Question 1

The British were surrounded and General Burgoyne's entire force of over six thousand men surrendered in the Battle of

Accepted Answer

A)  Bunker Hill. 
B)  Princeton. 
C)  Saratoga. 
D)  Trenton. 
A)  Bunker Hill. 
B)  Princeton. 
C)  Saratoga. 
D)  Trenton.

Question 2

Which of these statements espouses the values of Thomas Paine?

Accepted Answer

A)  The people of a nation are best served by a system of government that balances monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy. 
B)  As individuals pursue their self-interest, they will improve not only themselves but the entire republic as well. 
C)  A republic should be governed by men who have risen to positions of power because of talent and ability. 
D)  The upper classes cannot speak for the ordinary people in society; therefore, the ordinary people should be allowed to participate in the political process. 
A)  The people of a nation are best served by a system of government that balances monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy. 
B)  As individuals pursue their self-interest, they will improve not only themselves but the entire republic as well. 
C)  A republic should be governed by men who have risen to positions of power because of talent and ability. 
D)  The upper classes cannot speak for the ordinary people in society; therefore, the ordinary people should be allowed to participate in the political process.

Question 3

After taking command of the southern campaign for the Americans, Nathanael Greene

Accepted Answer

A)  instructed his troops to follow a scorched-earth policy. 
B)  systematically seized the property of loyalists throughout the South. 
C)  adopted a conciliatory policy toward loyalists and neutrals throughout the South. 
D)  destabilized civilian governments throughout the area. 
A)  instructed his troops to follow a scorched-earth policy. 
B)  systematically seized the property of loyalists throughout the South. 
C)  adopted a conciliatory policy toward loyalists and neutrals throughout the South. 
D)  destabilized civilian governments throughout the area.

The British were surrounded and General Burgoyne's entire force of over six thousand men surrendered in the Battle of

Which of these statements espouses the values of Thomas Paine?

After taking command of the southern campaign for the Americans, Nathanael Greene

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Exam 6: American Revolutions, 1775-1783

The British were surrounded and General Burgoyne's entire force of over six thousand men surrendered in the Battle of

Which of these statements espouses the values of Thomas Paine?

After taking command of the southern campaign for the Americans, Nathanael Greene

Three Old Worlds Create a New, 1492-1600

Europeans Colonize North America, 1600-1650

North America in the Atlantic World, 1650-1720

Becoming America, 1720-1760

The Ends of Empire, 1754-1774

Forging a Nation, 1783-1800

Defining the Nation, 1801-1823

The Rise of the South, 1815-1860

The Restless North, 1815-1860

The Contested West, 1815-1860

Politics and the Fate of the Union, 1824-1859

Transforming Fire: The Civil War, 1860-1865

Reconstruction: an Unfinished Revolution, 1865-1877

The Ecology of the West and South, 1865-1900

Building Factories, Building Cities, 1877-1900

Gilded Age Politics, 1877-1900

The Progressive ERA, 1895-1920

The Quest for Empire, 1865-1914

Americans in the Great War, 1914-1920

The New ERA, 1920-1929

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

The Second World War at Home and Abroad, 1939-1945

The Cold War and American Globalism, 1945-1961

America at Midcentury, 1945-1960

The Tumultuous Sixties, 1960-1968

A Pivotal ERA, 1969-1980

Conservatism Revived, 1980-1992

Into the Global Millennium: America Since 1992

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