Question 1

In spite of the revolutionary rhetoric of freedom, indentured servitude was still widely practiced in the northern states by 1800.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

What role did rising prices play during the Revolution?

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A)   They encouraged more men to enlist in the Continental army because military pay increased with inflation.
B)   Angry Americans voted out congressmen who had approved the paper money that caused the inflation.
C)   They prompted protests by Americans, especially women, who took goods from merchants whom they accused of hoarding.
D)   They led the Continental Congress to obtain huge loans from Catherine the Great of Russia.
E)   They prompted the writers of the Constitution to ban paper money-a provision that later was repealed.F) C) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 3

Which statement about blacks and freedom in the Revolutionary era is FALSE?

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A)   The language of liberty echoed in slave communities, North and South.
B)   "Freedom petitions" were presented by slaves in New England beginning in the early 1770s.
C)   Many blacks were surprised that white America did not realize their rhetoric of revolution demanded emancipation.
D)   After the Revolution, emancipation in the North was swift and all-encompassing.
E)   The number of runaway slaves, as measured by newspaper advertisements, rose dramatically.F) B) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 4

In their Revolutionary era constitutions, all states adopted John Adams's idea of a "balanced" government.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The efforts to emancipate slaves in the 1770s and 1780s:

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A)   occurred only in the New England states.
B)   resulted entirely from the voluntary work by slaveholders.
C)   included all slaves north of South Carolina.
D)   reflected the importance of property rights.
E)   were reversed in 1792 by the U.S. Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case.F) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

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?

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A)   New York
B)   Virginia
C)   New Jersey
D)   Massachusetts
E)   PennsylvaniaF) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 7

Which statement about Loyalists is FALSE?

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A)   Confiscated property was not returned to them after the war.
B)   Fewer than 10,000 Loyalists left America after the war.
C)   Hostility toward Loyalists after the war proved to be short-lived.
D)   Loyalists were quickly reintegrated into American society.
E)   Soon after the war, states repealed test oaths that discriminated against Loyalists.F) B) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 8

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.
E)   It meant that, for the first time, men were free to pursue whatever occupations they wished.F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 9

Because Americans were preoccupied with war, religious liberty was a rather peripheral issue in the 1770s and 1780s.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

"Freedom" had not played a major part in Indians' vocabulary before the Revolution, but after the war, freedom meant defending their own independence and retaining possession of their land.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

An example of anti-Catholicism during the 1770s was the:

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A)   barring of Catholics from southern state militias.
B)   Second Continental Congress's refusal to accept aid from Catholic France.
C)   widespread arrests of Catholics as potential British spies by Pennsylvania authorities.
D)   famous attack on a Boston convent by Massachusetts minutemen.
E)   First Continental Congress's denunciation of the Quebec Act.F) B) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 12

General John Sullivan:

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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."
E)   was a British spy whom pro-American Creek Indians unmasked.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 13

During the American Revolutionary period, slavery for the first time became a focus of public debate.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which settlement in Africa did the British establish for former slaves from the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)   Liberia
B)   Sierra Leone
C)   Monrovia
D)   Ghana
E)   BeninF) B) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 15

Virtually every founding father owned at least one slave at some point in his life. Who was a notable exception?

Accepted Answer

A)   George Washington
B)   John Adams
C)   Thomas Jefferson
D)   Benjamin Franklin
E)   James MadisonF) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 16

Approximately how many free Americans remained loyal to the British during the war?

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A)   5 to 10 percent
B)   10 to 15 percent
C)   20 to 25 percent
D)   30 to 35 percent
E)   45 to 50 percentF) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 17

The free black population after the Revolution:

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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.
E)   avoided supporting the abolitionist cause out of fear of reprisals.F) None of the above
G) All of the above

Question 18

Adam Smith's argument that the "invisible hand" of the free market directed economic life more effectively and fairly than governmental intervention offered intellectual justification for those who believed that the economy should be left to regulate itself.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Thomas Jefferson's Virginia "Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom" did the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)   eliminated religious qualifications for voting.
B)   removed religious qualifications for holding political office.
C)   allowed a second set of standards for Catholics.
D)   removed government financial support for churches.
E)   people could not be forced to pick a religion.F) C) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 20

Which statement about gender and politics in the Revolutionary era is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)   The winning of independence did not alter the law of family inherited from Britain.
B)   In both law and social reality, women lacked the essential qualification of political participation.
C)   In appreciation for their invaluable contribution to the war effort, women were allowed universal suffrage.
D)   Many women who entered public debate felt the need to apologize for their forthrightness.
E)   Most men considered women to be naturally submissive and irrational and therefore unfit for citizenship.F) A) and D)
G) C) and D)

Exam 6: The Revolution Within

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?

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An example of anti-Catholicism during the 1770s was the:

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General John Sullivan:

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Adam Smith's argument that the "invisible hand" of the free market directed economic life more effectively and fairly than governmental intervention offered intellectual justification for those who believed that the economy should be left to regulate itself.

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Virtually every founding father owned at least one slave at some point in his life. Who was a notable exception?

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Thomas Jefferson's Virginia "Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom" did the following EXCEPT:

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How did the Revolutionary War change the meaning of freedom?

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Because Americans were preoccupied with war, religious liberty was a rather peripheral issue in the 1770s and 1780s.

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Which statement about gender and politics in the Revolutionary era is FALSE?

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Which statement about blacks and freedom in the Revolutionary era is FALSE?

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"Freedom" had not played a major part in Indians' vocabulary before the Revolution, but after the war, freedom meant defending their own independence and retaining possession of their land.

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During the American Revolutionary period, slavery for the first time became a focus of public debate.

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The free black population after the Revolution:

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What role did rising prices play during the Revolution?

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The efforts to emancipate slaves in the 1770s and 1780s:

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Approximately how many free Americans remained loyal to the British during the war?

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Which statement about Loyalists is FALSE?

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In spite of the revolutionary rhetoric of freedom, indentured servitude was still widely practiced in the northern states by 1800.

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In their Revolutionary era constitutions, all states adopted John Adams's idea of a "balanced" government.

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Which settlement in Africa did the British establish for former slaves from the United States?

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