Question 1

Immediately following Lexington and Concord,it is safe to say that most Americans now saw their main goal as independence from Great Britain.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The blunders of General ________,one of which was leaving John Burgoyne to fight alone in the north,cost the British dearly in 1777.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The blunders of General ________,one of which...

Question 3

To Thomas Paine it made "common sense" to break from Parliament,but not from the king.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Among the following,who was NOT a British general during the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

A)  Thomas Gage 
B)  William Howe 
C)  John Burgoyne 
D)  Horatio Gates 
E)  Barry St. Leger 
A)  Thomas Gage 
B)  William Howe 
C)  John Burgoyne 
D)  Horatio Gates 
E)  Barry St. Leger

Question 5

The Virginia Statute of Religious Liberty was written by ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The Virginia Statute of Religious Liberty was...

Question 6

The Articles of Confederation provided for a separate judiciary and executive.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The Ordinances of 1784 and 1785 represented an attempt to

Accepted Answer

A)  eliminate slavery in the western states. 
B)  compromise on the question of slavery expanding into the territories. 
C)  enhance the power of the central government. 
D)  gain redress from the English at the expense of Native Americans. 
E)  provide for the admission of new states into the union. 
A)  eliminate slavery in the western states. 
B)  compromise on the question of slavery expanding into the territories. 
C)  enhance the power of the central government. 
D)  gain redress from the English at the expense of Native Americans. 
E)  provide for the admission of new states into the union.

Question 8

The beginning of hostilities in 1775 found the colonies generally unprepared for war.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

As a result of the American Revolution,the Anglican Church in America was

Accepted Answer

A)  weakened. 
B)  banned in most colonies. 
C)  made the official religion of Virginia. 
D)  praised by Patriots for supporting independence. 
E)  tried for aiding and abetting the British. 
A)  weakened. 
B)  banned in most colonies. 
C)  made the official religion of Virginia. 
D)  praised by Patriots for supporting independence. 
E)  tried for aiding and abetting the British.

Question 10

Women,sometimes by choice but more often by necessity,flocked to the camps of the Patriot armies during the Revolutionary War.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The core American political ideology of the postwar period considered the success of the new republican governments to be dependent on

Accepted Answer

A)  a strong central governing authority. 
B)  the development of heavy industry. 
C)  westward expansion. 
D)  the creation of a strong military. 
E)  independent landowners. 
A)  a strong central governing authority. 
B)  the development of heavy industry. 
C)  westward expansion. 
D)  the creation of a strong military. 
E)  independent landowners.

Question 12

Which of the following statements regarding the American Revolution and Native Americans is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  The outcome of the war largely weakened the position of Indians. 
B)  Indians generally had better relations with the British than with the Americans. 
C)  White Americans' attitudes toward the tribes took a turn for the worse during the war. 
D)  American Patriots had generally tried to persuade Indians to be neutral in the war. 
E)  Some Indians took advantage of the conflict to launch attacks of their own. 
A)  The outcome of the war largely weakened the position of Indians. 
B)  Indians generally had better relations with the British than with the Americans. 
C)  White Americans' attitudes toward the tribes took a turn for the worse during the war. 
D)  American Patriots had generally tried to persuade Indians to be neutral in the war. 
E)  Some Indians took advantage of the conflict to launch attacks of their own.

Question 13

The battle at Yorktown involved

Accepted Answer

A)  the most bloody battle of the war. 
B)  the suicide of the commanding British general. 
C)  evidence that the British were executing prisoners of war. 
D)  a combined French and American army and navy. 
E)  treachery on the part of Benedict Arnold. 
A)  the most bloody battle of the war. 
B)  the suicide of the commanding British general. 
C)  evidence that the British were executing prisoners of war. 
D)  a combined French and American army and navy. 
E)  treachery on the part of Benedict Arnold.

Question 14

The war effort by American colonists would be financed primarily by

Accepted Answer

A)  spending hard currency. 
B)  printing paper money. 
C)  borrowing from abroad. 
D)  selling bonds. 
E)  melting down jewelry into specie. 
A)  spending hard currency. 
B)  printing paper money. 
C)  borrowing from abroad. 
D)  selling bonds. 
E)  melting down jewelry into specie.

Question 15

Considering the causes that led to the American Revolution,make a case that the Articles of Confederation were a logical form of government for the revolutionaries to adopt.

Accepted Answer

One could argue that the Articles of Con

Question 16

Characterize the debate over slavery in America immediately following the Revolution.

Accepted Answer

The debate over slavery in America immed

Question 17

The republican concept of equality included the belief that not all people would live equally.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

During the American Revolution,the Iroquois Confederacy officially

Accepted Answer

A)  declared its neutrality. 
B)  allied itself with the colonists. 
C)  allied itself with the British. 
D)  refused to ally with either combatant until France entered the war. 
E)  disbanded and withdrew to the west. 
A)  declared its neutrality. 
B)  allied itself with the colonists. 
C)  allied itself with the British. 
D)  refused to ally with either combatant until France entered the war. 
E)  disbanded and withdrew to the west.

Question 19

For the first time,in the Treaty of ________,the new federal government recognized that Indian lands could be ceded only by the tribes themselves.

Accepted Answer

The answer of For the first time,in the Treaty of...

Question 20

Why was pressure building for a new constitution during the second half of the 1780s?

Accepted Answer

During the second half of the 1780s, pre

Exam 5: The American Revolution

Immediately following Lexington and Concord,it is safe to say that most Americans now saw their main goal as independence from Great Britain.

The blunders of General ________,one of which was leaving John Burgoyne to fight alone in the north,cost the British dearly in 1777.

To Thomas Paine it made "common sense" to break from Parliament,but not from the king.

Among the following,who was NOT a British general during the American Revolution?

The Virginia Statute of Religious Liberty was written by ________.

The Articles of Confederation provided for a separate judiciary and executive.

The Ordinances of 1784 and 1785 represented an attempt to

The beginning of hostilities in 1775 found the colonies generally unprepared for war.

As a result of the American Revolution,the Anglican Church in America was

Women,sometimes by choice but more often by necessity,flocked to the camps of the Patriot armies during the Revolutionary War.

The core American political ideology of the postwar period considered the success of the new republican governments to be dependent on

Which of the following statements regarding the American Revolution and Native Americans is FALSE?

The battle at Yorktown involved

The war effort by American colonists would be financed primarily by

Considering the causes that led to the American Revolution,make a case that the Articles of Confederation were a logical form of government for the revolutionaries to adopt.

Characterize the debate over slavery in America immediately following the Revolution.

The republican concept of equality included the belief that not all people would live equally.

During the American Revolution,the Iroquois Confederacy officially

For the first time,in the Treaty of ________,the new federal government recognized that Indian lands could be ceded only by the tribes themselves.

Why was pressure building for a new constitution during the second half of the 1780s?

The Collision of Cultures

Transplantations and Borderlands

Society and Culture in Provincial America

The Empire in Transition

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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