Question 1

In contrast to the Chesapeake colonies, those in New England

Accepted Answer

A)  had a more diversified economy. 
B)  expanded westward in a less orderly fashion. 
C)  had a more ethnically mixed population. 
D)  were more oriented toward the individual than toward community interests. 
E)  followed the land use pattern established by the local Indians. 
A)  had a more diversified economy. 
B)  expanded westward in a less orderly fashion. 
C)  had a more ethnically mixed population. 
D)  were more oriented toward the individual than toward community interests. 
E)  followed the land use pattern established by the local Indians.

Question 2

By the end of the 17th century, indentured servants who gained their freedom

Accepted Answer

A)  often gained great wealth as more land opened for settlement. 
B)  rarely returned to work for their masters. 
C)  almost always found high-paying jobs in the cities. 
D)  had little choice but to hire themselves out for low wages to their former masters. 
E)  often returned to England penniless and broke. 
A)  often gained great wealth as more land opened for settlement. 
B)  rarely returned to work for their masters. 
C)  almost always found high-paying jobs in the cities. 
D)  had little choice but to hire themselves out for low wages to their former masters. 
E)  often returned to England penniless and broke.

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of Bacon's Rebellion.

Accepted Answer

A rebellion by Virginia plante

Question 4

The great majority of Africans who left Africa as captured slaves

Accepted Answer

A)  were taken to South American and Caribbean colonies. 
B)  came to English America before 1700. 
C)  died aboard slave ships before they ever reached America. 
D)  came from the west coast of Africa. 
E)  came from the east coast of Africa. 
A)  were taken to South American and Caribbean colonies. 
B)  came to English America before 1700. 
C)  died aboard slave ships before they ever reached America. 
D)  came from the west coast of Africa. 
E)  came from the east coast of Africa.

Question 5

All of the following were consequences of the Half-Way Covenant EXCEPT

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A)  it weakened the distinction between the elect and others. 
B)  it maintained the original formula for church membership. 
C)  it conferred partial membership rights in the once-exclusive congregations. 
D)  it increased the numbers of church members. 
E)  women became the majority in the Puritan congregations. 
A)  it weakened the distinction between the elect and others. 
B)  it maintained the original formula for church membership. 
C)  it conferred partial membership rights in the once-exclusive congregations. 
D)  it increased the numbers of church members. 
E)  women became the majority in the Puritan congregations.

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of jeremiads.

Accepted Answer

A form of sermon that became p

Question 7

Which of these is NOT a true statement about life expectancy for the earliest Chesapeake settlers?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was 10 years shorter for these Chesapeake colonists than it had been in England. 
B)  Many of the early male settlers died soon after arriving in the Chesapeake. 
C)  Half of those born in early Virginia and Maryland did not live past age 20. 
D)  The population grew rapidly due to new male immigrants. 
E)  Half of the male settlers made it to age 50; half the female settlers to age 40. 
A)  It was 10 years shorter for these Chesapeake colonists than it had been in England. 
B)  Many of the early male settlers died soon after arriving in the Chesapeake. 
C)  Half of those born in early Virginia and Maryland did not live past age 20. 
D)  The population grew rapidly due to new male immigrants. 
E)  Half of the male settlers made it to age 50; half the female settlers to age 40.

Exam 4: American Life in the Seventeenth Century

In contrast to the Chesapeake colonies, those in New England

By the end of the 17th century, indentured servants who gained their freedom

Identify and state the historical significance of Bacon's Rebellion.

The great majority of Africans who left Africa as captured slaves

All of the following were consequences of the Half-Way Covenant EXCEPT

Identify and state the historical significance of jeremiads.

Which of these is NOT a true statement about life expectancy for the earliest Chesapeake settlers?

New World Beginnings

The Contest for North America

Settling the English Colonies

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution

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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