Which of the following statements about Shays’s Rebellion is true? A) Citizens of other states were generally indifferent to it. B) The central government effectively aided Massachusetts in quelling the rebellion. C) Many leaders, such as Washington, concluded that the central government must be strengthened. D) Most of the rebels were unemployed shipyard workers, frustrated […]
The 1682 Frame of Government was issued by __________. A) King Charles II B) William Penn C) John Winthrop D) Roger Williams ANSWER Answer: B
How did immigrants and native-born people compare in terms of family in the late nineteenth century? a. Immigrants married earlier than native-born people and, as a result, had more children. b. Immigrant families had fewer children than native-born families, mostly because they lived in cramped tenements that could not support large families. c. Immigrants tended […]
The first slave plantation colony established in America was __________. A) Portuguese Brazil B) French Acadia C) the English Chesapeake D) Spanish Florida ANSWER Answer: A
At the time of the Civil War, there were approximately __________ slaves in the South. a. 200,000 b. 400,000 c. 1,000,000 d. 2,000,000 e. 4,000,000 ANSWER E
An examination of language patterns, music, and architectural forms in the South suggests that during the eighteenth century, __________. A) significant amounts of cultural sharing occurred between Africans and white southerners B) white southern culture borrowed little from African culture but the latter was transformed by white culture C) Africans absorbed little of the white […]
What territorial change resulted from the Peace of Paris (1763), which ended the Seven Years’ War? a. France retained Louisiana. b. Spain gained Florida. c. France retained Quebec in Canada. d. Spain gained Guadeloupe and Martinique in the Caribbean. e. Britain gained Canada. ANSWER E
Enslaved Africans waiting for transport to the Americas were kept in dark dungeons or in open pens called __________. A) barracoons B) maroons C) scrambles D) penitentiaries ANSWER Answer: A
Take the role of a woman in the Revolutionary era. Describe what the Revolution has done for you and what you would like it to have done that it did not. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER It assigned women a more exalted role of teaching children republican principles and public virtue. It […]
Social class in eighteenth-century America was __________. A) nonexistent B) based on land monopoly C) based on economic rank D) similar to European aristocracy ANSWER Answer: C
