Question 1

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Moravian Brethren

Accepted Answer

A) raised funds to assist American soldiers 
B) working for wages, or owning a farm or shop 
C) an offensive term for the rituals of the Catholic Church 
D) "School of political democracy" 
E) retained their allegiance to the crown
F)fighting for the American cause
G)Revolution undermined church authority among this group
H)responsible for raising the next generation of leaders
I)the right to vote
J)action slaves took for their immediate release
K)ability to sacrifice self-interest for the public good
L)settlement in Africa for freed slaves 
A) raised funds to assist American soldiers 
B) working for wages, or owning a farm or shop 
C) an offensive term for the rituals of the Catholic Church 
D) "School of political democracy" 
E) retained their allegiance to the crown
F)fighting for the American cause
G)Revolution undermined church authority among this group
H)responsible for raising the next generation of leaders
I)the right to vote
J)action slaves took for their immediate release
K)ability to sacrifice self-interest for the public good
L)settlement in Africa for freed slaves

Question 2

In a famous speech to Parliament,the British statesman Edmund Burke said what regarding a link between slavery and liberty for American colonists?

Accepted Answer

A)  He argued that the colonists were sensitive to threats to their liberties because they were so familiar with slavery. 
B)  He said the colonists were hypocrites for claiming to be pro-liberty while they themselves owned slaves. 
C)  He said John Locke's ideas about property rights meant colonists were justified in claiming that their liberty included slave ownership rights. 
D)  He praised liberty-loving Pennsylvanians for organizing the world's first antislavery society. 
E)  He stated that a threat to liberty anywhere is a threat to liberty everywhere, so American slavery threatened British freedom. 
A)  He argued that the colonists were sensitive to threats to their liberties because they were so familiar with slavery. 
B)  He said the colonists were hypocrites for claiming to be pro-liberty while they themselves owned slaves. 
C)  He said John Locke's ideas about property rights meant colonists were justified in claiming that their liberty included slave ownership rights. 
D)  He praised liberty-loving Pennsylvanians for organizing the world's first antislavery society. 
E)  He stated that a threat to liberty anywhere is a threat to liberty everywhere, so American slavery threatened British freedom.

Question 3

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Phillis Wheatley

Accepted Answer

A) black poet 
B) Pennsylvania radical 
C) Thoughts on Government author 
D) burned forty Indian towns 
E) America's first Roman Catholic bishop
F)director of congressional fiscal policy
G)The Selling of Joseph author
H)wrote of universal freedom, even for blacks
I)drafted Virginia's "Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom"
J)"Remember the ladies"
K)The Wealth of Nations author
L)Mohawk Indian 
A) black poet 
B) Pennsylvania radical 
C) Thoughts on Government author 
D) burned forty Indian towns 
E) America's first Roman Catholic bishop
F)director of congressional fiscal policy
G)The Selling of Joseph author
H)wrote of universal freedom, even for blacks
I)drafted Virginia's "Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom"
J)"Remember the ladies"
K)The Wealth of Nations author
L)Mohawk Indian

Question 4

In regard to voting for the states,what was a contentious issue?

Accepted Answer

A)  Being a Native American. 
B)  Being an Anglican. 
C)  Owning property. 
D)  Not owning slaves. 
E)  Being a woman. 
A)  Being a Native American. 
B)  Being an Anglican. 
C)  Owning property. 
D)  Not owning slaves. 
E)  Being a woman.

Question 5

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Treaty of Paris

Accepted Answer

The answer of Identify and give the historical significance of...

Question 6

Which argument in the petitions of slaves to the Massachusetts legislature employed the principles of the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

A)  Slaves could be productive soldiers. 
B)  Taxing the poor created an economic burden. 
C)  British soldiers did not belong in the homes of Bostonians. 
D)  One of the people killed during the Boston Massacre was of African heritage. 
E)  Natural rights were universal. 
A)  Slaves could be productive soldiers. 
B)  Taxing the poor created an economic burden. 
C)  British soldiers did not belong in the homes of Bostonians. 
D)  One of the people killed during the Boston Massacre was of African heritage. 
E)  Natural rights were universal.

Question 7

After the Revolutionary War,when George Washington demanded the return of slaves who had escaped,the British commander in New York refused,saying it would be dishonorable.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

In Pennsylvania,new leaders like Thomas Paine and Benjamin Rush wanted to see what occur with regard to voting rights?

Accepted Answer

A)  They realized angry mobs could get out of hand, so voting had to be limited. 
B)  They wanted every proposed law to be voted on by all citizens. 
C)  Voting requirements needed to eliminate property qualifications. 
D)  The votes of merchants should count double those of citizens who did not own property. 
E)  They criticized the idea of equality in regard to voting. 
A)  They realized angry mobs could get out of hand, so voting had to be limited. 
B)  They wanted every proposed law to be voted on by all citizens. 
C)  Voting requirements needed to eliminate property qualifications. 
D)  The votes of merchants should count double those of citizens who did not own property. 
E)  They criticized the idea of equality in regard to voting.

Question 9

As a result of the American Revolution,Americans rejected:

Accepted Answer

A)  obedience to the male heads of household. 
B)  the principle of hereditary aristocracy. 
C)  the establishment of a republic. 
D)  the definition of liberty as a universal entitlement. 
E)  all kinds of organized religion. 
A)  obedience to the male heads of household. 
B)  the principle of hereditary aristocracy. 
C)  the establishment of a republic. 
D)  the definition of liberty as a universal entitlement. 
E)  all kinds of organized religion.

Question 10

What situation would have most likely led a person to maintain his or her loyalty to the British crown during the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

A)  A coastal South Carolina planter getting angry because of a Regulator's call for more representation in the colonial government. 
B)  The news that John Wilkes lost his seat in Parliament. 
C)  A Massachusetts merchant losing business because of the British East India monopoly on tea. 
D)  An Anglican minister in New York wanting to expand his congregation. 
E)  A Virginia landowner wanting to increase his holdings west of the Appalachian Mountains. 
A)  A coastal South Carolina planter getting angry because of a Regulator's call for more representation in the colonial government. 
B)  The news that John Wilkes lost his seat in Parliament. 
C)  A Massachusetts merchant losing business because of the British East India monopoly on tea. 
D)  An Anglican minister in New York wanting to expand his congregation. 
E)  A Virginia landowner wanting to increase his holdings west of the Appalachian Mountains.

Question 11

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Thomas Jefferson

Accepted Answer

A) black poet 
B) Pennsylvania radical 
C) Thoughts on Government author 
D) burned forty Indian towns 
E) America's first Roman Catholic bishop
F)director of congressional fiscal policy
G)The Selling of Joseph author
H)wrote of universal freedom, even for blacks
I)drafted Virginia's "Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom"
J)"Remember the ladies"
K)The Wealth of Nations author
L)Mohawk Indian 
A) black poet 
B) Pennsylvania radical 
C) Thoughts on Government author 
D) burned forty Indian towns 
E) America's first Roman Catholic bishop
F)director of congressional fiscal policy
G)The Selling of Joseph author
H)wrote of universal freedom, even for blacks
I)drafted Virginia's "Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom"
J)"Remember the ladies"
K)The Wealth of Nations author
L)Mohawk Indian

Question 12

"Republican motherhood" was an ideology that held that:

Accepted Answer

A)  women should be granted suffrage rights. 
B)  women played an indispensable role in the new nation by training future citizens. 
C)  Thomas Jefferson's Republican Party represented maternal interests better than its opponents did. 
D)  education was wasted on women, who should worry only about having many children to populate the republic. 
E)  political equality of the sexes fit a republican society. 
A)  women should be granted suffrage rights. 
B)  women played an indispensable role in the new nation by training future citizens. 
C)  Thomas Jefferson's Republican Party represented maternal interests better than its opponents did. 
D)  education was wasted on women, who should worry only about having many children to populate the republic. 
E)  political equality of the sexes fit a republican society.

Question 13

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Joseph Brant

Accepted Answer

A) black poet 
B) Pennsylvania radical 
C) Thoughts on Government author 
D) burned forty Indian towns 
E) America's first Roman Catholic bishop
F)director of congressional fiscal policy
G)The Selling of Joseph author
H)wrote of universal freedom, even for blacks
I)drafted Virginia's "Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom"
J)"Remember the ladies"
K)The Wealth of Nations author
L)Mohawk Indian 
A) black poet 
B) Pennsylvania radical 
C) Thoughts on Government author 
D) burned forty Indian towns 
E) America's first Roman Catholic bishop
F)director of congressional fiscal policy
G)The Selling of Joseph author
H)wrote of universal freedom, even for blacks
I)drafted Virginia's "Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom"
J)"Remember the ladies"
K)The Wealth of Nations author
L)Mohawk Indian

Question 14

Republican motherhood encouraged:

Accepted Answer

A)  greater educational opportunities for women. 
B)  a radical change in the patriarchal structure of the family. 
C)  women to become public speakers for various social causes in the 1780s. 
D)  widespread resentment among women. 
E)  a significant increase in women's direct involvement in politics in the 1780s. 
A)  greater educational opportunities for women. 
B)  a radical change in the patriarchal structure of the family. 
C)  women to become public speakers for various social causes in the 1780s. 
D)  widespread resentment among women. 
E)  a significant increase in women's direct involvement in politics in the 1780s.

Question 15

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-virtue

Accepted Answer

A) raised funds to assist American soldiers 
B) working for wages, or owning a farm or shop 
C) an offensive term for the rituals of the Catholic Church 
D) "School of political democracy" 
E) retained their allegiance to the crown
F)fighting for the American cause
G)Revolution undermined church authority among this group
H)responsible for raising the next generation of leaders
I)the right to vote
J)action slaves took for their immediate release
K)ability to sacrifice self-interest for the public good
L)settlement in Africa for freed slaves 
A) raised funds to assist American soldiers 
B) working for wages, or owning a farm or shop 
C) an offensive term for the rituals of the Catholic Church 
D) "School of political democracy" 
E) retained their allegiance to the crown
F)fighting for the American cause
G)Revolution undermined church authority among this group
H)responsible for raising the next generation of leaders
I)the right to vote
J)action slaves took for their immediate release
K)ability to sacrifice self-interest for the public good
L)settlement in Africa for freed slaves

Question 16

The free black population increased from about 10,000 in 1776 to more than a million by 1800.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Samuel Sewall

Accepted Answer

A) black poet 
B) Pennsylvania radical 
C) Thoughts on Government author 
D) burned forty Indian towns 
E) America's first Roman Catholic bishop
F)director of congressional fiscal policy
G)The Selling of Joseph author
H)wrote of universal freedom, even for blacks
I)drafted Virginia's "Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom"
J)"Remember the ladies"
K)The Wealth of Nations author
L)Mohawk Indian 
A) black poet 
B) Pennsylvania radical 
C) Thoughts on Government author 
D) burned forty Indian towns 
E) America's first Roman Catholic bishop
F)director of congressional fiscal policy
G)The Selling of Joseph author
H)wrote of universal freedom, even for blacks
I)drafted Virginia's "Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom"
J)"Remember the ladies"
K)The Wealth of Nations author
L)Mohawk Indian

Question 18

Thomas Paine wrote that the essence of a republic was not the "particular form" of government but its object: the "public good." Discuss how the various states structured their governments and how they believed those governments provided for the public good.

Accepted Answer

Thomas Paine's assertion that the essenc

Question 19

What policy did the new United States pursue in its dealings with Native Americans?

Accepted Answer

A)  The U.S. government generally left them alone because it was busy trying to restore order after the war. 
B)  The U.S. government tried to protect them from encroachment by backcountry farmers, as required by the Treaty of Paris. 
C)  The U.S. government set out to dispossess the Native Americans of their remaining rich lands and drive them westward. 
D)  The U.S. government pursued a policy of outright extermination. 
E)  The U.S. government recognized Indian claims to their traditional lands from the Appalachians to the Mississippi River. 
A)  The U.S. government generally left them alone because it was busy trying to restore order after the war. 
B)  The U.S. government tried to protect them from encroachment by backcountry farmers, as required by the Treaty of Paris. 
C)  The U.S. government set out to dispossess the Native Americans of their remaining rich lands and drive them westward. 
D)  The U.S. government pursued a policy of outright extermination. 
E)  The U.S. government recognized Indian claims to their traditional lands from the Appalachians to the Mississippi River.

Question 20

After the American Revolution,who held the balance of power between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River?

Accepted Answer

A)  Iroquois. 
B)  Shawnee. 
C)  British. 
D)  French. 
E)  Americans. 
A)  Iroquois. 
B)  Shawnee. 
C)  British. 
D)  French. 
E)  Americans.

Exam 6: The Revolution Within

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Moravian Brethren

In a famous speech to Parliament,the British statesman Edmund Burke said what regarding a link between slavery and liberty for American colonists?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Phillis Wheatley

In regard to voting for the states,what was a contentious issue?

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Treaty of Paris

Which argument in the petitions of slaves to the Massachusetts legislature employed the principles of the American Revolution?

After the Revolutionary War,when George Washington demanded the return of slaves who had escaped,the British commander in New York refused,saying it would be dishonorable.

In Pennsylvania,new leaders like Thomas Paine and Benjamin Rush wanted to see what occur with regard to voting rights?

As a result of the American Revolution,Americans rejected:

What situation would have most likely led a person to maintain his or her loyalty to the British crown during the American Revolution?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Thomas Jefferson

"Republican motherhood" was an ideology that held that:

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Joseph Brant

Republican motherhood encouraged:

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -virtue

The free black population increased from about 10,000 in 1776 to more than a million by 1800.

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Samuel Sewall

Thomas Paine wrote that the essence of a republic was not the "particular form" of government but its object: the "public good." Discuss how the various states structured their governments and how they believed those governments provided for the public good.

What policy did the new United States pursue in its dealings with Native Americans?

After the American Revolution,who held the balance of power between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River?

A New World

Beginnings of English America,1607-1660

Creating Anglo-America,1660-1750

Slavery,Freedom,and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

The American Revolution,1763-1783

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

America’s Gilded Age,1870-1890

Freedom’s 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 Triumph of Conservatism,1969-1988

From Triumph to Tragedy,1989–2001

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