Question 1

Women in the American colonies:

Accepted Answer

A)  generally had lower status in society than did women in Europe 
B)  often remained confined to the domestic sphere 
C)  could vote and hold office 
D)  were not likely to find eligible men to marry 
E)  lived lives of quiet and leisure 
A)  generally had lower status in society than did women in Europe 
B)  often remained confined to the domestic sphere 
C)  could vote and hold office 
D)  were not likely to find eligible men to marry 
E)  lived lives of quiet and leisure

Question 2

George Whitefield was a great preacher who impressed even Benjamin Franklin with his eloquence.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Describe the early development of slavery in the American colonies.

Accepted Answer

The early development of slavery in the

Question 4

Examine mortality in the colonial era, making sure to note age, gender, and geographic considerations.

Accepted Answer

During the colonial era, mortality rates

Question 5

Which of the following was an advantage for women in North America regarding an expanding population?

Accepted Answer

A)  Colonists married and started families earlier in Europe. 
B)  Women often had a child every two or three years before menopause. 
C)  Diseases and epidemics ran rampant. 
D)  Miscarriages were uncommon. 
E)  Infant mortality rates were uniformly low. 
A)  Colonists married and started families earlier in Europe. 
B)  Women often had a child every two or three years before menopause. 
C)  Diseases and epidemics ran rampant. 
D)  Miscarriages were uncommon. 
E)  Infant mortality rates were uniformly low.

Question 6

Because traveling at night was dangerous in the colonies, taverns became important during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The religious revivals known as the Great Awakening did all the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  affect all thirteen colonies 
B)  split a number of churches 
C)  feature traveling ministers 
D)  emphasize an emotional style of preaching 
E)  further promote Enlightenment thinking 
A)  affect all thirteen colonies 
B)  split a number of churches 
C)  feature traveling ministers 
D)  emphasize an emotional style of preaching 
E)  further promote Enlightenment thinking

Question 8

Which of the following was NOT a major immigrant group to Pennsylvania?

Accepted Answer

A)  Puritans 
B)  Mennonites 
C)  Scots-Irish 
D)  Germans 
E)  Quakers 
A)  Puritans 
B)  Mennonites 
C)  Scots-Irish 
D)  Germans 
E)  Quakers

Question 9

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-John Locke

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 10

The best explanation for the Salem witch craze is:

Accepted Answer

A)  the playacting and false accusations of teenage girls 
B)  the presence of real witches in Salem Village 
C)  social division and anxieties within the village 
D)  the low rate of literacy among the villagers 
E)  natural hallucinogens in the local water supply 
A)  the playacting and false accusations of teenage girls 
B)  the presence of real witches in Salem Village 
C)  social division and anxieties within the village 
D)  the low rate of literacy among the villagers 
E)  natural hallucinogens in the local water supply

Exam 3: Colonial Ways of Life

Women in the American colonies:

George Whitefield was a great preacher who impressed even Benjamin Franklin with his eloquence.

Describe the early development of slavery in the American colonies.

Examine mortality in the colonial era, making sure to note age, gender, and geographic considerations.

Which of the following was an advantage for women in North America regarding an expanding population?

Because traveling at night was dangerous in the colonies, taverns became important during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.

The religious revivals known as the Great Awakening did all the following EXCEPT:

Which of the following was NOT a major immigrant group to Pennsylvania?

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -John Locke

The best explanation for the Salem witch craze is:

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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