Question 1

Bacon's Rebellion was supported mainly by

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A) young men frustrated by their inability to acquire land and find women to marry. 
B) the planter class of Virginia. 
C) those protesting the increased importation of African slaves. 
D) people from Jamestown only. 
E) the local Indians. 
A) young men frustrated by their inability to acquire land and find women to marry. 
B) the planter class of Virginia. 
C) those protesting the increased importation of African slaves. 
D) people from Jamestown only. 
E) the local Indians. A

Question 2

In seventeenth-century colonial America, all of the following are true regarding women except

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A) women could not own property under any circumstances. 
B) women could not vote. 
C) women were regarded as morally weaker than men. 
D) women dominated the profession of midwives. 
E) abusive husbands could be punished. 
A) women could not own property under any circumstances. 
B) women could not vote. 
C) women were regarded as morally weaker than men. 
D) women dominated the profession of midwives. 
E) abusive husbands could be punished. A

Question 3

All of the following are reasons for increased reliance on slave labor, after 1680, in colonial America except

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A) higher wages in England reduced the number of emigrating servants. 
B) planters feared the growing number of landless freemen in the colonies. 
C) the British Royal African company lost its monopoly on the slave trade in colonial America. 
D) Americans rushed to cash in on the slave trade. 
E) the development of wheat as a staple crop in the British colonies. 
A) higher wages in England reduced the number of emigrating servants. 
B) planters feared the growing number of landless freemen in the colonies. 
C) the British Royal African company lost its monopoly on the slave trade in colonial America. 
D) Americans rushed to cash in on the slave trade. 
E) the development of wheat as a staple crop in the British colonies. E

Question 4

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-The great majority of Africans who left Africa as captured slaves

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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

The late-seventeenth-century rebellion in New York was headed by ____, whereas that in Maryland was led by ____.

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A) Nathaniel Bacon, Catholics 
B) William Berkeley, slaves 
C) Puritans, Indians 
D) Jacob Leisler, Protestants 
E) the Dutch, Catholics 
A) Nathaniel Bacon, Catholics 
B) William Berkeley, slaves 
C) Puritans, Indians 
D) Jacob Leisler, Protestants 
E) the Dutch, Catholics

Question 6

The headright system, which made some people very wealthy, consisted of

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A) using Indians as forced labor. 
B) giving land to indentured servants to get them to come to the New World. 
C) giving the right to acquire fifty acres of land to the person paying the passage of a laborer to America. 
D) discouraging the importation of indentured servants to America. 
E) giving a father's wealth to the oldest son. 
A) using Indians as forced labor. 
B) giving land to indentured servants to get them to come to the New World. 
C) giving the right to acquire fifty acres of land to the person paying the passage of a laborer to America. 
D) discouraging the importation of indentured servants to America. 
E) giving a father's wealth to the oldest son.

Question 7

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions.
-Which of the following reflected the lessening hold of Puritan piety on later generations of New Englanders?

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A) The geographical dispersion of New England's population 
B) The Congregational church's reliance on the Half-Way Covenant to bolster church membership 
C) The erosion of the distinction between the elect and other members of society 
D) The declining participation of women in Puritan congregations 
E) The witchcraft trials 
A) The geographical dispersion of New England's population 
B) The Congregational church's reliance on the Half-Way Covenant to bolster church membership 
C) The erosion of the distinction between the elect and other members of society 
D) The declining participation of women in Puritan congregations 
E) The witchcraft trials

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-family stability

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Family stability is a concept that refer

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Assess the validity of the following statement, "slavery might have begun in America for economic reasons, but by the end of the seventeenth century, it was clear that racial discrimination also powerfully molded the American slave system."

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The statement is valid in that slavery d

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Explain the complex social structure that developed in the South during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and its implications for the evolution of indentured servitude and slavery in the South.

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During the seventeenth and eighteenth ce

Question 11

During the Salem witchcraft trials, most of those accused as witches were

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A) property-owning women. 
B) from the ranks of poor families. 
C) primarily un-Christian. 
D) women in their late teen years. 
E) from subsistence farming families. 
A) property-owning women. 
B) from the ranks of poor families. 
C) primarily un-Christian. 
D) women in their late teen years. 
E) from subsistence farming families.

Question 12

The physical and social conditions of slavery were harshest in

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A) Maryland. 
B) Virginia. 
C) South Carolina. 
D) Massachusetts. 
E) Pennsylvania. 
A) Maryland. 
B) Virginia. 
C) South Carolina. 
D) Massachusetts. 
E) Pennsylvania.

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Half-Way Covenant

Accepted Answer

The Half-Way Covenant was a religious an

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Yankee ingenuity

Accepted Answer

Yankee ingenuity refers to an American s

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Write your definition of racism. Then use this definition to argue that the origin of slavery in colonial America was or was not primarily the result of white European racism.

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Racism is the belief that one race is su

Question 16

By 1700, the most populous colony in English America was

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A) Massachusetts. 
B) Virginia. 
C) New York. 
D) Pennsylvania. 
E) Maryland. 
A) Massachusetts. 
B) Virginia. 
C) New York. 
D) Pennsylvania. 
E) Maryland.

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Compare and contrast the status of women in the South with that in New England.

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In the South, women were generally expec

Question 18

The 1662 slave codes in Virginia are significant because they

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A) restricted the number of slaves that could be imported into the colony. 
B) established a legal difference between servants and slaves based on race. 
C) established curfews and prohibited slaves from moving freely about the colony. 
D) outlined the conditions under which slaves could obtain their freedom. 
E) made slaves and indentured servants of equal status under the law. 
A) restricted the number of slaves that could be imported into the colony. 
B) established a legal difference between servants and slaves based on race. 
C) established curfews and prohibited slaves from moving freely about the colony. 
D) outlined the conditions under which slaves could obtain their freedom. 
E) made slaves and indentured servants of equal status under the law.

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Nathaniel Bacon

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Nathaniel Bacon was a colonist of the Vi

Question 20

As slavery spread in the South

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A) social differences within society narrowed. 
B) the great plantation owners worked less. 
C) gaps in the social structure widened. 
D) planters tried to imitate the ways of English country gentlemen. 
E) it also increased dramatically in New England. 
A) social differences within society narrowed. 
B) the great plantation owners worked less. 
C) gaps in the social structure widened. 
D) planters tried to imitate the ways of English country gentlemen. 
E) it also increased dramatically in New England.

Exam 4: American Life in the Seventeenth Century, 1607-1692

Bacon's Rebellion was supported mainly by

In seventeenth-century colonial America, all of the following are true regarding women except

All of the following are reasons for increased reliance on slave labor, after 1680, in colonial America except

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -The great majority of Africans who left Africa as captured slaves

The late-seventeenth-century rebellion in New York was headed by ____, whereas that in Maryland was led by ____.

The headright system, which made some people very wealthy, consisted of

​Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -Which of the following reflected the lessening hold of Puritan piety on later generations of New Englanders?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -family stability

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Explain the complex social structure that developed in the South during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and its implications for the evolution of indentured servitude and slavery in the South.

During the Salem witchcraft trials, most of those accused as witches were

The physical and social conditions of slavery were harshest in

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Half-Way Covenant

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Yankee ingenuity

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Write your definition of racism. Then use this definition to argue that the origin of slavery in colonial America was or was not primarily the result of white European racism.

By 1700, the most populous colony in English America was

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Compare and contrast the status of women in the South with that in New England.

The 1662 slave codes in Virginia are significant because they

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Nathaniel Bacon

As slavery spread in the South

New World Beginnings, 33,000 Bce-1769 Ce

The Planting of English America, 1500-1733

Settling the Northern Colonies, 1619-1700

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution, 1700-1775

The Duel for North America, 1608-1763

The Road to Revolution, 1763-1775

America Secedes From the Empire, 1775-1783

The Confederation and the Constitution, 1776-1790

Launching the New Ship of State, 1789-1800

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic, 1800-1812

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism, 1812-1824

The Rise of a Mass Democracy, 1824-1840

Forging the National Economy, 1790-1860

The Ferment of Reform and Culture, 1790-1860

The South and the Slavery Controversy, 1793-1860

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy, 1841-1848

Renewing the Sectional Struggle, 1848-1854

Drifting Toward Disunion, 1854-1861

Girding for War: the North and the South, 1861-1865

The Furnace of Civil War, 1861-1865

The Ordeal of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age, 1869-1896

Industry Comes of Age, 1865-1900

America Moves to the City, 1865-1900

The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, 1865-1896

Empire and Expansion, 1890-1909

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901-1912

Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War, 1913-1920

American Life in the Roaring Twenties 1920-1929

The Politics of Boom and Bust 1920-1932

The Great Depression and the New Deal 1933-1939

Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War 1933-1941

America in World War Ii 1941-1945

The Cold War Begins 1945-1952

American Zenith 1952-1963

The Stormy Sixties 1963-1973

Challenges to the Postwar Order 1973-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era, 1992-2000

The American People Face a New Century, 2001-2014

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Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -The great majority of Africans who left Africa as captured slaves

The late-seventeenth-century rebellion in New York was headed by , whereas that in Maryland was led by .

Each of the following multiple choice questions has multiple correct responses. Select the correct responses for each of the following questions. -Which of the following reflected the lessening hold of Puritan piety on later generations of New Englanders?