Question 1

The early "slave codes" in colonial America

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A) defined slavery as lifetime servitude. 
B)  defined slavery as inheritable servitude. 
C)  usually forbade whites from teaching slaves to read or write. 
D)  provided that slaves who converted to Christianity must be granted their freedom. 
E)  applied to indentured servants as well. 
A) defined slavery as lifetime servitude. 
B)  defined slavery as inheritable servitude. 
C)  usually forbade whites from teaching slaves to read or write. 
D)  provided that slaves who converted to Christianity must be granted their freedom. 
E)  applied to indentured servants as well.

Question 2

By the end of the seventeenth century,indentured servants who gained their freedom

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A)  often gained great wealth as more land opened for settlement. 
B)  rarely returned to work for their masters. 
C)  almost always found high-paying jobs in the cities. 
D)  had little choice but to hire themselves out for low wages to their former masters. 
E)  often returned to England penniless and broke. 
A)  often gained great wealth as more land opened for settlement. 
B)  rarely returned to work for their masters. 
C)  almost always found high-paying jobs in the cities. 
D)  had little choice but to hire themselves out for low wages to their former masters. 
E)  often returned to England penniless and broke.

Question 3

Throughout the greater part of the seventeenth century,the Chesapeake colonies acquired most of the labor they needed from

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A)  African slaves. 
B)  white servants. 
C)  captured Indians. 
D)  West Indian natives. 
E)  prisoners of war. 
A)  African slaves. 
B)  white servants. 
C)  captured Indians. 
D)  West Indian natives. 
E)  prisoners of war.

Question 4

Which of these is NOT a true statement about life expectancy for the earliest Chesapeake settlers?

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A)  It was ten years shorter for these Chesapeake colonists than it had been in England. 
B)  Many of the early male settlers died soon after arriving in the Chesapeake. 
C)  Half of those born in early Virginia and Maryland did not live past age twenty. 
D)  The population grew rapidly due to new male immigrants. 
E)  Half of the male settlers made it to age 50; half the female settlers to age 40. 
A)  It was ten years shorter for these Chesapeake colonists than it had been in England. 
B)  Many of the early male settlers died soon after arriving in the Chesapeake. 
C)  Half of those born in early Virginia and Maryland did not live past age twenty. 
D)  The population grew rapidly due to new male immigrants. 
E)  Half of the male settlers made it to age 50; half the female settlers to age 40.

Question 5

The Salem witch hunt in 1692

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A)  was the largest witch hunt in recorded history. 
B)  was the first in the English American colonies. 
C)  was opposed by the more responsible members of the clergy. 
D)  was ultimately of little consequence for those who were accused of witchcraft. 
E)  did not see anyone put to death. 
A)  was the largest witch hunt in recorded history. 
B)  was the first in the English American colonies. 
C)  was opposed by the more responsible members of the clergy. 
D)  was ultimately of little consequence for those who were accused of witchcraft. 
E)  did not see anyone put to death.

Question 6

The physical and social conditions of slavery were harshest in

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A)  Maryland. 
B)  Virginia. 
C)  South Carolina. 
D)  Massachusetts. 
E)  Pennsylvania. 
A)  Maryland. 
B)  Virginia. 
C)  South Carolina. 
D)  Massachusetts. 
E)  Pennsylvania.

Question 7

The New England family can best be described as

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A)  relatively small in size due to the frequency of deaths from childbirth. 
B)  a very stable institution. 
C)  a limiting factor in the growth of the region's population. 
D)  not very close-knit. 
E)  similar to the family in the Chesapeake colonies. 
A)  relatively small in size due to the frequency of deaths from childbirth. 
B)  a very stable institution. 
C)  a limiting factor in the growth of the region's population. 
D)  not very close-knit. 
E)  similar to the family in the Chesapeake colonies.

Question 8

The impact of New England on the rest of the nation can best be described as

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A)  greatly exaggerated. 
B)  generally negative. 
C)  confined primarily to New England. 
D)  extremely important. 
E)  moderately important. 
A)  greatly exaggerated. 
B)  generally negative. 
C)  confined primarily to New England. 
D)  extremely important. 
E)  moderately important.

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-jeremiads

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Jeremiads are a form of sermon that orig

Question 10

The headright system,which made some people very wealthy,consisted of

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A)  using Indians as forced labor. 
B)  giving land to indentured servants to get them to come to the New World. 
C)  giving the right to acquire fifty acres of land to the person paying the passage of a laborer to America. 
D)  discouraging the importation of indentured servants to America. 
E)  giving a father's wealth to the oldest son. 
A)  using Indians as forced labor. 
B)  giving land to indentured servants to get them to come to the New World. 
C)  giving the right to acquire fifty acres of land to the person paying the passage of a laborer to America. 
D)  discouraging the importation of indentured servants to America. 
E)  giving a father's wealth to the oldest son.

Question 11

Bacon's Rebellion stemmed from

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A)  Governor Berkeley's Indian policies. 
B)  the frustration of Virginia's colonial dependency on England. 
C)  the frontier's resentment of the tidewater gentry. 
D)  the inherent rebelliousness of African slaves. 
E)  lack of a policy toward Indians. 
A)  Governor Berkeley's Indian policies. 
B)  the frustration of Virginia's colonial dependency on England. 
C)  the frontier's resentment of the tidewater gentry. 
D)  the inherent rebelliousness of African slaves. 
E)  lack of a policy toward Indians.

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-slave codes

Accepted Answer

Slave codes were laws established in the

Question 13

Compare and contrast the status of women in the South with that in New England.

Accepted Answer

In the South, women were generally expec

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-William Bradford

Accepted Answer

William Bradford (1590-1657) was an Engl

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"witch hunting"

Accepted Answer

Witch hunting refers to the practice of

Question 16

Puritans refused to recognize a woman's separate property rights because

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A)  of the short life span of New England women. 
B)  they worried that such rights would undercut the unity of married persons. 
C)  New England families were so rare. 
D)  there was so little land available. 
E)  All of these 
A)  of the short life span of New England women. 
B)  they worried that such rights would undercut the unity of married persons. 
C)  New England families were so rare. 
D)  there was so little land available. 
E)  All of these

Question 17

Explain the complex social structure that developed in the South during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

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The complex social structure that develo

Question 18

Compared with indentured servants,African American slaves were

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A)  less reliable workers. 
B)  more likely to rebel. 
C)  cheaper to buy and own. 
D)  a more easily controlled labor force. 
E)  less expensive to buy but more expensive to keep. 
A)  less reliable workers. 
B)  more likely to rebel. 
C)  cheaper to buy and own. 
D)  a more easily controlled labor force. 
E)  less expensive to buy but more expensive to keep.

Question 19

Seventeenth-century colonial tobacco growers usually responded to depressed prices for their crop by

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A)  selling slaves to reduce productive labor. 
B)  selling land to reduce their volume of production. 
C)  growing more tobacco to increase their volume of production. 
D)  planting corn and wheat instead of tobacco. 
E)  releasing unneeded indentured servants early. 
A)  selling slaves to reduce productive labor. 
B)  selling land to reduce their volume of production. 
C)  growing more tobacco to increase their volume of production. 
D)  planting corn and wheat instead of tobacco. 
E)  releasing unneeded indentured servants early.

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-middle passage

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The Middle Passage refers to the harrowi

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

The early "slave codes" in colonial America

By the end of the seventeenth century,indentured servants who gained their freedom

Throughout the greater part of the seventeenth century,the Chesapeake colonies acquired most of the labor they needed from

Which of these is NOT a true statement about life expectancy for the earliest Chesapeake settlers?

The Salem witch hunt in 1692

The physical and social conditions of slavery were harshest in

The New England family can best be described as

The impact of New England on the rest of the nation can best be described as

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -jeremiads

The headright system,which made some people very wealthy,consisted of

Bacon's Rebellion stemmed from

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -slave codes

Compare and contrast the status of women in the South with that in New England.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -William Bradford

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"witch hunting"

Puritans refused to recognize a woman's separate property rights because

Explain the complex social structure that developed in the South during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Compared with indentured servants,African American slaves were

Seventeenth-century colonial tobacco growers usually responded to depressed prices for their crop by

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -middle passage

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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