Question 1

Life expectancy in New England was higher than in England and in the rest of British North America.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Eighteenth-century literacy among American men was higher than in most European countries.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Primogeniture refers to the

Accepted Answer

A)  right to vote. 
B)  passing of property to the firstborn son. 
C)  tending of a servant's indenture. 
D)  arrangement of authority within New England assemblies. 
E)  practice of granting land only to those assured of salvation. 
A)  right to vote. 
B)  passing of property to the firstborn son. 
C)  tending of a servant's indenture. 
D)  arrangement of authority within New England assemblies. 
E)  practice of granting land only to those assured of salvation.

Question 4

In the seventeenth century,it was easy for women to enter the medical field as midwives.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

In the English colonies,Jews

Accepted Answer

A)  had their largest community in Rhode Island. 
B)  did not live in most of the colonies. 
C)  enjoyed considerable toleration. 
D)  could not practice their religion openly anywhere. 
E)  could not vote or hold office. 
A)  had their largest community in Rhode Island. 
B)  did not live in most of the colonies. 
C)  enjoyed considerable toleration. 
D)  could not practice their religion openly anywhere. 
E)  could not vote or hold office.

Question 6

Why was there a late revival of patriarchy in the Chesapeake region? Compare or contrast the status of women in the Chesapeake with that of women in New England.

Accepted Answer

The late revival of patriarchy in the Ch

Question 7

In the early seventeenth century,the legal status of slaves was ambiguous and fluid.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The proportion of all blacks in the colonies living on a plantation of at least ten slaves was over

Accepted Answer

A)  one-fourth. 
B)  one-third. 
C)  one-half. 
D)  three-fourths. 
E)  nine-tenths. 
A)  one-fourth. 
B)  one-third. 
C)  one-half. 
D)  three-fourths. 
E)  nine-tenths.

Question 9

The most common form of resistance of enslaved Africans to their condition was

Accepted Answer

A)  arson. 
B)  destruction of crops. 
C)  running away. 
D)  subtle defiance or evasion of their masters. 
E)  poisoning food. 
A)  arson. 
B)  destruction of crops. 
C)  running away. 
D)  subtle defiance or evasion of their masters. 
E)  poisoning food.

Question 10

The first American college,established in 1636,was ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The first American college,established in 1636,was ________....

Question 11

Enlightenment thought encouraged people to reject their religious faith.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 3: Society and Culture in Provincial America

Life expectancy in New England was higher than in England and in the rest of British North America.

Eighteenth-century literacy among American men was higher than in most European countries.

Primogeniture refers to the

In the seventeenth century,it was easy for women to enter the medical field as midwives.

In the English colonies,Jews

Why was there a late revival of patriarchy in the Chesapeake region? Compare or contrast the status of women in the Chesapeake with that of women in New England.

In the early seventeenth century,the legal status of slaves was ambiguous and fluid.

The proportion of all blacks in the colonies living on a plantation of at least ten slaves was over

The most common form of resistance of enslaved Africans to their condition was

The first American college,established in 1636,was ________.

Enlightenment thought encouraged people to reject their religious faith.

The Collision of Cultures

Transplantations and Borderlands

The Empire in Transition

The American Revolution

The Constitution and the New Republic

The Jeffersonian Era

Varieties of American Nationalism

Jacksonian America

America’s Economic Revolution

Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

Antebellum Culture and Reform

The Impending Crisis

The Civil War

Reconstruction and the New South

The Conquest of the Far West

Industrial Supremacy

The Age of the City

From Crisis to Empire

The Progressives

America and the Great War

The “New Era”

The Great Depression

The New Deal

The Global Crisis, 1921–1941

America in a World at War

The Cold War

The Affluent Society

Civil Rights, Vietnam, and the Ordeal of Liberalism

The Crisis of Authority

From the “Age of Limits” to the Age of Reagan

The Age of Globalization

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