Question 1

In the United States today,which would best resemble an eighteenth-century companionate marriage?

Accepted Answer

A)  An arranged marriage between immigrants. 
B)  A husband who is the primary breadwinner and has all of the assets in his name. 
C)  A spouse who makes all the decisions concerning the children's education. 
D)  An abusive,alcoholic husband who dominates his wife. 
E)  A union based on love with equal say in running the household. 
A)  An arranged marriage between immigrants. 
B)  A husband who is the primary breadwinner and has all of the assets in his name. 
C)  A spouse who makes all the decisions concerning the children's education. 
D)  An abusive,alcoholic husband who dominates his wife. 
E)  A union based on love with equal say in running the household. E

Question 2

Abigail Adams did not see equality for women as the same as people do in today's modern world.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

Part of the philosophy of the Revolution was embracing the principle of hereditary aristocracy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

Which of the following is true of how the new state constitutions in the Revolutionary era dealt with the issue of religious liberty?

Accepted Answer

A)  Several states finally allowed Jews to vote and to hold public office. 
B)  States increased public funding of religion because they no longer had to win British approval to do so. 
C)  Seven state constitutions began with a declaration of rights that included a commitment to "the free exercise of religion." 
D)  Thomas Jefferson wrote a "Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom" in Virginia,but the House of Burgesses never adopted it. 
E)  Deists and evangelicals fought with one another over whether church and state should be separate. 
A)  Several states finally allowed Jews to vote and to hold public office. 
B)  States increased public funding of religion because they no longer had to win British approval to do so. 
C)  Seven state constitutions began with a declaration of rights that included a commitment to "the free exercise of religion." 
D)  Thomas Jefferson wrote a "Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom" in Virginia,but the House of Burgesses never adopted it. 
E)  Deists and evangelicals fought with one another over whether church and state should be separate.

Question 5

The War of Independence weakened the deep tradition of American anti-Catholicism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Thomas Jefferson's views on religion and Christian doctrines:

Accepted Answer

A)  were very similar to those expressed by Isaac Backus,a Baptist leader. 
B)  show that he actively sought to stamp out religious worship. 
C)  indicate he did not believe in a benevolent Creator. 
D)  demonstrated his rejection of the divinity of Jesus. 
E)  found widespread acceptance among evangelicals in the new nation. 
A)  were very similar to those expressed by Isaac Backus,a Baptist leader. 
B)  show that he actively sought to stamp out religious worship. 
C)  indicate he did not believe in a benevolent Creator. 
D)  demonstrated his rejection of the divinity of Jesus. 
E)  found widespread acceptance among evangelicals in the new nation.

Question 7

Joseph Brant,a young Mohawk:

Accepted Answer

A)  wanted to create an Indian confederacy between Canada and the United States. 
B)  allied with the Continental Congress and led troops against the British in the Great Lakes region. 
C)  represented Indian interests at the negotiations of the Treaty of Paris. 
D)  urged all Indians to move west of the Mississippi River to preserve their cultures from "contamination" by whites. 
E)  was appointed first governor-general of Upper Canada in 1781. 
A)  wanted to create an Indian confederacy between Canada and the United States. 
B)  allied with the Continental Congress and led troops against the British in the Great Lakes region. 
C)  represented Indian interests at the negotiations of the Treaty of Paris. 
D)  urged all Indians to move west of the Mississippi River to preserve their cultures from "contamination" by whites. 
E)  was appointed first governor-general of Upper Canada in 1781.

Question 8

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-suffrage

Accepted Answer

Suffrage is the right to vote in politic

Question 9

Until New Jersey added the word "male" to its constitutional definition of a voter in 1807,some of the state's women enjoyed suffrage rights.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

For those Loyalists who remained in the United States after the war,hostility toward them proved to be long and intense.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Who might be considered an ideal woman in late-eighteenth-century America?

Accepted Answer

A)  An educated single woman. 
B)  An educated mother. 
C)  A farmer's widow. 
D)  A seamstress. 
E)  A shopkeeper. 
A)  An educated single woman. 
B)  An educated mother. 
C)  A farmer's widow. 
D)  A seamstress. 
E)  A shopkeeper.

Question 12

In a famous speech to Parliament,the British statesman Edmund Burke said what regarding a link between slavery and liberty for American colonists?

Accepted Answer

A)  He argued that the colonists were sensitive to threats to their liberties because they were so familiar with slavery. 
B)  He said the colonists were hypocrites for claiming to be pro-liberty while they themselves owned slaves. 
C)  He said John Locke's ideas about property rights meant colonists were justified in claiming that their liberty included slave ownership rights. 
D)  He praised liberty-loving Pennsylvanians for organizing the world's first antislavery society. 
E)  He stated that a threat to liberty anywhere is a threat to liberty everywhere,so American slavery threatened British freedom. 
A)  He argued that the colonists were sensitive to threats to their liberties because they were so familiar with slavery. 
B)  He said the colonists were hypocrites for claiming to be pro-liberty while they themselves owned slaves. 
C)  He said John Locke's ideas about property rights meant colonists were justified in claiming that their liberty included slave ownership rights. 
D)  He praised liberty-loving Pennsylvanians for organizing the world's first antislavery society. 
E)  He stated that a threat to liberty anywhere is a threat to liberty everywhere,so American slavery threatened British freedom.

Question 13

What situation would have most likely led a person to maintain his or her loyalty to the British crown during the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

A)  A coastal South Carolina planter getting angry because of a Regulator's call for more representation in the colonial government. 
B)  The news that John Wilkes lost his seat in Parliament. 
C)  A Massachusetts merchant losing business because of the British East India monopoly on tea. 
D)  An Anglican minister in New York wanting to expand his congregation. 
E)  A Virginia landowner wanting to increase his holdings west of the Appalachian Mountains. 
A)  A coastal South Carolina planter getting angry because of a Regulator's call for more representation in the colonial government. 
B)  The news that John Wilkes lost his seat in Parliament. 
C)  A Massachusetts merchant losing business because of the British East India monopoly on tea. 
D)  An Anglican minister in New York wanting to expand his congregation. 
E)  A Virginia landowner wanting to increase his holdings west of the Appalachian Mountains.

Question 14

Not everyone supported the independence movement within the colonies.Explain who supported independence and who did not.Be sure to include a discussion about how socioeconomic standing,race,religion,and gender affected an individual's support for or opposition to independence.Also consider why the other regions of the British Empire,such as Canada,the Caribbean islands,and Florida,did not also rebel and seek independence.

Accepted Answer

The support for the independence movemen

Question 15

The British Navigation Acts contradicted the ideas:

Accepted Answer

A)  of Abigail Adams in her letter to her husband about women's rights. 
B)  in Wealth of Nations. 
C)  in Circle of the Social and Benevolent Affections. 
D)  of the freedom petitions by slaves. 
E)  Thomas Jefferson's "Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom." 
A)  of Abigail Adams in her letter to her husband about women's rights. 
B)  in Wealth of Nations. 
C)  in Circle of the Social and Benevolent Affections. 
D)  of the freedom petitions by slaves. 
E)  Thomas Jefferson's "Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom."

Question 16

If Thomas Jefferson lived in the seventeenth century,what would he have feared most?

Accepted Answer

A)  Scientific discoveries that helped lead to the Enlightenment. 
B)  Wars and corruption caused by organized religion. 
C)  Native American techniques with farming. 
D)  Parliament gaining more rights after the Glorious Revolution. 
E)  John Locke's ideas on liberalism. 
A)  Scientific discoveries that helped lead to the Enlightenment. 
B)  Wars and corruption caused by organized religion. 
C)  Native American techniques with farming. 
D)  Parliament gaining more rights after the Glorious Revolution. 
E)  John Locke's ideas on liberalism.

Question 17

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-patriots

Accepted Answer

A) raised funds to assist American soldiers 
B) working for wages,or owning a farm or shop 
C) an offensive term for the rituals of the Catholic Church 
D) "School of political democracy" 
E) retained their allegiance to the crown
F)fighting for the American cause
G)Revolution undermined church authority among this group
H)responsible for raising the next generation of leaders
I)the right to vote
J)action slaves took for their immediate release
K)ability to sacrifice self-interest for the public good
L)settlement in Africa for freed slaves 
A) raised funds to assist American soldiers 
B) working for wages,or owning a farm or shop 
C) an offensive term for the rituals of the Catholic Church 
D) "School of political democracy" 
E) retained their allegiance to the crown
F)fighting for the American cause
G)Revolution undermined church authority among this group
H)responsible for raising the next generation of leaders
I)the right to vote
J)action slaves took for their immediate release
K)ability to sacrifice self-interest for the public good
L)settlement in Africa for freed slaves

Question 18

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-John Adams

Accepted Answer

A) black poet 
B) Pennsylvania radical 
C) Thoughts on Government author 
D) burned forty Indian towns 
E) America's first Roman Catholic bishop
F)director of congressional fiscal policy
G)The Selling of Joseph author
H)wrote of universal freedom,even for blacks
I)drafted Virginia's "Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom"
J)"Remember the ladies"
K)The Wealth of Nations author
L)Mohawk Indian 
A) black poet 
B) Pennsylvania radical 
C) Thoughts on Government author 
D) burned forty Indian towns 
E) America's first Roman Catholic bishop
F)director of congressional fiscal policy
G)The Selling of Joseph author
H)wrote of universal freedom,even for blacks
I)drafted Virginia's "Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom"
J)"Remember the ladies"
K)The Wealth of Nations author
L)Mohawk Indian

Question 19

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Thomas Jefferson

Accepted Answer

A) black poet 
B) Pennsylvania radical 
C) Thoughts on Government author 
D) burned forty Indian towns 
E) America's first Roman Catholic bishop
F)director of congressional fiscal policy
G)The Selling of Joseph author
H)wrote of universal freedom,even for blacks
I)drafted Virginia's "Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom"
J)"Remember the ladies"
K)The Wealth of Nations author
L)Mohawk Indian 
A) black poet 
B) Pennsylvania radical 
C) Thoughts on Government author 
D) burned forty Indian towns 
E) America's first Roman Catholic bishop
F)director of congressional fiscal policy
G)The Selling of Joseph author
H)wrote of universal freedom,even for blacks
I)drafted Virginia's "Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom"
J)"Remember the ladies"
K)The Wealth of Nations author
L)Mohawk Indian

Question 20

For which three accomplishments did Thomas Jefferson wish to be remembered?

Accepted Answer

A)  Presidency,the Declaration of Independence,the Constitution. 
B)  Louisiana Purchase,presidency,the Declaration of Independence. 
C)  The Constitution,the University of Virginia,presidency. 
D)  The "Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom," the Declaration of Independence,Louisiana Purchase. 
E)  The Declaration of Independence,the University of Virginia,the "Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom." 
A)  Presidency,the Declaration of Independence,the Constitution. 
B)  Louisiana Purchase,presidency,the Declaration of Independence. 
C)  The Constitution,the University of Virginia,presidency. 
D)  The "Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom," the Declaration of Independence,Louisiana Purchase. 
E)  The Declaration of Independence,the University of Virginia,the "Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom."

In the United States today,which would best resemble an eighteenth-century companionate marriage?

Abigail Adams did not see equality for women as the same as people do in today's modern world.

Part of the philosophy of the Revolution was embracing the principle of hereditary aristocracy.

Which of the following is true of how the new state constitutions in the Revolutionary era dealt with the issue of religious liberty?

The War of Independence weakened the deep tradition of American anti-Catholicism.

Thomas Jefferson's views on religion and Christian doctrines:

Joseph Brant,a young Mohawk:

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -suffrage

Until New Jersey added the word "male" to its constitutional definition of a voter in 1807,some of the state's women enjoyed suffrage rights.

For those Loyalists who remained in the United States after the war,hostility toward them proved to be long and intense.

Who might be considered an ideal woman in late-eighteenth-century America?

In a famous speech to Parliament,the British statesman Edmund Burke said what regarding a link between slavery and liberty for American colonists?

What situation would have most likely led a person to maintain his or her loyalty to the British crown during the American Revolution?

The British Navigation Acts contradicted the ideas:

If Thomas Jefferson lived in the seventeenth century,what would he have feared most?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -patriots

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -John Adams

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Thomas Jefferson

For which three accomplishments did Thomas Jefferson wish to be remembered?

A New World

Beginnings of English America,1607-1660

Creating Anglo-america,1660-1750

Slavery,freedom,and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

The American Revolution,1763-1783

Founding a Nation,1783-1791

Securing the Republic,1790-1815

The Market Revolution,1800-1840

Democracy in America,1815-1840

The Peculiar Institution

An Age of Reform,1820-1840

A House Divided,1840-1861

A New Birth of Freedom: the Civil War,1861-1865

what is Freedom?”: Reconstruction,1865-1877

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Exam 6: the Revolution Within

In the United States today,which would best resemble an eighteenth-century companionate marriage?

Abigail Adams did not see equality for women as the same as people do in today's modern world.

Part of the philosophy of the Revolution was embracing the principle of hereditary aristocracy.

Which of the following is true of how the new state constitutions in the Revolutionary era dealt with the issue of religious liberty?

The War of Independence weakened the deep tradition of American anti-Catholicism.

Thomas Jefferson's views on religion and Christian doctrines:

Joseph Brant,a young Mohawk:

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -suffrage

Until New Jersey added the word "male" to its constitutional definition of a voter in 1807,some of the state's women enjoyed suffrage rights.

For those Loyalists who remained in the United States after the war,hostility toward them proved to be long and intense.

Who might be considered an ideal woman in late-eighteenth-century America?

In a famous speech to Parliament,the British statesman Edmund Burke said what regarding a link between slavery and liberty for American colonists?

What situation would have most likely led a person to maintain his or her loyalty to the British crown during the American Revolution?

The British Navigation Acts contradicted the ideas:

If Thomas Jefferson lived in the seventeenth century,what would he have feared most?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -patriots

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -John Adams

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Thomas Jefferson

For which three accomplishments did Thomas Jefferson wish to be remembered?

A New World

Beginnings of English America,1607-1660

Creating Anglo-america,1660-1750

Slavery,freedom,and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

The American Revolution,1763-1783

Founding a Nation,1783-1791

Securing the Republic,1790-1815

The Market Revolution,1800-1840

Democracy in America,1815-1840

The Peculiar Institution

An Age of Reform,1820-1840

A House Divided,1840-1861

A New Birth of Freedom: the Civil War,1861-1865

what is Freedom?”: Reconstruction,1865-1877

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