Question 1

What situation would have most likely led a person to maintain his or her loyalty to the British crown during the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

A)  A coastal South Carolina planter getting angry because of a Regulator's call for more representation in the colonial government. 
B)  The news that John Wilkes lost his seat in Parliament. 
C)  A Massachusetts merchant losing business because of the British East India monopoly on tea. 
D)  An Anglican minister in New York wanting to expand his congregation. 
A)  A coastal South Carolina planter getting angry because of a Regulator's call for more representation in the colonial government. 
B)  The news that John Wilkes lost his seat in Parliament. 
C)  A Massachusetts merchant losing business because of the British East India monopoly on tea. 
D)  An Anglican minister in New York wanting to expand his congregation.

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Natural rights were universal. 
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. 
A)  Natural rights were universal. 
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.

Question 3

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. 
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.

Question 4

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. 
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.

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Americans. 
B)  Shawnee. 
C)  British. 
D)  French. 
A)  Americans. 
B)  Shawnee. 
C)  British. 
D)  French.

Question 6

Which state's constitution granted suffrage to all "inhabitants" who met a property qualification, allowing property-owning women to vote until an 1807 amendment limited suffrage to males?

Accepted Answer

A)  New York. 
B)  Virginia. 
C)  New Jersey. 
D)  Massachusetts. 
A)  New York. 
B)  Virginia. 
C)  New Jersey. 
D)  Massachusetts.

Question 7

The free black population after the Revolution:

Accepted Answer

A)  declined in number as newly freed slaves left the country whenever possible. 
B)  often enjoyed the right to vote if its male members met taxpaying or property qualifications. 
C)  all took the last names of their former masters. 
D)  refused to provide havens for fugitive slaves because doing so would have led to the revocation of their own emancipation. 
A)  declined in number as newly freed slaves left the country whenever possible. 
B)  often enjoyed the right to vote if its male members met taxpaying or property qualifications. 
C)  all took the last names of their former masters. 
D)  refused to provide havens for fugitive slaves because doing so would have led to the revocation of their own emancipation.

What situation would have most likely led a person to maintain his or her loyalty to the British crown during the American Revolution?

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

After the Revolution, African-Americans in the North:

Joseph Brant, a young Mohawk:

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

Which state's constitution granted suffrage to all "inhabitants" who met a property qualification, allowing property-owning women to vote until an 1807 amendment limited suffrage to males?

The free black population after the Revolution:

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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, 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

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Exam 6: The Revolution Within

What situation would have most likely led a person to maintain his or her loyalty to the British crown during the American Revolution?

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

After the Revolution, African-Americans in the North:

Joseph Brant, a young Mohawk:

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

Which state's constitution granted suffrage to all "inhabitants" who met a property qualification, allowing property-owning women to vote until an 1807 amendment limited suffrage to males?

The free black population after the Revolution:

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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