Question 1

Bacon's Rebellion was supported mainly by

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A)  young men frustrated by their inability to acquire land and find women to marry. 
B)  the planter class of Virginia. 
C)  those protesting the increased importation of African slaves. 
D)  people from Jamestown only. 
E)  the local Indians. 
A)  young men frustrated by their inability to acquire land and find women to marry. 
B)  the planter class of Virginia. 
C)  those protesting the increased importation of African slaves. 
D)  people from Jamestown only. 
E)  the local Indians.

Question 2

Slaves in colonial America

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A)  were a generally manageable labor force. 
B)  engaged in frequent acts of organized rebellion. 
C)  were mostly menial field hands. 
D)  contributed almost nothing to the developing American culture. 
E)  failed to reproduce in large numbers. 
A)  were a generally manageable labor force. 
B)  engaged in frequent acts of organized rebellion. 
C)  were mostly menial field hands. 
D)  contributed almost nothing to the developing American culture. 
E)  failed to reproduce in large numbers.

Question 3

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 4

The English justified taking land from the native inhabitants on the grounds that the Indians

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A)  were not Christians. 
B)  wasted the earth. 
C)  burned woodlands. 
D)  refused to sell it. 
E)  did not have a legal right to it. 
A)  were not Christians. 
B)  wasted the earth. 
C)  burned woodlands. 
D)  refused to sell it. 
E)  did not have a legal right to it.

Question 5

All of the following can be said about slave culture in the colonies except

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A)  native-born African Americans had much to do with its development and growth. 
B)  it included a unique language that blended African and English words. 
C)  it transformed African religious rituals into what would become new musical forms. 
D)  it merged a blend of traditional African folkways with those found in the colonies. 
E)  it emerged from efforts by slave traders to suppress African speech, religion and traditions. 
A)  native-born African Americans had much to do with its development and growth. 
B)  it included a unique language that blended African and English words. 
C)  it transformed African religious rituals into what would become new musical forms. 
D)  it merged a blend of traditional African folkways with those found in the colonies. 
E)  it emerged from efforts by slave traders to suppress African speech, religion and traditions.

Question 6

As slavery spread in the South

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A)  social differences within society narrowed. 
B)  the great plantation owners worked less. 
C)  gaps in the social structure widened. 
D)  planters tried to imitate the ways of English country gentlemen. 
E)  it also increased dramatically in New England. 
A)  social differences within society narrowed. 
B)  the great plantation owners worked less. 
C)  gaps in the social structure widened. 
D)  planters tried to imitate the ways of English country gentlemen. 
E)  it also increased dramatically in New England.

Question 7

The slave culture that developed in America

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A)  was derived exclusively from African roots. 
B)  rejected Christianity. 
C)  was Muslim in its religious teachings. 
D)  contained many Western elements that remained thoroughly European. 
E)  was a uniquely New World creation. 
A)  was derived exclusively from African roots. 
B)  rejected Christianity. 
C)  was Muslim in its religious teachings. 
D)  contained many Western elements that remained thoroughly European. 
E)  was a uniquely New World creation.

Question 8

Whether slave or free,North or South,which of the following was universally true about men and women?

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A)  Women cooked, cleaned and cared for children. 
B)  Women were the primary farmers. 
C)  Men cleared the land and planted the crops. 
D)  Children gathered berries. 
E)  Children helped with all chores and picked up an education when possible. 
A)  Women cooked, cleaned and cared for children. 
B)  Women were the primary farmers. 
C)  Men cleared the land and planted the crops. 
D)  Children gathered berries. 
E)  Children helped with all chores and picked up an education when possible.

Question 9

Compared with most seventeenth-century Europeans,Americans lived in

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A)  relative poverty. 
B)  larger cities. 
C)  affluent abundance. 
D)  a more rigid class system. 
E)  more primitive circumstances. 
A)  relative poverty. 
B)  larger cities. 
C)  affluent abundance. 
D)  a more rigid class system. 
E)  more primitive circumstances.

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-headright system

Accepted Answer

The headright system was a land grant po

Question 11

The immediate reason for Bacon's Rebellion was

Accepted Answer

A)  the Virginia governor's refusal to retaliate against Indian attacks on frontier settlements. 
B)  the wealthy planter class losing control of the colony. 
C)  a shortage of indentured servants. 
D)  to halt the importation of African slaves. 
E)  All of these 
A)  the Virginia governor's refusal to retaliate against Indian attacks on frontier settlements. 
B)  the wealthy planter class losing control of the colony. 
C)  a shortage of indentured servants. 
D)  to halt the importation of African slaves. 
E)  All of these

Question 12

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 13

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 14

The Salem witchcraft trials were

Accepted Answer

A)  a result of Roger Williams's activities. 
B)  the result of unsettled social and religious conditions in rapidly evolving Massachusetts. 
C)  caused by ergot in the Puritans' bread. 
D)  unique to the English colonies. 
E)  accusations made by the daughters of business owners. 
A)  a result of Roger Williams's activities. 
B)  the result of unsettled social and religious conditions in rapidly evolving Massachusetts. 
C)  caused by ergot in the Puritans' bread. 
D)  unique to the English colonies. 
E)  accusations made by the daughters of business owners.

Question 15

As a result of poor soil,all of the following conditions prevailed in New England except that

Accepted Answer

A)  reliance on a single, staple crop became a necessity. 
B)  the area was less ethnically mixed than its southern neighbors. 
C)  frugality became essential to economic survival. 
D)  hard work was required to make a living. 
E)  diversification in agriculture and industry were encouraged. 
A)  reliance on a single, staple crop became a necessity. 
B)  the area was less ethnically mixed than its southern neighbors. 
C)  frugality became essential to economic survival. 
D)  hard work was required to make a living. 
E)  diversification in agriculture and industry were encouraged.

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-family stability

Accepted Answer

Family stability is a concept that refer

Question 17

____ 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 18

Argue either that an American way of life had emerged by the end of the seventeenth century or that two wholly distinct ways of life,one New England and the other southern,had emerged by the end of the seventeenth century.

Accepted Answer

By the end of the seventeenth century, i

Question 19

Many of the slaves who reached North America

Accepted Answer

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 20

Southern colonies generally allowed married women to retain separate title to their property because

Accepted Answer

A)  of religious beliefs. 
B)  of English tradition. 
C)  southern men frequently died young. 
D)  southern families were stable. 
E)  of a smaller number of men than women. 
A)  of religious beliefs. 
B)  of English tradition. 
C)  southern men frequently died young. 
D)  southern families were stable. 
E)  of a smaller number of men than women.

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

Bacon's Rebellion was supported mainly by

Slaves in colonial America

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

The English justified taking land from the native inhabitants on the grounds that the Indians

All of the following can be said about slave culture in the colonies except

As slavery spread in the South

The slave culture that developed in America

Whether slave or free,North or South,which of the following was universally true about men and women?

Compared with most seventeenth-century Europeans,Americans lived in

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -headright system

The immediate reason for Bacon's Rebellion was

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

The Half-Way Covenant

The Salem witchcraft trials were

As a result of poor soil,all of the following conditions prevailed in New England except that

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -family stability

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

Argue either that an American way of life had emerged by the end of the seventeenth century or that two wholly distinct ways of life,one New England and the other southern,had emerged by the end of the seventeenth century.

Many of the slaves who reached North America

Southern colonies generally allowed married women to retain separate title to their property because

New World Beginnings,33,000 B.C.E.-1769 C.E.

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 at Home and Abroad,1912-1916

The War to End War,1917-1918

American Life in the "Roaring Twenties",1919-1929

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

The Eisenhower Era,1952-1960

The Stormy Sixties,1960-1968

The Stalemated Seventies,1968-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism,1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era,1992-2009

The American People Face a New Century

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