How did Congress seek to spur enlistment in late 1776 and early 1777? A) It offered bounties, wages, and free land after the war. B) It set up a mandatory draft. C) It organized community enlistment days. D) It threatened people who refused to enlist with imprisonment and fines. ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
George Washington and other conservatives incorrectly assumed that Shays’s Rebellion was __________. A) a meaningless riot by ignorant rabble B) a class conflict pitting poor against rich C) the result of too many armed farmers D) a call for revisions to the Articles of Confederation ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Pinckney’s Treaty helped resolve the debate over Jay’s Treaty by __________. A) renouncing Spanish claims in North America B) opening the Mississippi to American shipping C) keeping England from attacking republican France D) purchasing the Louisiana Territory from France ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of these happened first? A) Annapolis Convention B) Shays’s Rebellion C) Constitutional Convention D) passage of the Bill of Rights ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
What were the views of Judith Sargent Murray on women in America society? How did conservatives respond to her? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: gender roles; feminism; gender and revolution; political reactions
Date: September 9th, 2020
Americans found British impressments particularly objectionable because __________. A) the Royal Navy paid low wages B) they resulted in disruptions, which lessened profits in shipping C) they demonstrated Britain’s failure to recognize American citizenship D) Jefferson did nothing to stop them ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of these European settlements in North America was most crucial to American trade? A) Sitka B) New Orleans C) Los Angeles D) Quebec ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of these events complicated the foreign policy Jefferson articulated in his first inaugural address? A) French Revolution B) resumption of the Napoleonic Wars C) revolution in Haiti D) War of Jenkins Ear ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Of all the New World slave societies, the one that existed in the South was the only one that __________. A) grew by natural increase B) freed the children of slaves C) imported its slaves from Africa D) never had a slave rebellion ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Southern apologists for slavery linked slave uprisings to __________. A) northern antislavery opinion B) the Second Great Awakening C) operation of the Underground Railroad D) free blacks in the North and South ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
