Question 1

Until New Jersey added the word "male" to its constitutional definition of a voter in 1807, some of the state's women enjoyed suffrage rights.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

After the war, abolition of slavery in the North was swift and applied to all slaves.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

In 1776, when the colonists declared their independence and formed the United States,

Accepted Answer

A)  500,000 enslaved people lived in the new nation, comprising one-fifth of the total population of the United States. 
B)  the enslaved population was at its peak in American history and would decline rapidly in the decades ahead. 
C)  10,000 of the new nation's inhabitants were enslaved people, which was 4 percent of the total population. 
D)  all enslaved people became free. 
E)  slavery only existed in the southern colonies. 
A)  500,000 enslaved people lived in the new nation, comprising one-fifth of the total population of the United States. 
B)  the enslaved population was at its peak in American history and would decline rapidly in the decades ahead. 
C)  10,000 of the new nation's inhabitants were enslaved people, which was 4 percent of the total population. 
D)  all enslaved people became free. 
E)  slavery only existed in the southern colonies.

Question 4

The Loyalists' exile had a profound impact on

Accepted Answer

A)  Spain. 
B)  France. 
C)  Canada. 
D)  Mexico. 
E)  Brazil. 
A)  Spain. 
B)  France. 
C)  Canada. 
D)  Mexico. 
E)  Brazil.

Question 5

During the American Revolutionary period, slavery for the first time became a focus of public debate.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Thomas Paine wrote that the essence of a republic was not the "particular form" of government but its object: the "public good." Discuss how the various states structured their governments and how they believed those governments provided for the public good.

Accepted Answer

Thomas Paine's assertion that the essenc

Question 7

How did Loyalists view liberty? How were they treated after the war? Why?

Accepted Answer

Loyalists viewed liberty as the right to

Question 8

The idea of republican motherhood encouraged direct female involvement in politics.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

In a famous speech to Parliament, the British statesman Edmund Burke said what regarding a link between slavery and liberty for American colonists?

Accepted Answer

A)  He argued that the colonists were sensitive to threats to their liberties because they were so familiar with slavery. 
B)  He said the colonists were hypocrites for claiming to be pro-liberty while they themselves owned slaves. 
C)  He said John Locke's ideas about property rights meant colonists were justified in claiming that their liberty included slave ownership rights. 
D)  He praised liberty-loving Pennsylvanians for organizing the world's first antislavery society. 
E)  He stated that a threat to liberty anywhere is a threat to liberty everywhere, so American slavery threatened British freedom. 
A)  He argued that the colonists were sensitive to threats to their liberties because they were so familiar with slavery. 
B)  He said the colonists were hypocrites for claiming to be pro-liberty while they themselves owned slaves. 
C)  He said John Locke's ideas about property rights meant colonists were justified in claiming that their liberty included slave ownership rights. 
D)  He praised liberty-loving Pennsylvanians for organizing the world's first antislavery society. 
E)  He stated that a threat to liberty anywhere is a threat to liberty everywhere, so American slavery threatened British freedom.

Question 10

To what extent did Revolutionary-era Americans agree with Noah Webster's statement that equality was the very soul of a republic? Your response should define what Americans meant by equality and should consider groups that seemed to enjoy equality as well as those groups that did not.

Accepted Answer

During the Revolutionary era, Americans

Question 11

Abigail Adams advocated for economic independence for women so that they were not reliant on their husbands.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The principle of the separation of church in state in America developed out of the religious pluralism of the New England colonies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Which statement best represents how the founders viewed the United States' role in the world?

Accepted Answer

A)  as a model of peaceful relations between indigenous people and settlers 
B)  as a refuge for persecuted and oppressed people of every nation 
C)  as a model of gender equality 
D)  as a model of a post-slavery society 
E)  as a model of a socialist economy 
A)  as a model of peaceful relations between indigenous people and settlers 
B)  as a refuge for persecuted and oppressed people of every nation 
C)  as a model of gender equality 
D)  as a model of a post-slavery society 
E)  as a model of a socialist economy

Question 14

Why did the number of slaves in America increase from 1776 to 1790?

Accepted Answer

A)  America successfully repatriated nearly all slaves freed by the British during the war. 
B)  Christian sects such as the Quakers promoted a "God-given duty" to own and Christianize slaves. 
C)  Slavery survived the War of Independence, and the slave population naturally increased. 
D)  Increased wealth in the North enabled more people to buy slaves there than in the South. 
E)  There was not yet a sizeable free black population in the United States. 
A)  America successfully repatriated nearly all slaves freed by the British during the war. 
B)  Christian sects such as the Quakers promoted a "God-given duty" to own and Christianize slaves. 
C)  Slavery survived the War of Independence, and the slave population naturally increased. 
D)  Increased wealth in the North enabled more people to buy slaves there than in the South. 
E)  There was not yet a sizeable free black population in the United States.

Question 15

Which of the following is true regarding the treatment of those who remained loyal to Britain during the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

A)  Patriots welcomed Loyalists back as a key part of the new nation, emphatically establishing forgiveness as the foundation of the country. 
B)  There had been so few Loyalists in the Revolution in the first place that the presence of Loyalists largely went unnoticed after the war. 
C)  Loyalists always kept their property but sometimes had to share a percentage of their earnings as part of their repentance. 
D)  A number of captured Loyalists were sold into slavery in Canada because the number of African-American slaves had hit an all-time low. 
E)  Many Loyalists were physically assaulted for expressing their views, as the war was, in many ways, a civil war. 
A)  Patriots welcomed Loyalists back as a key part of the new nation, emphatically establishing forgiveness as the foundation of the country. 
B)  There had been so few Loyalists in the Revolution in the first place that the presence of Loyalists largely went unnoticed after the war. 
C)  Loyalists always kept their property but sometimes had to share a percentage of their earnings as part of their repentance. 
D)  A number of captured Loyalists were sold into slavery in Canada because the number of African-American slaves had hit an all-time low. 
E)  Many Loyalists were physically assaulted for expressing their views, as the war was, in many ways, a civil war.

Question 16

Freedom and an individual's right to vote had become interchangeable by the war's end.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Freedom and an individual's right to vote became interchangeable in the wake of the Revolution. Describe how that transformation came about and how the various state constitutions dealt with voting qualifications.

Accepted Answer

The transformation of freedom and an ind

Question 18

The word "freedom" began appearing in dictionaries of Indian languages for the first time in the early nineteenth century.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

How did the Revolutionary War's radical potential play out in Pennsylvania?

Accepted Answer

A)  Benjamin Franklin's departure for France left control of the state up for grabs, and the lower classes took over. 
B)  The prewar elite had supported independence, then tried to negotiate with Great Britain, costing themselves the respect of the lower classes, who took power from them. 
C)  Philadelphia's artisan and lower-class communities took control and put a new emphasis on freedom and on more democratic politics. 
D)  The Second Continental Congress had to take over the state when the people voted to abolish the position of governor, thereby showing how the new nation's power dynamic would differ greatly from the old system. 
E)  Just through the population retaining the old style of government, they demonstrated that major change was possible without uprooting the whole system. 
A)  Benjamin Franklin's departure for France left control of the state up for grabs, and the lower classes took over. 
B)  The prewar elite had supported independence, then tried to negotiate with Great Britain, costing themselves the respect of the lower classes, who took power from them. 
C)  Philadelphia's artisan and lower-class communities took control and put a new emphasis on freedom and on more democratic politics. 
D)  The Second Continental Congress had to take over the state when the people voted to abolish the position of governor, thereby showing how the new nation's power dynamic would differ greatly from the old system. 
E)  Just through the population retaining the old style of government, they demonstrated that major change was possible without uprooting the whole system.

Question 20

"Freedom" had not played a major part in Indians' vocabulary before the Revolution, but after the war, freedom meant defending their own independence and retaining possession of their land.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 6: The Revolution Within

Until New Jersey added the word "male" to its constitutional definition of a voter in 1807, some of the state's women enjoyed suffrage rights.

After the war, abolition of slavery in the North was swift and applied to all slaves.

In 1776, when the colonists declared their independence and formed the United States,

The Loyalists' exile had a profound impact on

During the American Revolutionary period, slavery for the first time became a focus of public debate.

Thomas Paine wrote that the essence of a republic was not the "particular form" of government but its object: the "public good." Discuss how the various states structured their governments and how they believed those governments provided for the public good.

How did Loyalists view liberty? How were they treated after the war? Why?

The idea of republican motherhood encouraged direct female involvement in politics.

In a famous speech to Parliament, the British statesman Edmund Burke said what regarding a link between slavery and liberty for American colonists?

To what extent did Revolutionary-era Americans agree with Noah Webster's statement that equality was the very soul of a republic? Your response should define what Americans meant by equality and should consider groups that seemed to enjoy equality as well as those groups that did not.

Abigail Adams advocated for economic independence for women so that they were not reliant on their husbands.

The principle of the separation of church in state in America developed out of the religious pluralism of the New England colonies.

Which statement best represents how the founders viewed the United States' role in the world?

Why did the number of slaves in America increase from 1776 to 1790?

Which of the following is true regarding the treatment of those who remained loyal to Britain during the American Revolution?

Freedom and an individual's right to vote had become interchangeable by the war's end.

Freedom and an individual's right to vote became interchangeable in the wake of the Revolution. Describe how that transformation came about and how the various state constitutions dealt with voting qualifications.

The word "freedom" began appearing in dictionaries of Indian languages for the first time in the early nineteenth century.

How did the Revolutionary War's radical potential play out in Pennsylvania?

"Freedom" had not played a major part in Indians' vocabulary before the Revolution, but after the war, freedom meant defending their own independence and retaining possession of their land.

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

Founding a Nation, 1783-1791

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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