Question 1

Which of the following correctly describes the composition or prevalence of large coastal cities in the English colonies?

Accepted Answer

A) They dominated the colonial landscape. 
B) They held approximately 50% of the colonial population. 
C) They were confined almost exclusively to the South. 
D) They never comprised more than 10% of the population. 
E) They held no slaves at all. 
A) They dominated the colonial landscape. 
B) They held approximately 50% of the colonial population. 
C) They were confined almost exclusively to the South. 
D) They never comprised more than 10% of the population. 
E) They held no slaves at all. D

Question 2

During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Southern colonies devoted their agricultural energies to the cultivation of cotton.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

Which of the following correctly describes English colonial women in the Americas?

Accepted Answer

A) They could not vote. 
B) They could hold elected office. 
C) They could become ministers. 
D) They could attend schools. 
E) They could sign contracts. 
A) They could not vote. 
B) They could hold elected office. 
C) They could become ministers. 
D) They could attend schools. 
E) They could sign contracts. A

Question 4

The wealthiest group of southern colonists by the eighteenth century were rice planters in South Carolina.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The colony of Pennsylvania was the great distribution point for various European ethnic groups that immigrated to the colonies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

At the start of the Great Awakening, which of the following was true?

Accepted Answer

A) Few colonies had churches. 
B) Most colonists lived in a colony with an officially sanctioned church. 
C) Most colonists were both literate and college educated. 
D) All colonists were Puritans. 
E) All colonists were Catholics. 
A) Few colonies had churches. 
B) Most colonists lived in a colony with an officially sanctioned church. 
C) Most colonists were both literate and college educated. 
D) All colonists were Puritans. 
E) All colonists were Catholics.

Question 7

In the eighteenth century, American women had a child every __________ on average.

Accepted Answer

A) 2 to 3 years 
B) 5 to 6 years 
C) 11 months to 2 years 
D) Thanksgiving holiday 
E) 7 years 
A) 2 to 3 years 
B) 5 to 6 years 
C) 11 months to 2 years 
D) Thanksgiving holiday 
E) 7 years

Question 8

Which of the following statements regarding women in the colonial period is accurate?

Accepted Answer

A) Women performed a multitude of tasks within the home. 
B) The first women doctors and shopkeepers did not come until after the colonies. 
C) Women were often extended equal treatment in the "better homes." 
D) Colonial women had many fewer opportunities than women at home in England. 
E) Women in the colonies lived relatively easy lives. 
A) Women performed a multitude of tasks within the home. 
B) The first women doctors and shopkeepers did not come until after the colonies. 
C) Women were often extended equal treatment in the "better homes." 
D) Colonial women had many fewer opportunities than women at home in England. 
E) Women in the colonies lived relatively easy lives.

Question 9

The allegations of witchcraft in Salem in 1691-1692 may have resulted from hysteria that came out of conflicts with Indians.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The southern colonies pursued an agriculturally based economy, whereas the New England colonies

Accepted Answer

A) had to rely on the Native Americans for food. 
B) never engaged in agriculture. 
C) had a more diverse economy including trade, farming, and fishing. 
D) relied almost exclusively on the raising of cattle. 
E) survived primarily as shipbuilders. 
A) had to rely on the Native Americans for food. 
B) never engaged in agriculture. 
C) had a more diverse economy including trade, farming, and fishing. 
D) relied almost exclusively on the raising of cattle. 
E) survived primarily as shipbuilders.

Question 11

How did the lifestyles and economies of the southern, New England, and middle colonies differ?

Accepted Answer

The lifestyles and economies of the sout

Question 12

Which of the following was true, compared with back home in England?

Accepted Answer

A) The English colonies had a much lower death rate. 
B) The English colonies had a much higher death rate. 
C) English colonists tended to freeze to death much more frequently. 
D) English colonists were much more susceptible to disease. 
E) Opportunity was rare in the colonies. 
A) The English colonies had a much lower death rate. 
B) The English colonies had a much higher death rate. 
C) English colonists tended to freeze to death much more frequently. 
D) English colonists were much more susceptible to disease. 
E) Opportunity was rare in the colonies.

Question 13

Which of the following statements was true of Enlightenment thinkers?

Accepted Answer

A) They believed that reason could be used to improve society and human nature. 
B) They argued that all religions were for the unenlightened and the foolish. 
C) They were not influenced by scientists like Sir Isaac Newton. 
D) They valued only financial gain. 
E) They believed that politics was a foolish waste of time. 
A) They believed that reason could be used to improve society and human nature. 
B) They argued that all religions were for the unenlightened and the foolish. 
C) They were not influenced by scientists like Sir Isaac Newton. 
D) They valued only financial gain. 
E) They believed that politics was a foolish waste of time.

Question 14

Why did plantation owners in Virginia and Maryland prefer West African slaves?

Accepted Answer

A) They were the least aggressive. 
B) They already spoke English. 
C) They cultivated tobacco in West Africa. 
D) Yam cultivation in West Africa was similar to tobacco cultivation. 
E) West African men had a reputation of being the strongest on the continent. 
A) They were the least aggressive. 
B) They already spoke English. 
C) They cultivated tobacco in West Africa. 
D) Yam cultivation in West Africa was similar to tobacco cultivation. 
E) West African men had a reputation of being the strongest on the continent.

Question 15

Which of the following statements regarding the development of the English colonies is accurate?

Accepted Answer

A) In the South, free laborers were abundant and worked cheaply. 
B) Towns developed quickly in the North, encouraged by trade and natural harbors. 
C) All the English colonies relied heavily on indentured servants. 
D) Slavery was consistently the preferred labor choice in England's colonies. 
E) All colonists lived in communities known as towns. 
A) In the South, free laborers were abundant and worked cheaply. 
B) Towns developed quickly in the North, encouraged by trade and natural harbors. 
C) All the English colonies relied heavily on indentured servants. 
D) Slavery was consistently the preferred labor choice in England's colonies. 
E) All colonists lived in communities known as towns.

Question 16

In the early eighteenth century, American colonists were dependent on Britain for manufactured goods such as

Accepted Answer

A) cigarettes. 
B) beer. 
C) glass. 
D) stamps. 
E) canned fish. 
A) cigarettes. 
B) beer. 
C) glass. 
D) stamps. 
E) canned fish.

Question 17

As indentured servants began arriving in the colonies, which of the following was true?

Accepted Answer

A) They immediately sought to negotiate work contracts. 
B) They were forced to live in guarded compounds. 
C) They prospered immediately. 
D) They were allowed to cancel their contracts. 
E) They brought diverse cultural practices. 
A) They immediately sought to negotiate work contracts. 
B) They were forced to live in guarded compounds. 
C) They prospered immediately. 
D) They were allowed to cancel their contracts. 
E) They brought diverse cultural practices.

Question 18

Explain why families in eighteenth-century America were generally larger and healthier than their counterparts in England.

Accepted Answer

There are several reasons why families i

Question 19

According to John Winthrop, a "true wife" could only find contentment

Accepted Answer

A) while worshipping in church. 
B) in subjugation to her husband's authority. 
C) in childrearing. 
D) while attending to her family. 
E) when she moved to the afterlife. 
A) while worshipping in church. 
B) in subjugation to her husband's authority. 
C) in childrearing. 
D) while attending to her family. 
E) when she moved to the afterlife.

Question 20

Which of the following statements about the Great Awakening was correct?

Accepted Answer

A) It involved only the colonial elites. 
B) It was in line with the rising Enlightenment interest in reason. 
C) It tapped into a widespread sense of religious decline. 
D) It was limited only to the Quaker colony of Pennsylvania. 
E) It began with Native Americans. 
A) It involved only the colonial elites. 
B) It was in line with the rising Enlightenment interest in reason. 
C) It tapped into a widespread sense of religious decline. 
D) It was limited only to the Quaker colony of Pennsylvania. 
E) It began with Native Americans.

Exam 3: Colonial Ways of Life, 1607-1750

Which of the following correctly describes the composition or prevalence of large coastal cities in the English colonies?

During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Southern colonies devoted their agricultural energies to the cultivation of cotton.

Which of the following correctly describes English colonial women in the Americas?

The wealthiest group of southern colonists by the eighteenth century were rice planters in South Carolina.

The colony of Pennsylvania was the great distribution point for various European ethnic groups that immigrated to the colonies.

At the start of the Great Awakening, which of the following was true?

In the eighteenth century, American women had a child every __________ on average.

Which of the following statements regarding women in the colonial period is accurate?

The allegations of witchcraft in Salem in 1691-1692 may have resulted from hysteria that came out of conflicts with Indians.

The southern colonies pursued an agriculturally based economy, whereas the New England colonies

How did the lifestyles and economies of the southern, New England, and middle colonies differ?

Which of the following was true, compared with back home in England?

Which of the following statements was true of Enlightenment thinkers?

Why did plantation owners in Virginia and Maryland prefer West African slaves?

Which of the following statements regarding the development of the English colonies is accurate?

In the early eighteenth century, American colonists were dependent on Britain for manufactured goods such as

As indentured servants began arriving in the colonies, which of the following was true?

Explain why families in eighteenth-century America were generally larger and healthier than their counterparts in England.

According to John Winthrop, a "true wife" could only find contentment

Which of the following statements about the Great Awakening was correct?

The Collision of Cultures in the 16th Century

England and Its American Colonies, 1607-1732

From Colonies to States, 1607-1776

The American Revolution, 1776-1783

Creating a More Perfect Union, 1783-1800

The Early Republic, 1800-1815

The Emergence of a Market Economy, 1815-1850

Nationalism and Sectionalism, 1815-1828

The Jacksonian Era, 1828-1840

The South and Slavery, 1800-1860

Religion, Romanticism, and Reform, 1800-1860

Western Expansion and Southern Secession, 1830-1861

The War of the Union, 1861-1865

Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Big Business and Organized Labor, 1860-1900

The South and the West Transformed, 1865-1900

Society and Politics in the Gilded Age, 1865-1900

Seizing an American Empire, 1865-1913

The Progressive Era, 1890-1920

America and the Great War, 1914-1920

A Clash of Cultures, 1920-1929

New Deal America, 1929-1939

The Second World War, 1933-1945

The Cold War and the Fair Deal, 1945-1952

Affluence and Anxiety in the Atomic Age, 1950-1959

New Frontiers, 1960-1968

Rebellion and Reaction, the 1960s and 1970s

Conservative Revival, 1977-1990

Twenty-First-Century America, 1993-Present

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