Question 1

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Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the Mid-Atlantic States and Old Northwest that correctly identifies each of the following: 
  
Brandywine Creek, Pennsylvania

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Question 2

Who were the loyalists, and why did they remain loyal? What were their beliefs? What happened to them? Were they treated justly?

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Question 3

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Whigs and Tories (loyalists)

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Question 4

Which of the following was one of the ways the American Revolution affected African-Americans?

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A)  States throughout the nation abolished slavery. 
B)  The new Constitution of the United States abolished slavery effective 1809. 
C)  Washington and Jefferson freed their slaves to set an example. 
D)  Most northern states took steps to weaken the institution of slavery and phase it out, while no state south of Pennsylvania abolished slavery. 
E)  African Americans were guaranteed the right to vote.

Question 5

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Robert Morris, Newburgh Conspiracy

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Question 6

Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the southern United States that correctly identifies each of the following: 
  
Tennessee

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Question 7

According to the Northwest Ordinance, a territory could be admitted as a new state when

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A)  it adopted a constitution prohibiting slavery. 
B)  it could prove that it had eliminated the presence of Indians. 
C)  its people voted to accept the Constitution. 
D)  its population reached 60,000. 
E)  it was able to provide at least $1 million in annual tax revenues.

Question 8

Compare the impact that the American Revolution had on women and African Americans. What specific changes occurred during the Revolutionary era, and how did the events of the era lay the groundwork for future reforms?

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Question 9

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Battle of Saratoga

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Question 10

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Alexander McGillivray

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Question 11

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Battle of Monmouth

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Question 12

Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the Northeast that correctly identifies each of the following: 
  
Ticonderoga

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Question 13

What were the causes and consequences of Shays's Rebellion? Why was the rebellion significant to the adoption of a new constitution?

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Question 14

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Jay-Gardoqui Treaty

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Question 15

Discuss the impact that the American Revolution had on American social structure. In what ways did "the Revolutionary era set in motion significant social changes"? How did the war democratize the political assumptions of Americans?

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Question 16

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
The Federalist

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Question 17

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 
Battle of Brandywine Creek

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Question 18

Of all the political innovations of the era of the American Revolution, which can be considered the most radical?

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A)  the theory that power within a government had to be restrained through a series of checks and balances. 
B)  the realization that both houses of a bicameral legislature represented all the people, not just narrow classes. 
C)  the idea that political institutions should be judged by the standard of whether they served the public good rather than the interests of the powerful few. 
D)  the assertion that government was based on the consent of the governed and that revolution, therefore, was sometimes justifiable. 
E)  the introduction of government with powers divided among three branches.

Question 19

What happened at the Battle of Saratoga?

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A)  A British drive toward Albany was halted when General Burgoyne surrendered 5,800 troops to General Gates. 
B)  Cooperation between General Washington's armies and the French fleet trapped General Cornwallis and forced him to surrender. 
C)  General Washington was forced to retreat to New Jersey to escape defeat. 
D)  The American forces were saved only with the arrival of 15,000 fresh French troops. 
E)  Fifty-nine cannons that Colonel Henry Knox brought overland from Fort Ticonderoga helped to save the day for the Americans.

Question 20

What did the term "republican" imply for most leaders of the American Revolution?

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A)  mob rule and or rule by an uneducated multitude. 
B)  virtuous leaders elected for their superior talents and commitment to the public good 
C)  rule by wealthy corporate attorneys 
D)  a large federal budget deficit 
E)  power decentralized primarily among the large states

Exam 6: Securing Independence, Defining Nationhood

MAP QUESTIONS Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the Mid-Atlantic States and Old Northwest that correctly identifies each of the following: Brandywine Creek, Pennsylvania

Who were the loyalists, and why did they remain loyal? What were their beliefs? What happened to them? Were they treated justly?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Whigs and Tories (loyalists)

Which of the following was one of the ways the American Revolution affected African-Americans?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Robert Morris, Newburgh Conspiracy

Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the southern United States that correctly identifies each of the following: Tennessee

According to the Northwest Ordinance, a territory could be admitted as a new state when

Compare the impact that the American Revolution had on women and African Americans. What specific changes occurred during the Revolutionary era, and how did the events of the era lay the groundwork for future reforms?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Battle of Saratoga

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Alexander McGillivray

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Battle of Monmouth

Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the Northeast that correctly identifies each of the following: Ticonderoga

What were the causes and consequences of Shays's Rebellion? Why was the rebellion significant to the adoption of a new constitution?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Jay-Gardoqui Treaty

Discuss the impact that the American Revolution had on American social structure. In what ways did "the Revolutionary era set in motion significant social changes"? How did the war democratize the political assumptions of Americans?

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. The Federalist

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Battle of Brandywine Creek

Of all the political innovations of the era of the American Revolution, which can be considered the most radical?

What happened at the Battle of Saratoga?

What did the term "republican" imply for most leaders of the American Revolution?