Question 1

Which group of people had the lowest fertility rates in the eighteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Irish Americans 
B)  African Americans 
C)  Anglo Americans 
D)  German Americans 
A)  Irish Americans 
B)  African Americans 
C)  Anglo Americans 
D)  German Americans B

Question 2

How did English officials and wealthy colonists with power ensure the masses would defer to their authority?

Accepted Answer

A)  By holding public elections by voice vote rather than secret ballot 
B)  By allowing only wealthy men to vote 
C)  By threatening the livelihoods and families of ordinary people 
D)  By holding private elections 
A)  By holding public elections by voice vote rather than secret ballot 
B)  By allowing only wealthy men to vote 
C)  By threatening the livelihoods and families of ordinary people 
D)  By holding private elections A

Question 3

Why were there continual struggles and wars between English and Indians over land in eighteenth-century Pennsylvania?

Accepted Answer

A)  The English hoped to convert Indians to Christianity. 
B)  The Scots-Irish and Germans set up the English to fight for them. 
C)  The growing settler population simply claimed land without permission. 
D)  The Indians wanted their land back after they gave it to the English. 
A)  The English hoped to convert Indians to Christianity. 
B)  The Scots-Irish and Germans set up the English to fight for them. 
C)  The growing settler population simply claimed land without permission. 
D)  The Indians wanted their land back after they gave it to the English. C

Question 4

How did men with children respond when their wives died in colonial America?

Accepted Answer

A)  They remarried as quickly as possible. 
B)  They remained celibate for five years. 
C)  They gave the children over to the women in their wife's family. 
D)  They became stay-at-home dads. 
A)  They remarried as quickly as possible. 
B)  They remained celibate for five years. 
C)  They gave the children over to the women in their wife's family. 
D)  They became stay-at-home dads.

Question 5

What was the important result of Lewis Morris's political work in the 1730s?

Accepted Answer

A)  British libel laws were changed. 
B)  Women were given the vote. 
C)  Morris was elected governor. 
D)  Ordinary freemen participated in elections. 
A)  British libel laws were changed. 
B)  Women were given the vote. 
C)  Morris was elected governor. 
D)  Ordinary freemen participated in elections.

Question 6

What group was especially welcome and celebrated by the outdoor revivals of the Great Awakening?

Accepted Answer

A)  The poor, because traditional class hierarchies that ordered the church were absent 
B)  The wealthy, because the revivals were organized and sponsored by them 
C)  Catholics, because they were being left out of mainline Protestantism 
D)  Older men and women who were pushed aside by the church 
A)  The poor, because traditional class hierarchies that ordered the church were absent 
B)  The wealthy, because the revivals were organized and sponsored by them 
C)  Catholics, because they were being left out of mainline Protestantism 
D)  Older men and women who were pushed aside by the church

Question 7

Great Awakening preachers connected religious teachings to political philosophies by

Accepted Answer

A)  preaching that church and state should be distinct. 
B)  inspiring the use of political documents as religious texts. 
C)  encouraging participants to vote for religious conservatives. 
D)  highlighting the democratic tendencies in the Bible. 
A)  preaching that church and state should be distinct. 
B)  inspiring the use of political documents as religious texts. 
C)  encouraging participants to vote for religious conservatives. 
D)  highlighting the democratic tendencies in the Bible.

Question 8

In the seventeenth century, what larger forces led to a decrease in the number of eligible bachelors in New England?

Accepted Answer

A)  Devout Puritan men swore off sex. 
B)  Some of the men preferred other men. 
C)  Many men went to sea for work. 
D)  Many men moved west in search of land. 
A)  Devout Puritan men swore off sex. 
B)  Some of the men preferred other men. 
C)  Many men went to sea for work. 
D)  Many men moved west in search of land.

Question 9

What role did the Great Awakening have in colonial American political culture?

Accepted Answer

A)  It called for greater separation between church and state. 
B)  It inspired free thinking and rebellion against authority. 
C)  It led to a period of conservatism and repression. 
D)  It discouraged women from participating in politics. 
A)  It called for greater separation between church and state. 
B)  It inspired free thinking and rebellion against authority. 
C)  It led to a period of conservatism and repression. 
D)  It discouraged women from participating in politics.

Question 10

Women accused of practicing witchcraft were often

Accepted Answer

A)  mothers. 
B)  married. 
C)  old. 
D)  poor. 
A)  mothers. 
B)  married. 
C)  old. 
D)  poor.

Question 11

What practice did Puritan minister Samuel Sewell condemn as evidence of moral depravity?

Accepted Answer

A)  Wearing black clothing instead of brightly colored fabrics 
B)  Reading novels, plays, and other forms of fiction 
C)  Donning powdered wigs in place of God-given hair 
D)  Reading the Bible without ministerial guidance 
A)  Wearing black clothing instead of brightly colored fabrics 
B)  Reading novels, plays, and other forms of fiction 
C)  Donning powdered wigs in place of God-given hair 
D)  Reading the Bible without ministerial guidance

Question 12

In New York in 1734, the legal basis for a libel charge was if the published material

Accepted Answer

A)  was untrue. 
B)  undermined government authority. 
C)  criticized any religion. 
D)  was slanderous and shameful. 
A)  was untrue. 
B)  undermined government authority. 
C)  criticized any religion. 
D)  was slanderous and shameful.

Question 13

In early colonial communities from New England to the Chesapeake, many women gained economic and legal leverage because

Accepted Answer

A)  colonists supported women's rights. 
B)  women and men were equal in the eyes of God. 
C)  they had to take care of many children. 
D)  there was a shortage of women and workers. 
A)  colonists supported women's rights. 
B)  women and men were equal in the eyes of God. 
C)  they had to take care of many children. 
D)  there was a shortage of women and workers.

Question 14

How did natural reproduction, the immigration of children, and healthier settlement patterns affect colonial society in the eighteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Women rose in status. 
B)  Infant mortality increased. 
C)  The colonies suffered from overcrowding. 
D)  The population was younger. 
A)  Women rose in status. 
B)  Infant mortality increased. 
C)  The colonies suffered from overcrowding. 
D)  The population was younger.

Question 15

Why didn't formal churches benefit from the revivals of the Great Awakening?

Accepted Answer

A)  The ministers in charge did not want to start their own churches. 
B)  People wanted something different from institutionalized religion anyway. 
C)  The central tenets of the movement undermined established church authority. 
D)  Established ministers blocked the movement from growing. 
A)  The ministers in charge did not want to start their own churches. 
B)  People wanted something different from institutionalized religion anyway. 
C)  The central tenets of the movement undermined established church authority. 
D)  Established ministers blocked the movement from growing.

Question 16

How could servants or slaves who were being abused by their masters bring an end to the abuse?

Accepted Answer

A)  By filing a complaint with a judge 
B)  By running away 
C)  By appealing to male leaders in the community 
D)  Through the intervention of the mistress 
A)  By filing a complaint with a judge 
B)  By running away 
C)  By appealing to male leaders in the community 
D)  Through the intervention of the mistress

Question 17

In the eighteenth century, under what circumstances were women given a right to make their voice heard and participate in popular public protests?

Accepted Answer

A)  When their husbands were given the right to vote 
B)  When the country was at war 
C)  When their children turned 18 
D)  When their grievances concerned domestic issues 
A)  When their husbands were given the right to vote 
B)  When the country was at war 
C)  When their children turned 18 
D)  When their grievances concerned domestic issues

Question 18

What was the lasting legacy of the Great Awakening on American Protestantism?

Accepted Answer

A)  A style of passionate and popular preaching 
B)  A belief in equal rights for African Americans 
C)  A distrust of learned clergy 
D)  A widespread faith among the wealthy 
A)  A style of passionate and popular preaching 
B)  A belief in equal rights for African Americans 
C)  A distrust of learned clergy 
D)  A widespread faith among the wealthy

Question 19

In the eighteenth century, to what did colonists attribute their living longer than their European counterparts?

Accepted Answer

A)  Fresher air 
B)  Better diets 
C)  Cleaner water 
D)  Well-trained doctors 
A)  Fresher air 
B)  Better diets 
C)  Cleaner water 
D)  Well-trained doctors

Question 20

According to the passage, what duties did Eliza Lucas perform on her family's South Carolina plantation?

Accepted Answer

A)  As a woman, she was exempt from most responsibilities. 
B)  She cooked the family meals and kept up the house. 
C)  She managed finances and supervised fieldwork. 
D)  She took care of the livestock. 
A)  As a woman, she was exempt from most responsibilities. 
B)  She cooked the family meals and kept up the house. 
C)  She managed finances and supervised fieldwork. 
D)  She took care of the livestock.

Exam 4: Religious Strife and Social Upheavals

Which group of people had the lowest fertility rates in the eighteenth century?

How did English officials and wealthy colonists with power ensure the masses would defer to their authority?

Why were there continual struggles and wars between English and Indians over land in eighteenth-century Pennsylvania?

How did men with children respond when their wives died in colonial America?

What was the important result of Lewis Morris's political work in the 1730s?

What group was especially welcome and celebrated by the outdoor revivals of the Great Awakening?

Great Awakening preachers connected religious teachings to political philosophies by

In the seventeenth century, what larger forces led to a decrease in the number of eligible bachelors in New England?

What role did the Great Awakening have in colonial American political culture?

Women accused of practicing witchcraft were often

What practice did Puritan minister Samuel Sewell condemn as evidence of moral depravity?

In New York in 1734, the legal basis for a libel charge was if the published material

In early colonial communities from New England to the Chesapeake, many women gained economic and legal leverage because

How did natural reproduction, the immigration of children, and healthier settlement patterns affect colonial society in the eighteenth century?

Why didn't formal churches benefit from the revivals of the Great Awakening?

How could servants or slaves who were being abused by their masters bring an end to the abuse?

In the eighteenth century, under what circumstances were women given a right to make their voice heard and participate in popular public protests?

What was the lasting legacy of the Great Awakening on American Protestantism?

In the eighteenth century, to what did colonists attribute their living longer than their European counterparts?

According to the passage, what duties did Eliza Lucas perform on her family's South Carolina plantation?

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