Question 1

With regard to governmental authority, the Scots-Irish colonists

Accepted Answer

A)  showed remarkable willingness to follow authority. 
B)  supported only Britain. 
C)  cherished no love for the British or any other government. 
D)  stated a preference for Catholic authority. 
E)  established good relations with local Indians. 
A)  showed remarkable willingness to follow authority. 
B)  supported only Britain. 
C)  cherished no love for the British or any other government. 
D)  stated a preference for Catholic authority. 
E)  established good relations with local Indians. C

Question 2

The religious doctrine of the Arminians held that

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A)  predestination determined a person's eternal fate. 
B)  good works could get you into heaven. 
C)  Calvin's ideas should be followed without question. 
D)  emotion had no place in religion. 
E)  individual free will determined a person's eternal fate. 
A)  predestination determined a person's eternal fate. 
B)  good works could get you into heaven. 
C)  Calvin's ideas should be followed without question. 
D)  emotion had no place in religion. 
E)  individual free will determined a person's eternal fate. E

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of Poor Richard's Almanack.

Accepted Answer

Authored by Benjamin Franklin, it was a compendium of sayings culled from thinkers across the ages that extoled the virtues of morality, thrift, industry, and common sense.

Question 4

Benjamin Franklin

Accepted Answer

A)  was the author of Poor Richard's Almanack. 
B)  celebrated the virtues of thrift, hard work, and common sense. 
C)  was a severe critic of the Great Awakening. 
D)  was John Peter Zenger's defense lawyer. 
E)  was a scientist. 
A)  was the author of Poor Richard's Almanack. 
B)  celebrated the virtues of thrift, hard work, and common sense. 
C)  was a severe critic of the Great Awakening. 
D)  was John Peter Zenger's defense lawyer. 
E)  was a scientist.

Question 5

In North Carolina, spearheaded by the Scots-Irish, a small insurrection against eastern domination of the colony's affair was known as

Accepted Answer

A)  Bacon's Rebellion. 
B)  March of the Paxton Boys. 
C)  Regulator Movement. 
D)  Shays' Rebellion. 
E)  Whiskey Rebellion. 
A)  Bacon's Rebellion. 
B)  March of the Paxton Boys. 
C)  Regulator Movement. 
D)  Shays' Rebellion. 
E)  Whiskey Rebellion.

Question 6

In contrast to the 17th century, by 1775, colonial Americans

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A)  had become more stratified into social classes. 
B)  had all but eliminated poverty. 
C)  found that it was easier for ordinary people to acquire land. 
D)  had nearly lost their fear of slave rebellion. 
E)  had few people who owned small farms. 
A)  had become more stratified into social classes. 
B)  had all but eliminated poverty. 
C)  found that it was easier for ordinary people to acquire land. 
D)  had nearly lost their fear of slave rebellion. 
E)  had few people who owned small farms.

Question 7

In colonial elections

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A)  most eligible voters zealously exercised their right to vote. 
B)  the right to vote was reserved for white male property holders. 
C)  only a small landed elite had the right to vote. 
D)  average citizens were usually elected to office. 
E)  true democracy had arrived. 
A)  most eligible voters zealously exercised their right to vote. 
B)  the right to vote was reserved for white male property holders. 
C)  only a small landed elite had the right to vote. 
D)  average citizens were usually elected to office. 
E)  true democracy had arrived.

Question 8

All of the following contributed to the lack of development of art and artists in early colonial America EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  simplicity of pioneering life. 
B)  lack of subjects to paint. 
C)  lack of talent among the Americans. 
D)  lack of patrons who could afford the expensive art. 
E)  lack of art schools in America. 
A)  simplicity of pioneering life. 
B)  lack of subjects to paint. 
C)  lack of talent among the Americans. 
D)  lack of patrons who could afford the expensive art. 
E)  lack of art schools in America.

Question 9

The time-honored English ideal, which Americans accepted for some time, regarded education as all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A)  essential training for citizenship. 
B)  designed primarily for men. 
C)  reserved for the aristocratic few. 
D)  essential for creating leaders. 
E)  hailed and embraced in New England more than any other region. 
A)  essential training for citizenship. 
B)  designed primarily for men. 
C)  reserved for the aristocratic few. 
D)  essential for creating leaders. 
E)  hailed and embraced in New England more than any other region.

Question 10

The riches created by the growing slave population in the American South

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A)  were distributed evenly among whites. 
B)  helped to narrow the gap between rich and poor. 
C)  created a serious problem with inflation. 
D)  were not distributed evenly among whites. 
E)  enabled poor whites to escape tenant farming. 
A)  were distributed evenly among whites. 
B)  helped to narrow the gap between rich and poor. 
C)  created a serious problem with inflation. 
D)  were not distributed evenly among whites. 
E)  enabled poor whites to escape tenant farming.

Question 11

What were the short-term and long-term consequences of the American colonists seeking foreign markets for their exports?

Accepted Answer

The short-term consequences of the Ameri

Question 12

The Scots-Irish can best be described as

Accepted Answer

A)  pugnacious, lawless, and individualistic. 
B)  loyal to the British king. 
C)  people who did not like to move. 
D)  builders of sturdy homes and well-kept farms. 
E)  strong supporters of the Catholic Church. 
A)  pugnacious, lawless, and individualistic. 
B)  loyal to the British king. 
C)  people who did not like to move. 
D)  builders of sturdy homes and well-kept farms. 
E)  strong supporters of the Catholic Church.

Question 13

An armed march in Philadelphia in 1764 by Scots-Irish colonial immigrants, protesting the Quaker oligarchy's lenient policy toward the Indians was known as

Accepted Answer

A)  Bacon's Rebellion. 
B)  March of the Paxton Boys. 
C)  Regulator Movement. 
D)  Shays' Rebellion. 
E)  Oligarchy Revolution. 
A)  Bacon's Rebellion. 
B)  March of the Paxton Boys. 
C)  Regulator Movement. 
D)  Shays' Rebellion. 
E)  Oligarchy Revolution.

Question 14

The average age of the American colonists in 1775 was

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A)  30. 
B)  27. 
C)  25. 
D)  20. 
E)  16. 
A)  30. 
B)  27. 
C)  25. 
D)  20. 
E)  16.

Question 15

The first American college free from denominational control was

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A)  Harvard. 
B)  Yale. 
C)  New York University. 
D)  Brown University. 
E)  the University of Pennsylvania. 
A)  Harvard. 
B)  Yale. 
C)  New York University. 
D)  Brown University. 
E)  the University of Pennsylvania.

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of Benjamin Franklin.

Accepted Answer

Called the first civilized Ame

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of John Singleton Copley.

Accepted Answer

A famous painter fro

Question 18

Identify the statement that is false.

Accepted Answer

A)  The triangular trade was enormously profitable and made up most of the colonial commerce. 
B)  A trader would leave New England with a cargo of rum and sail to the Gold Coast of Africa. 
C)  A trader would barter rum with African chiefs for captured African slaves. 
D)  A trader would travel to the West Indies with the African slaves for molasses. 
E)  A trader would travel to New England with the molasses, where it would be distilled into rum. 
A)  The triangular trade was enormously profitable and made up most of the colonial commerce. 
B)  A trader would leave New England with a cargo of rum and sail to the Gold Coast of Africa. 
C)  A trader would barter rum with African chiefs for captured African slaves. 
D)  A trader would travel to the West Indies with the African slaves for molasses. 
E)  A trader would travel to New England with the molasses, where it would be distilled into rum.

Question 19

Did differences in wealth and status in the colonies increase or diminish from 1700 to 1750? Explain.

Accepted Answer

Differences in wealth and status in the

Question 20

Art and culture in colonial America

Accepted Answer

A)  involved heavy investment in art. 
B)  was generally undistinguished and unsupported by colonial patrons. 
C)  showed its native creativity in architecture. 
D)  was always important to the colonists. 
E)  for a long time rejected any European influence. 
A)  involved heavy investment in art. 
B)  was generally undistinguished and unsupported by colonial patrons. 
C)  showed its native creativity in architecture. 
D)  was always important to the colonists. 
E)  for a long time rejected any European influence.

Exam 5: Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution

With regard to governmental authority, the Scots-Irish colonists

The religious doctrine of the Arminians held that

Identify and state the historical significance of Poor Richard's Almanack.

Benjamin Franklin

In North Carolina, spearheaded by the Scots-Irish, a small insurrection against eastern domination of the colony's affair was known as

In contrast to the 17th century, by 1775, colonial Americans

In colonial elections

All of the following contributed to the lack of development of art and artists in early colonial America EXCEPT

The time-honored English ideal, which Americans accepted for some time, regarded education as all of the following except

The riches created by the growing slave population in the American South

What were the short-term and long-term consequences of the American colonists seeking foreign markets for their exports?

The Scots-Irish can best be described as

An armed march in Philadelphia in 1764 by Scots-Irish colonial immigrants, protesting the Quaker oligarchy's lenient policy toward the Indians was known as

The average age of the American colonists in 1775 was

The first American college free from denominational control was

Identify and state the historical significance of Benjamin Franklin.

Identify and state the historical significance of John Singleton Copley.

Identify the statement that is false.

Did differences in wealth and status in the colonies increase or diminish from 1700 to 1750? Explain.

Art and culture in colonial America

New World Beginnings

The Contest for North America

Settling the English Colonies

American Life in the Seventeenth Century

The Road to Revolution

America Secedes From the Empire

The Confederation and the Constitution

Launching the New Ship of State

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism

The Rise of a Mass Democracy

Forging the National Economy

The Ferment of Reform and Culture

The South and the Slavery Controversy

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy

Renewing the Sectional Struggle

Drifting Toward Disunion

Girding for War the North and the South

The Furnace of Civil War

The Ordeal of Reconstruction

The Industrial Era Dawns

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age

America Moves to the City

The Conquest of the West

Rumbles of Discontent

Empire and Expansion

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt

Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War

American Life in the Roaring Twenties

The Great Depression and the New Deal

Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War

America in World War II

The Cold War Begins

American Zenith

The Stormy Sixties

A Sea of Troubles

The Resurgence of Conservatism

America Confronts the Post Cold War Era

The American People Face a New Century

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