Question 1

The idea of republican motherhood encouraged direct female involvement in politics.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

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  True

Question 3

Thomas Jefferson's views on religion and Christian doctrines:

Accepted Answer

A)  were very similar to those expressed by Isaac Backus, a Baptist leader. 
B)  show that he actively sought to stamp out religious worship. 
C)  indicate he did not believe in a benevolent Creator. 
D)  demonstrated his rejection of the divinity of Jesus. 
E)  found widespread acceptance among evangelicals in the new nation. 
A)  were very similar to those expressed by Isaac Backus, a Baptist leader. 
B)  show that he actively sought to stamp out religious worship. 
C)  indicate he did not believe in a benevolent Creator. 
D)  demonstrated his rejection of the divinity of Jesus. 
E)  found widespread acceptance among evangelicals in the new nation. D

Question 4

Which of the following groups did NOT include a significant proportion of Loyalists during the Revolutionary War?

Accepted Answer

A)  Anglican ministers and imperial officials 
B)  Highland Scots in North Carolina 
C)  southern backcountry farmers 
D)  wealthy New York families 
E)  slaves hoping for freedom with a British victory 
A)  Anglican ministers and imperial officials 
B)  Highland Scots in North Carolina 
C)  southern backcountry farmers 
D)  wealthy New York families 
E)  slaves hoping for freedom with a British victory

Question 5

Thomas Jefferson's declaration that "all men are created equal" did not radically alter society.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which of the following was NOT a key obstacle to the abolition of slavery in the Revolutionary era and new nation?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Lockean belief in protecting property against outside interference 
B)  the idea that slavery for blacks made freedom possible for whites 
C)  the fact that slavery was an old institution in America 
D)  the widespread fear that freed slaves would move west and unite with Indians 
E)  the reality that a high percentage of some states' populations consisted of slaves 
A)  the Lockean belief in protecting property against outside interference 
B)  the idea that slavery for blacks made freedom possible for whites 
C)  the fact that slavery was an old institution in America 
D)  the widespread fear that freed slaves would move west and unite with Indians 
E)  the reality that a high percentage of some states' populations consisted of slaves

Question 7

Which of the following was NOT a way in which women contributed to the Revolutionary cause?

Accepted Answer

A)  participating in crowd actions against merchants accused of hoarding goods 
B)  contributing homemade goods to the army 
C)  replacing their husbands in political offices 
D)  spying on the British army 
E)  fighting in the war 
A)  participating in crowd actions against merchants accused of hoarding goods 
B)  contributing homemade goods to the army 
C)  replacing their husbands in political offices 
D)  spying on the British army 
E)  fighting in the war

Question 8

During the American Revolutionary War, the buying and selling of slaves was temporarily halted.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Why did apprenticeship and indentured servitude decline after the Revolution?

Accepted Answer

A)  King George III had supported them, 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 them, 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 11

Nearly every state constitution adopted in the 1770s and 1780s allowed Jews to vote and hold public office.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Until New Jersey added the word "male" to its constitutional definition of a voter in 1807, some of the state's women enjoyed suffrage rights.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Joseph Brant, a young Mohawk:

Accepted Answer

A)  wanted to create an Indian confederacy between Canada and the United States. 
B)  allied with the Continental Congress and led troops against the British in the Great Lakes region. 
C)  represented Indian interests at the negotiations of the Treaty of Paris. 
D)  urged all Indians to move west of the Mississippi River to preserve their cultures from "contamination" by whites. 
E)  was appointed first governor-general of Upper Canada in 1781. 
A)  wanted to create an Indian confederacy between Canada and the United States. 
B)  allied with the Continental Congress and led troops against the British in the Great Lakes region. 
C)  represented Indian interests at the negotiations of the Treaty of Paris. 
D)  urged all Indians to move west of the Mississippi River to preserve their cultures from "contamination" by whites. 
E)  was appointed first governor-general of Upper Canada in 1781.

Question 14

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 15

As a result of the religious freedom created by the Revolution:

Accepted Answer

A)  organized religion became less important in American life over the next thirty years. 
B)  upstart churches began challenging the well-established churches. 
C)  the number of religious denominations in the United States declined. 
D)  violent struggles between religious groups were not uncommon in the backcountry. 
E)  tax-supported churches flourished in every state in the new nation. 
A)  organized religion became less important in American life over the next thirty years. 
B)  upstart churches began challenging the well-established churches. 
C)  the number of religious denominations in the United States declined. 
D)  violent struggles between religious groups were not uncommon in the backcountry. 
E)  tax-supported churches flourished in every state in the new nation.

Question 16

The constitution of which state eliminated all property and tax qualifications for voting in 1777?

Accepted Answer

A)  Vermont 
B)  New York 
C)  Maryland 
D)  Virginia 
E)  Massachusetts 
A)  Vermont 
B)  New York 
C)  Maryland 
D)  Virginia 
E)  Massachusetts

Question 17

Part of the philosophy of the Revolution was embracing the principle of hereditary aristocracy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

After the Revolution, African-Americans in the North:

Accepted Answer

A)  often wound up in a state similar to that of indentured servitude. 
B)  began fleeing to the South when they saw that the new states would not approve emancipation. 
C)  benefited greatly from the popularity of manumission (or voluntary emancipation of slaves by whites). 
D)  were happy that the process of abolition under the new state constitutions meant that all current slaves would be free during their lifetimes. 
E)  were unable to establish their own institutions because their numbers were too low. 
A)  often wound up in a state similar to that of indentured servitude. 
B)  began fleeing to the South when they saw that the new states would not approve emancipation. 
C)  benefited greatly from the popularity of manumission (or voluntary emancipation of slaves by whites). 
D)  were happy that the process of abolition under the new state constitutions meant that all current slaves would be free during their lifetimes. 
E)  were unable to establish their own institutions because their numbers were too low.

Question 19

The new state constitutions created during the Revolutionary War:

Accepted Answer

A)  completely eliminated property qualifications for voting. 
B)  became far more democratic in the southern states than in the northern states. 
C)  greatly expanded the right to vote in almost every state. 
D)  did nothing to change the composition of elite-dominated state legislatures. 
E)  all retained tax-supported churches as a way of ensuring a virtuous citizenry. 
A)  completely eliminated property qualifications for voting. 
B)  became far more democratic in the southern states than in the northern states. 
C)  greatly expanded the right to vote in almost every state. 
D)  did nothing to change the composition of elite-dominated state legislatures. 
E)  all retained tax-supported churches as a way of ensuring a virtuous citizenry.

Question 20

Despite the rhetoric of religious freedom, many states had limitations on religious freedom, such as limiting office holding to Protestants.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

The idea of republican motherhood encouraged direct female involvement in politics.

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

Thomas Jefferson's views on religion and Christian doctrines:

Which of the following groups did NOT include a significant proportion of Loyalists during the Revolutionary War?

Thomas Jefferson's declaration that "all men are created equal" did not radically alter society.

Which of the following was NOT a key obstacle to the abolition of slavery in the Revolutionary era and new nation?

Which of the following was NOT a way in which women contributed to the Revolutionary cause?

During the American Revolutionary War, the buying and selling of slaves was temporarily halted.

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

Why did apprenticeship and indentured servitude decline after the Revolution?

Nearly every state constitution adopted in the 1770s and 1780s allowed Jews to vote and hold public office.

Until New Jersey added the word "male" to its constitutional definition of a voter in 1807, some of the state's women enjoyed suffrage rights.

Joseph Brant, a young Mohawk:

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

As a result of the religious freedom created by the Revolution:

The constitution of which state eliminated all property and tax qualifications for voting in 1777?

Part of the philosophy of the Revolution was embracing the principle of hereditary aristocracy.

After the Revolution, African-Americans in the North:

The new state constitutions created during the Revolutionary War:

Despite the rhetoric of religious freedom, many states had limitations on religious freedom, such as limiting office holding to Protestants.

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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

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Exam 6: The Revolution Within

The idea of republican motherhood encouraged direct female involvement in politics.

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

Thomas Jefferson's views on religion and Christian doctrines:

Which of the following groups did NOT include a significant proportion of Loyalists during the Revolutionary War?

Thomas Jefferson's declaration that "all men are created equal" did not radically alter society.

Which of the following was NOT a key obstacle to the abolition of slavery in the Revolutionary era and new nation?

Which of the following was NOT a way in which women contributed to the Revolutionary cause?

During the American Revolutionary War, the buying and selling of slaves was temporarily halted.

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

Why did apprenticeship and indentured servitude decline after the Revolution?

Nearly every state constitution adopted in the 1770s and 1780s allowed Jews to vote and hold public office.

Until New Jersey added the word "male" to its constitutional definition of a voter in 1807, some of the state's women enjoyed suffrage rights.

Joseph Brant, a young Mohawk:

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

As a result of the religious freedom created by the Revolution:

The constitution of which state eliminated all property and tax qualifications for voting in 1777?

Part of the philosophy of the Revolution was embracing the principle of hereditary aristocracy.

After the Revolution, African-Americans in the North:

The new state constitutions created during the Revolutionary War:

Despite the rhetoric of religious freedom, many states had limitations on religious freedom, such as limiting office holding to Protestants.

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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