Question 1

Chesapeake women who achieved wealth did so mostly

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A)  through marriage, and often remarriage, to wealthy men. 
B)  through grants of land from the governor. 
C)  by running businesses and trading concerns. 
D)  by managing inns and taverns. 
A)  through marriage, and often remarriage, to wealthy men. 
B)  through grants of land from the governor. 
C)  by running businesses and trading concerns. 
D)  by managing inns and taverns. A

Question 2

What development is an example of the syncretic African American culture that had emerged in the Chesapeake by the early eighteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  The dominance of West African traditions in most slave communities 
B)  The fusion of African and English words into a pidgin language 
C)  African Americans' rejection of African religions for Christianity 
D)  The use of African and English women to work in fields together 
A)  The dominance of West African traditions in most slave communities 
B)  The fusion of African and English words into a pidgin language 
C)  African Americans' rejection of African religions for Christianity 
D)  The use of African and English women to work in fields together B

Question 3

Between the mid-sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries,the number of African women imported into American slavery

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A)  surpassed the number of African males imported to America as slaves. 
B)  plummeted due to women's inability to do farm work as effectively as men. 
C)  increased to fill the desire for domestic servants to serve the growing upper class. 
D)  was nearly 40 percent of the overall number of African slaves imported to America. 
A)  surpassed the number of African males imported to America as slaves. 
B)  plummeted due to women's inability to do farm work as effectively as men. 
C)  increased to fill the desire for domestic servants to serve the growing upper class. 
D)  was nearly 40 percent of the overall number of African slaves imported to America. D

Question 4

What was remarkable about the demographics of colonial New England in the seventeenth century?

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A)  New England had higher ages at first marriage and lower fertility than in England or the southern colonies. 
B)  New England had lower ages at first marriage and higher fertility than in England or the southern colonies. 
C)  New England had a higher percentage of single men than in any other colonial region. 
D)  New England had a growing percentage of African American laborers throughout the century. 
A)  New England had higher ages at first marriage and lower fertility than in England or the southern colonies. 
B)  New England had lower ages at first marriage and higher fertility than in England or the southern colonies. 
C)  New England had a higher percentage of single men than in any other colonial region. 
D)  New England had a growing percentage of African American laborers throughout the century.

Question 5

Most of the women accused of witchcraft during the New England witch hunts were

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A)  either older, poor, and powerless or in a position of some authority and prestige. 
B)  women whose fathers or husbands held political power. 
C)  young women suffering from mental illness. 
D)  previously held captives of Native Americans. 
A)  either older, poor, and powerless or in a position of some authority and prestige. 
B)  women whose fathers or husbands held political power. 
C)  young women suffering from mental illness. 
D)  previously held captives of Native Americans.

Question 6

What roles did women have among Pennsylvania's Quakers?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were encouraged to form prayer meetings and missionary societies but were forbidden to speak in church services. 
B)  Quaker women were often respected religious teachers and participated fully in Quaker services. 
C)  Although Quaker women were seen as spiritually equal to men, they were not allowed to lead Quaker worship. 
D)  George Fox's radical emphasis on women's spiritually superior nature led to the ordination of female Quakers. 
A)  They were encouraged to form prayer meetings and missionary societies but were forbidden to speak in church services. 
B)  Quaker women were often respected religious teachers and participated fully in Quaker services. 
C)  Although Quaker women were seen as spiritually equal to men, they were not allowed to lead Quaker worship. 
D)  George Fox's radical emphasis on women's spiritually superior nature led to the ordination of female Quakers.

Question 7

What impact did Bacon's Rebellion have on Virginia?

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A)  The colonial legislature passed a series of laws further limiting the social mobility of poor white Virginians. 
B)  Bacon's followers succeeded in liberating Virginia from royal rule for a period of time. 
C)  Virginia's upper class solidified its hold on political power and began to conspicuously display wealth and power. 
D)  Virginia's social structure was completely reversed because the poor appropriated the land of the wealthy aristocrats. 
A)  The colonial legislature passed a series of laws further limiting the social mobility of poor white Virginians. 
B)  Bacon's followers succeeded in liberating Virginia from royal rule for a period of time. 
C)  Virginia's upper class solidified its hold on political power and began to conspicuously display wealth and power. 
D)  Virginia's social structure was completely reversed because the poor appropriated the land of the wealthy aristocrats.

Question 8

When an Englishwoman had the legal status of feme sole,she

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A)  had the right to participate in her husband's legal decisions. 
B)  was prohibited from marrying. 
C)  had some individual rights before the law. 
D)  could execute her children's legal documents. 
A)  had the right to participate in her husband's legal decisions. 
B)  was prohibited from marrying. 
C)  had some individual rights before the law. 
D)  could execute her children's legal documents.

Question 9

What was a contributing factor in the Virginia Company's importation of 150 "tobacco brides" to Jamestown in 1620 and 1621?

Accepted Answer

A)  The settlers in the Chesapeake colonies were mostly male, so there was a lack of available spouses. 
B)  There was a growing need for domestic servants on Chesapeake farms. 
C)  Virginia's Puritan leadership hoped the addition of women would produce more marriages. 
D)  Leaders wanted to prevent a preponderance of mixed-race children in the colony. 
A)  The settlers in the Chesapeake colonies were mostly male, so there was a lack of available spouses. 
B)  There was a growing need for domestic servants on Chesapeake farms. 
C)  Virginia's Puritan leadership hoped the addition of women would produce more marriages. 
D)  Leaders wanted to prevent a preponderance of mixed-race children in the colony.

Question 10

Why did women in the Chesapeake colonies tend to die at an earlier age than men throughout the seventeenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  The prevalence of deadly diseases in the household 
B)  The hazards of childbirth 
C)  Overwork in a harsh climate 
D)  Women's poor physical constitutions 
A)  The prevalence of deadly diseases in the household 
B)  The hazards of childbirth 
C)  Overwork in a harsh climate 
D)  Women's poor physical constitutions

Question 11

A 1662 law changed the status of slavery in the colonies by decreeing that

Accepted Answer

A)  a child followed his or her father's legal status. 
B)  a mixed-race child was considered a slave if one parent was enslaved. 
C)  a child followed his or her mother's legal status. 
D)  any child with African blood was considered a slave. 
A)  a child followed his or her father's legal status. 
B)  a mixed-race child was considered a slave if one parent was enslaved. 
C)  a child followed his or her mother's legal status. 
D)  any child with African blood was considered a slave.

Question 12

English cultural values shaped women's experiences in which of the following ways?

Accepted Answer

A)  They emphasized that women ideally should be confined to household production. 
B)  They emphasized the equality of husbands and wives. 
C)  They created an expectation that women would control their own property. 
D)  They allowed that women's roles and duties could shift. 
A)  They emphasized that women ideally should be confined to household production. 
B)  They emphasized the equality of husbands and wives. 
C)  They created an expectation that women would control their own property. 
D)  They allowed that women's roles and duties could shift.

Question 13

Why did South Carolina planters use African women to establish rice as a staple crop?

Accepted Answer

A)  Women had been key participants in cultivating rice crops in Africa. 
B)  Women's hands were best adapted to the fine tasks required for that crop. 
C)  Women were more docile as a labor force than were men. 
D)  Rice required relatively little physical labor to grow and harvest. 
A)  Women had been key participants in cultivating rice crops in Africa. 
B)  Women's hands were best adapted to the fine tasks required for that crop. 
C)  Women were more docile as a labor force than were men. 
D)  Rice required relatively little physical labor to grow and harvest.

Question 14

What was the most important resource a French fur trader could have on the frontier of New France?

Accepted Answer

A)  A Native woman who had fur-preparation skills and could act as interpreter with Native groups 
B)  A French wife to help bring family connections and status to his business 
C)  Slaves to help him farm his land and run his fur business 
D)  A close relationship with a Catholic missionary to build good relations with Native Americans 
A)  A Native woman who had fur-preparation skills and could act as interpreter with Native groups 
B)  A French wife to help bring family connections and status to his business 
C)  Slaves to help him farm his land and run his fur business 
D)  A close relationship with a Catholic missionary to build good relations with Native Americans

Question 15

In challenging religious doctrine and the clergy who interpreted it in Massachusetts,Anne Hutchinson also contested the

Accepted Answer

A)  existence of God. 
B)  need for organized religion. 
C)  inferior role of women in the Bible. 
D)  subordinate status of women in religious discussions. 
A)  existence of God. 
B)  need for organized religion. 
C)  inferior role of women in the Bible. 
D)  subordinate status of women in religious discussions.

Question 16

Which of the following was part of the Dutch concept of marriage in New Netherland?

Accepted Answer

A)  A married women could only inherit and own her dower property after her husband's death. 
B)  A married woman's estate was always left to her children upon her death. 
C)  A married woman could not establish a business or inherit her husband's. 
D)  A married woman had a legal identity independent of her husband. 
A)  A married women could only inherit and own her dower property after her husband's death. 
B)  A married woman's estate was always left to her children upon her death. 
C)  A married woman could not establish a business or inherit her husband's. 
D)  A married woman had a legal identity independent of her husband.

Question 17

When did the sex ratio between white men and women come into balance?

Accepted Answer

A)  After the war for independence, which brought high casualties to the male population 
B)  Once African slavery took hold and white women ceased jeopardizing their health with farm labor 
C)  After 1650, when the legal rights of married women were better protected, enticing more women to emigrate 
D)  After 1700, when the rate of male immigration slowed and the birthrate among the white population increased 
A)  After the war for independence, which brought high casualties to the male population 
B)  Once African slavery took hold and white women ceased jeopardizing their health with farm labor 
C)  After 1650, when the legal rights of married women were better protected, enticing more women to emigrate 
D)  After 1700, when the rate of male immigration slowed and the birthrate among the white population increased

Question 18

What was a result of high mortality rates in the Chesapeake region during the seventeenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  A decline in the number of people willing to emigrate there 
B)  A large number of poor widows who were an economic drain on the governments 
C)  Widows who remarried quickly, creating complicated blended families 
D)  A system in which the surviving parent kept close oversight over remaining children 
A)  A decline in the number of people willing to emigrate there 
B)  A large number of poor widows who were an economic drain on the governments 
C)  Widows who remarried quickly, creating complicated blended families 
D)  A system in which the surviving parent kept close oversight over remaining children

Question 19

How did slavery in New England differ from slavery in the southern colonies?

Accepted Answer

A)  Northern slaveholders tended to own only one or two slaves and sell them frequently, making it difficult for slaves to form families as they did in the South. 
B)  Many New England merchants owned as many slaves as southern planters but used them to help build ships and not to grow crops. 
C)  Puritans believed it was immoral to own another human being and so passed laws that prohibited slavery in New England. 
D)  Unlike in the South, northern slaves were rarely used as skilled craftsmen or domestic servants. 
A)  Northern slaveholders tended to own only one or two slaves and sell them frequently, making it difficult for slaves to form families as they did in the South. 
B)  Many New England merchants owned as many slaves as southern planters but used them to help build ships and not to grow crops. 
C)  Puritans believed it was immoral to own another human being and so passed laws that prohibited slavery in New England. 
D)  Unlike in the South, northern slaves were rarely used as skilled craftsmen or domestic servants.

Question 20

What was one issue of discontent among the men who participated in Bacon's Rebellion?

Accepted Answer

A)  They resented Virginia's government replacing indentured servants with slaves from Africa. 
B)  They were angry over a law that made it easier for wealthy planters to seize land from Native Americans. 
C)  They resented a law that made it easier for female than male indentured servants to obtain their freedom. 
D)  They resented the shortage of Englishwomen available for them to marry. 
A)  They resented Virginia's government replacing indentured servants with slaves from Africa. 
B)  They were angry over a law that made it easier for wealthy planters to seize land from Native Americans. 
C)  They resented a law that made it easier for female than male indentured servants to obtain their freedom. 
D)  They resented the shortage of Englishwomen available for them to marry.

Chesapeake women who achieved wealth did so mostly

What development is an example of the syncretic African American culture that had emerged in the Chesapeake by the early eighteenth century?

Between the mid-sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries,the number of African women imported into American slavery

What was remarkable about the demographics of colonial New England in the seventeenth century?

Most of the women accused of witchcraft during the New England witch hunts were

What roles did women have among Pennsylvania's Quakers?

What impact did Bacon's Rebellion have on Virginia?

When an Englishwoman had the legal status of feme sole,she

What was a contributing factor in the Virginia Company's importation of 150 "tobacco brides" to Jamestown in 1620 and 1621?

Why did women in the Chesapeake colonies tend to die at an earlier age than men throughout the seventeenth century?

A 1662 law changed the status of slavery in the colonies by decreeing that

English cultural values shaped women's experiences in which of the following ways?

Why did South Carolina planters use African women to establish rice as a staple crop?

What was the most important resource a French fur trader could have on the frontier of New France?

In challenging religious doctrine and the clergy who interpreted it in Massachusetts,Anne Hutchinson also contested the

Which of the following was part of the Dutch concept of marriage in New Netherland?

When did the sex ratio between white men and women come into balance?

What was a result of high mortality rates in the Chesapeake region during the seventeenth century?

How did slavery in New England differ from slavery in the southern colonies?

What was one issue of discontent among the men who participated in Bacon's Rebellion?

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Chesapeake women who achieved wealth did so mostly

What development is an example of the syncretic African American culture that had emerged in the Chesapeake by the early eighteenth century?

Between the mid-sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries,the number of African women imported into American slavery

What was remarkable about the demographics of colonial New England in the seventeenth century?

Most of the women accused of witchcraft during the New England witch hunts were

What roles did women have among Pennsylvania's Quakers?

What impact did Bacon's Rebellion have on Virginia?

When an Englishwoman had the legal status of feme sole,she

What was a contributing factor in the Virginia Company's importation of 150 "tobacco brides" to Jamestown in 1620 and 1621?

Why did women in the Chesapeake colonies tend to die at an earlier age than men throughout the seventeenth century?

A 1662 law changed the status of slavery in the colonies by decreeing that

English cultural values shaped women's experiences in which of the following ways?

Why did South Carolina planters use African women to establish rice as a staple crop?

What was the most important resource a French fur trader could have on the frontier of New France?

In challenging religious doctrine and the clergy who interpreted it in Massachusetts,Anne Hutchinson also contested the

Which of the following was part of the Dutch concept of marriage in New Netherland?

When did the sex ratio between white men and women come into balance?

What was a result of high mortality rates in the Chesapeake region during the seventeenth century?

How did slavery in New England differ from slavery in the southern colonies?

What was one issue of discontent among the men who participated in Bacon's Rebellion?

America in the world

Mothers and daughters of the Revolution

Pedestal,loom,and auction block

Shifting boundaries: expansion,reform,and Civil War

Reconstructing women's lives North and South

Women in an expanding nation: consolidation of the West,mass immigration,

Power and politics: women in the Progressive Era

Change and continuity: women in prosperity,Depression,and war

Beyond the feminine mystique: women's lives

Modern feminism and American societ

U.S.women in a global age

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