Question 1

All except which one of the following were important gains in women's rights in the post- revolutionary era?

Accepted Answer

A) Female academies educated most of the native-born women of the Northeast. 
B) The common law rule of coverture was abolished. 
C) New Jersey briefly gave voting rights to female tax-paying heads of household. 
D) Increasingly,popular novels cast women as main characters. 
E) The ideal of "Republican" wife and mother gave women an expanded role within the family. 
A) Female academies educated most of the native-born women of the Northeast. 
B) The common law rule of coverture was abolished. 
C) New Jersey briefly gave voting rights to female tax-paying heads of household. 
D) Increasingly,popular novels cast women as main characters. 
E) The ideal of "Republican" wife and mother gave women an expanded role within the family.

Question 2

The ____________________ compromise of the Constitution established the ratio for counting slaves for the purposes of taxation and representation.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The ____________________ compromise of the Constitution established...

Question 3

The Northwest Ordinance (1787)prohibited slavery in the Northwest (Ohio)Territory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

An attempted coup d'etat of Continental Army officers was put down by George Washington at Yorktown.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Describe the failure of the British military strategy in the war for American independence.

Accepted Answer

Part of the problem with British militar

Question 6

Most loyalists

Accepted Answer

A) strongly rejected the American ideals of liberty and self-government. 
B) remained neutral during the American Revolution. 
C) sided with England because it seemed less risky than supporting an untried American union. 
D) patriotically participated in the fight for American independence. 
E) joined the Indian tribes. 
A) strongly rejected the American ideals of liberty and self-government. 
B) remained neutral during the American Revolution. 
C) sided with England because it seemed less risky than supporting an untried American union. 
D) patriotically participated in the fight for American independence. 
E) joined the Indian tribes.

Question 7

Indians who had supported the Americans during the Revolution suffered the most from land seizures after 1783.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Most slaves who reached British units during the Revolution won their freedom.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Cornwallis and the British army were pinned down at Yorktown Port by a French navy under the command of

Accepted Answer

A) Marquis de LaFayette. 
B) Pierre de Beaumarchais. 
C) Charles DeGaulle. 
D) Marquis de LaFitte 
E) François de Grasse. 
A) Marquis de LaFayette. 
B) Pierre de Beaumarchais. 
C) Charles DeGaulle. 
D) Marquis de LaFitte 
E) François de Grasse.

Question 10

No southern state supported the 1786 treaty that John Jay negotiated with Spain.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The ____________________ linked the American states together before the Constitution of 1787 was written.

Accepted Answer

Articles o

Question 12

The most important outcome of the Battle of Saratoga was that

Accepted Answer

A) the French entered the war on the side of the colonies. 
B) it ended the war in North America. 
C) it led to Washington's election as commander in chief. 
D) it brought an end to the British ministry that was waging the war. 
E) the Spanish entered the war on the side of the colonies. 
A) the French entered the war on the side of the colonies. 
B) it ended the war in North America. 
C) it led to Washington's election as commander in chief. 
D) it brought an end to the British ministry that was waging the war. 
E) the Spanish entered the war on the side of the colonies.

Question 13

Southern delegates to Congress all opposed the Northwest Ordinance.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

By 1780,military leaders on both sides believed that events in Virginia would decide the war.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Rhode Island refused to participate in the Philadelphia Convention.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The commander of British troops at the Battle of Saratoga was John ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The commander of British troops at the...

Question 17

Public virtue is closely related to

Accepted Answer

A) morality. 
B) patriotism. 
C) militarism. 
D) anarchy. 
E) capitalism. 
A) morality. 
B) patriotism. 
C) militarism. 
D) anarchy. 
E) capitalism.

Question 18

In Federalist #10,James Madison argued for the greater stability of a large republic over a small one.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

In the years after the end of the American Revolution,slavery

Accepted Answer

A) was gradually abolished in all the Northern states. 
B) became less important in the South because of the decline of the cotton culture. 
C) almost disappeared in the upper South. 
D) was strengthened in the Northern cities. 
E) remained the same as before the war. 
A) was gradually abolished in all the Northern states. 
B) became less important in the South because of the decline of the cotton culture. 
C) almost disappeared in the upper South. 
D) was strengthened in the Northern cities. 
E) remained the same as before the war.

Question 20

The political concept of supreme or final power is known as ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The political concept of supreme or final...

Exam 6: The Revolutionary Republic

All except which one of the following were important gains in women's rights in the post- revolutionary era?

The ____________________ compromise of the Constitution established the ratio for counting slaves for the purposes of taxation and representation.

The Northwest Ordinance (1787)prohibited slavery in the Northwest (Ohio)Territory.

An attempted coup d'etat of Continental Army officers was put down by George Washington at Yorktown.

Describe the failure of the British military strategy in the war for American independence.

Most loyalists

Indians who had supported the Americans during the Revolution suffered the most from land seizures after 1783.

Most slaves who reached British units during the Revolution won their freedom.

Cornwallis and the British army were pinned down at Yorktown Port by a French navy under the command of

No southern state supported the 1786 treaty that John Jay negotiated with Spain.

The ____________________ linked the American states together before the Constitution of 1787 was written.

The most important outcome of the Battle of Saratoga was that

Southern delegates to Congress all opposed the Northwest Ordinance.

By 1780,military leaders on both sides believed that events in Virginia would decide the war.

Rhode Island refused to participate in the Philadelphia Convention.

The commander of British troops at the Battle of Saratoga was John ____________________.

Public virtue is closely related to

In Federalist #10,James Madison argued for the greater stability of a large republic over a small one.

In the years after the end of the American Revolution,slavery

The political concept of supreme or final power is known as ____________________.

When Old Worlds Collide: Contact, conquest, catastrophe

The Challenge to Spain and the Settlement of North America

England Discovers Its Colonies: Empire, liberty, and Expansion

Provincial America and the Struggle for a Continent

Reform, resistance, revolution

Completing the Revolution, 1789-1815

Northern Transformations, 1790-1850

The Old South, 1790-1850

Toward an American Culture

Whigs and Democrats

Antebellum Reform

Manifest Destiny: an Empire for Liberty--Or Slavery

The Gathering Tempest, 1853-1860

Secession and Civil War, 1860-1862

A New Birth of Freedom, 1862-1865

Reconstruction, 1863-1877

A Transformed Nation: the West and the New South, 1865-1900

The Rise of Corporate America, 1865-1914

Cities, peoples, cultures, 1890-1920

Progressivism

Becoming a World Power, 1898-1917

War and Society, 1914-1920

The 1920s

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

America During the Second World War

The Age of Containment, 1946-1953

Affluence and Its Discontents, 1953-1963

America During Its Longest War, 1963-1974

Uncertain Times, 1974-1992

Economic, social, and Cultural Change in the Late 20th Century

A Time of Hope and Fear, 1993-2012

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