Question 1

Who was Deborah Sampson?

Accepted Answer

A)  a woman who disguised herself as a man to fight in the Continental army 
B)  the leader of the Ladies' Association that raised funds for soldiers 
C)  a poet who promoted the revolutionary cause 
D)  an activist who was outspoken against the practice of coverture 
E)  a former slave who ended up owning her own land 
A)  a woman who disguised herself as a man to fight in the Continental army 
B)  the leader of the Ladies' Association that raised funds for soldiers 
C)  a poet who promoted the revolutionary cause 
D)  an activist who was outspoken against the practice of coverture 
E)  a former slave who ended up owning her own land A

Question 2

In Canada, the Loyalist exiles were viewed as national founding fathers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

Which settlement in Africa did the British establish for former slaves from the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  Liberia 
B)  Sierra Leone 
C)  Monrovia 
D)  Ghana 
E)  Benin 
A)  Liberia 
B)  Sierra Leone 
C)  Monrovia 
D)  Ghana 
E)  Benin B

Question 4

After the American Revolution, who held the balance of power between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River?

Accepted Answer

A)  Iroquois 
B)  Shawnee 
C)  British 
D)  French 
E)  Americans 
A)  Iroquois 
B)  Shawnee 
C)  British 
D)  French 
E)  Americans

Question 5

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 6

Why did John Adams believe that land ownership was vital to society?

Accepted Answer

A)  He opposed slavery and felt that if small farmers owned land, they would have the power to outvote slaveowners. 
B)  If more people owned land, it would be less likely that fixed and unequal social classes would emerge. 
C)  Land ownership would make people more conservative, and that would counteract any democratic impulses. 
D)  Government would have to encourage it, and Adams believed in an activist federal government. 
E)  Adams had lost his land when he took the unpopular position of representing British soldiers who participated in the Boston Massacre, and he knew how important the issue was. 
A)  He opposed slavery and felt that if small farmers owned land, they would have the power to outvote slaveowners. 
B)  If more people owned land, it would be less likely that fixed and unequal social classes would emerge. 
C)  Land ownership would make people more conservative, and that would counteract any democratic impulses. 
D)  Government would have to encourage it, and Adams believed in an activist federal government. 
E)  Adams had lost his land when he took the unpopular position of representing British soldiers who participated in the Boston Massacre, and he knew how important the issue was.

Question 7

Which of the following describes what Samuel Adams meant when he described America as a "Christian Sparta"?

Accepted Answer

A)  a nation focused mainly on spreading Christianity to Native Americans and slaves now that the war was over 
B)  a nation in which Christian morality and personal self-discipline created an exemplary citizenry 
C)  a nation committed to the separation of church and state such that religious values were absent from the conversation 
D)  a nation that had the moral obligation of all Christians to dedicate themselves to abolishing slavery 
E)  a nation that required all Christians to commit their lives to political service in the new republic 
A)  a nation focused mainly on spreading Christianity to Native Americans and slaves now that the war was over 
B)  a nation in which Christian morality and personal self-discipline created an exemplary citizenry 
C)  a nation committed to the separation of church and state such that religious values were absent from the conversation 
D)  a nation that had the moral obligation of all Christians to dedicate themselves to abolishing slavery 
E)  a nation that required all Christians to commit their lives to political service in the new republic

Question 8

Slaves comprised less than 5 percent of the population in the American colonies at the time the Revolutionary War.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Why did apprenticeship and indentured servitude decline after the Revolution?

Accepted Answer

A)  King George III had supported those ideas, and anything associated with the king was unpopular in the United States. 
B)  Many apprentices and indentures had refused to fight in the Revolution, and their bosses, resenting them for it, got rid of them. 
C)  Thomas Paine's criticism of them in Common Sense greatly influenced the many who had read his pamphlet. 
D)  Northerners were outlawing slavery in their state constitutions and began to eliminate apprenticeship and indentured servitude as well amid southern charges of hypocrisy. 
E)  The lack of freedom inherent in apprenticeship and indentured servitude struck growing numbers of Americans as incompatible with republican citizenship. 
A)  King George III had supported those ideas, and anything associated with the king was unpopular in the United States. 
B)  Many apprentices and indentures had refused to fight in the Revolution, and their bosses, resenting them for it, got rid of them. 
C)  Thomas Paine's criticism of them in Common Sense greatly influenced the many who had read his pamphlet. 
D)  Northerners were outlawing slavery in their state constitutions and began to eliminate apprenticeship and indentured servitude as well amid southern charges of hypocrisy. 
E)  The lack of freedom inherent in apprenticeship and indentured servitude struck growing numbers of Americans as incompatible with republican citizenship.

Question 10

Which statement is accurate about religious freedom in the United States during the early republic period?

Accepted Answer

A)  Deists sought to separate church and state in order to free politics from religious control. 
B)  Jews gained the right to vote and hold public office in most states. 
C)  Seven states limited officeholding to Catholics. 
D)  Throughout the country, Muslims gained the right to vote. 
E)  Throughout the country, states established new nondenominational churches. 
A)  Deists sought to separate church and state in order to free politics from religious control. 
B)  Jews gained the right to vote and hold public office in most states. 
C)  Seven states limited officeholding to Catholics. 
D)  Throughout the country, Muslims gained the right to vote. 
E)  Throughout the country, states established new nondenominational churches.

Question 11

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 12

The men who served in the Revolution through militias were empowered and demanded certain rights, thereby establishing the tradition that service in the army enabled excluded groups to stake a claim to full citizenship.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Which of the following statements accurately describes class stratification in the United States following the War for Independence?

Accepted Answer

A)  Due to British economic policies, there were virtually no wealthy people in America in the 1780s, and thus, the new nation already had many of the conditions that were ideal for bringing about true equality. 
B)  The majority of the owners of large estates in America still resided in England, so most Americans after the Revolution were on equal footing economically and could identify with one another. 
C)  The Revolution opened up opportunities in America for public debates and political and social struggles that enlarged the scope of freedom and challenged inherited structures of power. 
D)  Because the Revolution had been so destructive and controversial, for several decades the new nation had fewer opportunities for freedom and equality than the American colonies originally had. 
E)  Because the Revolution had been led predominantly by the lower classes with members of the upper classes remaining uninvolved, the ideas of Thomas Paine only went so far in the new nation. 
A)  Due to British economic policies, there were virtually no wealthy people in America in the 1780s, and thus, the new nation already had many of the conditions that were ideal for bringing about true equality. 
B)  The majority of the owners of large estates in America still resided in England, so most Americans after the Revolution were on equal footing economically and could identify with one another. 
C)  The Revolution opened up opportunities in America for public debates and political and social struggles that enlarged the scope of freedom and challenged inherited structures of power. 
D)  Because the Revolution had been so destructive and controversial, for several decades the new nation had fewer opportunities for freedom and equality than the American colonies originally had. 
E)  Because the Revolution had been led predominantly by the lower classes with members of the upper classes remaining uninvolved, the ideas of Thomas Paine only went so far in the new nation.

Question 14

After the Revolutionary War, when George Washington demanded the return of slaves who had escaped, the British commander in New York refused, saying it would be dishonorable.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The free black population increased from about 10,000 in 1776 to more than a million by 1800.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Based on Jefferson's writings regarding "tyranny over the mind of man," which of the following was most troubling to him?

Accepted Answer

A)  Enlightenment ideals 
B)  public financing of religious institutions 
C)  the lack of a king to take on certain responsibilities 
D)  the principle of coverture 
E)  John Locke's ideas 
A)  Enlightenment ideals 
B)  public financing of religious institutions 
C)  the lack of a king to take on certain responsibilities 
D)  the principle of coverture 
E)  John Locke's ideas

Question 17

Which statement is true about the founding fathers and slavery?

Accepted Answer

A)  Only the northern founding fathers owned enslaved people. 
B)  All the founding fathers supported the abolition of slavery. 
C)  Thomas Paine was a founding father who did not own slaves, unlike many others. 
D)  Thomas Jefferson freed all his slaves before he wrote the Declaration of Independence. 
E)  Only the southern founding fathers owned enslaved people. 
A)  Only the northern founding fathers owned enslaved people. 
B)  All the founding fathers supported the abolition of slavery. 
C)  Thomas Paine was a founding father who did not own slaves, unlike many others. 
D)  Thomas Jefferson freed all his slaves before he wrote the Declaration of Independence. 
E)  Only the southern founding fathers owned enslaved people.

Question 18

How did the definition of the "household" change in the North following the Revolution?

Accepted Answer

A)  It shifted from denoting both home and farmland to referring to the home only, reflecting a rapid surge in the urban population. 
B)  It expanded from referring to just a couple and their children to including extended family even if they lived independently. 
C)  It shifted from encompassing hired and indentured workers to consisting of just the parents and their children. 
D)  It evolved from being a synonym for a slave's quarters to a legal term denoting the entirety of a man's property. 
E)  It expanded from strictly including just males in a family of legal age to include all persons-male, female, free, or enslaved-living in a home. 
A)  It shifted from denoting both home and farmland to referring to the home only, reflecting a rapid surge in the urban population. 
B)  It expanded from referring to just a couple and their children to including extended family even if they lived independently. 
C)  It shifted from encompassing hired and indentured workers to consisting of just the parents and their children. 
D)  It evolved from being a synonym for a slave's quarters to a legal term denoting the entirety of a man's property. 
E)  It expanded from strictly including just males in a family of legal age to include all persons-male, female, free, or enslaved-living in a home.

Question 19

Most free Americans in the early republic believed that "equality" required

Accepted Answer

A)  equal opportunity. 
B)  limits to the amount of land an individual could own. 
C)  communal landownership. 
D)  returning Indian lands to the tribes. 
E)  abolishing slavery. 
A)  equal opportunity. 
B)  limits to the amount of land an individual could own. 
C)  communal landownership. 
D)  returning Indian lands to the tribes. 
E)  abolishing slavery.

Question 20

The words "to have and to hold" appeared in both marriage vows and ________, which demonstrated how legal authority ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  indentured servant contracts; extended to all the hardest workers and caregivers 
B)  freedom petitions; resulted in slaves commonly having the same property rights as poor whites 
C)  abolition laws; was granted to slaves in the North through a rapid process 
D)  the Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom; resided first and foremost with the church 
E)  deeds transferring land ownership; still rested with the husband over the wife 
A)  indentured servant contracts; extended to all the hardest workers and caregivers 
B)  freedom petitions; resulted in slaves commonly having the same property rights as poor whites 
C)  abolition laws; was granted to slaves in the North through a rapid process 
D)  the Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom; resided first and foremost with the church 
E)  deeds transferring land ownership; still rested with the husband over the wife

Exam 6: The Revolution Within

Who was Deborah Sampson?

In Canada, the Loyalist exiles were viewed as national founding fathers.

Which settlement in Africa did the British establish for former slaves from the United States?

After the American Revolution, who held the balance of power between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River?

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

Why did John Adams believe that land ownership was vital to society?

Which of the following describes what Samuel Adams meant when he described America as a "Christian Sparta"?

Slaves comprised less than 5 percent of the population in the American colonies at the time the Revolutionary War.

Why did apprenticeship and indentured servitude decline after the Revolution?

Which statement is accurate about religious freedom in the United States during the early republic period?

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

The men who served in the Revolution through militias were empowered and demanded certain rights, thereby establishing the tradition that service in the army enabled excluded groups to stake a claim to full citizenship.

Which of the following statements accurately describes class stratification in the United States following the War for Independence?

After the Revolutionary War, when George Washington demanded the return of slaves who had escaped, the British commander in New York refused, saying it would be dishonorable.

The free black population increased from about 10,000 in 1776 to more than a million by 1800.

Based on Jefferson's writings regarding "tyranny over the mind of man," which of the following was most troubling to him?

Which statement is true about the founding fathers and slavery?

How did the definition of the "household" change in the North following the Revolution?

Most free Americans in the early republic believed that "equality" required

The words "to have and to hold" appeared in both marriage vows and ________, which demonstrated how legal authority ________.

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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

Americas Gilded Age, 1870-1890

Freedoms Boundaries, at Home and Abroad, 1890-1900

The Progressive Era, 1900-1916

Safe for Democracy: the United States and World War I, 1916-1920

From Business Culture to Great Depression: The Twenties, 1920-1932

The New Deal, 1932-1940

Fighting for the Four Freedoms: World War II, 1941-1945

The United States and the Cold War, 1945-1953

An Affluent Society, 1953-1960

The Sixties, 1960-1968

The Conservative Turn, 1969-1988

From Triumph to Tragedy, 1989-2004

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