Question 1

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

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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. 
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. B

Question 2

Support for the separation of church and state resulted in what?

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A)  It curtailed the influence of Christianity on American society. 
B)  The colonists nearly lost the American Revolution because of separation of church and state. 
C)  In the aftermath of the war, it led to the Anglican Church being unchallenged. 
D)  It brought together two dichotomous groups: Deists and evangelicals. 
A)  It curtailed the influence of Christianity on American society. 
B)  The colonists nearly lost the American Revolution because of separation of church and state. 
C)  In the aftermath of the war, it led to the Anglican Church being unchallenged. 
D)  It brought together two dichotomous groups: Deists and evangelicals. D

Question 3

Thoughts Upon Female Education (1787)
Benjamin Rush
There are several circumstances in the situation, employments, and duties of women in America which require a peculiar mode of education.
I. The early marriages of our women . . . renders it necessary to contract its plan and to confine it chiefly to the more useful branches of literature.
II. The state of property in America renders it necessary for the greatest part of our citizens to employ themselves in different occupations for the advancement of their fortunes. This cannot be done without the assistance of the female members of the community. They must be the stewards and guardians of their husbands' property. That education, therefore, will be most proper for our women which teaches them to discharge the duties of those offices with the most success and reputation.
III. From the numerous avocations to which a professional life exposes gentlemen in America from their families, a principal share of the instruction of children naturally devolves upon the women. It becomes us therefore to prepare them, by a suitable education, for the discharge of this most important duty of mothers.
IV. The equal share that every citizen has in the liberty and the possible share he may have in the government of our country make it necessary that our ladies should be qualified to a certain degree . . . suitable education, to concur in instructing their sons in the principles of liberty and government.
-Benjamin Rush's ideas regarding the education of women best exemplify the concept of

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A)  the cult of domesticity. 
B)  feminism. 
C)  libertarianism. 
D)  republican motherhood. 
A)  the cult of domesticity. 
B)  feminism. 
C)  libertarianism. 
D)  republican motherhood. D

Question 4

For which three accomplishments did Thomas Jefferson wish to be remembered?

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A)  Presidency, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution. 
B)  Louisiana Purchase, presidency, the Declaration of Independence. 
C)  The Constitution, the University of Virginia, presidency. 
D)  The Declaration of Independence, the University of Virginia, the "Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom." 
A)  Presidency, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution. 
B)  Louisiana Purchase, presidency, the Declaration of Independence. 
C)  The Constitution, the University of Virginia, presidency. 
D)  The Declaration of Independence, the University of Virginia, the "Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom."

Question 5

In a famous speech to Parliament, the British statesman Edmund Burke said what regarding a link between slavery and liberty for American colonists?

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A)  He argued that the colonists were sensitive to threats to their liberties because they were so familiar with slavery. 
B)  He said the colonists were hypocrites for claiming to be pro-liberty while they themselves owned slaves. 
C)  He said John Locke's ideas about property rights meant colonists were justified in claiming that their liberty included slave ownership rights. 
D)  He praised liberty-loving Pennsylvanians for organizing the world's first antislavery society. 
A)  He argued that the colonists were sensitive to threats to their liberties because they were so familiar with slavery. 
B)  He said the colonists were hypocrites for claiming to be pro-liberty while they themselves owned slaves. 
C)  He said John Locke's ideas about property rights meant colonists were justified in claiming that their liberty included slave ownership rights. 
D)  He praised liberty-loving Pennsylvanians for organizing the world's first antislavery society.

Question 6

To encourage virtue in future citizens, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams:

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A)  asked for the Declaration of Independence to be read every month at the town square. 
B)  proposed free public education. 
C)  wanted church attendance to be mandatory. 
D)  proposed that ministers become teachers in public schools. 
A)  asked for the Declaration of Independence to be read every month at the town square. 
B)  proposed free public education. 
C)  wanted church attendance to be mandatory. 
D)  proposed that ministers become teachers in public schools.

Question 7

Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams (1776)
I wish you would write me a letter half as long as I write you, and tell me if you may where your fleet have gone? What sort of defense Virginia can make against our common enemy? Whether it is so situated as to make an able defense? . . . I have sometimes been ready to think that the passion for Liberty cannot be equally strong in the breasts of those who have been accustomed to deprive their fellow creatures of theirs. Of this I am certain, that it is not founded upon that generous and Christian principle of doing to others as we would that others should do unto us . . .
I long to hear that you have declared as independency, and by the way in the new Code of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies we are determined to foment a Rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any such laws in which we have no voice or representation.
-The ideals expressed by Abigail Adams were undermined by

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A)  a cautious approach to granting any group excessive rights that could not be rescinded. 
B)  a lack of participation and support by women during the Revolutionary War. 
C)  a social order that prevented early American leaders from extending rights beyond white male property holders. 
D)  greater concern for democratic equality for groups such as westerners and immigrants. 
A)  a cautious approach to granting any group excessive rights that could not be rescinded. 
B)  a lack of participation and support by women during the Revolutionary War. 
C)  a social order that prevented early American leaders from extending rights beyond white male property holders. 
D)  greater concern for democratic equality for groups such as westerners and immigrants.

Question 8

Which of the following contributed to the success of free trade advocates during the Revolutionary War?

Accepted Answer

A)  The publication of Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations. 
B)  Isaac Newton's explanation of the law of gravity as applied to economics. 
C)  The failure of wartime tariffs to solve the problem of the national debt. 
D)  Riots over inflation in the streets of Boston. 
A)  The publication of Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations. 
B)  Isaac Newton's explanation of the law of gravity as applied to economics. 
C)  The failure of wartime tariffs to solve the problem of the national debt. 
D)  Riots over inflation in the streets of Boston.

Question 9

In regard to rights for women, Abigail Adams:

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A)  insisted that women accept their lower status in society. 
B)  feared that women would be distracted from doing domestic chores if they read books. 
C)  wanted women to be eligible to be president. 
D)  believed laws should not ignore women. 
A)  insisted that women accept their lower status in society. 
B)  feared that women would be distracted from doing domestic chores if they read books. 
C)  wanted women to be eligible to be president. 
D)  believed laws should not ignore women.

Question 10

What did South Carolina and Georgia promise every white volunteer at the war's end?

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A)  A musket of his own. 
B)  A slave. 
C)  The right to vote. 
D)  One hundred shillings. 
A)  A musket of his own. 
B)  A slave. 
C)  The right to vote. 
D)  One hundred shillings.

Question 11

Why did the United States not develop a noble class?

Accepted Answer

A)  There were virtually no wealthy people in the 1780s. 
B)  Most of the landowners still resided in England. 
C)  The ideals of Thomas Paine criticized the notion of nobility. 
D)  The planter class in the South criticized nobility. 
A)  There were virtually no wealthy people in the 1780s. 
B)  Most of the landowners still resided in England. 
C)  The ideals of Thomas Paine criticized the notion of nobility. 
D)  The planter class in the South criticized nobility.

Question 12

What best characterizes slavery in the North during the Revolutionary era?

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A)  All slaves were freed by 1790. 
B)  Slavery ended quickly because there were no cash crops. 
C)  Ending slavery was a long, drawn-out process. 
D)  Slaves were emancipated only if they promised to leave the country. 
A)  All slaves were freed by 1790. 
B)  Slavery ended quickly because there were no cash crops. 
C)  Ending slavery was a long, drawn-out process. 
D)  Slaves were emancipated only if they promised to leave the country.

Question 13

General John Sullivan:

Accepted Answer

A)  led pro-American Cherokee troops in campaigns against Lord Cornwallis in North Carolina. 
B)  surrendered his forces to the Stockbridge Indians in a humiliating defeat. 
C)  destroyed forty Indian towns in a campaign against the Iroquois. 
D)  encouraged American forces to treat Indians and their lands "truly well and gently." 
A)  led pro-American Cherokee troops in campaigns against Lord Cornwallis in North Carolina. 
B)  surrendered his forces to the Stockbridge Indians in a humiliating defeat. 
C)  destroyed forty Indian towns in a campaign against the Iroquois. 
D)  encouraged American forces to treat Indians and their lands "truly well and gently."

Question 14

How did the Revolutionary War change the meaning of freedom?

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A)  It meant that all men now had a legal claim to an equal distribution of property. 
B)  It challenged the inequality that had been fundamental to the colonial social order. 
C)  It ended colonial society's legally established hereditary aristocracy. 
D)  It ended coverture, under which husbands exercised full legal authority over their wives. 
A)  It meant that all men now had a legal claim to an equal distribution of property. 
B)  It challenged the inequality that had been fundamental to the colonial social order. 
C)  It ended colonial society's legally established hereditary aristocracy. 
D)  It ended coverture, under which husbands exercised full legal authority over their wives.

Question 15

When criticizing men, who did Abigail Adams sound like in her letter to her husband John?

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A)  She reminded people of Neolin. 
B)  She invoked Thomas Paine's criticism of the British monarchy. 
C)  She sounded like a Quaker condemning slavery. 
D)  She took on the role of a church minister, critiquing the government. 
A)  She reminded people of Neolin. 
B)  She invoked Thomas Paine's criticism of the British monarchy. 
C)  She sounded like a Quaker condemning slavery. 
D)  She took on the role of a church minister, critiquing the government.

Question 16

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. 
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.

Question 17

In Pennsylvania, new leaders like Thomas Paine and Benjamin Rush wanted to see what occur with regard to voting rights?

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A)  They realized angry mobs could get out of hand, so voting had to be limited. 
B)  They wanted every proposed law to be voted on by all citizens. 
C)  Voting requirements needed to eliminate property qualifications. 
D)  The votes of merchants should count double those of citizens who did not own property. 
A)  They realized angry mobs could get out of hand, so voting had to be limited. 
B)  They wanted every proposed law to be voted on by all citizens. 
C)  Voting requirements needed to eliminate property qualifications. 
D)  The votes of merchants should count double those of citizens who did not own property.

Question 18

In the 1770s and 1780s, what was a characteristic of voting rights?

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A)  They were not uniform, as each state's constitution had different stipulations. 
B)  A person of any religious faith could vote. 
C)  No African-Americans were allowed to vote. 
D)  Women could vote in the New England states. 
A)  They were not uniform, as each state's constitution had different stipulations. 
B)  A person of any religious faith could vote. 
C)  No African-Americans were allowed to vote. 
D)  Women could vote in the New England states.

Question 19

What policy did the new United States pursue in its dealings with Native Americans?

Accepted Answer

A)  The U.S. government generally left them alone because it was busy trying to restore order after the war. 
B)  The U.S. government tried to protect them from encroachment by backcountry farmers, as required by the Treaty of Paris. 
C)  The U.S. government set out to dispossess the Native Americans of their remaining rich lands and drive them westward. 
D)  The U.S. government pursued a policy of outright extermination. 
A)  The U.S. government generally left them alone because it was busy trying to restore order after the war. 
B)  The U.S. government tried to protect them from encroachment by backcountry farmers, as required by the Treaty of Paris. 
C)  The U.S. government set out to dispossess the Native Americans of their remaining rich lands and drive them westward. 
D)  The U.S. government pursued a policy of outright extermination.

Question 20

Assess the importance of commercial interests in building desire for independence before 1776.

Accepted Answer

Commercial interests played a significan

Exam 6: The Revolution Within

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

Support for the separation of church and state resulted in what?

For which three accomplishments did Thomas Jefferson wish to be remembered?

In a famous speech to Parliament, the British statesman Edmund Burke said what regarding a link between slavery and liberty for American colonists?

To encourage virtue in future citizens, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams:

Which of the following contributed to the success of free trade advocates during the Revolutionary War?

In regard to rights for women, Abigail Adams:

What did South Carolina and Georgia promise every white volunteer at the war's end?

Why did the United States not develop a noble class?

What best characterizes slavery in the North during the Revolutionary era?

General John Sullivan:

How did the Revolutionary War change the meaning of freedom?

When criticizing men, who did Abigail Adams sound like in her letter to her husband John?

Thomas Jefferson's views on religion and Christian doctrines:

In Pennsylvania, new leaders like Thomas Paine and Benjamin Rush wanted to see what occur with regard to voting rights?

In the 1770s and 1780s, what was a characteristic of voting rights?

What policy did the new United States pursue in its dealings with Native Americans?

Assess the importance of commercial interests in building desire for independence before 1776.

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, 1791-1815

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

A Divided Nation

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