Question 1

By the end of the colonial period, American cities:

Accepted Answer

A)  were limited to the middle colonies 
B)  were characterized by increasing social and economic equality 
C)  held no more than 10 percent of the total population 
D)  were cleaner, safer, and healthier than rural environments 
E)  had majority-non-English populations 
A)  were limited to the middle colonies 
B)  were characterized by increasing social and economic equality 
C)  held no more than 10 percent of the total population 
D)  were cleaner, safer, and healthier than rural environments 
E)  had majority-non-English populations

Question 2

The Stono Rebellion:

Accepted Answer

A)  took place in Virginia 
B)  was the only successful slave revolt of the colonial era 
C)  was incited by a law forcing Christianity on slaves 
D)  came about as a result of Spanish interference 
E)  tightened controls on slaves 
A)  took place in Virginia 
B)  was the only successful slave revolt of the colonial era 
C)  was incited by a law forcing Christianity on slaves 
D)  came about as a result of Spanish interference 
E)  tightened controls on slaves

Question 3

Which of the following spurred shipbuilding in New England?

Accepted Answer

A)  the abundance of fish and whales off its coast 
B)  the region's extensive forests 
C)  the growing American navy 
D)  the need for transporting southern cotton 
E)  southern purchases of New England-made ships 
A)  the abundance of fish and whales off its coast 
B)  the region's extensive forests 
C)  the growing American navy 
D)  the need for transporting southern cotton 
E)  southern purchases of New England-made ships

Question 4

John Peter Zenger's trial in 1735 established:

Accepted Answer

A)  that truth is a defense in libel cases 
B)  absolute freedom of the press 
C)  private ownership of newspapers 
D)  the right to send newspapers through the mail 
E)  the legal difference between libel and slander 
A)  that truth is a defense in libel cases 
B)  absolute freedom of the press 
C)  private ownership of newspapers 
D)  the right to send newspapers through the mail 
E)  the legal difference between libel and slander

Question 5

The English revivalist who preached to thousands and so impressed Benjamin Franklin was:

Accepted Answer

A)  James Davenport 
B)  Jonathan Edwards 
C)  Evander Osteen 
D)  George Whitefield 
E)  William Tennent 
A)  James Davenport 
B)  Jonathan Edwards 
C)  Evander Osteen 
D)  George Whitefield 
E)  William Tennent

Question 6

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-John Peter Zenger

Accepted Answer

A) gave the sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" 
B) urged people to pursue salvation without ministers 
C) urged his parishioners to experience a "new birth" 
D) challenged biblical notions through science 
E) former slave who became a major Virginia landowner
F)author of the Pennsylvania Gazette and Poor Richard's Almanack
G)was a newspaper editor tried for libel
H)developed indigo as an exotic staple
I)advocate of "natural law" and "natural rights"
J)confessed to witchcraft in Salem 
A) gave the sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" 
B) urged people to pursue salvation without ministers 
C) urged his parishioners to experience a "new birth" 
D) challenged biblical notions through science 
E) former slave who became a major Virginia landowner
F)author of the Pennsylvania Gazette and Poor Richard's Almanack
G)was a newspaper editor tried for libel
H)developed indigo as an exotic staple
I)advocate of "natural law" and "natural rights"
J)confessed to witchcraft in Salem

Question 7

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-George Whitefield

Accepted Answer

A) gave the sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" 
B) urged people to pursue salvation without ministers 
C) urged his parishioners to experience a "new birth" 
D) challenged biblical notions through science 
E) former slave who became a major Virginia landowner
F)author of the Pennsylvania Gazette and Poor Richard's Almanack
G)was a newspaper editor tried for libel
H)developed indigo as an exotic staple
I)advocate of "natural law" and "natural rights"
J)confessed to witchcraft in Salem 
A) gave the sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" 
B) urged people to pursue salvation without ministers 
C) urged his parishioners to experience a "new birth" 
D) challenged biblical notions through science 
E) former slave who became a major Virginia landowner
F)author of the Pennsylvania Gazette and Poor Richard's Almanack
G)was a newspaper editor tried for libel
H)developed indigo as an exotic staple
I)advocate of "natural law" and "natural rights"
J)confessed to witchcraft in Salem

Question 8

New England was settled by:

Accepted Answer

A)  a joint-stock company 
B)  religious fundamentalists 
C)  military officers 
D)  the king and his family 
E)  ex-convicts and debtors 
A)  a joint-stock company 
B)  religious fundamentalists 
C)  military officers 
D)  the king and his family 
E)  ex-convicts and debtors

Question 9

New England's most important commodity was:

Accepted Answer

A)  corn 
B)  molasses 
C)  fish 
D)  turkeys 
E)  rum 
A)  corn 
B)  molasses 
C)  fish 
D)  turkeys 
E)  rum

Question 10

The largest city in the colonies at the end of the colonial period:

Accepted Answer

A)  had a population of about 1 million 
B)  had a population of about 2,000 
C)  was Boston 
D)  was Philadelphia 
E)  had as many people as London 
A)  had a population of about 1 million 
B)  had a population of about 2,000 
C)  was Boston 
D)  was Philadelphia 
E)  had as many people as London

Question 11

Throughout the colonies, husbands expected what from their wives?

Accepted Answer

A)  submission to their authority 
B)  an equal partnership in managing the household 
C)  instruction in religion and morality 
D)  romantic love as the basis of marriage 
E)  toleration of sex outside of marriage 
A)  submission to their authority 
B)  an equal partnership in managing the household 
C)  instruction in religion and morality 
D)  romantic love as the basis of marriage 
E)  toleration of sex outside of marriage

Question 12

According to the textbook, "Both geographically and culturally, the middle colonies stood between New England and the South." Explain this statement.

Accepted Answer

The statement means that the middle colo

Question 13

The middle colonies:

Accepted Answer

A)  included Rhode Island and Maryland 
B)  lacked a suitable base for commerce 
C)  for many years had a black-majority population 
D)  were dominated by plantation agriculture 
E)  geographically and culturally stood between the New England and southern colonies. 
A)  included Rhode Island and Maryland 
B)  lacked a suitable base for commerce 
C)  for many years had a black-majority population 
D)  were dominated by plantation agriculture 
E)  geographically and culturally stood between the New England and southern colonies.

Question 14

Discuss the New England shipping industry and its impact on colonial trade.

Accepted Answer

The New England shipping industry played

Question 15

Describe the status of women in colonial society. What factors might account for this?

Accepted Answer

In colonial society, the status of women

Question 16

During the seventeenth century, race-based slavery was very important in the New World. Discuss the concept of blackness and how Europeans used it to justify their enslavement of Africans.

Accepted Answer

The concept of blackness deals with the

Question 17

Early settlers of Puritan New England typically lived:

Accepted Answer

A)  in harmony with the local Indian tribes 
B)  in communities loyal to the Church of England 
C)  on large farms 
D)  in a religiously tolerant society 
E)  in communities where church and state were not separate 
A)  in harmony with the local Indian tribes 
B)  in communities loyal to the Church of England 
C)  on large farms 
D)  in a religiously tolerant society 
E)  in communities where church and state were not separate

Question 18

The most important crop in the Virginia colony was tobacco.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Education in the colonies was:

Accepted Answer

A)  most advanced in the South 
B)  primarily intended for young women 
C)  most advanced in frontier regions 
D)  hampered in New England by the Puritans' anti-intellectual tradition 
E)  usually seen as the responsibility of family and church 
A)  most advanced in the South 
B)  primarily intended for young women 
C)  most advanced in frontier regions 
D)  hampered in New England by the Puritans' anti-intellectual tradition 
E)  usually seen as the responsibility of family and church

Question 20

Which church dominated the Chesapeake region by 1700?

Accepted Answer

A)  Anglican 
B)  Quaker 
C)  Puritan 
D)  Baptist 
E)  Presbyterian 
A)  Anglican 
B)  Quaker 
C)  Puritan 
D)  Baptist 
E)  Presbyterian

Exam 3: Colonial Ways of Life

By the end of the colonial period, American cities:

The Stono Rebellion:

Which of the following spurred shipbuilding in New England?

John Peter Zenger's trial in 1735 established:

The English revivalist who preached to thousands and so impressed Benjamin Franklin was:

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -John Peter Zenger

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -George Whitefield

New England was settled by:

New England's most important commodity was:

The largest city in the colonies at the end of the colonial period:

Throughout the colonies, husbands expected what from their wives?

According to the textbook, "Both geographically and culturally, the middle colonies stood between New England and the South." Explain this statement.

The middle colonies:

Discuss the New England shipping industry and its impact on colonial trade.

Describe the status of women in colonial society. What factors might account for this?

During the seventeenth century, race-based slavery was very important in the New World. Discuss the concept of blackness and how Europeans used it to justify their enslavement of Africans.

Early settlers of Puritan New England typically lived:

The most important crop in the Virginia colony was tobacco.

Education in the colonies was:

Which church dominated the Chesapeake region by 1700?

The Collision of Cultures

England’s Colonies

From Colonies to States

The American Revolution, 1776-1783

Strengthening the New Nation

The Early Republic, 1800-1815

The Emergence of a Market Economy, 1815-1850

Nationalism and Sectionalism, 1815-1828

The Jacksonian Era, 1828-1840

The South, Slavery, and King Cotton, 1800-1860

Religion, Romanticism, and Reform, 1800-1860

Western Expansion, 1830-1848

The Gathering Storm, 1848-1860

The War of the Union, 1861-1865

The Era of Reconstruction 1865-1877

Business and Labor in the Industrial Era, 1860-1900

The New South and the New West, 1865-1900

Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt, 1865-1900

Seizing an American Empire, 1865-1913

The Progressive Era, 1890-1920

America and the Great War, 1914-1920

A Clash of Cultures, 1920-1929

The Reactionary Twenties

The Great Depression, 1929-1939

The Second World War, 1933-1945

The Cold War and the Fair Deal, 1945-1952

Cold War America, 1950-1959

A New Frontier and a Great Society, 1960-1968

Rebellion and Reaction, 1960s and 1970s

Conservative Revival, 1977-1990

Twenty-first-century America, 1993-present

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