Question 1

The New England economy depended heavily on

Accepted Answer

A) slave labor. 
B) the production of many staple crops. 
C) fishing, shipbuilding, and commerce. 
D) tobacco. 
E) rice production. 
A) slave labor. 
B) the production of many staple crops. 
C) fishing, shipbuilding, and commerce. 
D) tobacco. 
E) rice production.

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Leisler's Rebellion

Accepted Answer

Leisler's Rebellion was a brief uprising

Question 3

The Salem witch persecutions in 1693 were characterized by all of the following except

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A) they followed larger-scale witchcraft persecutions that occurring in Europe. 
B) they were a unique phenomenon, not repeated in any other locale in the colonies. 
C) they were ultimately opposed by the more responsible members of the New England clergy. 
D) they reflected the widening social stratification of New England. 
E) they were unconnected to fears of many religious traditionalists that Puritan heritage was being eclipsed by Yankee commercialism. 
A) they followed larger-scale witchcraft persecutions that occurring in Europe. 
B) they were a unique phenomenon, not repeated in any other locale in the colonies. 
C) they were ultimately opposed by the more responsible members of the New England clergy. 
D) they reflected the widening social stratification of New England. 
E) they were unconnected to fears of many religious traditionalists that Puritan heritage was being eclipsed by Yankee commercialism.

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Assess the validity of the following statement, "democracy in church government led logically to democracy in political government."

Accepted Answer

The validity of the statement "democracy

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-indentured servitude

Accepted Answer

Indentured servitude was a labor system

Question 6

When new towns were established in New England, all of the following were true except

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A) a land grant was given by the legislature. 
B) a meeting house was built. 
C) a village green was laid out. 
D) schools were required in towns of more than fifty families. 
E) families did not automatically receive land. 
A) a land grant was given by the legislature. 
B) a meeting house was built. 
C) a village green was laid out. 
D) schools were required in towns of more than fifty families. 
E) families did not automatically receive land.

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-conversions

Accepted Answer

The term "conversions" in a historical c

Question 8

____ reaped the greatest benefit from the land policies of the headright system.

Accepted Answer

A) Indentured servants 
B) African slaves 
C) Merchant planters 
D) New England colonists 
E) Slave owners 
A) Indentured servants 
B) African slaves 
C) Merchant planters 
D) New England colonists 
E) Slave owners

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-To what extent is the following statement, by Thomas Jefferson, true; "the town meeting was the best school of political liberty the world ever saw."

Accepted Answer

The statement by Thomas Jefferson that "

Question 10

For their labor in the colonies, indentured servants received all of the following except

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A) passage to America. 
B) a suit of clothes. 
C) a few barrels of corn. 
D) a headright. 
E) at times, a small parcel of land. 
A) passage to America. 
B) a suit of clothes. 
C) a few barrels of corn. 
D) a headright. 
E) at times, a small parcel of land.

Question 11

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 12

As the seventeenth century wore on, regional differences continued to crystallize, most notably

Accepted Answer

A) the use of indentured servants. 
B) loyalty to England. 
C) the continuing rigidity of Puritanism. 
D) the breaking of the Atlanta economy. 
E) the importance of slave labor in the South. 
A) the use of indentured servants. 
B) loyalty to England. 
C) the continuing rigidity of Puritanism. 
D) the breaking of the Atlanta economy. 
E) the importance of slave labor in the South.

Question 13

Many of the slaves who reached North America

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A) came from eastern Africa. 
B) were originally captured by African coastal tribes. 
C) were captured in southern Africa. 
D) eventually gained their freedom. 
E) settled in the middle colonies. 
A) came from eastern Africa. 
B) were originally captured by African coastal tribes. 
C) were captured in southern Africa. 
D) eventually gained their freedom. 
E) settled in the middle colonies.

Question 14

English yeomen who agreed to exchange their labor temporarily in return for payment of their passage to an American colony were called

Accepted Answer

A) headrights. 
B) burgesses. 
C) indentured servants. 
D) slaves. 
E) birds of passage. 
A) headrights. 
B) burgesses. 
C) indentured servants. 
D) slaves. 
E) birds of passage.

Question 15

The work and family schedules of the overwhelming majority of early American colonists were set by

Accepted Answer

A) they cycles of the season and the sun. 
B) the demands of commercial merchant employers 
C) the distinctive laws of each American colony. 
D) the mothers and wives of American colonial fathers and husbands. 
E) none of the these choices. 
A) they cycles of the season and the sun. 
B) the demands of commercial merchant employers 
C) the distinctive laws of each American colony. 
D) the mothers and wives of American colonial fathers and husbands. 
E) none of the these choices.

Question 16

By the end of the seventeenth 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 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Explain the following statement, "the story of New England was largely written by rocks."

Accepted Answer

The statement "the story of New England

Question 18

The Puritan system of Congregational Church government logically led to

Accepted Answer

A) an authoritarian political government. 
B) the early establishment of religious toleration. 
C) democracy in political government. 
D) the end of town meetings. 
E) complete equality between men and women. 
A) an authoritarian political government. 
B) the early establishment of religious toleration. 
C) democracy in political government. 
D) the end of town meetings. 
E) complete equality between men and women.

Question 19

The Half-Way Covenant

Accepted Answer

A) allowed full communion for all nonconverted members. 
B) strengthened the distinction between the elect and all others. 
C) brought an end to the jeremiads of Puritan ministers. 
D) resulted in a decrease in church members. 
E) allowed the children of unconverted existing members to be baptized but not full members of the church. 
A) allowed full communion for all nonconverted members. 
B) strengthened the distinction between the elect and all others. 
C) brought an end to the jeremiads of Puritan ministers. 
D) resulted in a decrease in church members. 
E) allowed the children of unconverted existing members to be baptized but not full members of the church.

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Bacon's Rebellion

Accepted Answer

Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion

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

The New England economy depended heavily on

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Leisler's Rebellion

The Salem witch persecutions in 1693 were characterized by all of the following except

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Assess the validity of the following statement, "democracy in church government led logically to democracy in political government."

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -indentured servitude

When new towns were established in New England, all of the following were true except

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -conversions

____ reaped the greatest benefit from the land policies of the headright system.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -To what extent is the following statement, by Thomas Jefferson, true; "the town meeting was the best school of political liberty the world ever saw."

For their labor in the colonies, indentured servants received all of the following except

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

As the seventeenth century wore on, regional differences continued to crystallize, most notably

Many of the slaves who reached North America

English yeomen who agreed to exchange their labor temporarily in return for payment of their passage to an American colony were called

The work and family schedules of the overwhelming majority of early American colonists were set by

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Explain the following statement, "the story of New England was largely written by rocks."

The Puritan system of Congregational Church government logically led to

The Half-Way Covenant

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Bacon's Rebellion

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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