Question 1

Why did the English make use of the argument that Catholic Spain was uniquely murderous and tyrannical?

Accepted Answer

A)  to justify their efforts to overthrow the Spanish monarchy 
B)  to disparage the practices of Puritans and other separatists 
C)  to present their own imperial endeavors as being in support of the cause of freedom 
D)  to present the Catholics living in Ireland as more civilized by comparison 
E)  to prevent the English underclass from fleeing to the New World 
A)  to justify their efforts to overthrow the Spanish monarchy 
B)  to disparage the practices of Puritans and other separatists 
C)  to present their own imperial endeavors as being in support of the cause of freedom 
D)  to present the Catholics living in Ireland as more civilized by comparison 
E)  to prevent the English underclass from fleeing to the New World

Question 2

Who provided funding for the first permanent English settlement in what would become the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  the English government 
B)  the Anglican church 
C)  a private business organization 
D)  a wealthy individual 
E)  the settlers themselves 
A)  the English government 
B)  the Anglican church 
C)  a private business organization 
D)  a wealthy individual 
E)  the settlers themselves

Question 3

In the 1640s, leaders of the House of Commons

Accepted Answer

A)  accused the king of imposing taxes without parliamentary consent. 
B)  supported efforts to move England back to Catholicism. 
C)  aided Charles I in overthrowing his father, James I. 
D)  opposed Oliver Cromwell's "Commonwealth" government. 
E)  refused to allow new colonists to emigrate to America. 
A)  accused the king of imposing taxes without parliamentary consent. 
B)  supported efforts to move England back to Catholicism. 
C)  aided Charles I in overthrowing his father, James I. 
D)  opposed Oliver Cromwell's "Commonwealth" government. 
E)  refused to allow new colonists to emigrate to America.

Question 4

Maryland was similar to Virginia in that

Accepted Answer

A)  both started out as proprietary colonies. 
B)  tobacco proved crucial to its economy and society. 
C)  John Smith had to take over the colony and organize its settlers to work. 
D)  both offered settlers total religious freedom. 
E)  the king approved the creation of each colony only because of pressure from Parliament. 
A)  both started out as proprietary colonies. 
B)  tobacco proved crucial to its economy and society. 
C)  John Smith had to take over the colony and organize its settlers to work. 
D)  both offered settlers total religious freedom. 
E)  the king approved the creation of each colony only because of pressure from Parliament.

Question 5

Religious dissension in England during the first half of the seventeenth century resulted in

Accepted Answer

A)  a civil war. 
B)  war with Spain. 
C)  a papal visit to London. 
D)  England not focusing on the monarchy. 
E)  Henry VIII restoring Catholicism. 
A)  a civil war. 
B)  war with Spain. 
C)  a papal visit to London. 
D)  England not focusing on the monarchy. 
E)  Henry VIII restoring Catholicism.

Question 6

In England, the idea of working for wages

Accepted Answer

A)  was a completely foreign concept. 
B)  was associated with servility and the loss of liberty. 
C)  was romanticized in ballads and tales. 
D)  was predominantly seen as preferable to controlling one's own labor. 
E)  grew exceedingly popular among the poor during the sixteenth century. 
A)  was a completely foreign concept. 
B)  was associated with servility and the loss of liberty. 
C)  was romanticized in ballads and tales. 
D)  was predominantly seen as preferable to controlling one's own labor. 
E)  grew exceedingly popular among the poor during the sixteenth century.

Question 7

Indentured servants

Accepted Answer

A)  made up only a small minority of seventeenth-century English emigrants. 
B)  could be bought and sold, were subject to physical punishment, and often died before they finished their terms of service. 
C)  all acquired land and achieved economic independence at the end of their terms of service. 
D)  were famously diligent, with stellar work ethics. 
E)  usually emigrated as married couples. 
A)  made up only a small minority of seventeenth-century English emigrants. 
B)  could be bought and sold, were subject to physical punishment, and often died before they finished their terms of service. 
C)  all acquired land and achieved economic independence at the end of their terms of service. 
D)  were famously diligent, with stellar work ethics. 
E)  usually emigrated as married couples.

Question 8

Which of the following statements exemplifies how "freedom and lack of freedom" characterized seventeenth-century America?

Accepted Answer

A)  The settlers' success involved depriving Native Americans of their land and enslaving large numbers of Africans. 
B)  The New England Puritans gained economic freedom but lost any sort of religious freedom in the New World. 
C)  The northern colonists' success depended on depriving the southern colonists of all agricultural success. 
D)  Catholics became the immigrant group with the most freedom-at the expense of Protestants, who lost their freedom. 
E)  In Virginia, indentured servants took more and more of the wealthy landowners' land, leaving them impoverished. 
A)  The settlers' success involved depriving Native Americans of their land and enslaving large numbers of Africans. 
B)  The New England Puritans gained economic freedom but lost any sort of religious freedom in the New World. 
C)  The northern colonists' success depended on depriving the southern colonists of all agricultural success. 
D)  Catholics became the immigrant group with the most freedom-at the expense of Protestants, who lost their freedom. 
E)  In Virginia, indentured servants took more and more of the wealthy landowners' land, leaving them impoverished.

Question 9

To Puritans, liberty meant

Accepted Answer

A)  that wives had equal authority with husbands in the family. 
B)  that all people had a right to challenge religious or political authority. 
C)  that all people must be free to practice their religious beliefs. 
D)  that the "elect" (as opposed to the "damned") had a right to establish churches and govern society. 
E)  "natural liberty," or acting without restraint. 
A)  that wives had equal authority with husbands in the family. 
B)  that all people had a right to challenge religious or political authority. 
C)  that all people must be free to practice their religious beliefs. 
D)  that the "elect" (as opposed to the "damned") had a right to establish churches and govern society. 
E)  "natural liberty," or acting without restraint.

Question 10

During the seventeenth century, indentured servants

Accepted Answer

A)  made up less than one-third of English settlers in America. 
B)  had to surrender their freedom for a minimum of ten years to come to the colonies. 
C)  had a great deal of trouble acquiring land. 
D)  had to pay half of the fare to get them to the New World. 
E)  were almost entirely Irish. 
A)  made up less than one-third of English settlers in America. 
B)  had to surrender their freedom for a minimum of ten years to come to the colonies. 
C)  had a great deal of trouble acquiring land. 
D)  had to pay half of the fare to get them to the New World. 
E)  were almost entirely Irish.

Question 11

Most seventeenth-century migrants to North America from England

Accepted Answer

A)  arrived with other members of their families. 
B)  were single, middle-class men. 
C)  were single, lower-class men. 
D)  had been released from debtors' prisons. 
E)  sought to escape the Black Death then ravaging England. 
A)  arrived with other members of their families. 
B)  were single, middle-class men. 
C)  were single, lower-class men. 
D)  had been released from debtors' prisons. 
E)  sought to escape the Black Death then ravaging England.

Question 12

What was Puritan leader and Massachusetts Bay governor John Winthrop's attitude toward liberty?

Accepted Answer

A)  He saw two kinds of liberty: natural liberty, the ability to do evil, and moral liberty, the ability to do good. 
B)  He saw two kinds of liberty: negative liberty, the restricting of freedoms for the sake of others, and positive liberty, the ensuring of rights through a constitution. 
C)  He believed that individual rights took precedence over the rights of the community. 
D)  He believed in a dictatorship, with only himself in charge of the Puritan community. 
E)  He believed "liberty" had a religious but not a political meaning. 
A)  He saw two kinds of liberty: natural liberty, the ability to do evil, and moral liberty, the ability to do good. 
B)  He saw two kinds of liberty: negative liberty, the restricting of freedoms for the sake of others, and positive liberty, the ensuring of rights through a constitution. 
C)  He believed that individual rights took precedence over the rights of the community. 
D)  He believed in a dictatorship, with only himself in charge of the Puritan community. 
E)  He believed "liberty" had a religious but not a political meaning.

Question 13

In contrast to the Chesapeake region, the population in New England

Accepted Answer

A)  did not stress family-based activities. 
B)  focused on rice and tobacco. 
C)  grew rapidly because of healthier surroundings. 
D)  included even fewer women. 
E)  was not as deeply religious. 
A)  did not stress family-based activities. 
B)  focused on rice and tobacco. 
C)  grew rapidly because of healthier surroundings. 
D)  included even fewer women. 
E)  was not as deeply religious.

Question 14

Of the English women who came to Virginia in the seventeenth century,

Accepted Answer

A)  a majority arrived as wives of merchants and English gentlemen. 
B)  a majority were indentured servants who labored in the tobacco fields, often facing early death and sexual abuse by masters. 
C)  most married very young, during their term of indentured service. 
D)  most remained single because women outnumbered male settlers ten to one. 
E)  most encountered social conditions that strengthened the traditional authority of husbands and fathers. 
A)  a majority arrived as wives of merchants and English gentlemen. 
B)  a majority were indentured servants who labored in the tobacco fields, often facing early death and sexual abuse by masters. 
C)  most married very young, during their term of indentured service. 
D)  most remained single because women outnumbered male settlers ten to one. 
E)  most encountered social conditions that strengthened the traditional authority of husbands and fathers.

Question 15

Indians mostly traded furs and animal skins for European goods.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which of the following is true of the Puritans' dealings with Quakers?

Accepted Answer

A)  Their officials in Massachusetts severely punished Quakers, even hanging several of them. 
B)  They welcomed the Quakers and thus were happy to help them set up the Pennsylvania colony. 
C)  They fought Charles II's efforts to oppress and suppress Quakers. 
D)  They passed a law ordering all Quakers to leave Massachusetts or face imminent death. 
E)  They resented the Quakers for their shrewd business practices. 
A)  Their officials in Massachusetts severely punished Quakers, even hanging several of them. 
B)  They welcomed the Quakers and thus were happy to help them set up the Pennsylvania colony. 
C)  They fought Charles II's efforts to oppress and suppress Quakers. 
D)  They passed a law ordering all Quakers to leave Massachusetts or face imminent death. 
E)  They resented the Quakers for their shrewd business practices.

Question 17

What was the context in which groups such as the Levellers and Diggers arose?

Accepted Answer

A)  religious changes brought about by Henry VIII breaking with the Catholic Church 
B)  political unrest to the point of a civil war 
C)  economic prosperity spurred by immense colonial wealth 
D)  economic stability created by the enclosure movement 
E)  cultural changes resulting from a great influx of immigrants from Ireland 
A)  religious changes brought about by Henry VIII breaking with the Catholic Church 
B)  political unrest to the point of a civil war 
C)  economic prosperity spurred by immense colonial wealth 
D)  economic stability created by the enclosure movement 
E)  cultural changes resulting from a great influx of immigrants from Ireland

Question 18

To the Puritan leaders, Indians were savages and immoral.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Believing that tobacco was harmful to one's health, King James I warned against its use.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The Pilgrims intended to set sail for Cape Cod in 1620.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 2: Beginnings of English America, 1607-1660

Why did the English make use of the argument that Catholic Spain was uniquely murderous and tyrannical?

Who provided funding for the first permanent English settlement in what would become the United States?

In the 1640s, leaders of the House of Commons

Maryland was similar to Virginia in that

Religious dissension in England during the first half of the seventeenth century resulted in

In England, the idea of working for wages

Indentured servants

Which of the following statements exemplifies how "freedom and lack of freedom" characterized seventeenth-century America?

To Puritans, liberty meant

During the seventeenth century, indentured servants

Most seventeenth-century migrants to North America from England

What was Puritan leader and Massachusetts Bay governor John Winthrop's attitude toward liberty?

In contrast to the Chesapeake region, the population in New England

Of the English women who came to Virginia in the seventeenth century,

Indians mostly traded furs and animal skins for European goods.

Which of the following is true of the Puritans' dealings with Quakers?

What was the context in which groups such as the Levellers and Diggers arose?

To the Puritan leaders, Indians were savages and immoral.

Believing that tobacco was harmful to one's health, King James I warned against its use.

The Pilgrims intended to set sail for Cape Cod in 1620.

A New World

Creating Anglo-America, 1660-1750

Slavery, Freedom, and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

The American Revolution, 1763-1783

The Revolution Within

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

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