Question 1

In 1798,the United States launched the undeclared Quasi War against which nation?

Accepted Answer

A) Haiti 
B) France 
C) Spain 
D) England 
A) Haiti 
B) France 
C) Spain 
D) England

Question 2

How did the two parties in the first party system view the issues of slavery and black rights?

Accepted Answer

A) Neither party demonstrated any significant opposition to slavery or concern for black rights. 
B) The two parties competed with each other in proclaiming their commitment to the preservation of slavery and their belief that America was a "white man's country." 
C) The Democratic-Republicans' egalitarianism led them to oppose slavery and support black rights,whereas the Federalists' conservatism and respect for property had the opposite effect. 
D) Despite the Democratic-Republicans' professed egalitarianism,Federalists were more generally inclined to oppose slavery and to support black rights. 
A) Neither party demonstrated any significant opposition to slavery or concern for black rights. 
B) The two parties competed with each other in proclaiming their commitment to the preservation of slavery and their belief that America was a "white man's country." 
C) The Democratic-Republicans' egalitarianism led them to oppose slavery and support black rights,whereas the Federalists' conservatism and respect for property had the opposite effect. 
D) Despite the Democratic-Republicans' professed egalitarianism,Federalists were more generally inclined to oppose slavery and to support black rights.

Question 3

Which prominent black shipbuilder advocated in favor of colonization and led an expedition of thirty-eight emigrants to Freetown in West Africa in 1815?

Accepted Answer

A) James Forten 
B) Richard Allen 
C) Colin Teague 
D) Paul Cuffee 
A) James Forten 
B) Richard Allen 
C) Colin Teague 
D) Paul Cuffee

Question 4

Benjamin Banneker was best known for his work in what literary genre?

Accepted Answer

A) poetry 
B) almanacs 
C) spiritual autobiography 
D) political pamphlets 
A) poetry 
B) almanacs 
C) spiritual autobiography 
D) political pamphlets

Question 5

In 1794,Absalom Jones and Richard Allen published A Narrative of the Proceedings of the Black People during the Late Awful Calamity in Philadelphia in order to

Accepted Answer

A) chastise black Americans for having failed to help the people of Philadelphia during the yellow fever epidemic. 
B) disprove arguments that escaped slaves had deliberately infected the population of Philadelphia with yellow fever. 
C) refute allegations that blacks had used the yellow fever epidemic as an opportunity to plunder the homes of Philadelphians. 
D) urge black readers to abandon their attempts to live up to white Americans' ideas of "respectability" and instead to find freedom in nonconformity. 
A) chastise black Americans for having failed to help the people of Philadelphia during the yellow fever epidemic. 
B) disprove arguments that escaped slaves had deliberately infected the population of Philadelphia with yellow fever. 
C) refute allegations that blacks had used the yellow fever epidemic as an opportunity to plunder the homes of Philadelphians. 
D) urge black readers to abandon their attempts to live up to white Americans' ideas of "respectability" and instead to find freedom in nonconformity.

Question 6

In which state were women and blacks allowed to vote until 1807 as long as they owned sufficient property?

Accepted Answer

A) New Jersey 
B) Pennsylvania 
C) Massachusetts 
D) Virginia 
A) New Jersey 
B) Pennsylvania 
C) Massachusetts 
D) Virginia

Question 7

Which of the following statements BEST describes the development of free-black communities in the early United States?

Accepted Answer

A) Such communities were formed primarily around institutions,not neighborhoods. 
B) Such communities were formed primarily around neighborhoods,not institutions. 
C) Such communities were formed by both high rates of racial residential segregation and the establishment of black-run institutions. 
D) Such communities generally failed to develop an identity which distinguished them from the neighboring white communities. 
A) Such communities were formed primarily around institutions,not neighborhoods. 
B) Such communities were formed primarily around neighborhoods,not institutions. 
C) Such communities were formed by both high rates of racial residential segregation and the establishment of black-run institutions. 
D) Such communities generally failed to develop an identity which distinguished them from the neighboring white communities.

Question 8

In Boston,the public school system

Accepted Answer

A) had,since the early eighteenth century,maintained separate schools for white and black children. 
B) funded separate schools for black children,but allowed black parents to retain control of the schools. 
C) initially denied black children access to the schools,then assumed control of the separate schools which the black community had created for its children. 
D) refused to allow black parents to establish their own schools or to allow black children to attend school with white ones,thus depriving black children of all educational opportunities. 
A) had,since the early eighteenth century,maintained separate schools for white and black children. 
B) funded separate schools for black children,but allowed black parents to retain control of the schools. 
C) initially denied black children access to the schools,then assumed control of the separate schools which the black community had created for its children. 
D) refused to allow black parents to establish their own schools or to allow black children to attend school with white ones,thus depriving black children of all educational opportunities.

Question 9

What Haitian hero helped to lead his people to freedom during his country's revolution?

Accepted Answer

A) Olaudah Equiano 
B) Lemuel Haynes 
C) Toussaint Louverture 
D) Venture Smith 
A) Olaudah Equiano 
B) Lemuel Haynes 
C) Toussaint Louverture 
D) Venture Smith

Question 10

Who was likely the first professional black painter in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A) Benjamin Banneker 
B) Lott Carey 
C) Joshua Johnston 
D) Daniel Coker 
A) Benjamin Banneker 
B) Lott Carey 
C) Joshua Johnston 
D) Daniel Coker

Question 11

Who wrote the most widely reprinted book in English by an author of African descent in the post-Revolutionary period?

Accepted Answer

A) Jupiter Hammon 
B) Prince Hall 
C) Benjamin Banneker 
D) Olaudah Equiano 
A) Jupiter Hammon 
B) Prince Hall 
C) Benjamin Banneker 
D) Olaudah Equiano

Question 12

Which city had the largest free black population throughout the antebellum period?

Accepted Answer

A) Boston 
B) New York City 
C) Baltimore 
D) Philadelphia 
A) Boston 
B) New York City 
C) Baltimore 
D) Philadelphia

Question 13

In 1814,James Forten,Richard Allen,and Absalom Jones organized more than 2500 black citizens who hastily assembled fortifications to protect which city from British attack?

Accepted Answer

A) New Orleans 
B) New York 
C) Baltimore 
D) Philadelphia 
A) New Orleans 
B) New York 
C) Baltimore 
D) Philadelphia

Question 14

Which of the following statements about the Haitian Revolution is LEAST accurate?

Accepted Answer

A) It erupted after white French colonists demanded expanded voting rights for themselves while denying them to property-owning blacks. 
B) It resulted in the creation of the world's first black republic in 1804. 
C) It continued even after the French captured the leader of the revolution. 
D) It was opposed by the U.S.government until Thomas Jefferson came to power in 1801 and lent the revolutionaries active support. 
A) It erupted after white French colonists demanded expanded voting rights for themselves while denying them to property-owning blacks. 
B) It resulted in the creation of the world's first black republic in 1804. 
C) It continued even after the French captured the leader of the revolution. 
D) It was opposed by the U.S.government until Thomas Jefferson came to power in 1801 and lent the revolutionaries active support.

Question 15

Which state or territory had the largest number of slaves in 1790?

Accepted Answer

A) Virginia 
B) Tennessee 
C) Connecticut 
D) Vermont 
A) Virginia 
B) Tennessee 
C) Connecticut 
D) Vermont

Question 16

In what year did Freedom's Journal,the first black-edited newspaper in the United States,first appear?

Accepted Answer

A) 1793 
B) 1808 
C) 1816 
D) 1827 
A) 1793 
B) 1808 
C) 1816 
D) 1827

Question 17

Roughly how many of the approximately 4 million people living in the United States in 1790 were people of African descent?

Accepted Answer

A) 1,000,000 
B) 750,000 
C) 500,000 
D) 250,000 
A) 1,000,000 
B) 750,000 
C) 500,000 
D) 250,000

Question 18

Which northern state emancipated slavery so gradually that most slaves living in the North after 1830 lived there,and even as late as 1860 a handful of elderly black "lifetime indentured servants" remained there?

Accepted Answer

A) New York 
B) Pennsylvania 
C) New Jersey 
D) Delaware 
A) New York 
B) Pennsylvania 
C) New Jersey 
D) Delaware

Question 19

What honor did Benjamin Banneker receive in recognition of his considerable skills in mathematics and mechanics?

Accepted Answer

A) He was appointed surveyor of the boundaries and streets of the District of Columbia. 
B) He was appointed by the Secretary of War to establish a system of fortifications along the country's Atlantic coast. 
C) He was appointed by Thomas Jefferson as the head professor of mathematics and astronomy at Jefferson's new school,the University of Virginia. 
D) He was appointed a major general in the U.S.Army and given overall command of the nation's artillery corps. 
A) He was appointed surveyor of the boundaries and streets of the District of Columbia. 
B) He was appointed by the Secretary of War to establish a system of fortifications along the country's Atlantic coast. 
C) He was appointed by Thomas Jefferson as the head professor of mathematics and astronomy at Jefferson's new school,the University of Virginia. 
D) He was appointed a major general in the U.S.Army and given overall command of the nation's artillery corps.

Question 20

Between 1800 and 1830,all of the following states EXCEPT _____ disenfranchised all black men.

Accepted Answer

A) Connecticut 
B) New York 
C) New Jersey 
D) Rhode Island 
A) Connecticut 
B) New York 
C) New Jersey 
D) Rhode Island

Exam 6: Building Communities in the Early Republic

In 1798,the United States launched the undeclared Quasi War against which nation?

How did the two parties in the first party system view the issues of slavery and black rights?

Which prominent black shipbuilder advocated in favor of colonization and led an expedition of thirty-eight emigrants to Freetown in West Africa in 1815?

Benjamin Banneker was best known for his work in what literary genre?

In 1794,Absalom Jones and Richard Allen published A Narrative of the Proceedings of the Black People during the Late Awful Calamity in Philadelphia in order to

In which state were women and blacks allowed to vote until 1807 as long as they owned sufficient property?

Which of the following statements BEST describes the development of free-black communities in the early United States?

In Boston,the public school system

What Haitian hero helped to lead his people to freedom during his country's revolution?

Who was likely the first professional black painter in the United States?

Who wrote the most widely reprinted book in English by an author of African descent in the post-Revolutionary period?

Which city had the largest free black population throughout the antebellum period?

In 1814,James Forten,Richard Allen,and Absalom Jones organized more than 2500 black citizens who hastily assembled fortifications to protect which city from British attack?

Which of the following statements about the Haitian Revolution is LEAST accurate?

Which state or territory had the largest number of slaves in 1790?

In what year did Freedom's Journal,the first black-edited newspaper in the United States,first appear?

Roughly how many of the approximately 4 million people living in the United States in 1790 were people of African descent?

Which northern state emancipated slavery so gradually that most slaves living in the North after 1830 lived there,and even as late as 1860 a handful of elderly black "lifetime indentured servants" remained there?

What honor did Benjamin Banneker receive in recognition of his considerable skills in mathematics and mechanics?

Between 1800 and 1830,all of the following states EXCEPT _____ disenfranchised all black men.

Ancestral Africa

Africans in the Atlantic World

Establish North American Slavery

Eighteenth-Century Slave Societies

Give Me Liberty

Southern Slavery

Antebellum Free Blacks

Abolitionism in Black and White

Civil War

Promises and Pitfalls of Reconstruction

The Color Line

The Era of Self-Help

In Pursuit of Democracy

Voices of Protest

The Arts at Home and Abroad

The New Deal Era

Double V for Victory

American Dilemmas,1930s-1955

We Shall Overcome

Black Power

Progress and Poverty

Perspectives on the Present

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