Question 1

What role did Native Americans play in the Revolutionary War?

Accepted Answer

A)  They all allied themselves with the British,who promised to protect them against American encroachment. 
B)  They all allied themselves with the Americans,since the British had failed to protect them against American encroachment. 
C)  Most tribes officially maintained neutrality but secretly aided one side or the other. 
D)  They divided their allegiance,just as white Americans did. 
E)  They volunteered to fight in the Continental army,but George Washington rejected them. 
A)  They all allied themselves with the British,who promised to protect them against American encroachment. 
B)  They all allied themselves with the Americans,since the British had failed to protect them against American encroachment. 
C)  Most tribes officially maintained neutrality but secretly aided one side or the other. 
D)  They divided their allegiance,just as white Americans did. 
E)  They volunteered to fight in the Continental army,but George Washington rejected them.

Question 2

How did the Revolution transform religion in the new nation? Consider especially issues related to religious toleration,religious liberty,and church-state relations.

Accepted Answer

The Revolution transformed religion in t

Question 3

As one of the few southern white elite men who did not own slaves,Thomas Jefferson was able to honestly declare that all men had inalienable rights.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

During the 1780s,what would an American say was the best option for Native Americans in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  To become farmers. 
B)  To fight. 
C)  To work with American settlers. 
D)  to leave the United States. 
E)  To ask for help from the British. 
A)  To become farmers. 
B)  To fight. 
C)  To work with American settlers. 
D)  to leave the United States. 
E)  To ask for help from the British.

Question 5

Which argument in the petitions of slaves to the Massachusetts legislature employed the principles of the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

A)  Slaves could be productive soldiers. 
B)  Taxing the poor created an economic burden. 
C)  British soldiers did not belong in the homes of Bostonians. 
D)  One of the people killed during the Boston Massacre was of African heritage. 
E)  Natural rights were universal. 
A)  Slaves could be productive soldiers. 
B)  Taxing the poor created an economic burden. 
C)  British soldiers did not belong in the homes of Bostonians. 
D)  One of the people killed during the Boston Massacre was of African heritage. 
E)  Natural rights were universal.

Question 6

Freedom and an individual's right to vote became interchangeable in the wake of the Revolution.Describe how that transformation came about and how the various state constitutions dealt with voting qualifications.

Accepted Answer

The transformation of freedom and an ind

Question 7

The free black population after the Revolution:

Accepted Answer

A)  declined in number as newly freed slaves left the country whenever possible. 
B)  often enjoyed the right to vote if its male members met taxpaying or property qualifications. 
C)  all took the last names of their former masters. 
D)  refused to provide havens for fugitive slaves because doing so would have led to the revocation of their own emancipation. 
E)  avoided supporting the abolitionist cause out of fear of reprisals. 
A)  declined in number as newly freed slaves left the country whenever possible. 
B)  often enjoyed the right to vote if its male members met taxpaying or property qualifications. 
C)  all took the last names of their former masters. 
D)  refused to provide havens for fugitive slaves because doing so would have led to the revocation of their own emancipation. 
E)  avoided supporting the abolitionist cause out of fear of reprisals.

Question 8

What key role did Loyalist exiles serve in Canada?

Accepted Answer

A)  They helped inspire future rebellions in Canada. 
B)  Most wanted to ban slavery in Canada. 
C)  They hoped to mount an attack on the United States in order to restore it as a British colony. 
D)  They pushed for an alliance with France. 
E)  They refused to trade goods with the United States. 
A)  They helped inspire future rebellions in Canada. 
B)  Most wanted to ban slavery in Canada. 
C)  They hoped to mount an attack on the United States in order to restore it as a British colony. 
D)  They pushed for an alliance with France. 
E)  They refused to trade goods with the United States.

Question 9

General John Sullivan:

Accepted Answer

A)  led pro-American Cherokee troops in campaigns against Lord Cornwallis in North Carolina. 
B)  surrendered his forces to the Stockbridge Indians in a humiliating defeat. 
C)  destroyed forty Indian towns in a campaign against the Iroquois. 
D)  encouraged American forces to treat Indians and their lands "truly well and gently." 
E)  was a British spy whom pro-American Creek Indians unmasked. 
A)  led pro-American Cherokee troops in campaigns against Lord Cornwallis in North Carolina. 
B)  surrendered his forces to the Stockbridge Indians in a humiliating defeat. 
C)  destroyed forty Indian towns in a campaign against the Iroquois. 
D)  encouraged American forces to treat Indians and their lands "truly well and gently." 
E)  was a British spy whom pro-American Creek Indians unmasked.

Question 10

In the Upper South,a considerable number of slaveholders emancipated their slaves.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Approximately how many free Americans remained loyal to the British during the war?

Accepted Answer

A)  5 to 10 percent. 
B)  10 to 15 percent. 
C)  20 to 25 percent. 
D)  30 to 35 percent. 
E)  45 to 50 percent. 
A)  5 to 10 percent. 
B)  10 to 15 percent. 
C)  20 to 25 percent. 
D)  30 to 35 percent. 
E)  45 to 50 percent.

Question 12

What policy did the new United States pursue in its dealings with Native Americans?

Accepted Answer

A)  The U.S.government generally left them alone because it was busy trying to restore order after the war. 
B)  The U.S.government tried to protect them from encroachment by backcountry farmers,as required by the Treaty of Paris. 
C)  The U.S.government set out to dispossess the Native Americans of their remaining rich lands and drive them westward. 
D)  The U.S.government pursued a policy of outright extermination. 
E)  The U.S.government recognized Indian claims to their traditional lands from the Appalachians to the Mississippi River. 
A)  The U.S.government generally left them alone because it was busy trying to restore order after the war. 
B)  The U.S.government tried to protect them from encroachment by backcountry farmers,as required by the Treaty of Paris. 
C)  The U.S.government set out to dispossess the Native Americans of their remaining rich lands and drive them westward. 
D)  The U.S.government pursued a policy of outright extermination. 
E)  The U.S.government recognized Indian claims to their traditional lands from the Appalachians to the Mississippi River.

Question 13

What served as a sort of "school of political democracy" for the members of the "lower orders" in the colonies-turned-states?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Protestant Church. 
B)  The lower house of the state legislatures. 
C)  The taverns. 
D)  The militia. 
E)  The first public schools. 
A)  The Protestant Church. 
B)  The lower house of the state legislatures. 
C)  The taverns. 
D)  The militia. 
E)  The first public schools.

Question 14

Thomas Paine wrote that the essence of a republic was not the "particular form" of government but its object: the "public good." Discuss how the various states structured their governments and how they believed those governments provided for the public good.

Accepted Answer

Thomas Paine's assertion that the essenc

Question 15

The men who led the Revolution from start to finish were,by and large,members of the American elite.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

The Ladies' Association was a significan

Question 17

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Phillis Wheatley

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 18

The expansion of religious freedom diminished the influence of religion on American society.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

Joseph Brant, whose Mohawk name was Thay

Question 20

Britain eventually paid compensation to some Americans after the war who claimed they had been improperly deprived of their slave property.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

What role did Native Americans play in the Revolutionary War?

How did the Revolution transform religion in the new nation? Consider especially issues related to religious toleration,religious liberty,and church-state relations.

As one of the few southern white elite men who did not own slaves,Thomas Jefferson was able to honestly declare that all men had inalienable rights.

During the 1780s,what would an American say was the best option for Native Americans in the United States?

Which argument in the petitions of slaves to the Massachusetts legislature employed the principles of the American Revolution?

Freedom and an individual's right to vote became interchangeable in the wake of the Revolution.Describe how that transformation came about and how the various state constitutions dealt with voting qualifications.

The free black population after the Revolution:

What key role did Loyalist exiles serve in Canada?

General John Sullivan:

In the Upper South,a considerable number of slaveholders emancipated their slaves.

Approximately how many free Americans remained loyal to the British during the war?

What policy did the new United States pursue in its dealings with Native Americans?

What served as a sort of "school of political democracy" for the members of the "lower orders" in the colonies-turned-states?

Thomas Paine wrote that the essence of a republic was not the "particular form" of government but its object: the "public good." Discuss how the various states structured their governments and how they believed those governments provided for the public good.

The men who led the Revolution from start to finish were,by and large,members of the American elite.

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

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Phillis Wheatley

The expansion of religious freedom diminished the influence of religion on American society.

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

Britain eventually paid compensation to some Americans after the war who claimed they had been improperly deprived of their slave property.

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

What role did Native Americans play in the Revolutionary War?

How did the Revolution transform religion in the new nation? Consider especially issues related to religious toleration,religious liberty,and church-state relations.

As one of the few southern white elite men who did not own slaves,Thomas Jefferson was able to honestly declare that all men had inalienable rights.

During the 1780s,what would an American say was the best option for Native Americans in the United States?

Which argument in the petitions of slaves to the Massachusetts legislature employed the principles of the American Revolution?

Freedom and an individual's right to vote became interchangeable in the wake of the Revolution.Describe how that transformation came about and how the various state constitutions dealt with voting qualifications.

The free black population after the Revolution:

What key role did Loyalist exiles serve in Canada?

General John Sullivan:

In the Upper South,a considerable number of slaveholders emancipated their slaves.

Approximately how many free Americans remained loyal to the British during the war?

What policy did the new United States pursue in its dealings with Native Americans?

What served as a sort of "school of political democracy" for the members of the "lower orders" in the colonies-turned-states?

Thomas Paine wrote that the essence of a republic was not the "particular form" of government but its object: the "public good." Discuss how the various states structured their governments and how they believed those governments provided for the public good.

The men who led the Revolution from start to finish were,by and large,members of the American elite.

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

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Phillis Wheatley

The expansion of religious freedom diminished the influence of religion on American society.

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

Britain eventually paid compensation to some Americans after the war who claimed they had been improperly deprived of their slave property.

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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