Question 1

What proportion of white Virginia families owned at least one slave in 1770?

Accepted Answer

A)  nearly 10 percent 
B)  nearly 50 percent 
C)  nearly 75 percent 
D)  nearly 1 percent 
E)  nearly 90 percent 
A)  nearly 10 percent 
B)  nearly 50 percent 
C)  nearly 75 percent 
D)  nearly 1 percent 
E)  nearly 90 percent

Question 2

The French in North America

Accepted Answer

A)  had a rapidly expanding empire due to France's widespread encouragement of migration. 
B)  refused to compete with the British due to strong alliances. 
C)  won control of the Ohio Valley in the Seven Years' War. 
D)  were greatly outnumbered by the British on the continent. 
E)  were notorious for their poor relations with Native Americans. 
A)  had a rapidly expanding empire due to France's widespread encouragement of migration. 
B)  refused to compete with the British due to strong alliances. 
C)  won control of the Ohio Valley in the Seven Years' War. 
D)  were greatly outnumbered by the British on the continent. 
E)  were notorious for their poor relations with Native Americans.

Question 3

Who would be most likely to hold the position of legislator in South Carolina in 1750?

Accepted Answer

A)  a tailor 
B)  a planter 
C)  a carpenter 
D)  a minister 
E)  a yeoman farmer 
A)  a tailor 
B)  a planter 
C)  a carpenter 
D)  a minister 
E)  a yeoman farmer

Question 4

In the eighteenth-century Chesapeake, race took on greater importance over time, and whites increasingly considered free blacks dangerous and undesirable.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Why did the English government support the establishment of the Georgia colony?

Accepted Answer

A)  It wanted to ban slavery. 
B)  The English feared a French invasion of the South. 
C)  The English wanted a buffer between South Carolina and Spain's Florida. 
D)  It wanted a colony to grow rice. 
E)  It wanted another colony that would focus on tobacco as a cash crop. 
A)  It wanted to ban slavery. 
B)  The English feared a French invasion of the South. 
C)  The English wanted a buffer between South Carolina and Spain's Florida. 
D)  It wanted a colony to grow rice. 
E)  It wanted another colony that would focus on tobacco as a cash crop.

Question 6

What led to slavery decreasing in Philadelphia after 1750?

Accepted Answer

A)  Quakers pushed to outlaw slavery. 
B)  There were no cash crops in Philadelphia. 
C)  Many slaves escaped to New England. 
D)  A smallpox epidemic killed thousands of slaves. 
E)  Artisans and merchants turned more to wage laborers. 
A)  Quakers pushed to outlaw slavery. 
B)  There were no cash crops in Philadelphia. 
C)  Many slaves escaped to New England. 
D)  A smallpox epidemic killed thousands of slaves. 
E)  Artisans and merchants turned more to wage laborers.

Question 7

Africans had experience cultivating rice in Africa and helped the English settlers grow it in the South.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The English finally succeeded in defeating the French in the Seven Years' War thanks to the leadership of

Accepted Answer

A)  George Washington. 
B)  Edward Braddock. 
C)  Robert Carter. 
D)  John Locke. 
E)  William Pitt. 
A)  George Washington. 
B)  Edward Braddock. 
C)  Robert Carter. 
D)  John Locke. 
E)  William Pitt.

Question 9

Tobacco plantations in the Chesapeake region

Accepted Answer

A)  were so profitable that by the mid-eighteenth century their owners became the wealthiest people in British North America. 
B)  did not have any slaves on small farms. 
C)  helped make the Chesapeake colonies models of mercantilism. 
D)  were far less successful than tobacco plantations that developed in the lower southern colonies. 
E)  were known throughout the world as models of how slaves should be treated. 
A)  were so profitable that by the mid-eighteenth century their owners became the wealthiest people in British North America. 
B)  did not have any slaves on small farms. 
C)  helped make the Chesapeake colonies models of mercantilism. 
D)  were far less successful than tobacco plantations that developed in the lower southern colonies. 
E)  were known throughout the world as models of how slaves should be treated.

Question 10

In the early eighteenth century, only one-quarter of the northern urban elite owned at least one slave.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Which statement is true about slavery in the Chesapeake region?

Accepted Answer

A)  As slavery expanded, wealth among the white population became more equally distributed. 
B)  Race became an increasingly important social division. 
C)  Most enslaved men worked in skilled crafts. 
D)  Most enslaved women worked in households doing domestic work. 
E)  Enslaved people in the Chesapeake mainly did field work on rice plantations. 
A)  As slavery expanded, wealth among the white population became more equally distributed. 
B)  Race became an increasingly important social division. 
C)  Most enslaved men worked in skilled crafts. 
D)  Most enslaved women worked in households doing domestic work. 
E)  Enslaved people in the Chesapeake mainly did field work on rice plantations.

Question 12

John Locke believed that slaves could not be considered part of civil society.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

What proportion of white Virginia families owned at least one slave in 1770?

The French in North America

Who would be most likely to hold the position of legislator in South Carolina in 1750?

In the eighteenth-century Chesapeake, race took on greater importance over time, and whites increasingly considered free blacks dangerous and undesirable.

Why did the English government support the establishment of the Georgia colony?

What led to slavery decreasing in Philadelphia after 1750?

Africans had experience cultivating rice in Africa and helped the English settlers grow it in the South.

The English finally succeeded in defeating the French in the Seven Years' War thanks to the leadership of

Tobacco plantations in the Chesapeake region

In the early eighteenth century, only one-quarter of the northern urban elite owned at least one slave.

Which statement is true about slavery in the Chesapeake region?

John Locke believed that slaves could not be considered part of civil society.

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Exam 4: Slavery, Freedom, and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

What proportion of white Virginia families owned at least one slave in 1770?

The French in North America

Who would be most likely to hold the position of legislator in South Carolina in 1750?

In the eighteenth-century Chesapeake, race took on greater importance over time, and whites increasingly considered free blacks dangerous and undesirable.

Why did the English government support the establishment of the Georgia colony?

What led to slavery decreasing in Philadelphia after 1750?

Africans had experience cultivating rice in Africa and helped the English settlers grow it in the South.

The English finally succeeded in defeating the French in the Seven Years' War thanks to the leadership of

Tobacco plantations in the Chesapeake region

In the early eighteenth century, only one-quarter of the northern urban elite owned at least one slave.

Which statement is true about slavery in the Chesapeake region?

John Locke believed that slaves could not be considered part of civil society.

A New World

Beginnings of English America, 1607-1660

Creating Anglo-America, 1660-1750

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

A Divided Nation

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