607-1660

Creating Anglo-America, 1660-1750

Slavery, Freedom, and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

The American Revolution, 1763-1783

The Revolution Within

Securing the Republic, 1790-1815

The Market Revolution, 1800-1840

Democracy in America, 1815-1840

The Peculiar Institution

An Age of Reform, 1820-1840

A House Divided, 1840-1861

A New Birth of Freedom: the Civil War, 1861-1865

What Is Freedom: Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Americas Gilded Age, 1870-1890

Freedoms Boundaries, at Home and Abroad, 1890-1900

The Progressive Era, 1900-1916

Safe for Democracy: the United States and World War I, 1916-1920

From Business Culture to Great Depression: The Twenties, 1920-1932

The New Deal, 1932-1940

Fighting for the Four Freedoms: World War II, 1941-1945

The United States and the Cold War, 1945-1953

An Affluent Society, 1953-1960

The Sixties, 1960-1968

The Conservative Turn, 1969-1988

From Triumph to Tragedy, 1989-2004

A Divided Nation

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