Deck 6: Building Communities in the Early Republic

Question 1

Which state or territory had the largest number of slaves in 1790?

A)Virginia
B)Tennessee
C)Connecticut
D)Vermont

Answer 1

Virginia

Question 2

Which northern state emancipated slavery so gradually that most slaves living in the North after 1830 lived there,and even as late as 1860 a handful of elderly black "lifetime indentured servants" remained there?

A)New York
B)Pennsylvania
C)New Jersey
D)Delaware

Answer 2

New Jersey

Question 3

Which was the only state in the Mid-Atlantic region NOT to implement a system of gradual emancipation before the Civil War?

A)New York
B)Pennsylvania
C)New Jersey
D)Delaware

Answer 3

Delaware

Question 4

What Haitian hero helped to lead his people to freedom during his country's revolution?

A)Olaudah Equiano
B)Lemuel Haynes
C)Toussaint Louverture
D)Venture Smith

Question 5

In 1798,the United States launched the undeclared Quasi War against which nation?

A)Haiti
B)France
C)Spain
D)England

Question 6

In general,what happened to the franchise in the United States between the beginning of the nineteenth century and the 1830s?

A)Women and blacks gained the right to vote in growing numbers as property became the primary basis of voting rights.
B)Black men and white men gained the right to vote in growing numbers as manhood became the primary basis of voting rights.
C)White men gained the right to vote in growing numbers while black men and some white women lost it,as white manhood became the primary basis of voting rights.
D)White people,including white women,gained the right to vote in growing numbers while black men lost it as whiteness became the primary basis of voting rights.

Question 7

Which of the following statements BEST describes the development of free-black communities in the early United States?

A)Such communities were formed primarily around institutions,not neighborhoods.
B)Such communities were formed primarily around neighborhoods,not institutions.
C)Such communities were formed by both high rates of racial residential segregation and the establishment of black-run institutions.
D)Such communities generally failed to develop an identity which distinguished them from the neighboring white communities.

Question 8

Roughly how many of the approximately 4 million people living in the United States in 1790 were people of African descent?

A)1,000,000
B)750,000
C)500,000
D)250,000

Question 9

The first annual holiday in the United States specifically for black people was in commemoration of the

A)end of the Atlantic slave trade.
B)emancipation of slaves in the British Caribbean.
C)Stono Rebellion.
D)abolition of slavery in Massachusetts.

Question 10

In Boston,the public school system

A)had,since the early eighteenth century,maintained separate schools for white and black children.
B)funded separate schools for black children,but allowed black parents to retain control of the schools.
C)initially denied black children access to the schools,then assumed control of the separate schools which the black community had created for its children.
D)refused to allow black parents to establish their own schools or to allow black children to attend school with white ones,thus depriving black children of all educational opportunities.

Question 11

Which of the following men played a leading role in founding the first black fraternal organization in America,the African Masonic Lodge?

A)Absalom Jones
B)Freeborn Garretson
C)Prince Hall
D)Richard Allen

Question 12

Which of the following statements about the African Methodist Episcopal Church is LEAST accurate?

A)It gained denomination status as a result of a Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision in its favor.
B)It had its origins in a walkout of black congregants from a racially integrated church which introduced a new segregated seating policy.
C)It was the first black-led denomination in the United States.
D)It gained thousands of adherents along the northeastern seaboard,but failed to spread to the South or the West.

Question 13

Which of the following statements about black populations in northern cities is LEAST accurate?

A)Compared to whites,free blacks were a significantly more urbanized group.
B)Because of the early demise of slavery in Massachusetts,the free black population of Boston gained capital and entered skilled trades at a faster rate than free blacks in other northern cities.
C)Between 1790 and 1820 an important shift had occurred in Philadelphia,as the majority of the black population went from living in white households to living in black ones.
D)The number of black slaves in New York City increased by 23 percent between 1790 and 1800.

Question 14

Which city had the largest free black population throughout the antebellum period?

A)Boston
B)New York City
C)Baltimore
D)Philadelphia

Question 15

In 1790 which state had the largest black population (including both free and enslaved)?

A)South Carolina
B)Georgia
C)New York
D)Virginia

Question 16

What effect did the religious revivals known as the First Great Awakening have on black worshippers?

A)It encouraged them to accept that slavery was sanctioned by God.
B)It led them to embrace the stern,rationalist approach of New England Puritans.
C)It swelled their membership in evangelical denominations such as the Baptists.
D)It inspired a revival of African religious beliefs and practices and a rejection of Christianity.

Question 17

In which state were women and blacks allowed to vote until 1807 as long as they owned sufficient property?

A)New Jersey
B)Pennsylvania
C)Massachusetts
D)Virginia

Question 18

Between 1800 and 1830,all of the following states EXCEPT _____ disenfranchised all black men.

A)Connecticut
B)New York
C)New Jersey
D)Rhode Island

Question 19

How did the two parties in the first party system view the issues of slavery and black rights?

A)Neither party demonstrated any significant opposition to slavery or concern for black rights.
B)The two parties competed with each other in proclaiming their commitment to the preservation of slavery and their belief that America was a "white man's country."
C)The Democratic-Republicans' egalitarianism led them to oppose slavery and support black rights,whereas the Federalists' conservatism and respect for property had the opposite effect.
D)Despite the Democratic-Republicans' professed egalitarianism,Federalists were more generally inclined to oppose slavery and to support black rights.

Question 20

Which of the following statements about the Haitian Revolution is LEAST accurate?

A)It erupted after white French colonists demanded expanded voting rights for themselves while denying them to property-owning blacks.
B)It resulted in the creation of the world's first black republic in 1804.
C)It continued even after the French captured the leader of the revolution.
D)It was opposed by the U.S.government until Thomas Jefferson came to power in 1801 and lent the revolutionaries active support.

Question 21

In 1811,a rebellion of more than 400 slaves which had to be put down by state and federal troops occurred where?

A)Louisiana
B)Kentucky
C)Virginia
D)South Carolina

Question 22

The American Colonization Society,whose leadership and membership included several prominent slaveholders,played an instrumental role in creating what African colony?

A)Sierra Leone
B)Cameroon
C)South Africa
D)Liberia

Question 23

Which prominent black shipbuilder advocated in favor of colonization and led an expedition of thirty-eight emigrants to Freetown in West Africa in 1815?

A)James Forten
B)Richard Allen
C)Colin Teague
D)Paul Cuffee

Question 24

Who was likely the first professional black painter in the United States?

A)Benjamin Banneker
B)Lott Carey
C)Joshua Johnston
D)Daniel Coker

Question 25

Jupiter Hammon's Evening Thought was an important early example of which literary genre?

A)spiritual autobiography
B)sentimental novel
C)almanac
D)newspaper

Question 26

What honor did Benjamin Banneker receive in recognition of his considerable skills in mathematics and mechanics?

A)He was appointed surveyor of the boundaries and streets of the District of Columbia.
B)He was appointed by the Secretary of War to establish a system of fortifications along the country's Atlantic coast.
C)He was appointed by Thomas Jefferson as the head professor of mathematics and astronomy at Jefferson's new school,the University of Virginia.
D)He was appointed a major general in the U.S.Army and given overall command of the nation's artillery corps.

Question 27

In 1794,Absalom Jones and Richard Allen published A Narrative of the Proceedings of the Black People during the Late Awful Calamity in Philadelphia in order to

A)chastise black Americans for having failed to help the people of Philadelphia during the yellow fever epidemic.
B)disprove arguments that escaped slaves had deliberately infected the population of Philadelphia with yellow fever.
C)refute allegations that blacks had used the yellow fever epidemic as an opportunity to plunder the homes of Philadelphians.
D)urge black readers to abandon their attempts to live up to white Americans' ideas of "respectability" and instead to find freedom in nonconformity.

Question 28

Which of the following statements about Gabriel's Rebellion is LEAST accurate?

A)The rebellion involved over a thousand slaves.
B)Bad weather and black informants doomed the rebellion to failure.
C)Gabriel and the other leaders were illiterate field hands.
D)The rebels intended to seize the city of Richmond in order to force the government to negotiate the end of slavery with them.

Question 29

One of the most significant contributions of black soldiers to the American effort during the War of 1812 was their performance on the Plains of Chalmette during which battle?

A)the Battle of New Orleans
B)the Battle of Lake Erie
C)the Battle of Bladensburg
D)the Battle Chippewa

Question 30

The Haitian Revolution is largely responsible for what important event in American history?

A)the Louisiana Purchase
B)the ending of the international slave trade
C)the creation of the first abolitionist society in the United States
D)the ratification of the Constitution

Question 31

Which of the following statements about black-authored pamphlets is LEAST accurate?

A)The content of pamphlets usually consisted of published orations.
B)Black pamphleteers avoided controversial topics such as the Haitian Revolution which might inspire a white backlash.
C)Black pamphleteers sometimes made explicit appeals for sympathy from white readers.
D)Black pamphleteers frequently attempted to praise the cultural achievements of Africa as a means of defending the rights of African Americans.

Question 32

Which of the following statements about black Americans during the War of 1812 is MOST accurate?

A)Although the army allowed blacks to enlist on equal terms with whites,the navy maintained its traditional prohibition against accepting black sailors.
B)Despite British attempts to entice them into the British Army,none of the slaves of the Chesapeake were willing to provide them with assistance.
C)Northern black communities generally refused to lend assistance to the war effort because they believed that the expansion of slavery was the war's ultimate goal.
D)The performance of blacks in the American military earned them high praise from prominent officers,including some who had previously expressed doubts about their abilities.

Question 33

Which Congregationalist minister was the most outspoken of all black Federalists,so much so that his church voted him out of office because of his political leanings?

A)Prince Hall
B)Absalom Jones
C)John Marrant
D)Lemuel Haynes

Question 34

Prince Hall's Charge Delivered to the Brethren of the African Lodge is an example of what type of literature,which was likely the most prolific form of black letters of the post-Revolutionary period?

A)pamphlets
B)poetry
C)spiritual autobiographies
D)sentimental novels

Question 35

Who wrote the most widely reprinted book in English by an author of African descent in the post-Revolutionary period?

A)Jupiter Hammon
B)Prince Hall
C)Benjamin Banneker
D)Olaudah Equiano

Question 36

In 1814,James Forten,Richard Allen,and Absalom Jones organized more than 2500 black citizens who hastily assembled fortifications to protect which city from British attack?

A)New Orleans
B)New York
C)Baltimore
D)Philadelphia

Question 37

In what year did Freedom's Journal,the first black-edited newspaper in the United States,first appear?

A)1793
B)1808
C)1816
D)1827

Question 38

Benjamin Banneker was best known for his work in what literary genre?

A)poetry
B)almanacs
C)spiritual autobiography
D)political pamphlets

Question 39

Which of the following statements about politics in the early nineteenth century is LEAST accurate?

A)Federalist sympathy for black rights stemmed largely from its base of support in New England; southern Federalists supported the institution of slavery.
B)In northern states,Federalists sought support from free blacks and Democratic-Republicans sought support from white immigrants in order to gain a majority of voters.
C)Although Federalists tended to be more sympathetic to black rights,black voters tended to vote for Democratic-Republicans because of their leaders' egalitarian rhetoric.
D)Prominent Federalists such as Alexander Hamilton and John Jay played an important role in the burgeoning antislavery movement.

Question 40

Which of the following statements about the colonization movement is LEAST accurate?

A)Among the movements supporters were southern slaveholders,who felt that the presence of free blacks undermined the security of slavery.
B)Although popular with white abolitionists,colonization failed to find any support from leaders of the black community.
C)Some Americans viewed colonization not only as a way for blacks to their own country,but also as a way to spread the Christian faith into Africa.
D)Many white advocates of antislavery believed that colonization was a necessary component of emancipation between whites and blacks could not live together as equals.