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• 1. The European explorers who followed Columbus to North America
• A) intended to found a new nation.• B) continued to view themselves as Europeans.• C) did not consider America as the western rim
of the European world.• D) no longer saw themselves as subjects of
European kings.• E) saw little difference in their lives in America
and their lives in Europe.• Ans: B
• 2. The colonists who ultimately embraced the vision of America as an independent nation had in common all of the following characteristics except
• A) the desire to create an agricultural society.• B) learning to live lives unfettered by the
tyrannies of royal authority.• C) learning to live lives unfettered by the
tyrannies of official religion.• D) an unwillingness to subjugate others.• E) learning to live lives unfettered by the
tyrannies of social hierarchies.• Ans: D
• 3. The ideals that the colonists cherished as synonymous with American life included reverence for all of the following except
• A) individual liberty.
• B) self-government.
• C) opposition to slavery.
• D) religious tolerance.
• E) economic opportunity.
• Ans: C
• 4. By the 1770s which of the following issues helped bring about a crisis of imperial authority?
• A) trade restrictions• B) slavery• C) few colonists clung to any hope of
accommodation with Great Britain• D) the coronation of a new king• E) the rise to power of radical patriots in the
American colonies• Ans: A
• 5. The existence of a single original continent has been proved by the presence of
• A) similar mountain ranges on the various continents.
• B) the discovery of nearly identical species of fish in long-separated freshwater lakes of various continents.
• C) the discovery of marsupials on the various continents.
• D) the continued shifting of the earth's crust.• E) all of the above.• Ans: B
• 6. Which of the following mountain ranges was probably created before the continental separation approximately 350 million years ago?
• A) the Rockies• B) the Sierra Nevada• C) the Cascades• D) the Coast Range• E) the Appalachians• Ans: E
• 7. Which of the following was not a feature created in North America ten thousand years ago when the glaciers retreated?
• A) the Great Lakes• B) the Great Salt Lake• C) a mineral-rich desert• D) thousands of shallow depressions which
formed lakes• E) the Grand Canyon• Ans: E
• 8. The Great Ice Age accounted for the origins of North America's human history because
• A) it exposed a land bridge connecting Eurasia with North America.
• B) the glacial withdrawal allowed migration from South America.
• C) the glacial withdrawal formed freshwater lakes that supported life.
• D) when it ended European migration to the west became possible.
• E) it prevented the migration of dangerous animals from the Bering isthmus.
• Ans: A
• 9. Most likely the first Americans were
• A) Vikings from Scandinavia.
• B) Spanish explorers of the fifteenth century.
• C) people who crossed the land bridge from Eurasia to North America.
• D) Portuguese sailors of Prince Henry the Navigator.
• E) refugees from Africa.
• Ans: C
• 10. In 1492, when Europeans arrived in the Americas, the total of the two continents' populations was perhaps
• A) 20 million.
• B) 54 million.
• C) 50 million.
• D) 4 million.
• E) 200 million.
• Ans: B
• 11. Some of the more advanced Native American cultures did all of the following except
• A) engage in significant ocean voyages of discovery.
• B) establish large, bustling cities.• C) make strikingly accurate astronomical
observations.• D) study mathematics.• E) carry on commerce.• Ans: A
• 12. The size and sophistication of Native American civilizations in Mexico and South America can be attributed to
• A) Spanish influences.• B) their way of life based on hunting and
gathering.• C) the development of agriculture.• D) influences brought by early settlers from
Siberia.• E) their use of draft animals and the wheel.• Ans: C
• 13. All of the following are true of the Inca, Mayan, and Aztec civilizations except
• A) they had advanced agricultural practices based primarily on the cultivation of maize.
• B) they lacked the technology of the wheel.• C) they had the use of large draft animals such
as the horse and oxen.• D) they built elaborate cities and carried on far-
flung commerce.• E) they had talented mathematicians, which
allowed them to make accurate astronomical observations.
• Ans: C
• 14. The crop that became the staple of life in Mexico and South America was
• A) wheat.• B) potatoes.• C) tobacco.• D) corn.• E) beans.• Ans: D
• 15. Native American (Indian) civilization was least highly developed in
• A) North America.• B) Mexico.• C) Central America.• D) Peru.• E) Latin America.• Ans: A
• 16. One of the main factors that enabled Europeans to conquer native North Americans with relative ease was
• A) the pacifistic nature of the native North Americans.• B) the settled agricultural societies of North America.• C) the absence of dense concentrations of population
or complex nation-states in North America.• D) the use of native guides.• E) all of the above.• Ans: C
• 17. At the time of the European colonization of North America the number of Indian tribes was estimated at approximately
• A) 100.• B) 500.• C) 1,000.• D) 50.• E) 200.• Ans: E
• 18. The development of “three sister” farming on the southeast Atlantic seaboard
• A) led to the dominance of the potato.• B) enabled the Anasazis to prosper.• C) ultimately failed to produce adequate
amounts of food.• D) was attributed to three young women of the
Cherokee peoples.• E) produced a rich diet that led to high
population densities.• Ans: E
• 19. Before the arrival of Columbus, most native peoples in North America
• A) lived in large communities.• B) were more advanced than those in South
America.• C) lived in small, scattered, and impermanent
settlements.• D) populated the greater part of the continent.• E) relied on horses for transportation.• Ans: C
• 20. The Iroquois Confederacy was able to menace its Native American and European neighbors because of
• A) its military alliance, sustained by political and organizational skills.
• B) the Iroquois warriors' skill with the Europeans' muskets.
• C) the scattered nature of the Iroquois settlements, which made it difficult for their enemies to defeat them.
• D) the alliance with the Aztecs and Incas.• E) its use of new weapons.• Ans: A
• 21. All of the following were original territories of North American Indian populations within the current borders of the United States except
• A) Mesoamerica.• B) Northeast.• C) Southeast.• D) Great Plains.• E) Great Basin.• Ans: A
• 22. Men in the more settled agricultural groups in North America performed all of the following tasks except
• A) hunting.
• B) gathering fuel.
• C) tending crops.
• D) clearing fields for planting.
• E) fishing.
• Ans: C
• 23. The early voyages of the Scandinavian seafarers did not result in permanent settlement in North America because
• A) the Native Americans drove them out.• B) the area in which they landed could not
support a large population.• C) no nation-state yearning to expand
supported these ventures.• D) British adventurers defeated the
Scandinavians in 1066.• E) the settlers died of disease.• Ans: C
• 24. The Christian crusaders were indirectly responsible for the discovery of America because they
• A) were victorious over the Muslims.• B) brought back news of valuable Far Eastern spices,
drugs, and silk.• C) succeeded in establishing improved business
relations between Muslims and Christians.• D) returned with captured Muslim maps showing the
North and South American continents.• E) developed better navigational devices.• Ans: B
• 25. Europeans wanted to discover a new, shorter route to eastern Asia in order to
• A) break the hold that Muslim merchants had on trade with Asia.
• B) reduce the price of goods from Asia.
• C) gain more profits for themselves.
• D) reduce the time it took to transport goods.
• E) all of the above.
• Ans: E
• 26. Before the middle of the fifteenth century, sub-Saharan Africa had remained remote and mysterious to Europeans because
• A) there was little of value there for them.• B) sea travel down the African coast had been
virtually impossible.• C) Islamic societies prevented Europe from
making inroads there.• D) they did not know that it existed.• E) they feared the people who lived there.• Ans: B
• 27. Which group was responsible for slave trading in Africa long before the Europeans had arrived
• A) the Portuguese and Spanish.
• B) the English and Scandinavians.
• C) the Incas and Aztecs.
• D) the Arabs and Africans.
• E) the English and Americans.
• Ans: D
• 28. In the last half of the fifteenth century some forty thousand Africans were forced into slavery by Portugal and Spain to
• A) work on plantations in Africa.• B) establish plantations in North America.• C) establish plantations in South America.• D) help pay for the gold they took.• E) work on plantations on the Atlantic
sugar islands.• Ans: E
• 29. The origins of the modern plantation system can be found in the
• A) American South.
• B) Arab slave trade.
• C) Portuguese slave trade.
• D) European feudal system.
• E) African slave system.
• Ans: C
• 30. Spain was united into a single nation-state when
• A) it was invaded by Portugal in the late fifteenth century.
• B) Christopher Columbus returned with news of his discovery of the New World.
• C) Prince Henry the Navigator came to the throne.
• D) the African Moors were expelled from the Iberian Peninsula.
• E) Ferdinand and Isabella were overthrown.• Ans: D
• 31. The stage was set for a cataclysmic shift in the course of history when
• A) Europeans clamored for more and cheaper products from Asia.
• B) Africa was established as a source of slave labor.
• C) the Portuguese demonstrated the feasibility of long range ocean navigation.
• D) the Renaissance nurtured a spirit of optimism and adventure.
• E) all of the above.• Ans: E
• 32. In an effort to reach the Indies, Spain looked westward because
• A) Portugal controlled the African coast.• B) the Pope granted Spain the right to sail
this route.• C) Muslims blocked the sea route.• D) the Moors had convinced them to do
so.• E) all of the above.• Ans: A
• 33. After his first voyage, Christopher Columbus believed that he had
• A) discovered a New World.
• B) failed at what he had set out to do.
• C) sailed to the outskirts of the East Indies.
• D) sailed around the world.
• E) reached the shores of Japan.
• Ans: C
• 34. Columbus called the native people in the “New World” Indians because
• A) that was what they called themselves.• B) he believed that he had skirted the rim of the
“Indies.”• C) it was a form of the Spanish word for
heathen.• D) the Vikings had first called them by that
name.• E) all of the above.• Ans: B
• 35. All of the following contributed to the emergence of a new interdependent global economic system except
• A) Europe providing the market and capital.• B) Africa providing the labor.• C) the belief of European explorers to create
new cultures.• D) New World providing its raw materials.• E) the advancement and improvement of
technology.• Ans: C
• 36. Which of the following New World plants revolutionized the international economy?
• A) maize• B) potatoes• C) beans• D) tomatoes• E) all of the above• Ans: E
• 37. The introduction of American plants around the world resulted in
• A) rapid population growth in Europe.
• B) many illnesses, caused by the new germs contained in these food-stuffs.
• C) an African population decline.
• D) very little change.
• E) an increase in obese people.
• 38. European contact with Native Americans led to• A) the Europeans' acceptance of the horse into their
culture.• B) the deaths of millions of Native Americans, who had
little resistance to European diseases.• C) the introduction into the New World of such plants as
potatoes, tomatoes, and beans.• D) an increase in the Native American population.• E) the use of tobacco by Native Americans.• Ans: B
• 39. Within a century after Columbus's landfall in the New World, the Native American population was reduced by nearly
• A) 50 percent.• B) 20 percent.• C) 70 percent.• D) 90 percent.• E) 40 percent.• Ans: D
• 40. European explorers introduced ____________________ into the New World.
• A) syphilis• B) maize• C) tobacco• D) smallpox• E) pumpkin• Ans: D
• 41. The flood of precious metal from the New World to Europe resulted in
• A) a price revolution that lowered consumer costs.
• B) the growth of capitalism.• C) a reduced amount of trade with Asia.• D) more money for France and Spain but less
for Italy and Holland.• E) little impact on the world economy.• Ans: B
42. The institution of encomienda allowed the
• A) native people to enslave members of other tribes.
• B) Europeans to marry Native Americans.• C) European governments to give Indians to
colonists if they promised to Christianize them.• D) governments of Europe to abolish the
practice of Indian slavery and to establish African slavery.
• E) Europeans to establish an economy based on capitalism.
• Ans: C
• 43. Men became conquistadores because they wanted to
• A) gain God's favor by spreading Christianity.• B) escape dubious pasts.• C) seek adventure, as the heroes of classical
antiquity had done.• D) satisfy their desire for gold.• E) all of the above.• Ans: E
• 44. The Aztec chief Moctezuma allowed Cortés to enter the capital of Tenochtitlán because
• A) Cortés's army was so powerful.• B) Montezuma believed that Cortés was the god
Quetzalcoatl.• C) there was little in the city of interest to the
Spanish.• D) he was told to by the gods.• E) all of the above.• Ans: B
• 45. In which of the following is the explorer mismatched with the area he explored?
• A) Coronado—New Mexico and Arizona• B) Ponce de León—Mississippi River Valley• C) Cortés—Mexico• D) Pizarro—Peru• E) Columbus—Caribbean islands• Ans: B
• 46. Spain began to fortify and settle its North American border lands in order to
• A) protect its Central and South American domains from encroachments by England and France.
• B) gain control of Canada.• C) gain more slaves.• D) find a passage to the Pacific Ocean.• E) look for gold in Florida.• Ans: A
• 47. As a result of Pope's Rebellion in 1680,• A) the Pueblo Indians destroyed every Catholic
church in the province of New Mexico.• B) the Pueblo Indians were destroyed.• C) the Spanish destroyed Pueblo temples and
erected Catholic churches on those sites.• D) the Spanish missionaries suppressed native
religions.• E) the French gained control of Mexico.• Ans: A
• 48. The treatment of the Native Americans by the Spanish conquistadores can be described as
• A) at times brutal and exploitative.• B) firm but fair.• C) unmotivated by greed.• D) scornful of intermarriage.• E) leaving little of Spanish culture.• Ans: A
• 49. The settlement founded in the early 1600s that was the most important for the future United States was
• A) Santa Fe.• B) Quebec.• C) Jamestown.• D) Massachusetts Bay.• E) Saint Augustine.• Ans: C
• 50. The English treatment of the Irish, under the reign of Elizabeth I, can best be described as
• A) firm but fair.• B) better than their treatment of any English
subjects.• C) the prime example of salutary neglect.• D) violent and unjust.• E) supportive of their Catholic faith.• Ans: D
51. Match each individual on the left with the correct
A. Francis Drake
1. “sea dog” who plundered the treasure ships of the Spanish Main
B. Walter Raleigh
2. adventurer who tried but failed to establish a colony in Newfoundland
C. Humphrey Gilbert
3. explorer whose voyage in 1498 estab-lished England’s territorial claims in the New World
4. courtier whose colony at Roanoke Is-land was mysteriously abandoned in the 1580s
5. colonizer who helped establish tobacco as a cash crop in Georgia
A) A-2, B-1, C-3B) A-1, B-4, C-2C) A-3, B-2, C-1D) A-4, B-3, C-2E) A-5, B-4, C-1Ans: B
• 52. Spain's dreams of empire began to fade with the
• A) War of Spanish Succession.• B) defeat of the Spanish Armada.• C) loss of Brazil.• D) Treaty of Tordesillas.• E) conquest of Mexico by Portugal.• Ans: B
• 53. The first successful English attempt at colonization in 1585 was in
• A) Newfoundland.• B) St. Augustine.• C) Jamestown.• D) Roanoke Island.• E) Massachusetts Bay.• Ans: D
• 54. England's defeat of the Spanish Armada• A) led to a Franco-Spanish alliance that prevented
England from establishing its own American colonies.• B) allowed England to take control of Spain's American
colonies.• C) demonstrated that Spanish Catholicism was inferior
to English Protestantism.• D) helped to ensure England's naval dominance in the
North Atlantic.• E) occurred despite weather conditions which favored
Spain.• Ans: D
• 55. Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) Reformation, (B) founding of Jamestown colony, (C) Restoration, (D) defeat of the Spanish Armada, (E) colony of Georgia founded.
• A) A, B, C, D, E• B) C, A, D, B, E• C) D, A, B, C, E• D) A, D, B, C, E• E) E, D, A, C, B• Ans: D
• 56. The spirit of the English on the eve of colonization included all of the following except
• A) restlessness.• B) limited patriotism.• C) curiosity about the unknown.• D) thirst for adventure.• E) self-confidence.• Ans: B
• 58. The financial means for England's first permanent colonization in America were provided by
• A) a joint-stock company.• B) a royal proprietor.• C) Queen Elizabeth II.• D) the law of primogeniture.• E) an expanding wool trade.• Ans: A
• 57. On the eve of its colonizing adventure, England possessed
• A) a unified national state.• B) a measure of religious unity.• C) a sense of nationalism.• D) a popular monarch.• E) all of the above.• Ans: E
• 59. All of the following provided motives for English colonization except
• A) unemployment.• B) thirst for adventure.• C) desire for markets.• D) desire for religious freedom.• E) need for a place to exploit slave labor.• Ans: E
• 60. The guarantee that English settlers in the New World would retain the “rights of Englishmen” proved to be
• A) an empty promise.• B) unpopular among the settlers.• C) the cause of revolutions in Spain and
France.• D) the foundation for American liberties.• E) a catalyst for French colonization of North
America.• Ans: D
• 61. The early years at Jamestown were mainly characterized by
• A) starvation, disease, and frequent Indian raids.
• B) economic prosperity.• C) constant fear of Spanish invasion.• D) major technological advancement.• E) peace with the Native Americans.• Ans: A
• 62. Despite an abundance of fish and game, early Jamestown settlers continued to starve because
• A) they had neither weapons nor fishing gear.• B) their fear of Indians prevented them from
venturing too far from the town.• C) they were unaccustomed to fend for
themselves and wasted time looking for gold.• D) they lacked leaders to organize efficient
hunting and fishing parties.• E) there were not enough gentlemen to
organize the work force.• Ans: C
• 63. Captain John Smith's role at Jamestown can best be described as
• A) very limited.• B) saving the colony from collapse.• C) persuading the colonists to continue
their hunt for gold.• D) worsening the colonists' relationship
with the Indians.• E) reducing the terrible death toll.• Ans: B
• 64. Chief Powhatan had Captain John Smith kidnapped in order to
• A) impress Smith with his power and show the Indian's desire for peace.
• B) demonstrate the Indians' desire for war.• C) punish Smith for refusing to marry
Pocahontas.• D) hold him for a large ransom to be paid by
King James.• E) all of the above.• Ans: A
• 65. When Lord De La Warr took control of Jamestown in 1610, he
• A) halted the rapid population decline.• B) re-established better relations with the
Indians.• C) brought many Irish immigrants with him.• D) died within a few months of his arrival.• E) imposed a harsh military regime on the
colony.• Ans: E
• 66. The result of the Second Anglo-Powhatan War in 1644 can best be described as
• A) halting white settlement on the frontier.• B) returning the Chesapeake Indians to their
ancestral lands.• C) making peaceful coexistence possible
between the European and native peoples.• D) ending any chance of assimilating the native
peoples into Virginia society.• E) bringing together areas of white and Indian
settlement.• Ans: D
• 67. The native peoples of Virginia (Powhatans) succumbed to the Europeans because they
• A) died in large numbers from European diseases.
• B) lacked the unity necessary to resist the well-organized whites.
• C) could be disposed of by Europeans with no harm to the colonial economy.
• D) were not a reliable labor source.• E) all of the above.• Ans: E
• 68. The introduction of horses brought about significant change in the lives of the Lakotas, from this they
• A) were forced to move to the west.
• B) became sedentary forest dwellers.
• C) died out.
• D) lost their oral traditions.
• E) became nomadic hunters.
• Ans: E
• 70. The Indians that had the greatest opportunity to adapt to the European incursion were
• A) those living on the Atlantic seaboard.
• B) those in Florida.
• C) inland tribes such as the Algonquians.
• D) those in Latin America.
• E) the Pueblos.
• Ans: C
• 69. The biggest disrupter of Native American life was
• A) horses.
• B) loss of culture.
• C) disease.
• D) fire arms.
• E) the formation of new tribes.
• Ans: C
• 71. After the purchases of slaves in 1619 by Jamestown settlers, additional purchases of Africans were few because
• A) they were poor workers.• B) many colonists were morally opposed to
slavery.• C) their labor was not needed.• D) indentured servants refused to work with
them.• E) they were too costly.• Ans: E
• 72. The cultivation of tobacco in Jamestown resulted in all of the following except
• A) the destruction of the soil.• B) a great demand for controlled labor.• C) soaring prosperity in the colony.• D) diversification of the colony's economy.• E) the broad-acred plantation system.• Ans: D
• 73. The summoning of Virginia's House of Burgesses marked an important precedent because it
• A) failed.• B) was abolished by King James I.• C) was the first of many miniature parliaments to
convene in America.• D) forced King James I to revoke the colony's royal
charter and grant it self-government.• E) allowed the seating of nonvoting Native Americans.• Ans: C
• 74. A major reason for the founding of the Maryland colony in 1634 was to
• A) establish a defensive buffer against Spanish colonies in the South.
• B) create a refuge for the Catholics.• C) help the Protestants, by giving them a safe
haven.• D) allow Lord Baltimore to keep all the land for
himself.• E) repudiate the feudal way of life.• Ans: B
• 75. At the outset, Lord Baltimore allowed some religious toleration in the Maryland colony because he
• A) hoped to secure freedom of worship for his fellow Catholics.
• B) was a committed atheist.• C) wanted the colony's Jews to be able to
practice their faith.• D) hoped to maintain a Catholic majority.• E) was asked to do so by the king.• Ans: A
• 76. In 1649 Maryland's Act of Toleration
• A) was issued by Lord Baltimore.
• B) abolished the death penalty.
• C) gave freedom only to Catholics.
• D) protected Jews and atheists.
• E) guaranteed toleration to all Christians.
• Ans: E
• 77. Tobacco was considered a poor man's crop because
• A) it could be produced easily and quickly.• B) it was smoked by the lower class.• C) the poor were used to plant and harvest it.• D) it could be purchased at a low price.• E) it required complicated processing.• Ans: A
• 78. Sugar was called a rich man's crop for all of the following reasons except that it
• A) had to be planted extensively.• B) required the clearing of much land.• C) could be purchased only by the wealthy.• D) required an elaborate refining process.• E) was a capital-intense business.• Ans: C
• 79. Under the Barbados slave code of 1661, slaves were
• A) guaranteed the right to marry.• B) denied the most fundamental rights.• C) protected from the most vicious
punishments.• D) given the opportunity to purchase their
freedom.• E) assigned specific monetary value.• Ans: B
• 80. The statutes governing slavery in the North American colonies originated in
• A) England.• B) Virginia.• C) Brazil.• D) Barbados.• E) Spain.• Ans: D
• 81. One of the earliest and most important exports from the Carolinas was
• A) tobacco.• B) naval stores.• C) fish.• D) Indian slaves.• E) corn.• Ans: D
• 82. The colony of South Carolina prospered• A) by developing close economic ties with the
British West Indies.• B) only after Georgia was established.• C) as a result of the importation of Indian
slaves.• D) because of its thriving shipbuilding industry.• E) under the leadership of Oliver Cromwell.• Ans: A
• 83. Two major exports of the Carolinas were
• A) rice and Indian slaves.
• B) sugar and corn.
• C) tobacco and furs.
• D) black slaves and cotton.
• E) sugar and cotton.
• 84. Some Africans became especially valuable as slaves in the Carolinas because they
• A) had experience working in dry, desert like areas.
• B) were experienced in rice cultivation.• C) were knowledgeable regarding cotton
production.• D) exhibited skill as soldiers.• E) were skilled fishermen.• Ans: B
• 85. The busiest seaport in the southern colonies was
• A) St. Augustine.• B) Jamestown.• C) Savannah.• D) Baltimore.• E) Charleston.• Ans: E
• 86. North Carolina and Rhode Island were similar in that they
• A) were very aristocratic.• B) exercised no independent prerogative.• C) depended on trade with Spain.• D) were the two most democratic colonies.• E) were founded by Roger Williams.• Ans: D
• 87. The inhabitants of North Carolina were regarded by their neighbors as
• A) hostile and violent.• B) too submissive to authority.• C) outcasts and irreligious.• D) far too friendly with Spain.• E) too Catholic.• Ans: C
• 88. The attitude of Carolinians toward Indians can best be described as
• A) friendly.• B) neutral.• C) hostile.• D) promoting interracial marriage.• E) none of the above.• Ans: C
• 89. The colony of Georgia was founded• A) by a joint-stock company.• B) as a defensive buffer for the valuable
Carolinas.• C) by eight proprietors chosen by Charles II.• D) in the seventeenth century.• E) by King George.• Ans: B
• 90. Georgia's founders were determined to• A) conquer Florida and add it to Britain's
empire.• B) create a haven for people imprisoned for
debt.• C) keep Georgia for Catholics.• D) restrict the colony to British citizens.• E) establish slavery.• Ans: B
• 91. All of the following European imports threatened the Iroquois' existence except
• A) religion.• B) whiskey.• C) diseases.• D) muskets.• E) all threatened their existence.• Ans: A
• 92. The purpose of the periodic “mourning wars” was
• A) to avenge the deaths of Huron warriors.• B) to stop the spread of European settlements.• C) the result of diplomatic failures among the
Indians.• D) to break up the Iroquois Confederacy.• E) the large-scale adoption of captives and
refugees.• Ans: E
• 93. The Iroquois leader who helped his nation revive its old customs was
• A) Powhatan.• B) Handsome Lake.• C) Pocahontas.• D) De La Warr.• E) Pontiac.• Ans: B
• 94. Georgia grew very slowly for all of the following reasons except
• A) its unhealthy climate.• B) early restrictions on black slavery.• C) Spanish attacks.• D) John Oglethorpe's leadership.• E) lack of a plantation economy.• Ans: D
• 95. Virginia, Maryland, the Carolinas, and Georgia were similar in that they were all
• A) economically dependent on the export of a staple crop.
• B) proprietary colonies.• C) founded after the restoration of Charles II to the
throne.• D) founded as refuges for persecuted religious
sects in England.• E) able to live in peace with the Native Americans.• Ans: A
• 96. By 1750, all the southern plantation colonies• A) based their economies on the production of
staple crops for export.• B) practiced slavery.• C) provided tax support for the Church of
England.• D) had few large cities.• E) all of the above.• Ans: E
• 97. Arrange the following events in chronological order: the founding of (A) Georgia, (B) the Carolinas, (C) Virginia, (D) Maryland.
• A) A, C, B, D• B) B, D, C, A• C) C, D, B, A• D) D, C, B, A• E) C, B, A, D• Ans: C
• 98. Colonists in both the North and the South established differences in all of the following areas except
• A) patterns of settlement.• B) economies.• C) political systems.• D) values.• E) allegiance to England.• Ans: E
99. Match each item on the left with the correct definition:
A. predestination1. belief that from the moment of creation some souls were “saved” and others “damned”
B. conversion 2. belief that faith, good works, and repentance could earn salvation
C. antinomianism 3. the sign of receipt of God's free gift of saving grace
4. belief that those whom God had marked for salvation need not obey secular laws
A) A-1, B-3, C-2B) A-3, B-2, C-1C) A-1, B-3, C-4D) A-4, B-l, C-3E) A-2, B-4, C-3Ans: C
• 100. In Calvinist thought the “conversion” was• A) something experienced as a group.• B) earned by a person's good works.• C) a Catholic heresy.• D) an event that freed a person from having to
live a holy life.• E) an intense, personal experience when God
revealed an individual's heavenly destiny.• Ans: E
• 103. King James I opposed the Separatists who wanted to break away entirely from the Church of England because he
• A) realized that if his subjects could defy him as their spiritual leader, they could defy him as their political leader.
• B) strongly believed in the concept of “visible saints.”• C) never understood the political implications of their
actions.• D) believed that they were turning their backs on the
true Calvinist faith.• E) was a strong Catholic.• Ans: A
• 102. Henry VIII aided the entrance of Protestant beliefs into England when he
• A) allowed Martin Luther to journey to England.• B) broke England's ties with the Catholic
church.• C) removed himself as the head of the Church
of England.• D) ordered John Calvin to go to Switzerland.• E) supported the Puritans.• Ans: B
• 101. In Puritan doctrine, the “elect” were also referred to as
• A) Separatists.• B) “patroons.”• C) “visible saints.”• D) Pilgrims.• E) Anglicans.• Ans: C
• 104. The Separatists migrated from Holland to the New World in order to
• A) avoid the coming war with France.• B) gain wealth through all the economic
incentives the New World offered.• C) establish a new nation.• D) avoid the Dutchification of their children.• E) escape the jurisdiction of the Virginia
Company.• Ans: D
105. Match each colony on the left with its associated item.
A. Plymouth1. General Court
B. Connecticut 2. Mayflower Compact
C. Massachusetts Bay
3. Fundamental Orders
4. patroonships
A) A-3, B-2, C-4B) A-2, B-3, C-1C) A-4, B-1, C-2D) A-1, B-4, C-3E) A-3, B-2, C-1Ans: B
• 106. The Mayflower Compact can be best described as• A) an agreement to follow the dictates of Parliament.• B) a document which allowed women limited
participation in government.• C) a constitution which established a working
government.• D) a complex agreement to form an oligarchy.• E) a promising step toward genuine self-government.• Ans: E
• 107. The leader that helped the Pilgrims survive was
• A) John Smith.• B) John Winthrop.• C) Roger Williams.• D) William Laud.• E) William Bradford.• Ans: E
• 108. The historical significance of the Pilgrims of Plymouth Bay lies in their
• A) numerical size.• B) economic power.• C) moral and spiritual qualities.• D) unique charter, which permitted self-
government.• E) unwillingness to merge with the Puritans in
Massachusetts Bay.• Ans: C
• 109. Unlike Separatists, the Puritans• A) advocated strict separation of church and
state.• B) practiced passive resistance to oppression.• C) remained members of the Church of
England.• D) were Calvinists.• E) rejected belief in witchcraft.• Ans: C
• 110. Initially, the Massachusetts Bay Colony enjoyed all of the following advantages except that of
• A) being a well-equipped expedition.• B) starting off on a larger scale than any other English
colony.• C) receiving many fairly prosperous and educated
immigrants.• D) receiving a majority of the Puritans coming to the
New World.• E) a shared purpose among the first settlers.• Ans: D
• 111. Puritan doctrine included acceptance of
• A) antinomianism.• B) the Pope's supremacy.• C) the idea of a covenant with God.• D) the doctrine of good works.• E) the King as the final religious authority.• Ans: C
• 112. With the franchise in Massachusetts extended to all adult males who belonged to Puritan congregations, the proportion of qualified voters (approximately 2/5) in this colony as compared to England was
• A) larger.• B) somewhat smaller.• C) about the same.• D) not known.• E) a great deal smaller.• Ans: A
• 113. In the Massachusetts “Bible Commonwealth,” clergyman
• A) could be elected to political office.• B) could not be fired by their congregations.• C) were not allowed to marry.• D) were barred from holding formal political
office.• E) could not have children.• Ans: D
• 114. Puritan religious beliefs allowed all of the following except
• A) drinking alcohol.• B) eating plentifully.• C) challenging religious authority.• D) making love discreetly.• E) singing songs.• Ans: C
• 115. Among the Puritans, it was understood that• A) they would establish democratic government
in America.• B) clergymen would hold the most powerful
political office.• C) the purpose of government was to enforce
God's laws.• D) all adult white male landowners could vote
for political leaders.• E) women could become religious leaders.• Ans: C
• 116. People who flouted the authority of the Puritan clergy in Massachusetts Bay were subject to which of the following punishments?
• A) fines• B) floggings• C) banishment• D) death• E) all of the above.• Ans: E
• 117. According to Anne Hutchinson, a dissenter in Massachusetts Bay,
• A) predestination was not a valid idea.• B) the truly saved need not bother to obey the
laws of God or man.• C) antinomianism was heresy.• D) direct revelation from God was impossible.• E) a person needs only to obey the law of God.• Ans: B
• 118. As the founder of Rhode Island, Roger Williams
• A) established religious freedom for all but Jews and Catholics.
• B) supported some types of special privileges.• C) established complete religious freedom for
all.• D) demanded attendance at worship.• E) became a very wealthy man.• Ans: C
• 119. Roger Williams' beliefs included all of the following except
• A) breaking away from the Church of England.• B) demanding oaths regarding religious beliefs.• C) condemning the taking of Indian land without
fair compensation.• D) denying the authority of the civil government
to regulate religious matters.• E) challenging the legality of Massachusetts
Bay's charter.• Ans: B
• 120. As a colony, Rhode Island became known for
• A) its poor treatment of Indians.• B) unified religious beliefs.• C) support of special privilege.• D) never having secured a charter from
Parliament.• E) individualist and independent attitudes.• Ans: E
• 121. Settlers of the Connecticut River colony developed a document known as the Fundamental Orders, which
• A) marked the beginning of the colony of Connecticut.• B) established a regime democratically controlled by
“substantial” citizens.• C) set up a military alliance in New England.• D) pleased King Charles I.• E) supported a government controlled by all people.• Ans: B
• 122. The city of New Haven was settled by
• A) supporters of Charles II.• B) refugees from Rhode Island.• C) supporters of religious freedom.• D) Germans.• E) Puritans.• Ans: E
• 123. Unlike other English voyagers to the New World, the Puritans
• A) transplanted entire communities.• B) lost most of their Old World habits.• C) immigrated as individuals rather than in
groups.• D) came only for religious reasons.• E) renounced their membership in the Church of
England.• Ans: A
• 124. After the Pequot War, Puritan efforts to convert Indians to Christianity can best be described as
• A) vigorous but unsuccessful.• B) more zealous than those made by Catholics, but still
unsuccessful.• C) filling “praying towns” with hundreds of Indians.• D) feeble, not equaling that of the Spanish or the
French.• E) very successful.• Ans: D
• 125. The New England Indians' only hope for resisting English encroachment lay in
• A) acquiring English muskets.• B) enlisting the aid of the French.• C) intertribal unity against the English.• D) building fortifications.• E) allying themselves with the Dutch.• Ans: C
• 126. King Philip's War resulted in• A) the lasting defeat of New England's Indians.• B) France's moving into Canada.• C) the formation of a powerful alliance among
the Indians to resist the English.• D) the last victory for the Indians.• E) none of the above.• Ans: A
• 127. During the early years of colonization in the New World, England
• A) closely controlled its colonies.• B) maintained an excellent relationship with the
Indians.• C) paid little attention to its colonies.• D) made sure all the colonies had royal
charters.• E) began the importation of African slaves in
large numbers.• Ans: C
• 128. The New England Confederation• A) included all the New England colonies.• B) was designed to bolster colonial defense.• C) led the American colonies to seek
independence from England.• D) was created by the English government to
streamline its administration of the colonies.• E) was an economic and trade alliance.• Ans: B
• 129. The Dominion of New England• A) included all the New England colonies.• B) was created by the English government to
streamline the administration of its colonies.• C) was designed to bolster colonial defense.• D) eventually included New York and east and
west New Jersey.• E) all of the above.• Ans: E
• 130. As the head of Dominion of New England, Sir Edmund Andros was all of the following except
• A) an able military man.• B) conscientious.• C) a Puritan.• D) tactless.• E) a leader who restricted the press.• Ans: C
• 131. As a result of England's Glorious Revolution,
• A) the Dominion of the New World collapsed.• B) Sir Edmund Andros gained control over
Massachusetts.• C) Massachusetts regained its original charter.• D) opposition to English rule in the colonies
subsided.• E) James II regained his legitimate right to the
crown.• Ans: A
• 132. As a result of Sir Edmund Andros's rule,• A) the power of town meetings was curbed.• B) officials tried to enforce the Navigation Laws.• C) taxes were levied without the consent of
elected representatives.• D) smuggling was suppressed.• E) all of the above.• Ans: E
• 133. New York was• A) the best advertised of all the colonies.• B) designed as a Quaker refuge.• C) originally founded by the Dutch.• D) a major contributor to political democracy
and religious tolerance in the English colonies.• E) the last of the middle colonies to be
established.• Ans: C
• 134. The Dutch colony of New Netherland (later New York)
• A) allowed only Dutch immigrants to settle there.• B) was established for its quick profit of fur trading.• C) tolerated Quakers from nearby Pennsylvania.• D) supported free speech and other democratic
practices.• E) all of the above.• Ans: B
• 135. New York and Pennsylvania were similar in that they both
• A) were established by joint-stock companies.• B) experienced slow population growth.• C) had ethnically mixed populations.• D) were founded as religious refuges.• E) had poor soil.• Ans: C
• 136. New England Confederation regarded Dutch New Netherland as
• A) a welcome friend.• B) an enemy to be wiped out.• C) an easy target for Indian raids.• D) the next victim of New Sweden.• E) a trading partner.• Ans: B
• 137. When the English gained control over New Netherland,
• A) the autocratic spirit survived.• B) democracy replaced the old autocratic
system.• C) the colony grew quickly.• D) new leaders distributed land grants in a more
democratic fashion.• E) they did so with great bloodshed.• Ans: A
• 138. One of the traits that made Quakers unpopular in England was
• A) their refusal to do military service.• B) the high pay given their clergy.• C) their support of slavery.• D) their violent treatment of their enemies.• E) their refusal to hold public office.• Ans: A
• 139. The physical growth of English New York was slowed because
• A) of the Indian threat.• B) of an unhealthy climate.• C) the Dutch engaged in guerrilla warfare.• D) of the monopolistic land policies of the
aristocrats.• E) of the French threat.• Ans: D
• 140. Cultural contributions the Dutch made to America include all of the following except
• A) Easter eggs.• B) Santa Claus.• C) sauerkraut.• D) skating.• E) soccer.• Ans: E
• 141. Pennsylvania was
• A) the best advertised.
• B) the most lied about.
• C) the slowest to attract settlers.
• D) the only one with royal colony status.
• E) all of the above.
• Ans: A
• 142. Indian policy in early Pennsylvania can be best described as
• A) extremely harsh.• B) bad at first but improving later.• C) influenced mainly by the state supported
church.• D) benevolent.• E) none of the above.• Ans: D
• 143. Economically, the colony of Pennsylvania
• A) got off to a very slow start.• B) never prospered.• C) received much help from New York.• D) became profitable very quickly.• E) had extensive plantations.• Ans: D
• 144. All the middle colonies were
• A) founded by proprietors.
• B) established by joint-stock companies.
• C) notable for their fertile soil.
• D) intended as religious havens.
• E) dependent on slave labor.
• Ans: C
• 145. The middle colonies were notable for their• A) lack of good river transportation.• B) unusual degree of democratic control.• C) lack of industry.• D) status as the least “American” of the
colonies.• E) established churches.• Ans: B
• 146. Recently, historians have increasingly viewed the colonial period as
• A) one in which the Puritans had been overlooked.• B) one of contact and adaptation between native
populations.• C) one in which the settlement of the Caribbean has
been stressed too much.• D) one in which economic ambition was the main
reason all colonists came.• E) all of the above.• Ans: B
• 147. The section of the American colonies where there was the greatest internal conflict was
• A) New England.• B) the Deep South.• C) the western frontier.• D) the middle colonies.• E) the southwest.• Ans: D
• 148. The picture of colonial America that is emerging from new scholarship is a society formed by
• A) encounters with native people.• B) European heritage.• C) many intertwining roots.• D) American heritage.• E) all of the above.• Ans: E
• 149. Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) restoration of Charles II to the English throne, (B) English Civil War, (C) Glorious Revolution, (D) Protestant Reformation.
• A) D, B, A, C• B) C, A, B, D• C) D, C, B, A• D) B, C, A, D• E) A, B, C, D• Ans: A
• 150. Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) great Puritan migration, (B) founding of Plymouth Colony, (C) Protestant Reformation, (D) founding of Rhode Island.
• A) A, B, D, C• B) C, B, A, D• C) C, A, B, D• D) B, D, A, C• E) D, A, C, B• Ans: B
• 151. Arrange the following in chronological order: the founding of (A) New York, (B) Massachusetts Bay, (C) Pennsylvania, (D) Plymouth.
• A) C, B, A, D• B) B, D, C, A• C) A, C, D, B• D) D, B, A, C• E) A, C, B, D• Ans: D
• 152. As the seventeenth century wore on, regional differences continued to crystalize, most notably
• A) the use of indentured servants.• B) loyalty to England.• C) the continuing rigidity of Puritanism.• D) the breaking of the Atlanta economy.• E) the importance of slave labor in the south.• Ans: E
• 153. The population of the Chesapeake colonies throughout the first half of the seventeenth century was notable for its
• A) fast growth rate.• B) scarcity of women.• C) low death rate.• D) stable family life.• E) large percentage of middle aged men.• Ans: B
• 154. In the seventeenth century, due to a high death rate families were both few and fragile in
• A) New England.• B) the Chesapeake colonies.• C) the middle colonies.• D) Georgia.• E) Florida• Ans: B
• 155. During the seventeenth century, indentured servitude solved the labor problem in many English colonies for all of the following reasons except that
• A) the Indian population proved to be an unreliable work force because they died in such large numbers.
• B) African slaves cost too much money.• C) in some areas families formed too slowly.• D) Spain had stopped sending slaves to its New World
colonies.• E) families procreated too slowly.• Ans: D
• 156. The “headright” system, which made some people very wealthy, consisted of
• A) using Indians as forced labor.• B) giving land to indentured servants to get them to
come to the New World.• C) giving the right to acquire fifty acres of land to the
person paying the passage of a laborer to America.• D) discouraging the importation of indentured servants
to America.• E) giving a father's wealth to the oldest son.• Ans: C
• 157. By 1700, the most populous colony in English America was
• A) Massachusetts.• B) Virginia.• C) New York.• D) Pennsylvania.• E) Maryland.• Ans: B
• 158. Seventeenth-century colonial tobacco growers usually responded to depressed prices for their crop by
• A) selling slaves to reduce productive labor.• B) selling land to reduce their volume of production.• C) growing more tobacco to increase their volume of
production.• D) planting corn and wheat instead of tobacco.• E) releasing unneeded indentured servants early.• Ans: C
• 160. For their labor in the colonies indentured servants received all of the following except
• A) passage to America.• B) a suit of clothes.• C) a few barrels of corn.• D) a headright.• E) at times a small parcel of land.• Ans: D
• 159. __________ reaped the greatest benefit from the land policies of the “headright” system.
• A) Indentured servants• B) African slaves• C) Merchant planters• D) New England colonists• E) Slave owners• Ans: C
• 161. English yeomen who agreed to exchange their labor temporarily in return for payment of their passage to an American colony were called
• A) headrights.• B) burgesses.• C) indentured servants.• D) slaves.• E) birds of passage.• Ans: C
• 162. Throughout the greater part of the seventeenth century, the Chesapeake colonies acquired most of the labor they needed from
• A) African slaves.• B) white servants.• C) captured Indians.• D) West Indian natives.• E) prisoners of war.• Ans: B
• 163. Most immigrants to the Chesapeake colonies in the seventeenth century came as
• A) indentured servants.• B) slaves from Africa.• C) yeomen farmers.• D) urban artisans.• E) refugees from civil war in Europe.• Ans: A
• 164. Over the course of the seventeenth century, most indentured servants
• A) became landowners.• B) devolved into slavery.• C) managed to escape the terms of their
contracts.• D) faced increasingly harsh circumstances.• E) saw their wages increase.• Ans: D
• 165. By the end of the seventeenth century, indentured servants who gained their freedom
• A) often gained great wealth as more land opened for settlement.
• B) rarely returned to work for their masters.• C) almost always found high-paying jobs in the cities.• D) had little choice but to hire themselves out for low
wages to their former masters.• E) often returned to England penniless and broke.• Ans: D
• 166. Bacon's Rebellion was supported mainly by
• A) young men frustrated by their inability to acquire land.
• B) the planter class of Virginia.• C) those protesting the increased importation of
African slaves.• D) people from Jamestown only.• E) the local Indians.• Ans: A
• 167. The immediate reason for Bacon's Rebellion was
• A) Indian attacks on frontier settlements.• B) the wealthy planter class losing control of the
colony.• C) a shortage of indentured servants.• D) to halt the importation of African slaves.• E) all of the above.• Ans: A
• 168. As a result of Bacon's Rebellion,• A) African slavery was reduced.• B) planters began to look for less troublesome
laborers.• C) Governor Berkeley was dismissed from
office.• D) Nathaniel Bacon was named to head the
Virginia militia.• E) better relations developed with local Indians.• Ans: B
• 169. The majority of African slaves coming to the New World
• A) went to English North America.• B) were delivered to South America and the
West Indies.• C) came to New England.• D) were brought by the Dutch.• E) died before reaching their destination.• Ans: B
• 170. After 1680, reliance on slave labor in colonial America rapidly increased because
• A) higher wages in England reduced the number of emigrating servants.
• B) planters feared the growing number of landless freemen in the colonies.
• C) the British Royal African company lost its monopoly on the slave trade in colonial America.
• D) Americans rushed to cash in on slave trade.• E) all of the above.• Ans: E
• 171. Many of the slaves who reached North America
• A) came from eastern Africa.• B) were originally captured by African coastal
tribes.• C) were captured in southern Africa.• D) eventually gained their freedom.• E) settled in the middle colonies.• Ans: B
• 172. For those Africans who were sold into slavery, the “middle passage” can be best described as
• A) the trip from the interior of Africa to the coast.• B) the easiest part of their journey to America.• C) the journey from American parts to their new
homes.• D) the gruesome ocean voyage to America.• E) none of the above.• Ans: D
• 173. The physical and social conditions of slavery were harshest in
• A) Maryland.• B) Virginia.• C) South Carolina.• D) Massachusetts.• E) Pennsylvania.• Ans: C
• 174. African American contributions to American culture include all of the following except
• A) jazz music.• B) the banjo.• C) the guitar.• D) a variety of words.• E) bongo drums.• Ans: C
• 175. While slavery might have begun in America for economic reasons,
• A) it soon became clear by 1700 that profits were down.
• B) race was rarely an issue in relations between blacks and whites.
• C) racial discrimination also powerfully molded the American slave system.
• D) profit soon played a very small role.• E) Europe profited most from the institution.• Ans: C
• 176. The slave society that developed in North America was one of the few slave societies in history to
• A) produce a new culture based entirely on African heritage.
• B) rebel against its masters.• C) reduce their numbers by suicide.• D) develop its own techniques of growing corn and
wheat.• E) perpetuate itself by its own natural reproduction.• Ans: E
• 177. The slave culture that developed in America
• A) was derived exclusively from African roots.• B) rejected Christianity.• C) was Muslim in its religious teachings.• D) contained many Western elements that
remained thoroughly European.• E) was a uniquely New World creation.• Ans: E
• 178. Slave Christianity emphasized all of the following in their faith except
• A) Jesus was the Messiah who would deliver them from bondage.
• B) the concepts of humility and obedience.• C) heaven was a place where they would be
reunited with their ancestors.• D) God's freeing the Hebrews from slavery.• E) using religious songs as encoded messages
about escape.• Ans: B
• 179. Compared with indentured servants, African American slaves were
• A) less reliable workers.• B) more likely to rebel.• C) cheaper to buy and own.• D) a more manageable labor force.• E) less expensive to buy but more expensive to
keep.• Ans: D
• 180. As slavery spread in the South,• A) social differences within society narrowed.• B) the great plantation owners worked less.• C) gaps in the social structure widened.• D) planters tried to imitate the ways of English
country gentlemen.• E) it also increased dramatically in New
England.• Ans: C
• 181. Most of the inhabitants of the colonial American South were
• A) large merchant planters.• B) landowning small farmers.• C) landless farm laborers.• D) black slaves.• E) native Americans.• Ans: B
• 182. Urban development in the colonial South• A) rivaled that of New England.• B) kept pace with the growth of large
plantations.• C) led to the construction of an excellent
highway system.• D) was slow to emerge.• E) occurred without the development of a
professional class.• Ans: D
• 183. It was typical of colonial New England adults to
• A) marry early and have several children.• B) be unable to read and write.• C) arrive in New England unmarried.• D) die before becoming grandparents.• E) live solitary lives.• Ans: A
• 184. The New England family can best be described as
• A) relatively small in size due to the frequency of deaths from childbirth.
• B) a very stable institution.• C) a limiting factor in the growth of the region's
population.• D) not very close-knit.• E) similar to the family in the Chesapeake
colonies.• Ans: B
• 185. The special characteristics of New England's population led to the observation that these colonists “invented”
• A) premarital sex.• B) grandparents.• C) family life.• D) religious piety.• E) women's rights.• Ans: B
• 186. Southern colonies generally allowed married women to retain separate title to their property because
• A) of religious beliefs.• B) of English tradition.• C) southern men frequently died young.• D) southern families were stable.• E) of a smaller number of men than women.• Ans: C
• 187. Puritans refused to recognize a woman's separate property rights because
• A) of the short life span of New England women.
• B) they worried that such rights would undercut the unity of married persons.
• C) New England families were so rare.• D) there was so little land available.• E) of all of the above.• Ans: B
• 188. In seventeenth century colonial America all of the following are true regarding women except
• A) women had no rights as individuals.• B) women could not vote.• C) women were regarded as morally weaker
than men.• D) a husband's power over his wife was not
absolute.• E) abusive husbands were punished.• Ans: A
• 189. The expansion of New England society• A) proceeded in an orderly fashion.• B) was a rather haphazard process.• C) was undertaken by lone-wolf farmers on their
own initiative.• D) took place without the approval of the
colonial legislature.• E) led to little concern about the community as a
whole.• Ans: A
• 190. When new towns were established in New England, all of the following were true except
• A) a land grant was given by the legislature.• B) a meeting house was built.• C) a village green was laid out.• D) schools were required in towns of more than
fifty families.• E) families did not automatically receive land.• Ans: E
• 191. The Puritan system of congregational church government logically led to
• A) an authoritarian political government.• B) the early establishment of religious
toleration.• C) democracy in political government.• D) the end of town meetings.• E) none of the above.• Ans: C
• 192. Thomas Jefferson once observed that “the best school of political liberty the world ever saw” was the
• A) College of William and Mary.• B) Virginia House of Burgesses.• C) New England town meeting.• D) Chesapeake plantation system.• E) the English parliament.• Ans: C
• 193. All of the following were consequences of the Half-Way Covenant except
• A) it weakened the distinction between the “elect” and others.
• B) it maintained the original agreement of the covenant.• C) it conferred partial membership rights in the once-
exclusive congregations.• D) it increased the numbers of church membership.• E) women became the majority in the Puritan
congregations.• Ans: B
• 194. The Half-Way Covenant• A) allowed full communion for all nonconverted
members.• B) strengthened the distinction between the
“elect” and all others.• C) brought an end to the Jeremiads of Puritan
ministers.• D) resulted in a decrease in church members.• E) admitted to baptism but not full membership
the unconverted children of existing members.• Ans: E
• 195. The Salem witchcraft trials were• A) a result of Roger Williams's activities.• B) the result of unsettled social and religious
conditions in rapidly evolving Massachusetts.• C) caused by ergot in the Puritans' bread.• D) unique to the English colonies.• E) accusations made by the daughters of
business owners.• Ans: B
• 196. During the Salem witchcraft trials, most of those accused as witches were
• A) property-owning women.• B) from the ranks of poor families.• C) primarily un-Christian.• D) women in their late teen years.• E) from subsistence farming families.• Ans: A
• 197. The Salem “witch hunt” in 1692• A) was the largest “witch hunt” in recorded
history.• B) was the first in the English American
colonies.• C) was opposed by the more responsible
members of the clergy.• D) was ultimately of little consequence for those
who were accused of witchcraft.• E) did not see anyone put to death.• Ans: C
• 198. As a result of poor soil, all of the following conditions prevailed in New England except that
• A) reliance on a single, staple crop became a necessity.• B) the area was less ethnically mixed than its southern
neighbors.• C) frugality became essential to economic survival.• D) hard work was required to make a living.• E) diversification in agriculture and industry were
encouraged.• Ans: A
• 199. The New England economy depended heavily on
• A) slave labor.• B) the production of many staple crops.• C) fishing, shipbuilding, and commerce.• D) tobacco.• E) all of the above.• Ans: C
• 200. In contrast to the Chesapeake colonies, those in New England
• A) had a more diversified economy.• B) expanded westward in a less orderly fashion.• C) had a more ethnically mixed population.• D) were more oriented toward the individual
than toward community interests.• E) followed the land use pattern established by
the local Indians.• Ans: A
• 201. The English justified taking land from the native inhabitants on the grounds that the Indians
• A) were not Christians.• B) wasted the earth.• C) burned woodlands.• D) refused to sell it.• E) all of the above.• Ans: B
• 202. The combination of Calvinism, soil, and climate in New England resulted in the people there possessing which of the following qualities:
• A) energy.• B) stubbornness.• C) self-reliance.• D) resourcefulness.• E) all of the above.• Ans: E
• 203. The impact of New England on the rest of the nation can best be described as
• A) greatly exaggerated.• B) generally negative.• C) confined primarily to New England.• D) extremely important.• E) moderately important.• Ans: D
• 204. Compared with most seventeenth-century Europeans, Americans lived in
• A) relative poverty.• B) larger cities.• C) affluent abundance.• D) a more rigid class system.• E) more primitive circumstances.• Ans: C
• 205. The late-seventeenth-century rebellion in New York was headed by ____________________, whereas that in Maryland was led by __________.
• A) Nathaniel Bacon, Catholics• B) William Berkeley, slaves• C) Puritans, Indians• D) Jacob Leisler, Protestants• E) the Dutch, Catholics• Ans: D
• 206. All of the following are reasons the thirteen Atlantic seaboard colonies sought independence except
• A) distinctive social structures.• B) distinctive economic structures.• C) distinctive political structures.• D) distinctive ethnic or racial structures.• E) the appearance of a recognizably American
way of life.• Ans: D
• 207. One feature common to all of the eventually rebellious colonies was their
• A) relatively equal wealth.• B) economic organization.• C) similar social structures.• D) rapidly growing populations.• E) support of religious freedom.• Ans: D
• 208. As a result of the rapid population growth in colonial America during the eighteenth century,
• A) a momentous shift occurred in the balance of power between the colonies and the mother country.
• B) the British government was pleased that more workers would be available to fill an increasing need for laborers in Britain.
• C) the need for slave labor declined.• D) the colonists became more dependent on Britain for
the goods that they needed to survive.• E) the British government granted greater autonomy to
colonial governments.• Ans: A
• 209. The population growth of the American colonies by 1775 is attributed mostly to
• A) white immigration from Europe.• B) the natural fertility of Native Americans.• C) the importation of slaves from Africa.• D) the influx of immigrants from Latin America.• E) the natural fertility of all Americans.• Ans: E
• 210. The average age of the American colonists in 1775 was
• A) 30.• B) 27.• C) 25.• D) 20.• E) 16.• Ans: E
• 211. By 1775, which of the following communities could not be considered a city in colonial America?
• A) New York• B) Charlestown• C) Philadelphia• D) Boston• E) Baltimore• Ans: E
• 212. By the end of the 1700's, what was the percentage of people living in rural areas of colonial America?
• A) 25%• B) 40%• C) 60%• D) 75%• E) 90%• Ans: E
• 213. With regard to governmental authority, the Scots-Irish colonists
• A) showed remarkable willingness to follow authority.
• B) supported only Britain.• C) cherished no love for the British or any other
government.• D) stated a preference for Catholic authority.• E) established good relations with local Indians.• Ans: C
• 214. By 1775, the ___ were the largest non-English ethnic group in colonial America.
• A) Africans• B) Germans• C) West Indians• D) Scots-Irish• E) Irish• Ans: A
• 215. The population of the thirteen American colonies was
• A) about evenly divided among Anglo-Saxons, French, Scots-Irish, and Germans.
• B) perhaps the most diverse in the world, although it remained predominantly Anglo-Saxon.
• C) was overwhelmingly African.• D) the less diverse in the world.• E) none of the above.• Ans: B
• 216. The most ethnically diverse region of colonial America was ________________________, whereas ____________ was the least ethnically diverse.
• A) New England, the South• B) the middle colonies, the South• C) the South, New England• D) the middle colonies, New England• E) the frontier regions, New England• Ans: D
• 217. In contrast to the seventeenth century, by 1775 colonial Americans
• A) had become more stratified into social classes and had less social mobility.
• B) had all but eliminated poverty.• C) found that it was easier for ordinary people
to acquire land.• D) had nearly lost their fear of slave rebellion.• E) had few people who owned small farms.• Ans: A
• 218. By the mid-1700s, the number of poor people in the American colonies
• A) became greater than in all of Europe.• B) had increased to the point of overpopulation.• C) had begun to decline from seventeenth-
century levels.• D) remained tiny compared with the number in
England.• E) was about one-third of the population.• Ans: D
• 219. On the eve of the American Revolution, social and economic mobility decreased, partly because
• A) some merchants made huge profits as military suppliers.
• B) of peacetime economic developments.• C) fewer yeoman farmers were arriving from
Europe.• D) of the religious impact of the Puritans.• E) of the increase in the slave trade.• Ans: A
• 220. During the colonial era, all of the following peoples created new societies out of diverse ethnic groups in America except
• A) English.• B) Africans.• C) Asians.• D) Indians.• E) French.• Ans: C
• 221. All of the following conditions caused many Scots to migrate to Northern Ireland and thence to America except
• A) the poor quality of farmland in Scotland.• B) the spread of commercial farming.• C) extremely high rent increase.• D) persecution for their Catholic religion.• E) paying taxes to support the Anglican church.• Ans: D
• 222. The Scots-Irish can best be described as• A) fiercely independent.• B) loyal to the British king.• C) people who did not like to move.• D) builders of sturdy homes and well-kept
farms.• E) strong supporters of the Catholic church.• Ans: A
• 223. When the Scots-Irish established a new community, one of the first tasks they undertook was to
• A) build a tavern.• B) erect a church.• C) establish a court.• D) institute a theocracy.• E) make peace with local Indians.• Ans: B
• 224. When it came to religion, the Scots-Irish• A) showed little interest.• B) supported the idea of a theocracy.• C) supported the Anglican church.• D) advocated the policy of established
churches.• E) found it to be a bond that held them together.• Ans: E
• 225. The most honored profession in early colonial society was
• A) medicine.• B) law.• C) ministry.• D) farming.• E) merchants.• Ans: C
• 226. The least honored profession in early colonial society was
• A) medicine.• B) teacher.• C) minister.• D) farmer.• E) merchant.• Ans: A
• 227. The riches created by the growing slave population in the American South
• A) were distributed evenly among whites.• B) helped to narrow the gap between rich and
poor.• C) created a serious problem with inflation.• D) were not distributed evenly among whites.• E) enabled poor whites to escape tenant
farming.• Ans: D
• 228. When several colonial legislatures attempted to restrict or halt the importation of slaves, British authorities
• A) applauded the efforts.• B) vetoed such efforts.• C) allowed only South Carolina's legislation to
stand.• D) viewed such colonial actions as morally
callous.• E) did nothing.• Ans: B
• 229. By the eighteenth century, the various colonial regions had distinct economic identities; the northern colonies relied on __________, the Chesapeake colonies relied on __________, and the southern colonies relied on __________.
• A) cattle and grain, tobacco, rice and indigo.• B) furs and skins, tobacco, iron works.• C) rice and indigo, lumber and timber, tobacco.• D) shipbuilding, iron works, cattle and grain.• E) cattle and grain, tobacco, fishing.• Ans: A
• 230. The leading industry in the American colonies was
• A) fishing.• B) manufacturing.• C) commerce.• D) agriculture.• E) slave trading.• Ans: D
• 231. One of the surest avenues to speedy wealth in the American colonies was
• A) a commercial venture.• B) a plantation.• C) fishing.• D) manufacturing.• E) selling slaves.• Ans: A
• 232. The triangular trade of the colonial American shipping industry
• A) was not that profitable.• B) involved America, France, and England.• C) relied on the Spanish fleet for protection.• D) saw the Spanish gaining the largest profits.• E) involved the trading of rum for African slaves.• Ans: E
• 233. Of the following, __________ was a secondary economic activity of colonial America
• A) fishing.• B) commerce.• C) farming.• D) manufacturing.• E) slave trading.• Ans: D
• 234. Although manufacturing in the colonies was of only secondary importance, they did produce which of the following?
• A) rum• B) beaver hats• C) lumber• D) iron• E) all of the above• Ans: E
• 235. The major manufacturing enterprise in colonial America in the eighteenth century was
• A) iron making.• B) arms and munitions production.• C) lumbering.• D) rum distilling.• E) making clothes.• Ans: C
• 236. Which of the following was not considered to be a naval store?
• A) tar• B) pitch• C) rosin• D) turpentine• E) glass• Ans: E
• 237. One feature of the American economy that strained the relationship between the colonies and Britain was the
• A) British demand to halt the importation of slaves.• B) growing desire of Americans to trade with other
nations in addition to Britain.• C) lack of any British regulations regarding trade with
foreign nations.• D) British rejection of the Molasses Act.• E) the Americans' unwillingness to trade with the French
West Indies.• Ans: B
• 238. When the British Parliament passed the Molasses Act in 1733, it intended the act to
• A) stimulate the colonies' “triangle trade” with Africa and the West Indies.
• B) satisfy colonial demands for earning foreign exchange money.
• C) inhibit colonial trade with the French West Indies.• D) increase the colonists' standard of living and protect
the livelihood of colonial merchants.• E) require Americans to sell their molasses to British
merchants.• Ans: C
• 239. American colonists sought trade with countries other than Great Britain
• A) in order to gain their independence.• B) mainly to anger the king.• C) to anger Parliament.• D) to help strengthen the French.• E) to make money to buy what they wanted in
Britain.• Ans: E
• 240. Transportation in colonial America was• A) surprisingly fast for the time.• B) safer by road than by any other means.• C) slow by any of the means available.• D) so poor that no mail service was established
until the 1800s.• E) fast only on the waterways.• Ans: C
• 241. Colonial American taverns were all of the following except
• A) frequented mainly by the lower class.• B) another cradle of democracy.• C) hotbeds of agitation for the Revolutionary
movement.• D) important in crystallizing public opinion.• E) places providing amusements.• Ans: A
• 242. English officials tried to “establish” the Church of England in as many colonies as possible because
• A) they were concerned about the eternal souls of the colonists.
• B) the church would act as a major prop for kingly authority.
• C) such an action would restore enthusiasm for religion.• D) the American colonists supported such a move.• E) such an action brought in more money to England.• Ans: B
• 243. In 1775, the _______________ churches were the only two established (tax-supported) churches in colonial America.
• A) Methodist and Anglican• B) Presbyterian and Congregational• C) Congregational and Anglican• D) Quaker and Catholic• E) Presbyterian and Anglican• Ans: C
244. Match each denomination on the left with the region where it predominated.
A. Congregationalist1. the frontier
B. Anglican 2. New England
C. Presbyterian 3. the South
A) A-2, B-3, C-lB) A-2, B-1, C-3C) A-1, B-3, C-2D) A-3, B-2, C-1E) A-3, B-1, C-2Ans: A
• 245. As the Revolution approached, Presbyterian and Congregational ministers in general
• A) remained neutral.• B) supported the Revolutionary cause.• C) sided with the Anglican clergymen.• D) opposed the idea of revolution.• E) split on the issue of independence.• Ans: B
• 246. By the early eighteenth century, religion in colonial America was
• A) stronger than at any previous time.• B) holding steadfastly to the belief that spiritual
conversion was essential for church membership.
• C) moving away from clerical intellectualism.• D) less fervid than when the colonies were
established.• E) becoming less tolerant.• Ans: D
• 247. The religious doctrine of the Armenians held that
• A) predestination determined a person's eternal fate.
• B) good works could get you into heaven.• C) Calvin's ideas should be followed without
question.• D) emotion had no place in religion.• E) individual free will determined a person's
eternal fate.• Ans: E
248. Match each individual on the left with his or her talent.
A. Jonathan Edwards1. poet
B. Benjamin Franklin 2. scientist
C. Phillis Wheatley 3. theologian
4. portrait artist
A) A-2, B-1, C-3B) A-1, B-3, C-2C) A-3, B-2, C-1D) A-1, B-2, C-3E) A-2, B-3, C-1Ans: C
• 249. The “new light” preachers of the Great Awakening
• A) delivered intensely emotional sermons.• B) rarely addressed themselves to the matter of
individual salvation.• C) reinforced the established churches.• D) were ultimately unsuccessful in arousing the
religious enthusiasm of colonial Americans.• E) opposed the emotionalism of the revivalists.• Ans: A
• 250. The Great Awakening• A) undermined the prestige of the learned
clergy in the colonies.• B) split colonial churches into several
competing denominations.• C) led to the founding of Princeton, Dartmouth,
and Rutgers colleges.• D) was the first spontaneous mass movement
of the American people.• E) all of the above.• Ans: E
• 251. The time-honored English ideal, which Americans accepted for some time, regarded education as
• A) essential training for citizenship.• B) designed for men and women.• C) reserved for the aristocratic few.• D) unimportant for leaders.• E) designed for rich and poor alike.• Ans: C
• 252. In colonial America, education was most zealously promoted
• A) in the South.• B) in New England.• C) on the frontier.• D) in the middle colonies.• E) in those areas controlled by Spain.• Ans: B
• 253. Colonial schools and colleges placed their main emphasis on
• A) math.• B) science.• C) modern languages.• D) literature.• E) religion.• Ans: E
• 254. The first American college free from determined control was
• A) Harvard.• B) Yale.• C) New York University.• D) Brown University.• E) The University of Pennsylvania.• Ans: E
• 255. All of the following contributed to the lack of development of art and artists in early colonial America except
• A) simplicity of pioneering life.• B) lack of subjects to paint.• C) lack of talent among the Americans.• D) lack of patrons who could afford the
expensive art.• E) lack of art schools in America.• Ans: C
• 256. Culture in colonial America• A) involved heavy investment in art.• B) was generally ignored and unappreciated.• C) showed its native creativity in architecture.• D) was always important to the colonists.• E) for a long time rejected any European
influence.• Ans: B
• 257. The person most often called the “first civilized American” was
• A) Thomas Jefferson.• B) John Trumball.• C) John Winthrop.• D) Phillis Wheatley.• E) Benjamin Franklin.• Ans: E
• 258. All of the following are achievements of Benjamin Franklin except
• A) the lightning rod.• B) influential poetry.• C) bifocal glasses.• D) a highly efficient stove.• E) author of Poor Richard's Almanack.• Ans: B
• 259. The jury's decision in the case of John Peter Zenger, a newspaper printer, was significant because
• A) he was found guilty.• B) it supported English law.• C) it pointed the way to open public discussion.• D) the ruling prohibited criticism of political
officials.• E) it allowed the press to print irresponsible
criticisms of powerful people.• Ans: C
• 260. One political principle that colonial Americans came to cherish above most others was
• A) the property qualification for voting.• B) one man, one vote.• C) the separation of powers.• D) self-taxation through representation.• E) restricting the right to vote to men only.• Ans: D
• 261. By 1775, most governors of American colonies were
• A) appointed by colonial proprietors.• B) appointed by the king.• C) elected by popular vote.• D) elected by the vote of colonial legislatures.• E) appointed by the British Parliament.• Ans: B
• 262. Colonial legislatures were often able to bend the power of the governors to their will because
• A) the governors often had a greater sense of loyalty to their colony than to the king.
• B) the governors were usually chosen by colonial legislatures and could be removed from office by the legislatures.
• C) the king generally held the views of colonial legislators in higher regard than those of the governors.
• D) colonial legislatures controlled taxes and expenditures that paid the governors' salaries.
• E) of the threat of violence.• Ans: D
• 263. In colonial elections,• A) most eligible voters zealously exercised their
right to vote.• B) the right to vote was reserved for property
holders.• C) only a small landed elite had the right to
vote.• D) average citizens were usually elected to
office.• E) true democracy had arrived.• Ans: B
• 264. By the mid-eighteenth century, North American colonies shared all of the following similarities except
• A) complete democracy.• B) basically English in language.• C) Protestant in religion.• D) opportunity for social mobility.• E) same degree of ethnic and religious
toleration.• Ans: A
• 265. During the seventeenth century, America established the precedent of
• A) staying out of European wars if possible.• B) relying totally on the British for defense.• C) starting wars in Europe.• D) being involved in every world war since
1688.• E) fighting wars on both land and sea.• Ans: D
• 266. The soldier and explorer whose leadership earned him the title “Father of New France” was
• A) Samuel de Champlain.• B) Robert de La Salle.• C) Antoine Cadillac.• D) Des Moines.• E) Edward Vincennes.• Ans: A
• 267. France was finally able to join in the scramble for colonies in the New World as a result of the
• A) Protestant takeover of the French government.
• B) end of the religious wars.• C) revocation of the Edict of Nantes.• D) St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre.• E) Seven Years' War.• Ans: B
• 268. Government in New France (Canada) was
• A) almost completely autocratic.• B) democratic.• C) similar to that of the English colonies.• D) noted for its trial by jury.• E) free from the king's control.• Ans: A
• 269. Unlike the English colonies in America, in New France
• A) there were no popularly elected assemblies.• B) the crown refused to promote the welfare of
French colonization.• C) the population grew very rapidly.• D) no valuable resources for exploitation
existed.• E) the colonists practiced religious toleration.• Ans: A
• 270. The one valuable resource in New France was
• A) fish.• B) gold.• C) trees.• D) corn.• E) beavers.• Ans: E
• 271. The coureurs de bois were
• A) French soldiers.
• B) French boatmen.
• C) Catholic priests.
• D) French farmers.
• E) French fur trappers.
• Ans: E
• 272. The population in Catholic New France grew very slowly because
• A) French peasants were not allowed to move.• B) the Protestant Huguenots refused to move
there.• C) the French government was more concerned
with its Caribbean island colonies.• D) disease took a heavy toll on New France's
inhabitants.• E) of constant attacks by the Huron Indians.• Ans: D
• 273. The primary economic pursuit of early settlers in New France was
• A) farming.• B) fishing.• C) mining.• D) fur trapping.• E) rum manufacturing.• Ans: D
• 274. The Indians suffered from their association with the French in New France in all of the following ways except
• A) exclusion from the fur business.• B) decimation of their numbers by the white
man's diseases.• C) violation of their religious beliefs.• D) debauchery by the white man's alcohol.• E) weakening of their traditional way of life.• Ans: A
• 275. The Jesuit priests, despite their initial failure in gaining converts, played a vital role because
• A) of the many converts to Catholicism.• B) of the health care.• C) they made peace with the Indians.• D) they encouraged the Indians to participate in
the fur trade.• E) of their exploration and work as
geographers.• Ans: E
• 276. The French wanted to control Louisiana because they
• A) liked its climate.• B) wanted to keep the area unfortified.• C) would then control the mouth of the
Mississippi.• D) feared Dutch expansion into the territory.• E) saw it as a dumping ground for undesirables.• Ans: C
• 277. French motives in the New World included the desire to
• A) establish agricultural communities to produce profitable staple crops.
• B) convert Indians to Protestantism.• C) compete with Spain for an empire in America.• D) provide a place for French religious dissenters to
settle.• E) compete with Portugal for an empire in America.• Ans: C
• 278. The early wars between France and Britain in North America were notable for the
• A) large number of troops committed by both sides.
• B) lack of Indian participation.• C) carry over of European tactics to America.• D) use of primitive guerrilla warfare.• E) all of the above.• Ans: D
• 279. During a generation of peace following the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht, Britain provided its American colonies with
• A) a large military presence for protection.• B) decades of salutary neglect.• C) higher taxes passed by Parliament.• D) stronger parliamentary direction.• E) all of the above.• Ans: B
• 280. The War of Jenkins's Ear was• A) fought in European waters.• B) a great victory for Spain.• C) confined to the Caribbean Sea and Georgia .• D) the event that established the policy of
salutary neglect.• E) a defeat for France.• Ans: C
• 281. The War of Jenkins's Ear resulted in• A) France allying itself with Britain.• B) British troops being involved in every territory
in North America.• C) France losing its vast holdings in North
America.• D) the colony of Georgia fighting the Spanish to
a standstill.• E) all of the above.• Ans: B
• 282. New England colonists were outraged when British diplomats returned _______________ to France in 1748.
• A) Hudson Bay• B) Acadia• C) Louisbourg• D) Newfoundland• E) Nova Scotia• Ans: C
• 283. The clash between Britain and France for control of the North American continent sprang from their rivalry for control of
• A) Cape Breton Island.• B) the Ohio River Valley.• C) the Mississippi River.• D) the Great Lakes.• E) the St. Lawrence River.• Ans: B
• 284. The reason France needed to control the Ohio Valley was to
• A) stop Spain from extending its empire.• B) help win the War of Jenkins's Ear.• C) stop the Indian attacks on its outposts.• D) link its Canadian holdings with those of the
lower Mississippi Valley.• E) be able to put more of its settlers there in
order to increase farm production.• Ans: D
• 285. In his first military command in the French and Indian War, George Washington
• A) won a decisive and hard fought battle at Fort Duquesne.
• B) was defeated at Fort Necessity but was allowed to retreat.
• C) received strong support from the British.• D) helped to force the French out of Nova Scotia.• E) turned his twenty years of military experience to great
success.• Ans: B
• 286. The Seven Years' War was also known in America as
• A) the War of Jenkins's Ear.• B) the French and Indian War.• C) the War of Austrian Succession.• D) King William's War.• E) Queen Anne's War.• Ans: B
• 287. In the colonial wars before 1754, Americans
• A) functioned as a unified fighting force.• B) received more support from France than
Britain.• C) demonstrated an astonishing lack of unity.• D) were not involved in combat.• E) rarely involved Indians in the fighting.• Ans: C
• 288. The immediate purpose of the Albany Congress of 1754 was to
• A) request the help of the British military.• B) keep the Iroquois tribes loyal to the British.• C) prevent the French from attacking American
outposts.• D) support George Washington's desire to head
the colonial militia.• E) block British efforts to take control of New
York City.• Ans: B
• 289. Unlike the first three Anglo-French wars, the Seven Years' War
• A) won the British territorial concessions.• B) united British colonists in strong support of the
mother country.• C) was fought initially on the North American continent.• D) did not affect American colonists' attitudes toward
England.• E) resulted in a stronger French presence in North
America.• Ans: C
• 290. Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity; (B) General Edward Braddock is defeated near Fort Duquesne; (C) British troops capture Louisbourg in their first significant victory of the French and Indian War; (D) General James Wolfe's army defeats Montcalm's on the Plains of Abraham.
• A) B, A, D, C• B) A, B, C, D• C) C, B, A, D• D) A, C, B, D• E) A, B, D, C• Ans: B
• 291. The long-range purpose of the Albany Congress in 1754 was to
• A) achieve colonial unity and common defense against the French threat.
• B) propose independence of the colonies from Britain.
• C) declare war on the Iroquois tribe.• D) prohibit New England and New York from
trading with the French West Indies.• E) gain peace with France.• Ans: A
• 292. Benjamin Franklin's plan for colonial home rule was rejected by the individual colonies because
• A) it did not provide for the common defense.• B) the British approved it.• C) it did not seem to give enough independence to the
colonies.• D) they did not feel that they had been well represented
at the Albany Congress.• E) it placed too much power in the hands of local
governments.• Ans: C
• 293. As a result of General Braddock's defeat a few miles from Fort Duquesne,
• A) the British controlled the frontier.• B) George Washington was left without a military
command.• C) the frontier from Pennsylvania to North Carolina was
open to Indian attack.• D) General Braddock was forced to leave the military.• E) the British called off their planned invasion of
Canada.• Ans: C
• 294. The British invasion of Canada in 1756 during the Seven Years' War
• A) resulted in victory for Britain.• B) concentrated on Quebec and Montreal.• C) followed sound strategic planning.• D) ended in defeat.• E) resulted in British control of the St. Lawrence
River.• Ans: D
• 295. When William Pitt became prime minister during the Seven Years' War, he
• A) ended Parliament's practice of reimbursing the colonies for their war-related expenditures.
• B) ordered a full-scale assault on the French West Indies.
• C) relied heavily on the older, more cautious generals in the British Army.
• D) focused his military strategy on the capture of French Canada.
• E) remained popular with the wealthy but not the poor.• Ans: D
• 296. The 1759 Battle of Quebec• A) had little impact on the Seven Years' War.• B) was a key turning point in Queen Anne's
War.• C) was a dramatic victory for the French.• D) ended the war of French succession.• E) ranks as one of the most significant victories
in British and American history.• Ans: E
• 297. In the peace arrangements that ended the Seven Years' War,
• A) France surrendered all of its territorial claims to North America.
• B) England turned Florida over to Spain.• C) Spain ceded all of Louisiana, including New Orleans,
to Britain.• D) France lost all its valuable sugar islands in the West
Indies.• E) the British got all of Canada except Nova Scotia.• Ans: A
• 298. As a result of the Seven Years' War, Great Britain
• A) gained control of Louisiana.• B) became the dominant power in North
America.• C) annexed the island of Cuba.• D) gained exclusive control of the slave trade.• E) all of the above.• Ans: B
• 299. For the American colonies, the Seven Years' War
• A) ended the myth of British invincibility.• B) left them in need of experienced officers.• C) offered the opportunity to grow closer to the
British.• D) gave them the opportunity finally to gain
control of Mississippi.• E) helped improve relations between Britain and
the colonies.• Ans: A
• 300. During the Seven Years' War,• A) colonial militiamen were impressed with the seeming
invincibility of the British regulars.• B) British officers roundly praised the skillful fighting
ability of colonial troops.• C) British officials were disturbed by the lukewarm
support of many colonials.• D) the colonists lost confidence in their own military
capability.• E) all American trade with Spain and France ended.• Ans: C
• 301. With the end of the Seven Years' War, the disunity, jealousy, and suspicion that had long existed in the American colonies
• A) continued without change.• B) began to melt somewhat.• C) finally came to a complete end.• D) resulted in renewed acts of violence.• E) none of the above.• Ans: B
• 302. The disunity that existed in the colonies before the Seven Years' War can be attributed to
• A) the enormous distances between the colonies.
• B) geographical barriers like rivers.• C) conflicting religions.• D) varied nationalities.• E) all of the above.• Ans: E
• 303. France had to give up its vision of a North American New France when
• A) its fishing industry faltered.• B) farming proved to be unprofitable.• C) King Louis XIV died.• D) it was defeated by the British in 1713 and
1763.• E) it could not entice enough settlers to
America.• Ans: D
• 304. When the Acadians left Canada, they went to
• A) Florida.• B) Louisiana.• C) France.• D) Nova Scotia.• E) the French West Indies.• Ans: B
• 305. The isolation of Louisiana's Cajun communities ended
• A) during the Civil War.• B) only with the civil rights movement of the
1960s.• C) with bridge building in the 1930s.• D) with intermarriage to Germans, English, and
Spanish.• E) during the American Revolution.• Ans: C
• 306. The primary thing that the Acadians and Quebecois believed that bound them together was their
• A) hatred for Spain.• B) desire to return to France.• C) military experience.• D) exile to Louisiana.• E) French language.• Ans: E
• 307. With the British and American victory in the Seven Years' War,
• A) the American colonies grew closer to Britain.• B) Americans now feared the Spanish.• C) a new spirit of independence arose, as the
French threat disappeared.• D) the Indians were stopped from ever again
launching a deadly attack against whites.• E) the British no longer retaliated against the
Indians.• Ans: C
• 308. In a sense, the history of the United States began with the
• A) Revolutionary War.• B) July 4, 1776 signing of the Declaration of
Independence.• C) Boston Tea Party.• D) founding of the first colony in 1607.• E) fall of Quebec and Montreal.• Ans: E
• 309. With the defeat of Chief Pontiac and his alliance, the British decided to
• A) stabilize Indian-white relations.• B) let the colonists assume financial
responsibility for defending themselves.• C) remove troops stationed in the colonies.• D) enlist the aid of France to halt the Indian
menace.• E) open land west of the Appalachian
mountains to settlement.• Ans: A
• 310. Chief Pontiac decided to try to drive the British out of the Ohio Valley because
• A) the British were weak as a result of the Seven Years' War.
• B) the British had deliberately infected Indians with smallpox.
• C) of the Proclamation of 1763.• D) the Indians were in a precarious position.• E) the French government had promised to
help.• Ans: D
• 311. The Proclamation of 1763 was designed mainly to
• A) oppress the colonists.• B) punish the Indians.• C) show the power of Parliament.• D) allow western settlement by the colonists.• E) work out a fair settlement of the Indian
problem.• Ans: E
• 312. In the wake of the Proclamation of 1763• A) American colonists obeyed the law they
hated.• B) relations with France improved.• C) relations between the American colonies and
the British government improved.• D) the American colonies believed their destiny
had been destroyed.• E) American colonists moved west, defying the
Proclamation.• Ans: E
• 313. The Proclamation of 1763• A) was warmly received by American land
speculators.• B) removed the Spanish and Indian menace
from the colonial frontier.• C) declared war on Chief Pontiac and his fierce
warriors.• D) prohibited colonial settlement west of the
Appalachian Mountains.• E) opened Canada to American settlement.• Ans: D
• 314. Change in colonial policy by the British government that helped precipitate the American Revolution involved
• A) removing British troops from American soil.• B) beginning a war with Spain.• C) removing the majority of the British navy from
American waters.• D) compelling the American colonists to shoulder some
of the financial costs of the empire.• E) all of the above.• Ans: D
• 315. When it came to the Revolution, it could be said that the American colonists were
• A) eager revolutionaries.• B) up until the end wanting more than the “rights
of Englishmen.”• C) little concerned about economics.• D) clearly opposed to tightening commercial
bonds to the British.• E) reluctant revolutionaries.• Ans: E
• 316. In a broad sense, America was• A) a revolutionary force from the day of its
discovery by Europeans.• B) a place that nurtured a love for Britain.• C) completely dependent on Britain for
economic support.• D) a place where no new ideas took shape.• E) none of the above.• Ans: A
• 317. The American colonial exponents of republicanism argued that a just society depends on
• A) a powerful central government.• B) a weak army.• C) a strong aristocratic tradition.• D) support for hierarchical institutions.• E) the willingness of all citizens to subordinate
their private interests to the common good.• Ans: E
• 318. Republican belief held that the stability of society and the authority of the government
• A) rested with the legislature.• B) depended on a strong hierarchical culture.• C) rested with a strong monarchy.• D) rested on an interdependence of all citizens.• E) depended on the virtue of its citizenry.• Ans: E
• 319. The “radical whigs” feared
• A) too much democracy.
• B) a written constitution.
• C) the arbitrary power of the monarchy.
• D) a too powerful parliament.
• E) all of the above.
• Ans: C
• 320. Mercantilists believed that• A) a mother country needed to import more
goods than it exported.• B) power came from a small colonial empire.• C) the mother country produced raw materials
and colonies produced the finished product.• D) a country's economic wealth could be
measured by the amount of gold and silver in its treasury.
• E) colonies drained a country of its resources.• Ans: D
• 321. The founding of the American colonies by the British was
• A) accomplished in a well-planned fashion.• B) based on the high-minded aspirations of
groups such as the Puritans and the Quakers.• C) undertaken by the government in every case.• D) undertaken in a haphazard manner.• E) rarely undertaken by trading companies or
religious groups.• Ans: D
• 322. Under mercantilist doctrine, the American colonies were expected to do all of the following except
• A) supply Britain with raw materials not available there.• B) become economically self-sufficient as soon as
possible.• C) furnish ships, seamen, and trade to bolster the
strength of the Royal Navy.• D) provide a market for British manufactured goods.• E) refrain from exporting woolen cloth.• Ans: B
• 323. The first Navigation Laws were designed to• A) help colonists get the best possible price for their
trade goods.• B) eliminate Dutch shippers from the American carrying
trade.• C) foster a colonial economy that would offer healthy
competition with Britain's.• D) encourage agricultural experimentation in the
colonies.• E) support the mapping of the Atlantic trade routes.• Ans: B
• 324. The British Parliament enacted currency legislation that was intended primarily to benefit
• A) Virginia tobacco planters.• B) British merchants.• C) New England merchants.• D) backwoods farmers.• E) the Crown.• Ans: B
• 325. The British Crown's “royal veto” of colonial legislation
• A) was used frequently to overturn laws passed in colonial assemblies.
• B) prohibited colonists from conducting the slave trade.• C) was what finally provoked the War of Independence.• D) was used sparingly by the British Parliament.• E) was opposed by many members of the British
Parliament.• Ans: D
• 326. Under the mercantilist system, the British government reserved the right to do all of the following regarding the American colonies except
• A) prevent the colonies from developing militias.• B) restrict the passage of lax bankruptcy laws.• C) nullify any colonial legislation deemed bad for the
mercantilist system.• D) restrain the colonies from printing paper currency.• E) enumerate products that must be shipped to Britain.• Ans: A
• 327. Before 1763 the Navigation Laws• A) were enforced heavily in the American
colonies and were very effective.• B) hurt Great Britain more than the American
colonies.• C) were a great burden to only India.• D) discouraged smuggling by American colonial
merchants.• E) were only loosely enforced in the American
colonies.• Ans: E
• 328. Despite the benefits of the mercantile system, the American colonists disliked it because
• A) it forced the South into a one-crop economy.• B) it favored the northern over the southern
colonies.• C) it forced economic initiative on the colonists.• D) it kept them in a state of perpetual economic
adolescence.• E) all of the above.• Ans: D
• 329. In some ways, the Navigation Laws were a burden to certain colonists because
• A) northern merchants derived greater benefit from the system than did southern planters.
• B) those colonists were heavily taxed to help provide financing for the Royal Navy, which protected colonial and British trade.
• C) they stifled economic initiative.• D) Britain had the only European empire based on
mercantilistic principles.• E) they gave greater benefits to slaves holders.• Ans: C
• 330. A new relationship between Britain and its American colonies was initiated in 1763 when ____________________ assumed charge of colonial policy.
• A) Charles Townshend• B) George Grenville• C) Lord North• D) William Pitt• E) King George III• Ans: B
331. Match each act below with the correct description.
A. Sugar Act1. first British law intended to raise revenues in the colonies
B. Stamp Act 2. asserted Parliament's absolute power over the colonies
C. Declaratory Act 3. required colonists to lodge British troops in their homes
4. generated the most protest in the colonies.A) A-3, B-2, C-lB) A-1, B-4, C-3C) A-1, B-4, C-2D) A-4, B-1, C-2E) A-2, B-1, C-4Ans: C
• 332. The first law ever passed by Parliament for raising tax revenues in the colonies for the crown was the
• A) Stamp Act.• B) Declaratory Act.• C) Townshend Acts.• D) Quartering Act.• E) Sugar Act.• Ans: E
• 333. The British Parliament passed the Stamp Act to
• A) raise money to support new military forces needed for colonial defense.
• B) punish the American colonists.• C) reduce the number of printed documents in
America.• D) enable tax collectors to become wealthy.• E) raise taxes to a higher level than in Britain.• Ans: A
• 334. Passage of the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act• A) led many colonists to believe that the British were
expanding colonial freedom.• B) convinced many colonists that the British were trying
to take away their historic liberty.• C) resulted in fewer laws being passed by Parliament
regarding the colonies.• D) exemplified to many colonists the difference between
legislation and taxation.• E) required action by each colonial legislature.• Ans: B
• 335. Unlike the _______________ Act, the _______________ Act and the _______________ Act were both indirect taxes on trade goods arriving in American ports.
• A) Townshend, Stamp, Sugar• B) Stamp, Sugar, Townshend• C) Stamp, Quartering, Townshend• D) Declaratory, Stamp, Sugar• E) Quartering, Stamp, Sugar• Ans: B
• 336. Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) Sugar Act, (B) Declaratory Act, (C) Stamp Act, (D) repeal of the Stamp Act.
• A) A, C, D, B• B) C, A, D, B• C) C, B, A, D• D) B, A, C, D• E) A, B, D, C• Ans: A
• 337. Colonists objected to the Stamp Act because
• A) it was a very expensive tax.• B) they believed it could not be repealed.• C) Parliament passed the tax, not the colonists.• D) they opposed all taxes.• E) they wanted their independence.• Ans: C
• 338. When colonists shouted “No taxation without representation,” they were rejecting Parliament's power to
• A) legislate for the colonies in any matter whatsoever.
• B) levy revenue-raising taxes on the colonies.• C) enforce the old Navigation Laws.• D) regulate trade in the empire.• E) choose colonial legislators who would pass
taxes.• Ans: B
• 339. Actions taken by the colonists that helped them unite include
• A) the Stamp Act Congress.• B) nonimportation agreements.• C) spinning bees.• D) the making and wearing of homemade
woolen goods.• E) all of the above.• Ans: E
• 340. “Virtual” representation meant that• A) almost all British subjects were represented in
Parliament.• B) every member of Parliament represented all British
subjects.• C) colonists could elect their own representatives to
Parliament.• D) Parliament could pass virtually all types of legislation
except taxes.• E) each member of Parliament represented only people
in his district.• Ans: B
• 341. Colonial protest against the Stamp Act took the form of
• A) convening a colonial congress to request repeal of the act.
• B) a colonial boycott against British goods.• C) violence in several colonial towns.• D) wearing homemade woolen clothes.• E) all of the above.• Ans: E
• 342. As a result of American opposition to the Townshend Acts,
• A) British officials sent regiments of troops to Boston to restore law and order.
• B) the port of Boston was closed.• C) Americans killed several British soldiers in the
Boston Massacre.• D) Parliament repealed all of the taxes levied under this
legislation.• E) Prime Minister Townshend was forced to resign.• Ans: A
• 343. The colonists took the Townshend Acts less seriously than the Stamp Act because
• A) they saw the futility of resistance.• B) smuggling was nearly impossible.• C) it was a direct tax.• D) the items taxed were rarely used.• E) it was light and indirect.• Ans: E
• 344. Arrange these events in chronological order: (A) Boston Massacre, (B) Townshend Acts, (C) Tea Act, (D) Intolerable Acts.
• A) A, B, C, D• B) D, B, C, A• C) C, B, D, A• D) B, A, C, D• E) A, C, D, B• Ans: D
345. Match each individual on the left with the correct description.
• A. Samuel Adams • B. John Adams • C. Crispus Attucks
• A) A-4, B-3, C-2• B) A-3, B-4, C-1• C) A-2, B-4, C-2• D) A-2, B-1, C-3• E) A-4, B-1, C-2• Ans: B
•1. a casualty of the Boston Massacre
•2. a foreign volunteer who drilled American troops during the War of Independence
3. a pamphleteer who first organized committees to exchange ideas and information on resisting British policy
•4. a Massachusetts politician who opposed the moderates' solution to the imperial crisis at the First Continental Congress
• 346. The tax on tea was retained when the Townshend Acts were repealed because
• A) Parliament believed the colonists would not object.
• B) the money was needed to support troops.• C) it kept alive the principle of parliamentary
taxation.• D) it was the only tax passed by the colonists.• E) colonial governors requested it.• Ans: C
• 347. The local committees of correspondence organized by Samuel Adams
• A) promoted his bid to become governor of Massachusetts.
• B) promoted independent action in each colony to support the British.
• C) kept opposition to the British alive, through exchange of propaganda.
• D) served as a precursor to the United States Postal Service.
• E) led the Boston Massacre.• Ans: C
• 348. Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) clash at Lexington and Concord, (B) meeting of the First Continental Congress, (C) Quebec Act, (D) Boston Tea Party.
• A) C, D, A, B• B) B, A, C, D• C) D, C, B, A• D) A, B, D, C• E) A, D, C, B• Ans: C
• 349. When Parliament passed the Tea Act, colonists• A) rejoiced that Parliament had seemingly accepted the
American definition of representation.• B) suspected that it was a trick to get them to violate
their principle of “No taxation without representation.”• C) immediately called the First Continental Congress
into session.• D) avoided the tax on tea by buying their tea directly
from the British East India Company.• E) gave up tea and turned to coffee.• Ans: B
• 350. The Boston Tea Party of 1773 was• A) an isolated incident.• B) directed only at the British East India
Company.• C) not the only such protest to occur.• D) supported by friends of America in Britain.• E) the result of the Intolerable Acts.• Ans: C
• 351. The most drastic measure of the Intolerable Acts was the
• A) Quartering Act.• B) Quebec Act.• C) Sugar Act.• D) Courts Act.• E) Boston Port Act.• Ans: E
• 352. The Quebec Act• A) outlawed Catholicism in British Quebec.• B) denied Quebec a representative assembly and trial
by jury.• C) restricted Quebec's boundaries to the area north of
the Great Lakes.• D) was generally ignored by the thirteen seaboard
colonies because it had little effect on their relations with Britain.
• E) granted Quebec a representative assembly and trial by jury.
• Ans: B
• 353. The Quebec Act was especially unpopular in the American colonies because it did all of the following except
• A) turn an extensive amount of territory over to Catholic control.
• B) affect many colonies, not just Massachusetts.• C) deny the French the right to retain many of their old
customs.• D) alarm land speculators, who saw a huge area
snatched from their grasp.• E) it set a dangerous precedent against jury trials.• Ans: C
• 354. The First Continental Congress was called in order to
• A) consider ways of redressing colonial grievances.
• B) become a legislative body.• C) write the Declaration of Independence.• D) decide which of Parliament's taxes the
colonies would and would not pay.• E) help implement provisions of the Quebec
Act.• Ans: A
• 355. The First Continental Congress• A) was attended by delegates from each of the thirteen
colonies.• B) adopted a moderate proposal for establishing a kind
of home rule for the colonies under British direction.• C) made a ringing declaration of America's
independence from Britain.• D) called for a complete boycott of British goods.• E) adjourned shortly after convening.• Ans: D
• 356. As a result of Parliament's rejection of the petitions of the Continental Congress,
• A) Americans reluctantly obeyed the British laws.• B) fighting and bloodshed took place, and war began.• C) Sam Adams and John Hancock were arrested.• D) America sent new petitions to Parliament.• E) Ben Franklin returned to the colonies since his efforts
failed.• Ans: B
• 357. As the War for Independence began, Britain had the advantage of
• A) overwhelming national wealth and naval power.
• B) an alliance with Spain and Holland.• C) a well-organized and united home
government and population.• D) first-rate generals and a well-supplied
professional army.• E) all of the above.• Ans: A
• 358. All of the following were weaknesses of the British military during the War for Independence except
• A) second-rate officers.• B) soldiers who were incapable of fighting
effectively.• C) the need to keep many soldiers in Europe in
case of trouble.• D) the long supply lines.• E) brutal treatment of their soldiers.• Ans: B
• 359. Many Whigs in Britain hoped for an American victory in the War for Independence because they
• A) favored French domination of North America.• B) were strongly pacifist.• C) feared that if George III triumphed, his rule at
home might become tyrannical.• D) rejected colonialism.• E) opposed the mercantilist system.• Ans: C
• 360. As the War for Independence began, the colonies had the advantage of
• A) highly reliable and well-supplied troops.• B) potential aid from the Armed Neutrality
League.• C) a well-organized, strongly committed, and
united population.• D) many outstanding civil and military leaders.• E) able naval leaders.• Ans: D
• 361. The colonists faced all of the following weaknesses in the War for Independence except
• A) poor organization.• B) sectional jealousy, which constantly interfered with
the appointment of military leaders.• C) great difficulties in raising money to support the
army.• D) the use of numerous European officers.• E) a weak central authority running the war effort.• Ans: D
• 362. By the end of the War for Independence,• A) the majority of Americans supported
independence with selfless devotion.• B) America had an army larger than Britain's.• C) the American military no longer needed
foreign assistance.• D) a few thousand American regular troops
were finally whipped into shape.• E) America had built a strong navy.• Ans: D
• 363. African Americans during the Revolutionary War
• A) fought for both the Americans and the British.• B) fought only for the British.• C) fought only for the Americans.• D) supported neither side, as both enslaved
them.• E) seized the opportunity to gain their freedom
by running away to Barbados.• Ans: A
• 364. Regarding American independence,• A) a majority of Americans supported the cause
selflessly.• B) most of the American business community
sacrificed profit for victory.• C) France gave little assistance.• D) only a select minority supported
independence with selfless devotion.• E) Spain was in total opposition.• Ans: D
• 365. When the Second Continental Congress met in 1775,
• A) its members felt a strong desire for independence.• B) it cut off communications with the British government.• C) it continued to stall on the creation of an army and
navy.• D) there was no well-defined sentiment for
independence.• E) the conservative element was weakened.• Ans: D
• 366. Perhaps the most important single action of the Second Continental Congress was to
• A) select George Washington to head the army.• B) draft new appeals to the king.• C) adopt measures to raise money.• D) postpone an immediate demand for
independence.• E) support independence.• Ans: A
• 367. Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) fighting at Lexington and Concord, (B) convening of the Second Continental Congress, (C) publication of Common Sense, (D) adoption of the Declaration of Independence.
• A) B, C, A, D• B) A, B, C, D• C) A, C, D, B• D) C, D, A, B• E) A, B, D, C• Ans: B
• 368. As commander of America's Revolutionary army, George Washington exhibited all of the following except
• A) military genius.• B) courage.• C) a sense of justice.• D) moral force.• E) patience.• Ans: A
• 369. The Revolutionary War began with fighting in __________; then in 1777–1778, fighting was concentrated in __________; and the fighting concluded in __________.
• A) the South, the middle colonies, New England• B) the middle colonies, New England, the South• C) New England, the South, the middle colonies• D) New England, the middle colonies, the South• E) the middle colonies, the South, New England• Ans: D
• 370. George Washington's selection to lead the colonial army was
• A) a poor choice.• B) largely political.• C) based solely on military experience.• D) opposed by New Englanders.• E) done with no misgivings.• Ans: B
• 371. In 1775, once fighting between the colonies and Great Britain began,
• A) America immediately declared its independence.
• B) the tempo of warfare diminished.• C) the colonists denounced the Parliament.• D) the colonists affirmed their loyalty to the
King.• E) all of the above.• Ans: D
• 372. The colonial army eventually lost the Battle of Bunker Hill because its troops were
• A) outnumbered.• B) short of gunpowder.• C) poorly organized.• D) poor shots.• E) lacking in courage.• Ans: B
• 373. King George III officially declared the colonies in rebellion just after
• A) the armed clash at Lexington and Concord.• B) the First Continental Congress convened.• C) the Battle of Bunker Hill.• D) Benedict Arnold's forces' captured
Ticonderoga and Crown Point.• E) hiring Hessian solders to fight in America.• Ans: C
• 374. The Olive Branch Petition• A) was passed by Parliament.• B) was an expression of King George III's
desire for peace.• C) promised no treason charges if colonists
stopped fighting.• D) was an attempt by the colonists to gain
support of Native Americans.• E) professed American loyalty to the crown.• Ans: E
• 375. With the American invasion of Canada in 1775,• A) the French Canadians took the opportunity to revolt
against British control.• B) Benedict Arnold seized the occasion to desert to the
British.• C) the colonials' claim that they were merely fighting
defensively for a redress of grievances was contradicted.• D) the Revolution became a world war.• E) George III declared the colonies in rebellion.• Ans: C
• 376. The colonists' invasion of Canada in 1775• A) contradicted the American claim that they
were only fighting defensively.• B) was of little strategic value for the colonists.• C) was eagerly welcomed by French-Canadian
leaders.• D) resulted in the capture of both Montreal and
Quebec.• E) resulted in Benedict Arnold's defection to
Great Britain.• Ans: A
• 377. The colonists delayed declaring their independence until July 4, 1776, for all of the following reasons except
• A) lack of military victories.• B) support for the tradition of loyalty to the empire.• C) the realization that the colonies were not united.• D) fear of British military reprisals.• E) a continued belief that America was part of the
transatlantic community.• Ans: A
• 378. One purpose of the Declaration of Independence was to
• A) warn other nations to stay out of the Revolution.
• B) ask for an end to slavery.• C) appeal for fairer treatment by Parliament.• D) explain to the rest of the world why the
colonies had revolted.• E) condemn Parliament for its actions.• Ans: D
• 379. In a republic, power• A) comes from the aristocrats.• B) comes from a select few based on
religion.• C) comes from the people themselves.• D) resides in property owners.• E) belongs only to the educated.• Ans: C
• 380. Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense• A) was published before any fighting took place
between the colonists and the British.• B) remained unpopular for several years before being
accepted by the public.• C) called for American independence and the creation
of a democratic republic.• D) called on the British people to overthrow the king.• E) led to Paine's eventual arrest and imprisonment in
America.• Ans: C
• 381. Thomas Paine argued that all government officials
• A) were corrupt.• B) should derive their authority from popular
consent.• C) should be part of a “natural aristocracy.”• D) need not listen to the voice of the
uneducated.• E) should not be paid for their service.• Ans: B
• 382. The resolution that “These United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states…” was introduced into the Second Continental Congress by Virginia delegate
• A) Patrick Henry.• B) Thomas Jefferson.• C) Richard Henry Lee.• D) Thomas Paine.• E) John Adams.• Ans: C
• 383. The feasibility of representative government had been demonstrated in the
• A) militia movement.• B) Olive Branch Petition.• C) Declaration of Independence.• D) committees of correspondence.• E) all of the above.• Ans: D
• 384. Examples of colonial experience with self-governance, which prepared Americans for a republic, included all of the following except
• A) New England town meetings.• B) committees of correspondence.• C) militia service.• D) the relative equality of landowning farmers.• E) the absence of a hereditary aristocracy.• Ans: C
• 385. Most Americans considered which of the following to be fundamental for any successful republican government?
• A) a wealthy class to govern• B) the primacy of the property rights of
individuals• C) primacy of the interests of individuals• D) retention of a constitutional monarchy• E) civic virtue• Ans: E
• 386. When America became a republic and political power no longer rested with an all-powerful king,
• A) the American colonies were able to gain their independence.
• B) England experienced the Glorious Revolution.• C) individuals needed to sacrifice their own self-interest
to the public good.• D) chaos gripped the nation.• E) all of the above.• Ans: C
• 387. Which individual privately advocated equality for women?
• A) Betsy Ross• B) Thomas Jefferson• C) Martha Washington• D) Benjamin Franklin• E) Abigail Adams• Ans: E
• 388. The Declaration of Independence did all of the following except
• A) invoke the natural rights of humankind to justify revolt.
• B) catalog the tyrannical actions of King George III.• C) argue that royal tyranny justified revolt.• D) offered the British one last chance at reconciliation.• E) accused the British of violating the natural rights of
the Americans.• Ans: D
• 389. Americans who opposed independence for the colonies were labeled __________ or _______________, and the independence-seeking Patriots were also known as _______________.
• A) Tories, Whigs, Loyalists• B) Loyalists, Tories, Whigs• C) Whigs, Tories, Loyalists• D) Loyalists, Whigs, Tories• E) Sons of Liberty, Tories, Whigs• Ans: B
• 390. Like many revolutions, the American Revolution was
• A) a majority movement.• B) a minority movement.• C) started by forces outside the country.• D) one in which little attention was given to
those civilians who remained neutral.• E) one which produced a minimum of violence.• Ans: B
• 391. The Patriot militia played a crucial role in the Revolution in all of the following ways except
• A) taking up the task of “political” education.• B) raising funds to support the war effort.• C) convincing people that the British army was
an unreliable friend.• D) mercilessly harassing small British
detachments.• E) as effective agents of Revolutionary ideas.• Ans: B
• 392. The Americans who continued to support the crown after independence had been declared were more likely to be all of the following except
• A) well educated.• B) from among the older generation.• C) affiliated with the Anglican church.• D) from New England.• E) wealthy.• Ans: D
• 393. Many Americans remained loyalists during the Revolution for all of the following reasons except
• A) fear of retribution.• B) they believed a Patriot victory would lead to
anarchy.• C) some were promised freedom.• D) they believed the British would preserve
religious toleration.• E) they believed in British military superiority.• Ans: A
• 394. Which of the following fates befell Loyalists after the Revolutionary War?
• A) Some fled to England.• B) Some re-established themselves in America.• C) Some had their property confiscated.• D) Some were exiled.• E) all of the above.• Ans: E
• 395. All of the following fates befell colonial Loyalists except
• A) tarring and feathering.• B) subjection to a reign of terror.• C) imprisonment.• D) exile.• E) riding astride fence rails.• Ans: B
• 396. Loyalists were least numerous in
• A) New York
• B) Pennsylvania.
• C) Virginia.
• D) the middle colonies.
• E) New England.
• Ans: E
• 397. To help the British, colonial Loyalists did all of the following except
• A) fight for the British.• B) serve as spies.• C) pay extra taxes to fund the war.• D) keep Patriot soldiers at home to protect their
families.• E) incite the Indians.• Ans: C
• 398. General William Howe did not pursue and defeat George Washington's army after the Battle of Long Island for all of the following reasons except
• A) he remembered the slaughter of Bunker Hill.• B) the country was rough.• C) supplies were slow in coming.• D) he did not relish the rigors of a winter
campaign.• E) he lacked sufficient naval support.• Ans: E
• 399. In late 1776 and early 1777, George Washington helped restore confidence in America's military by
• A) defeating the Hessians at Trenton and the British at Princeton.
• B) securing the support of France for the American war effort with a victory in New York City.
• C) gaining a pay raise for American troops.• D) bringing in Alexander Hamilton as his aide.• E) providing adequate food and clothing for the soldiers.• Ans: A
• 400. The basic strategy of the British in 1777 was to try to
• A) control the Delaware Valley.• B) invade the southern colonies.• C) isolate New England.• D) hold the cities and let colonists control the
countryside.• E) isolate the South.• Ans: C
• 401. Match each British general below with the battle in which he was involved.
• A. William Howe1. SaratogaB. John Burgoyne2. YorktownC. Charles Cornwallis3. Long IslandD. Nathanael Greene
• A) A-1, B-2, C-3• B) A-3, B-1, C-2• C) A-3, C-2, D-1• D) B-1, C-2, D-3• E) C-1, B-2, D-3• Ans: B
• 402. Arrange these battles in chronological order: (A) Trenton, (B) Saratoga, (C) Long Island, (D) Charleston.
• A) B, C, A, D• B) C, A, B, D• C) C, B, A, D• D) C, B, D, A• E) A, B, C, D• Ans: B
• 403. The basic principles of the “Model Treaty” and the new philosophy behind American international affairs, contained all of the following except
• A) no political connection.• B) no military connection.• C) only commercial connection.• D) no economic connection.• E) novus ordo seculorum – “a new order for the
ages.”• Ans: D
• 404. The Battle of Saratoga was a key victory for the Americans because it
• A) brought the British to offer recognition of colonial independence.
• B) brought the colonists much-needed aid and a formal alliance with France.
• C) prevented the fighting from spreading into the southern colonies.
• D) prevented the colonial capital from being captured by the British.
• E) kept Benedict Arnold from joining the British.• Ans: B
• 405. The basic principles in the “Model Treaty”• A) were considered old-fashioned and out-dated.• B) were self-denying restrictions to the Americans.• C) were not popular among most enlightened figures in
America.• D) held that military conflict would still determine
international relations among countries.• E) infused an element of realism into American attitudes
toward international affairs that proved short-sighted and inconsistent.
• Ans: B
• 406. France came to America's aid in the Revolution because
• A) French officials supported our cause of democracy.
• B) it hoped to gain access to the American fur trade.
• C) it wanted revenge against the British.• D) it could use America to test new military
tactics.• E) all of the above.• Ans: C
• 407. America's first entangling alliance was with
• A) Great Britain.• B) France.• C) Spain.• D) Holland.• E) Russia.• Ans: B
• 408. Who was the American diplomat that negotiated the “Model Treaty” with France?
• A) John Adams• B) Thomas Jefferson• C) Thomas Paine• D) Benjamin Franklin• E) Patrick Henry• Ans: D
• 409. The Armed Neutrality League was started by
• A) Louis XIV of France.• B) Charles V of Spain.• C) Catherine the Great of Russia.• D) King Leopold of Belgium.• E) George III of Britain.• Ans: C
• 410. When the alliance with France was formalized, the Americans were able to
• A) gain access to large sums of money.• B) double the size of their fighting forces.• C) avail themselves of French naval strength.• D) gain immense amounts of equipment.• E) all of the above.• Ans: E
• 411. The commander of French troops in America was
• A) Rochambeau.• B) Lafayette.• C) de Grasse.• D) Burgoyne.• E) Howe.• Ans: A
• 412. French aid to the colonies• A) greatly aided America's struggle for
independence.• B) was motivated by what the French
considered to be their own national interests.• C) forced the British to change their military
strategy in America.• D) helped them protect their own West Indies
islands.• E) all of the above.• Ans: E
• 413. Shortly after French troops arrived in America, the resulting improvement in morale staggered when
• A) America discovered the true reasons motivating France's assistance.
• B) General Benedict Arnold turned traitor.• C) General Nathanael Greene lost Georgia to the
British.• D) the French began to win battles that the Americans
had been unable to win.• E) the Armed Neutrality League sided with Britain.• Ans: B
• 414. The colonists suffered their heaviest losses of the Revolutionary War at the Battle of
• A) Charleston.• B) Cowpens.• C) Valley Forge.• D) Long Island.• E) Brandywine Creek.• Ans: A
• 415. Match each individual below with the correct descriptive phrase.• A. George Rogers Clark• B. Nathanael Greene• C. John Paul Jones
• 1. commanded the Patriot invasion of Canada• 2. commanded Patriot troops in the South• 3. commanded Patriot troops in the West• 4. commanded Patriot naval forces
A) A-4, B-3, C-l• B) A-2, B-1, C-4• C) A-3, B-2, C-4• D) A-1, B-4, C-3• E) A-4, B-3, C-2• Ans: C
• 416. Some Indian nations joined the British during the Revolutionary War because
• A) the British threatened them with destruction if they did not help.
• B) they believed that a British victory would restrain American expansion into the West.
• C) the British hired them as mercenaries.• D) they were bound by treaties.• E) none of the above.• Ans: B
• 417. The “Fighting Quaker” who cleared most of Georgia and South Carolina was
• A) Charles Cornwallis.• B) Benedict Arnold.• C) Joseph Brant.• D) Benjamin Smith.• E) Nathanael Greene.• Ans: E
• 418. The Indian chief who fought for the British in New York and Pennsylvania was
• A) Seneca.• B) Pontiac.• C) Joseph Brant.• D) King Philip.• E) Cowpens.• Ans: C
• 419. The Treaty of Fort Stanwix, the first treaty between the United States and an Indian nation, resulted in
• A) the ceding of most of the Iroquois' land.• B) an end to the practice of scalping.• C) the slowing of the westward movement of
pioneers.• D) the renunciation by the Oneidas and the
Tuscaroras of their support for the British.• E) turning over the “hair buyers” for prosecution.• Ans: A
• 420. During the Revolution, the frontier saw much fighting, which
• A) slowed the westward advance of the pioneers.• B) caused most of the Indians to join the colonists'
cause against the British.• C) led to George Rogers Clark's downfall as a military
leader.• D) failed to stem the tide of westward-moving pioneers.• E) ultimately led Benedict Arnold to go over to the
British.• Ans: D
• 421. The most important contribution of the seagoing “privateers” during the Revolutionary War was that they
• A) gained control of the sea for the colonists.• B) successfully invaded the British West Indies.• C) captured hundreds of British merchant ships.• D) fought the British navy to a standstill.• E) made reliance on the French unnecessary.• Ans: C
• 422. After the British defeat at Yorktown,• A) the fighting continued for more than a year.• B) the war ended within a month.• C) the French withdrew their assistance as it
was no longer needed.• D) King George III decided to end the struggle.• E) Spain finally entered the war on our side.• Ans: A
• 423. American diplomats to the peace negotiations in Paris in 1782-1783 were instructed by the Second Continental Congress to
• A) accept any British offer that would essentially return British-American relations to their pre-1763 status.
• B) demand British cession of the trans-Allegheny West to the colonies.
• C) get the colonies out of their obligations under the Franco-American alliances.
• D) consult with the colonies' French allies and make no separate peace arrangements with the British.
• E) follow the lead of Spain, not France.• Ans: D
• 424. Britain gave America generous terms in the Treaty of Paris because British leaders
• A) realized that they had been beaten badly.• B) wanted to help Spain as well.• C) had changed from Whig to Tory.• D) were trying to persuade America to abandon
its alliance with France.• E) feared continued war might lead to a loss of
their Latin American colonies.• Ans: D
• 425. Regarding the provisions of the 1783 Treaty of Paris, which formally ended the Revolution,
• A) America faithfully adhered to each one.• B) France was pleased with the results.• C) America broke the assurances regarding
treatment of the Loyalists.• D) Spain gained all it wanted.• E) America followed French instructions to the
letter.• Ans: C
• 426. Continental army officers attempting to form the Society of the Cincinnati
• A) were brought to trial for trying to sabotage the civil government.
• B) were ridiculed for their lordly pretensions.• C) were trying to force the Congress to pay
them their pensions.• D) reflected the Revolutionary War generation's
spirit of equality.• E) represented the best of the officer corps.• Ans: B
• 427. The American Revolution was• A) truly radical.• B) inconsequential in world history.• C) an example of accelerated evolution
rather than outright revolution.• D) very much like the French revolution.• E) very much like the Russian revolution.• Ans: C
• 428. The world's first antislavery society was founded by
• A) Thomas Jefferson.• B) Quakers in Philadelphia.• C) Puritans in New England.• D) Catholics in Maryland.• E) the Congregational church.• Ans: B
• 429. As part of the egalitarian movement of the American Revolution,
• A) several northern states abolished slavery.• B) most states outlawed the overseas trade in
indentured servants.• C) many states repealed laws against interracial
marriage.• D) some southern states passed legislation providing for
the gradual abolition of slavery.• E) laws against interracial marriage were eliminated.• Ans: A
• 430. Early signs of the abolitionist movement can be seen in the
• A) Articles of Confederation.• B) Constitution.• C) emancipation of some slaves.• D) passage of laws allowing interracial
marriage.• E) abolition of slavery in a few southern states.• Ans: C
• 431. The Founding Fathers failed to eliminate slavery because
• A) they did not truly believe in democracy.• B) a fight over slavery might destroy national unity.• C) they were more concerned with securing equality for
women.• D) the North, as its industry expanded, began to rely
more heavily on slave labor.• E) economic conditions would not allow such a loss.• Ans: B
• 432. The struggle for divorce between religion and government proved fiercest in
• A) Georgia• B) Virginia• C) Pennsylvania• D) New York• E) Maryland• Ans: B
• 433. As a result of the Revolution's emphasis on equality, all of the following were achieved except
• A) the reduction of property qualifications for voting by most states.
• B) the growth of trade organizations for artisans and laborers.
• C) the establishment of the world's first antislavery society.
• D) full equality between women and men.• E) abolishing medieval inheritance laws.• Ans: D
• 434. The most important outcome of the Revolution for white women was that they
• A) permanently gained the right to vote.• B) were allowed to serve in the national
legislature.• C) were elevated as special keepers of the
nation's conscience.• D) finally gained fully equal status with white
males.• E) were given the right to vote in some states.• Ans: C
• 435. As written documents, the state constitutions were intended to
• A) represent a fundamental law superior to ordinary legislation.
• B) be subordinate to state laws.• C) grant the governor more power than the
legislature.• D) keep the government in the hands of the
well-to-do.• E) reaffirm states' rights.• Ans: A
• 436. As a means of ensuring that legislators stay in touch with the mood of the people, state constitutions
• A) were rewritten once every ten years.• B) were rewritten once every five years.• C) required yearly visits to the homes of their
constituents.• D) stipulated that ordinary legislation could
override the constitution.• E) required the annual election of legislators.• Ans: E
• 437. As a result of the Revolution, many state capitals were relocated westward
• A) because better roads now made this territory more easily accessible.
• B) due to a fear of British capture.• C) because water routes were now opened to
the interior regions• D) to get them away from the haughty eastern
seaports.• E) all of the above.• Ans: D
• 438. One reason that the United States avoided the frightful excesses of the French Revolution is that
• A) America declared martial law until the Constitution was enacted in 1789.
• B) the American Revolution suddenly overturned the entire political framework.
• C) cheap land was easily available.• D) political democracy preceded economic democracy.• E) a strong sense of class consciousness already
existed.• Ans: C
• 439. It was highly significant to the course of future events that
• A) political democracy preceded economic democracy in the United States.
• B) deflation rather than inflation resulted from the Revolution.
• C) no economic depression occurred as a consequence of the Revolution.
• D) economic democracy preceded political democracy in the United States.
• E) the United States went off the gold standard after the Revolution.
• Ans: D
• 440. The economic status of the average American at the end of the Revolutionary War was
• A) better than before the war.• B) probably worse than before the war.• C) about the same as before the war.• D) more closely tied to Britain than before the
war.• E) more closely tied to France than before the
war.• Ans: B
• 441. Immediately after the Revolution, the new American nation's greatest strength lay in its
• A) ingrained respect for authority.• B) excellent political leadership.• C) lack of inhibiting political heritage.• D) sound economic structure.• E) economic ties to France.• Ans: B
• 442. The Second Continental Congress of Revolutionary days
• A) operated with strong constitutional authority.• B) still did not comprise representatives from all
thirteen states.• C) took away the sovereignty of the states.• D) was little more than a conference of
ambassadors with very limited power.• E) did little of lasting value.• Ans: D
• 443. The Articles of Confederation were finally approved when
• A) agreement was reached on who would be president.
• B) states gave up their right to coin money.• C) all states claiming western lands surrendered
them to the national government.• D) the states gave up their power to establish
tariffs.• E) a two-house national legislature was added.• Ans: C
• 444. The major issue that delayed ratification of the Articles of Confederation concerned
• A) taxation.• B) tariff policy.• C) monetary policy.• D) western lands.• E) monetary standards.• Ans: D
• 445. The Articles of Confederation left Congress unable to
• A) organize development of the western lands.• B) deal with foreign affairs.• C) apportion state representation equally.• D) enforce a tax-collection program.• E) establish a postal service.• Ans: D
• 446. A major strength of the Articles of Confederation was its
• A) control over interstate commerce.• B) strong judicial branch.• C) presentation of the ideal of a united nation.• D) ability to coin money.• E) strong executive branch.• Ans: C
• 447. The Northwest Ordinance of 1787• A) provided for the survey and sale of public lands in the
Old Northwest.• B) established a procedure for governing the Old
Northwest territory.• C) banned slavery from all territories of the United
States.• D) cleared the way for ratification of the Articles of
Confederation.• E) gave control over land to the territories in which they
were located.• Ans: B
• 448. One of the most farsighted provisions of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787
• A) set aside a section of each township for education.
• B) abolished slavery in all of the United States.• C) prohibited slavery in the Old Northwest.• D) kept power in the national government.• E) none of the above.• Ans: C
• 449. The Land Ordinance of 1785 provided for all of the following except
• A) money from land sales should be used to pay off the national debt.
• B) the land should be surveyed before its sale.• C) the territory should be divided into townships
six miles square.• D) the sixteenth section should be sold to
support education.• E) prohibiting slavery.• Ans: E
• 450. Match each nation on the left with the correct description of the problem it presented for U.S. foreign relations following the Revolutionary War.
• A. Britain• B. France• C. Spain• D. Barbary Coast
• 1. threatened American commerce in the Mediterranean• 2. demanded repayment of wartime loans• 3. occupied a chain of trading forts in the Old Northwest• 4. controlled important trade routes from the interior of North America
• A) A-1, B-3, C-2, D-4• B) A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3• C) A-2, B-2, C-3, D-4• D) A-3, B-2, C-4, D-1• E) A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3• Ans: D
• 451. After the Revolutionary War, both Britain and Spain• A) tried to gain control of Florida.• B) did their best to win the friendship of America.• C) prevented America from exercising effective control
over about half of its total territory.• D) helped America to fight the pirates in North America.• E) abandoned their fortifications in the Old Northwest.• Ans: C
• 452. Shays's Rebellion was provoked by• A) fear that the Articles of Confederation had created
too strong a national government for the United States.• B) efforts by wealthy merchants to replace the Articles
of Confederation with a new constitution.• C) a quarrel over the boundary between Massachusetts
and Vermont.• D) foreclosures on the mortgages of backcountry
farmers.• E) the government's failure to pay bonuses to
Revolutionary War veterans.• Ans: D
• 453. Shays's Rebellion convinced many Americans of the need for
• A) lower taxes.• B) granting long-delayed bonuses to
Revolutionary War veterans.• C) a vigilante effort by westerners to halt the
Indian threat.• D) a stronger central government.• E) a weaker military presence in the West.• Ans: D
• 454. Under the Articles of Confederation, the relationship between the thirteen states
• A) improved to the point of total unity.• B) was good economically but poor politically.• C) led to a single currency.• D) convinced many that a stronger central
government was needed.• E) was good politically but poor economically.• Ans: D
• 455. The debate between the supporters and critics of the Articles of Confederation centered on how to
• A) reconcile states' rights with strong national government.
• B) transfer territories to equal statehood.• C) abolish slavery yet preserve national unity.• D) balance the power of legislative and executive offices
of government.• E) conduct foreign policy while remaining neutral.• Ans: A
• 456. The issue that finally touched off the movement toward the Constitutional Convention was
• A) control of public lands.• B) control of commerce.• C) Indian policy.• D) monetary policy.• E) foreign threats to our independence.• Ans: B
• 457. By the time the Constitution was adopted in 1789,
• A) the American economy was continuing to experience problems.
• B) prosperity was beginning to return.• C) foreign trade was still in terrible shape.• D) inflation was continuing to increase.• E) the issue of states' rights had all but
disappeared.• Ans: B
• 458. The Constitutional Convention was called to
• A) write a completely new constitution.• B) allow the most radical Revolutionary leaders
to write their ideas into law.• C) weaken the power of the central government.• D) revise the Articles of Confederation.• E) reassess our foreign alliances.• Ans: D
• 459. Which of the following Revolutionary leaders was NOT present at the Constitutional Convention?
• A) Thomas Jefferson• B) Benjamin Franklin• C) James Madison• D) George Washington• E) Alexander Hamilton• Ans: A
• 460. The delegate whose contributions to the Philadelphia Convention were so notable that he has been called the “Father of the Constitution” was
• A) George Washington.• B) Benjamin Franklin.• C) James Madison.• D) Thomas Jefferson.• E) Patrick Henry.• Ans: C
• 461. The delegates at the Constitutional Convention were concerned mainly with
• A) abolishing slavery.• B) establishing a very powerful military.• C) protecting America from its weaknesses
abroad and its excesses at home.• D) ensuring that the states continue to control
tariff policies.• E) establishing the principle of states' rights.• Ans: C
• 462. Most of the delegates at the Constitutional Convention could best be labeled
• A) states' rightists.• B) antifederalists.• C) nationalists.• D) ordinary citizens.• E) counter revolutionaries.• Ans: C
• 463. Motives of the delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia include all of the following except
• A) to preserve the union.• B) to forestall anarchy.• C) to ensure the security of life and property.• D) to curb unrestrained democracy• E) to increase individual freedom.• Ans: E
• 464. The “large-state plan” put forward in the Constitutional Convention
• A) ultimately provided the framework of the Constitution.
• B) was proposed by Patrick Henry.• C) favored states such as New Jersey.• D) favored southern states over northern states.• E) based representation in the House and
Senate on population.• Ans: E
• 465. The Great Compromise at the Constitutional Convention worked out an acceptable scheme for
• A) regulating interstate commerce.• B) levying taxes for raising a militia.• C) apportioning congressional representation.• D) electing the president.• E) choosing Senators.• Ans: C
• 466. Under the Constitution, the president of the United States was to be elected by a majority vote of the
• A) general public.• B) Senate.• C) Electoral College.• D) House of Representatives.• E) state legislatures.• Ans: C
• 467. The idea that all tax measures should start in the House was made to appease
• A) the least populated states.• B) western states.• C) eastern states.• D) the industrialists.• E) the big states with the most people.• Ans: E
• 468. The Constitutional Convention addressed the North-South controversy over slavery through the
• A) “large-state plan.”• B) “small-state plan.”• C) “three-fifths” compromise.• D) closing of the slave trade until 1807.• E) Northwest Ordinance.• Ans: C
• 469. Which of the following is a compromise in the Constitution?
• A) counting all slaves in apportioning membership in the House
• B) continuation of the foreign slave trade• C) direct election of the president• D) control of interstate commerce by the
national government• E) prohibiting states from abolishing slave trade• Ans: B
• 470. By their actions, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention manifested their common beliefs in all of the following except
• A) government by the consent of the governed.• B) checks and balances in government.• C) manhood-suffrage democracy.• D) the sanctity of private property.• E) a stronger central government.• Ans: C
• 471. The one branch of the government elected directly by the people is the
• A) military.• B) House of Representatives.• C) executive.• D) judiciary.• E) Senate.• Ans: B
• 472. The new Constitution established the idea that the only legitimate government was one based on
• A) a strong central government.• B) an unwritten constitution.• C) the authority of the state.• D) control by wealthier people.• E) the consent of the governed.• Ans: E
• 473. The ultimate guarantor of liberty and justice was
• A) the authority of the state.• B) a written constitution.• C) an independent judicial system.• D) the virtue of the people.• E) all of the above.• Ans: D
• 474. The delegates at the Constitutional Convention stipulated that the new Constitution be ratified by
• A) state conventions.• B) state legislatures.• C) popular referendum.• D) majority vote in the Congress.• E) the judiciary.• Ans: A
• 475. The antifederalist camp included all of the following groups except
• A) supporters of a strong central authority.• B) states' rights supporters.• C) backcountry dwellers.• D) paper money advocates.• E) debtors.• Ans: A
• 476. Probably the most alarming characteristic of the new Constitution to those who opposed it was the
• A) creation of a federal district for the national capital.
• B) creation of a standing army.• C) absence of a bill of rights.• D) omission of any reference to God.• E) creation of the presidency.• Ans: C
• 477. Among other views, The Federalist, written during the ratification debate, argued that it was
• A) impossible to safeguard the rights of states from the power of a strong central government.
• B) possible to extend a republican form of government over a large territory.
• C) inevitable that slavery would be abolished in the new republic.
• D) illegal to replace the Articles of Confederation with a new constitution.
• E) best to establish a direct democracy.• Ans: B
• 478. Antifederalists believe that the sovereignty of the people resided in which branch of the central government?
• A) executive• B) legislative• C) judicial• D) cabinet• E) all of the above• Ans: B
• 479. The federalists believe that the sovereignty of the people resided in which branch of the central government?
• A) executive• B) legislative• C) judicial• D) none of the above.• E) all of the above• Ans: E
• 480. One of the enduring paradoxes of American history is that
• A) conservatives supported democracy.• B) liberals supported democracy.• C) both liberals and conservatives have
championed the heritage of democratic revolution.
• D) conservatives and liberals were on opposite sides in the Revolution.
• E) conservatives opposed democracy.• Ans: C
• 481. When the new government was launched in 1789,
• A) the nation's population was doubling about every twenty-five years.
• B) most people lived in the fast-growing cities.• C) most people lived west of the Allegheny
Mountains.• D) New York was the largest city in the nation.• E) Great Britain refused to establish diplomatic
relations with the United States.• Ans: A
• 482. Regarding central authority, early Americans saw it as all of the following except
• A) something to be ultimately eliminated.• B) something to be distrusted.• C) something to be watched.• D) something to be curbed.• E) a necessary evil.• Ans: A
• 483. The new Constitution did not provide for the creation of a(n)
• A) Electoral College.• B) vice president.• C) Supreme Court.• D) cabinet.• E) federal court system.• Ans: D
• 484. Despite the flourishing cities, America's population was still about __________ rural.
• A) 20%• B) 40%• C) 55%• D) 70%• E) 90%• Ans: E
• 485. Match the individual with his office in the new government.
• A. Thomas Jefferson1. attorney generalB. Alexander Hamilton 2. secretary of stateC. Henry Knox3. secretary of war4. secretary of treasury
• A) A-1, B-3, C-2• B) A-3, B-1, C-4• C) A-2, B-4, C-3• D) A-4, B-2, C-l• E) A-1, B-4, C-3• Ans: C
• 486. One of the major criticisms of the Constitution as drafted in Philadelphia was that it
• A) was too long and detailed.• B) was far too short and required more detail.• C) failed to guarantee property rights.• D) failed to provide a mechanism for
amendment.• E) did not provide guarantees for individual
rights.• Ans: E
• 487. The Bill of Rights was intended to protect __________ against the potential tyranny of _________________________.
• A) the prerogatives of Congress, the president• B) the army and the navy, the national
government• C) the South, the northern majority• D) individual liberties, a strong central
government• E) civilian authorities, the military• Ans: D
• 488. One of the first jobs facing the new government formed under the Constitution was to
• A) establish a powerful army.• B) reestablish diplomatic ties with Britain.• C) draw up and pass a bill of rights.• D) establish economic ties with France.• E) all of the above.• Ans: C
• 489. All of the following are guarantees provided by the Bill of Rights except
• A) the right to vote for all citizens.• B) freedom of speech.• C) freedom of religion.• D) freedom of the press.• E) right to a trial by a jury.• Ans: A
• 490. The__________ Amendment might rightly be called the “states' rights” amendment.
• A) First• B) Sixth• C) Ninth• D) Tenth• E) Eighth• Ans: D
• 491. Alexander Hamilton's financial program for the economic development of the United States favored
• A) agricultural interests.• B) trade with France.• C) the wealthier class.• D) the poor.• E) the middle class.• Ans: C
• 492. Hamilton believed that, together, his funding and assumption programs would
• A) gain the monetary and political support of the rich for the federal government.
• B) restore the principles of state sovereignty.• C) be the quickest way to pay off the national debt.• D) guarantee the fairest treatment of the original holders
of government bonds.• E) keep taxes low and therefore create a feeling of
loyalty to the new federal government.• Ans: A
• 493. As Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton's first objective was to
• A) help the wealthy.• B) bring more industry to the United States.• C) see that more agricultural products were
exported.• D) bolster the national credit.• E) put the country on the gold standard.• Ans: D
• 494. All of the following were part of Alexander Hamilton's economic program except
• A) the creation of a national bank.• B) funding the entire national debt at “par.”• C) vigorous foreign trade.• D) protective tariffs.• E) paying only domestic debts but not foreign
debts.• Ans: E
• 495. Alexander Hamilton's financial plan for strengthening the economy and bolstering national credit proposed all of the following except
• A) funding the national debt.• B) assuming state debts.• C) abolishing tariffs.• D) establishing a national bank.• E) a low protective wall around infant industries.• Ans: C
• 496. Alexander Hamilton believed that a limited national debt
• A) would do great harm to the nation's economy.• B) might lead to military weakness.• C) could persuade individuals and nations not to lend
money to the United States.• D) was beneficial, because people to whom the
government owed money would work hard to make the nation a success.
• E) could help his economic plans but not his political plans.
• Ans: D
• 497. The aspect of Hamilton's financial program that received the least support in Congress was
• A) funding at par.• B) assumption.• C) the National Bank.• D) a protective tariff.• E) excise taxes.• Ans: D
• 498. Hamilton expected that the revenue to pay the interest on the national debt would come from
• A) sales taxes and licensing fees.• B) customs duties and excise tax.• C) income and property taxes.• D) western land sales and foreign loans.• E) foreign aid.• Ans: B
• 499. Alexander Hamilton's proposed bank of the United States was
• A) rejected by the House of Representatives.• B) supported by Thomas Jefferson.• C) enthusiastically supported by George
Washington.• D) based on the “necessary and proper,” or
“elastic,” clause in the Constitution.• E) never fully enacted.• Ans: D
• 500. Which of the following pairs of items are not directly related to each other?
• A) implied powers—“necessary and proper” clause
• B) strict construction—Tenth Amendment• C) loose construction—“elastic” clause• D) states' rights—loose construction• E) “necessary and proper” clause—vested
powers• Ans: D
• 501. Hamilton's major programs seriously infringed on
• A) checks and balances.• B) national security.• C) states' rights.• D) free enterprise.• E) federal authority.• Ans: C
• 502. The Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 arose in southwestern Pennsylvania when the federal government
• A) levied an excise tax on whiskey.• B) tried to prohibit the sale of whiskey.• C) allowed the import of foreign whiskey.• D) halted the export of American whiskey.• E) tried to prohibit the manufacturing of
whiskey.• Ans: A
• 503. Alexander Hamilton's Bank of the United States was modeled on the
• A) Bank of England.• B) Swiss National Bank.• C) Bank of France.• D) national bank that existed in the United
States prior to the Constitution.• E) National Bank of the Netherlands.• Ans: A
• 504. The Founding Fathers had not envisioned the existence of permanent political parties because they
• A) opposed anyone who disagreed with them.• B) were not part of the early colonial
governments.• C) had existed in Britain.• D) saw opposition to the government as
disloyal.• E) all of the above.• Ans: D
• 505. Match each political leader with his positions on public policy in the 1790s.• A. Hamilton • B. Jefferson• 1. privileges for the upper classes• 2. pro-British• 3. sympathy for the common people• 4. potent central government• 5. pay off the national debt• 6. government support for business• 7. pro-French• 8. universal education• A) A-1, 2, 4, 6—B-3, 5, 7, 8• B) A-1, 5, 6, 7—B-2, 3, 4, 8• C) A-2, 3, 5, 8—B-1, 4, 6, 7• D) A-3, 6, 7, 8—B-1, 2, 4, 5• E) A-5, 2, 6, 3—B-1, 4, 7, 8• Ans: A
• 506. Opposition by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison to the financial plan of Alexander Hamilton resulted in
• A) the formation of permanent political parties.• B) Hamilton's dismissal from the cabinet by George
Washington.• C) politics drifting too far out of kilter with the wishes of
the people.• D) the rejection of Hamilton's plan by Washington.• E) their dismissal from the cabinet of George
Washington.• Ans: A
• 507. The event of the 1790s that has left the deepest scar on American political and social life is
• A) the Whiskey Rebellion.• B) the French Revolution.• C) Hamilton's economic plan for the country.• D) the trouble with Native Americans.• E) the development of the political party system.• Ans: B
• 508. The political party of the “outs” that provided the “loyal opposition” to the party in power in the 1790s was
• A) the Anti-Federalists.• B) the Federalists.• C) the Democratic-Republicans.• D) the Whigs.• E) the Tories.• Ans: C
• 509. The Franco-American alliance of 1778• A) was ended by mutual agreement in 1789.• B) bound the United States to neutrality in the event of
war between France and Britain.• C) bound the United States to help the French defend
their West Indies.• D) was invoked by the French to obtain American aid in
France's war with Britain after 1793.• E) led the United States to war with Great Britain in
1812.• Ans: C
• 510. When the French Revolution developed into a war with Britain, George Washington and the American government
• A) supported Britain.• B) assisted France militarily.• C) tried to capture French possessions in North
America and the West Indies.• D) remained neutral.• E) captured British possessions in North
America.• Ans: D
• 511. Washington's Neutrality Proclamation of 1793• A) was based on calculations of American self-interest.• B) fulfilled America's obligations under the Franco-
American Treaty.• C) was opposed by both Alexander Hamilton and
Thomas Jefferson.• D) dealt a severe blow to French military and naval
strategists.• E) had little impact on future American foreign policy.• Ans: A
• 512. Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) XYZ affair, (B) Neutrality Proclamation, (C) Jay's Treaty, (D) Kentucky and Virginia resolutions.
• A) C, B, A, D• B) B, A, C, D• C) B, C, A, D• D) C, B, D, A• E) A, B, D, C• Ans: C
• 513. During its first quarter-century as a nation, one of the major problems facing America was
• A) the rivalry and warfare between France and Britain.
• B) a lack of good political leadership.• C) the continued fighting between the United
States and the Armed Neutrality League.• D) Indian affairs.• E) separation of church and state.• Ans: A
• 514. Washington's Neutrality Proclamation clearly illustrated the truism that
• A) he was unprepared for the demands of foreign policy.
• B) foreign policy should be handled by a group and not by a single individual.
• C) the United States was trying to do what was best for its allies.
• D) self-interest is the basic cement of alliances.• E) none of the above.• Ans: D
• 515. The Treaty of Greenville signed in August with the Miami Confederation resulted in all of the following except
• A) giving to the United States vast tracts of land in the Old Northwest.
• B) the Indians receiving a $20,000 lump sum payment.• C) an annual annuity of $9,000 to the Indians.• D) the right of the Indians to hunt the land they had
ceded.• E) the establishment of an equal relationship with the
Indians.• Ans: E
• 516. Britain made neutrality very difficult for the United States during the French and British conflicts of the 1790s by
• A) granting America numerous trade privileges.• B) seizing American merchant ships in the West
Indies.• C) leaving frontier outposts on American soil.• D) helping to relieve tensions between Indians
and Americans.• E) blocking the major United States' seaports.• Ans: B
• 517. Hamilton's position on the war between Britain and France in 1793 was primarily influenced by
• A) his commitment to the Franco-American alliance of 1778.
• B) the threat of British naval action against the American coast.
• C) the national government's dependence on customs collections for revenue.
• D) his personal commitment to democratic government as a world ideal.
• E) all of the above.• Ans: C
• 518. In Jay's Treaty, the British• A) pledged to stop seizing American ships.• B) released Americans from their pre-
Revolutionary War debt obligations to British merchants.
• C) promised to evacuate the chain of forts in the Old Northwest.
• D) refused to pay damages for seizures of American ships.
• E) were denied most favored nation status.• Ans: C
• 519. The United States acquired free navigation of the Mississippi River in
• A) the Treaty of Greenville.• B) Jay's Treaty.• C) the Convention of 1800.• D) the Pinckney Treaty.• E) the Treaty of Paris.• Ans: D
• 520. John Jay's 1794 treaty with Britain• A) increased George Washington's huge
popularity.• B) provided further evidence of American
support for France.• C) alienated America from Spain.• D) created deeper splits between Federalists
and Democratic-Republicans.• E) led to the election of Thomas Jefferson.• Ans: D
• 521. One of George Washington's major contributions as president was
• A) keeping the nation out of foreign wars.• B) the signing of Jay's Treaty.• C) his advice against forming permanent
alliances with foreign nations.• D) securing a pledge from Britain to stop arming
Indians on the western lands.• E) establishing the political party system.• Ans: A
• 522. Jay's Treaty contained all of the following provisions except
• A) a British promise to evacuate its chain of forts on U.S. soil.
• B) British consent to pay damages for the recent seizure of American ships.
• C) that Americans were bound to pay debts still owed to British merchants on pre-Revolutionary accounts.
• D) no promise by the British to pay for future seizure of American ships.
• E) a promise by the British to stop selling arms to the Indians.
• Ans: E
• 523. Washington's Farewell Address in 1796• A) warmly endorsed the appearance of two
contending political parties in America.• B) warned against the dangers of permanent
foreign alliances.• C) was delivered to a joint session of Congress
by Washington himself.• D) proposed a two-term limitation on the
presidency.• E) all of the above.• Ans: B
• 524. In the election campaign of 1796, the Democratic-Republicans made their primary issue
• A) the content of Washington's Farewell Address.• B) Washington's refusal to consult Congress before
issuing the Neutrality Proclamation.• C) the terms of Jay's Treaty.• D) the terms of the Pinckney Treaty.• E) Alexander Hamilton's idea for a national bank.• Ans: C
• 525. The 1796 presidential campaign focused heavily on
• A) the Bank of the United States.• B) the candidates' personalities.• C) slavery.• D) foreign trade.• E) real issues.• Ans: B
• 526. The French grew angry with the United States after 1794 because
• A) of Jay's Treaty.• B) Congress appointed second-rate
ambassadors.• C) of the XYZ affair.• D) John Adams had been elected president.• E) Thomas Jefferson was removed as
ambassador.• Ans: A
• 527. Foreign relations between the United States and France deteriorated in the late 1790s over
• A) the deportation of Citizen Genêt.• B) French seizure of American merchant ships.• C) the adjustment of the Florida boundary.• D) America's unilateral withdrawal from the
Franco-American alliance.• E) Pinckney's Treaty.• Ans: B
• 528. The immediate cause of the undeclared war between the United States and France was
• A) the XYZ affair.• B) the Genêt mission.• C) the Neutrality Proclamation.• D) Washington's Farewell Address.• E) Jay's Treaty.• Ans: A
• 529. The United States finally negotiated a peace settlement with France in 1800 mainly because Napoleon
• A) had also reached a peace agreement with Britain.• B) wanted to concentrate on gaining more power in
Europe.• C) realized that the French could not win a military
victory over the American forces.• D) had been convinced by the Democratic-Republican
pleas for cooperation.• E) had been removed from power.• Ans: B
• 530. President Adams sought a peaceful solution to the undeclared war with France in order to
• A) ensure his chances of reelection in 1800.• B) align himself with the Hamiltonian wing of the
Federalist party.• C) save the Franco-American alliance of 1778.• D) prevent the outbreak of a full-scale war.• E) keep trade with France in place.• Ans: D
• 531. The main purpose of the Alien and Sedition Acts was to
• A) capture French and British spies.• B) control the Federalists.• C) silence and punish critics of the Federalists.• D) keep Thomas Jefferson from becoming
president.• E) provide support for the Democratic-
Republican party.• Ans: C
• 532. The Federalist-dominated Congress's Alien Act was aimed at ____________________, whereas the Sedition Act was primarily aimed at _____________________.
• A) rebellious slaves, newspapers• B) recent immigrants, newspapers• C) recent immigrants, merchants• D) merchant smuggling, rebellious slaves• E) Indians, farmers• Ans: B
• 533. The Sedition Act• A) threatened First Amendment freedoms.• B) established criteria for deporting dangerous
foreigners.• C) changed naturalization requirements for new
citizens.• D) was never enforced.• E) was found by the Supreme Court to be
unconstitutional.• Ans: A
• 534. The Virginia and Kentucky resolutions were written in response to
• A) the XYZ affair.• B) Thomas Jefferson's presidential candidacy in
1800.• C) the Alien and Sedition Acts.• D) the compact theory of government.• E) the Federalist papers.• Ans: C
• 535. According to the compact theory advocated by Jefferson and Madison,
• A) the national government was the creation of the thirteen sovereign states.
• B) nullification was an invalid policy.• C) the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions were illegal.• D) legislation such as the Alien and Sedition Acts was
proper.• E) individuals, not the states, created the federal
government.• Ans: A
• 536. According to the Federalists, the duty of judging the unconstitutionality of legislation passed by Congress lay with
• A) state legislatures.• B) the president.• C) state supreme courts.• D) the Supreme Court.• E) the people.• Ans: D
• 537. Federalist advocated rule by
• A) the majority.
• B) the “best” people.
• C) farmers.
• D) industrial workers.
• E) native born citizens only.
• Ans: B
• 538. Federalists strongly supported
• A) law and order.
• B) states' rights.
• C) strict construction.
• D) popular democracy.
• E) a weak military.
• Ans: A
• 539. For its continued success, Hamilton's financial program relied heavily on
• A) trade with Britain.• B) removal of the Spanish from the Mississippi
Valley.• C) aid from France.• D) retiring the national debt.• E) high taxes.• Ans: A
• 540. Hamiltonian Federalists advocated• A) government interference in private
enterprise.• B) a strong central government.• C) a full-blown democracy.• D) strong ties with France.• E) a low national debt.• Ans: B
• 541. Thomas Jefferson appealed to all of the following groups except
• A) small shopkeepers.• B) the underprivileged.• C) the middle class.• D) the upper class.• E) artisans.• Ans: D
• 542. To the Jeffersonian Republicans, the “ideal” citizen of a republic was a(n)
• A) seaboard merchant.• B) town artisan.• C) indentured servant.• D) independent farmer.• E) industrialist.• Ans: D
• 543. Thomas Jefferson favored a political system in which
• A) the central government possessed the bulk of the power.
• B) cities were the primary focus of political activity.
• C) a large standing army ensured peace.• D) the states retained the majority of political
power.• E) manufacturing interests dominated.• Ans: D
• 544. Jeffersonians believed in all of the following except
• A) opposition to a national debt.• B) agriculture as the ideal occupation.• C) every adult white male's right to vote.• D) freedom of speech.• E) central authority should be kept to a
minimum.• Ans: C
• 545. Thomas Jefferson argued that a landless class of voters could be avoided in part by
• A) a redistribution of land.• B) a reduced property tax.• C) abolishing the property qualification to vote.• D) continuing slavery.• E) restricting the amount of property owned by
each citizen.• Ans: D
• 546. One of the first lessons learned by the Jeffersonians after their victory in the 1800 presidential election was
• A) the need to strengthen diplomatic ties with Britain.
• B) to go off the gold standard.• C) to decrease tariffs.• D) to institute an excise tax.• E) that it is easier to condemn from the stump
than to govern consistently.• Ans: E
• 547. One of the greatest problems that John Adams and the Federalists faced in the election of 1800 was
• A) Adams's efforts to get America involved in a war with France.
• B) increased public debt brought on by war preparations.
• C) Adams's refusal to take the country to war against France.
• D) Alexander Hamilton's support of Adams.• E) the stories circulating about Adams's relationship with
a slave woman.• Ans: C
• 548. In the election of 1800, the Federalists accused Thomas Jefferson of all of the following except
• A) having robbed a widow.• B) having fathered numerous mulatto children
by his own slave women.• C) being an atheist.• D) supporting high taxes.• E) having robbed children of their trust funds.• Ans: D
• 549. In the 1800 election Thomas Jefferson won the state of New York because
• A) of a reaction against Alexander Hamilton, Jefferson's enemy.
• B) Aaron Burr used his influence to turn the state to Jefferson.
• C) of the high taxes passed by the Adams administration.
• D) Napoleon promised to sell the Louisiana Territory only to Jefferson.
• E) all of the above.• Ans: B
• 550. The Jeffersonian Democratic-Republicans presented themselves as all of the following except
• A) believers in a strong central government.• B) strict constructionists.• C) protectors of agrarian purity.• D) believers of political and economic liberty.• E) strong supporters of state's rights.• Ans: A
• 551. Thomas Jefferson received the bulk of his support from the
• A) South and West.• B) North.• C) large cities.• D) East.• E) New England.• Ans: A
• 552. In 1800, Thomas Jefferson was chosen president by the
• A) people.• B) Electoral College.• C) House of Representatives.• D) wealthy.• E) business sector.• Ans: C
• 553. Thomas Jefferson's “Revolution of 1800” was remarkable in that it
• A) moved the United States away from its democratic ideals.
• B) marked the peaceful and orderly transfer of power on the basis of election results accepted by all parties.
• C) occurred after he left the presidency.• D) caused America to do what the British had been
doing for a generation regarding the election of a legislative body.
• E) was in no way a revolution.• Ans: B
• 554. Thomas Jefferson was elected president by the House of Representatives when
• A) a few Federalists refrained from voting.• B) Aaron Burr withdrew from the race.• C) Jefferson agreed to appoint John Marshall to
the Supreme Court.• D) additional Jeffersonians became members of
the House.• E) the electoral college gave up its
responsibility.• Ans: A
• 555. Thomas Jefferson saw his election and his mission as president to include all of the following except
• A) to return to the original spirit of the revolution.• B) restore the republican experiment.• C) check the growth of the republican experiment.• D) halt the decay of virtue.• E) support the establishment of a strong army.• Ans: E
• 556. As president, Thomas Jefferson's stand on several political issues that he had previously championed
• A) remained unchanged.• B) was reversed.• C) grew even more rigid.• D) compelled him to repeal the Alien and
Sedition Acts.• E) caused him to reject slavery.• Ans: B
• 557. With Thomas Jefferson's election as president, the Democratic-Republican party
• A) grew stronger and more unified.• B) removed many Federalists from government
jobs.• C) soon resented its leaders' lavish life-style.• D) grew less unified as the Federalist party
began to fade and lose power.• E) sought to extend the Alien and Sedition Acts
to punish their enemies.• Ans: D
• 558. Thomas Jefferson's presidency was characterized by his
• A) unswerving conformity to Republican party principles.• B) rigid attention to formal protocol at White House
gatherings.• C) moderation in the administration of public policy.• D) ruthless use of the patronage power to appoint
Republicans to federal offices.• E) inability to get legislation passed by Congress.• Ans: C
• 559. On becoming president, Thomas Jefferson and the Republicans in Congress immediately repealed
• A) the Alien and Sedition Acts.• B) the charter of the National Bank.• C) the excise tax on whiskey.• D) the funding and assumption of the national
debt.• E) money to fund the naval build-up.• Ans: C
• 560. When it came to the major Federalist economic programs, Thomas Jefferson as president
• A) left practically all of them intact.• B) quickly dismantled them.• C) slowly undid everything the Federalists
achieved.• D) attacked only the Bank of the United States.• E) vetoed any new tariffs.• Ans: A
• 561. Thomas Jefferson and his followers opposed John Adams's last-minute appointment of new federal judges mainly because
• A) the men appointed were of poor quality.• B) they believed that the appointments were
unconstitutional.• C) they did not want a showdown with the Supreme
Court.• D) it was an attempt by a defeated party to entrench
itself in the government.• E) these judges were not needed.• Ans: D
• 562. The chief justice who carried out, more than any other federal official, the ideas of Alexander Hamilton concerning a powerful federal government was
• A) James Madison.• B) William Marbury.• C) John Marshall.• D) Samuel Chase.• E) John Jay.• Ans: C
• 563. Before he became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, John Marshall's service at Valley Forge during the American Revolution convinced him
• A) to support Thomas Jefferson and his republican principles.
• B) to give up the life of a soldier and return to law school.
• C) of the drawbacks of feeble central authority.• D) of the futility of opposing Britain.• E) all of the above.• Ans: C
• 564. As chief justice of the United States, John Marshall helped to ensure that
• A) states' rights were protected.• B) the programs of Alexander Hamilton were
overturned.• C) the political and economic systems were
based on a strong central government.• D) both the Supreme Court and the president
could rule a law unconstitutional.• E) Aaron Burr was convicted of treason.• Ans: C
• 565. The legal precedent for judicial review was established when
• A) the House of Representatives impeached Justice Samuel Chase.
• B) the Supreme Court declared the Judiciary Act of 1789 unconstitutional.
• C) Congress repealed the Judiciary Act of 1801.• D) President Adams appointed several
“midnight judges” to the federal courts.• E) the Judiciary Act of 1801 was passed.• Ans: B
• 566. The case of Marbury v. Madison involved the question of who had the right to
• A) commit the United States to entangling alliances.
• B) impeach federal officers for “high crimes and misdemeanors.”
• C) declare an act of Congress unconstitutional.• D) purchase foreign territory for the United
States.• E) appoint Supreme Court justices.• Ans: C
• 567. John Marshall, as chief justice of the United States, helped to strengthen the judicial branch of government by
• A) applying Jeffersonian principles in all of his decisions.• B) asserting the doctrine of judicial review of
congressional legislation.• C) overriding presidential vetoes.• D) listening carefully to and heeding the advice of
lawyers arguing cases before the Supreme Court.• E) increasing the number of justices on the Supreme
Court.• Ans: B
• 568. Thomas Jefferson's failed attempt to impeach and convict Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase for “high crimes and misdemeanors” meant that
• A) no federal judge could ever be removed from office.• B) judicial independence and the separation of powers
had been preserved.• C) Jefferson's effectiveness as president had been lost.• D) an unfortunate precedent had been established.• E) Aaron Burr would go free.• Ans: B
• 569. Thomas Jefferson distrusted large standing armies because they
• A) were usually ineffective in battle.• B) always developed a destructive rivalry with
the navy.• C) could be used to establish a dictatorship.• D) all of the above.• E) none of the above.• Ans: C
• 570. Thomas Jefferson saw navies as less dangerous than armies because
• A) they were generally smaller in numbers.• B) they had little chance of starting a war.• C) they were in less contact with foreign
powers.• D) they could not march inland and endanger
liberties.• E) all of the above.• Ans: D
• 571. Thomas Jefferson had strong misgivings about the wisdom of
• A) states' rights.• B) maintaining a large standing army.• C) having the presidency and Congress
controlled by the same party.• D) removing federal judges by the process of
impeachment.• E) judicial review.• Ans: B
• 572. Thomas Jefferson's first major foreign-policy decision was to
• A) purchase Louisiana from France.• B) send a naval squadron to the Mediterranean.• C) drive the British out of the northwest forts.• D) purchase Florida from Spain.• E) form an alliance with Spain.• Ans: B
• 573. Thomas Jefferson ceased his opposition to the expansion of the navy when the
• A) Pasha of Tripoli declared war on the United States.
• B) U.S. Marine Corps was established.• C) “mosquito fleet” was defeated by the pirates
at Tripoli.• D) army was disbanded.• E) British blockaded the east coast.• Ans: A
• 574. To guard American shores, Thomas Jefferson
• A) built a fleet of frigates.• B) constructed coastal fortifications.• C) constructed two hundred tiny gunboats.• D) signed a peace treaty with Great Britain.• E) enlisted the aid of France.• Ans: C
• 575. Arrange these events in chronological order: (A) Louisiana Purchase, (B) Chesapeake incident, (C) Burr's trial for treason, (D) Embargo Act.
• A) A, B, D, C• B) C, D, A, B• C) A, C, B, D• D) D, B, C, A• E) B, D, C, A• Ans: C
• 576. In order to purchase New Orleans from France, Thomas Jefferson
• A) threatened to form an alliance with France's enemy, Spain.
• B) was unwilling to go to war.• C) proposed to break away from all alliances to prove
our neutrality.• D) was willing to use funds from private individuals if
Congress would not authorize enough money for the purchase.
• E) decided to make an alliance with his old enemy, Britain.
• Ans: E
• 577. Napoleon chose to sell Louisiana to the United States because
• A) he had suffered misfortunes in Santo Domingo.• B) he hoped that the territory would one day help
America to thwart the ambitions of the British.• C) he did not want to drive America into the arms of the
British.• D) yellow fever killed many French troops.• E) all of the above.• Ans: E
• 578. Jefferson had authorized American negotiators to purchase only ____________________ from France.
• A) New Orleans and the Floridas• B) New Orleans and St. Louis• C) Santo Domingo• D) the Missouri River basin• E) the entire Louisiana Territory• Ans: A
• 579. Thomas Jefferson was conscience-stricken about the purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France because
• A) the Federalists supported his action.• B) he believed that the purchase was unconstitutional.• C) he felt that the purchase was not a fair deal for
France.• D) war with Spain might occur.• E) he feared the British might use it as an exercise to
declare war on the United States.• Ans: B
• 580. Lewis and Clark's expedition through the Louisiana Purchase territory yielded all of the following except
• A) a rich harvest of scientific observations.• B) treaties with several Indian nations.• C) maps.• D) hair-raising adventure stories.• E) knowledge of the Indians of the region.• Ans: B
• 581. Lewis and Clark demonstrated the viability of
• A) travel across the isthmus of Panama.• B) an overland trail to the Pacific.• C) settlement in the southern portion of the
Louisiana territory.• D) using Indian guides.• E) all of the above.• Ans: B
• 582. After killing Alexander Hamilton in a duel, Aaron Burr
• A) fled to France.• B) fled to England.• C) was arrested and found guilty of murder.• D) was arrested and found innocent of murder.• E) plotted to divide the United States.• Ans: E
• 583. The British policy of impressment was a kind of
• A) naval blockade.• B) economic boycott.• C) forced enlistment.• D) diplomatic pressure.• E) punishment for the United States.• Ans: C
• 584. The British impressed American sailors into the British navy because
• A) the Americans took the Chesapeake.• B) they needed more men.• C) Parliament passed a law.• D) of the XYZ affair.• E) they wanted to punish the United States.• Ans: B
• 585. The Chesapeake incident involved the flagrant use of
• A) patronage.• B) impeachment.• C) judicial view.• D) impressment.• E) naval blockades.• Ans: D
• 586. To deal with British and French violations of America's neutrality, Thomas Jefferson
• A) declared war on Britain.• B) enacted an economic embargo.• C) declared war on France.• D) did nothing.• E) sought trade relations with Spain and
Holland.• Ans: B
• 587. Thomas Jefferson's embargo failed for all of the following reasons except that
• A) he underestimated the determination of the British.
• B) he underestimated Britain's dependence on American trade.
• C) Britain produced a bumper grain crop.• D) Latin America opened its ports for
commerce.• E) he miscalculated the difficulty of enforcing it.• Ans: B
• 588. President Jefferson's foreign policy of economic coercion
• A) underestimated British dependence on American trade.
• B) adversely affected France's economy more than Britain's.
• C) stimulated manufacturing in the United States.• D) destroyed the Federalist party in New England.• E) succeeded in its goal of forcing the British to halt its
impressment of American sailors.• Ans: C
• 589. Macon's Bill No. 2• A) forbade American ships from leaving port.• B) permitted trade with all nations but promised that if
either Britain or France lifted its commercial restrictions on American trade, the United States would stop trading with the other.
• C) forbade American trade with Britain and France but promised to open trade with either country if it would cease its violations of American neutrality rights.
• D) repealed the Embargo Act of 1807.• E) halted trade with Britain.• Ans: B
• 590. President James Madison made a major foreign-policy mistake when he
• A) accepted Napoleon's promise to recognize America's rights.
• B) vetoed Macon's Bill No. 2.• C) allied the United States with Britain.• D) refused to trust Napoleon.• E) declared war on France.• Ans: A
• 591. By 1810, the most insistent demand for a declaration of war against Britain came from
• A) New England merchants.• B) the West and South.• C) Federalists.• D) the middle Atlantic states.• E) southern states.• Ans: B
• 592. The war hawks demanded war with Britain because they wanted to do all of the following except
• A) wipe out renewed Indian resistance.• B) defend American rights.• C) gain more territory.• D) retaliate for the British burning of
Washington, D.C.• E) revenge the manhandling of American
sailors.• Ans: D
• 593. Of the following, the only argument not put forward by the war hawks as a justification for a declaration of war against Britain was that
• A) the British armed Indians and incited them to raid frontier settlements.
• B) British impressment policies were an affront to American nationalism.
• C) Britain's commercial restrictions had come close to destroying America's profitable New England shipping business.
• D) British Canada and Spanish Florida were attractive and easily obtainable prizes of war.
• E) the orders in council stopped the flow of Western farm products to Europe.
• Ans: C
• 594. Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) war hawks enter Congress, (B) declaration of war on Britain, (C) Embargo Act, (D) Battle of Tippecanoe.
• A) A, B, C, D• B) C, A, D, B• C) B, C, A, D• D) B, A, D, C• E) B, C, D, A• Ans: B
• 595. Tecumseh argued that Indians should• A) never give control of their land to the whites.• B) move west of the Mississippi River.• C) not cede control of land to whites unless all
Indians agreed.• D) exchange traditional buckskin clothing for
cloth garments.• E) fight as individual tribes and not as a
confederacy.• Ans: C
• 596. Native American leader Tecumseh was killed in 1813 at the
• A) Battle of Tippecanoe.• B) Battle of the Thames.• C) Battle of Horseshoe Bend.• D) Battle of New Orleans.• E) Battle of Fallen Timbers.• Ans: B
• 597. The battle of Tippecanoe resulted in• A) defeat of the British by the hands of the
Indian confederacy.• B) a Shawnee loss and a Creek victory.• C) a declaration of war by the United States on
Great Britain.• D) the expulsion of the British from Florida.• E) the death of the dream of an Indian
confederacy.• Ans: E
• 598. In 1812, James Madison turned to war• A) to help him win re-election.• B) due to his hatred of Great Britain.• C) to fulfill alliance obligations with France.• D) to fulfill alliance obligations with Spain.• E) to restore confidence in the republican
experiment.• Ans: E
• 599. Seafaring New England opposed the War of 1812 because of all of the following except
• A) the Northeast Federalists sympathized with England.
• B) it resented the Republican's sympathy with Napoleon.
• C) Federalists opposed the acquisition of Canada.
• D) it could result in more agrarian states.• E) their strong trade ties with France.• Ans: E
• 600. Once begun, the War of 1812 was supported strongly by
• A) practically all Americans.• B) New England and the seaboard states.• C) very few people.• D) the West and South.• E) Native Americans.• Ans: D
• 601. Federalists opposed the acquisition of Canada because
• A) there were too many French there.• B) Canadian business would prove too
competitive.• C) it was too agrarian and would give more
votes to the Democratic-Republicans.• D) they believed that the Canadians could
never become Americanized.• E) too many Indians lived there.• Ans: C
• 602. During the War of 1812, the New England states• A) supported the United States' war effort.• B) lent more money and sent more food to the British
army than to the American army.• C) gave no support to either the Americans or the
British.• D) allowed their militias to fight wherever the federal
government requested.• E) declared their independence from the United States.• Ans: B
• 603. All of the following were true of the American regular army on the eve of the War of 1812 except
• A) they were ill-trained and ill-disciplined.• B) they were widely scattered.• C) their numbers were large enough that they did not
have to rely on the militia.• D) most of the generals were leftovers from the
Revolutionary War and lacked vigor and vision.• E) there was no burning national anger to unite them.• Ans: C
• 604. When the United States entered the War of 1812, it was
• A) militarily unprepared.• B) allied with France.• C) united in support of the war.• D) fortunate to have a strong and assertive
commander in chief.• E) New England that pushed for the conflict.• Ans: A
• 605. Canada became an important battleground in the War of 1812 because
• A) it was the economic hub of the New England economy.
• B) Canadians would be willing to help the Americans overthrow the imperial yoke of British rule.
• C) British forces were weakest there.• D) most of the American regular army was already
located in Canada.• E) none of the above.• Ans: C
• 606. The performance of the United States' Navy in the War of 1812 could be best described as
• A) poor because of their lack of skill.• B) good but not as good as the army.• C) non-existent.• D) excellent due to the use of press gang
crews.• E) much better than that of the army.• Ans: E
• 607. America's campaign against Canada in the War of 1812 was
• A) unusual for its brilliant military leadership.• B) poorly conceived because it split-up the
military.• C) marked by good coordination of a
complicated strategy.• D) a failure because they focused all their
attention on Montreal.• E) a success on land but a failure on the water.• Ans: B
• 608. Perhaps the key battle of the War of 1812, because it protected the United States from full-scale invasion and possible dissolution, was the Battle of
• A) Mackinac.• B) Plattsburgh.• C) the Thames.• D) Horseshoe Bend.• E) Fallen Timbers.• Ans: B
• 609. British plans for their 1814 campaign did not include action in
• A) New York.• B) the Chesapeake.• C) Florida.• D) New Orleans.• E) Washington.• Ans: C
• 610. The British attack on Fort McHenry• A) resulted in another British victory.• B) made possible the British invasion of
Washington, D.C.• C) inspired the writing of “The Star-Spangled
Banner.”• D) produced the “Bladensburg Races.”• E) resulted in the destruction of many British
shops.• Ans: C
• 611. The most devastating defeat suffered by the British during the War of 1812 took place at the Battle of
• A) New Orleans.• B) Horseshoe Bend.• C) Tippecanoe.• D) the Thames.• E) Fallen Timbers.• Ans: A
• 612. The Battle of New Orleans• A) resulted in one more American defeat.• B) helped the United States to win the War of
1812.• C) saw British troops defeated by Andrew
Jackson's soldiers.• D) prevented America from taking Canada.• E) resulted in Louisiana becoming part of the
United States.• Ans: C
• 613. The Battle of New Orleans• A) saw the British win another victory.• B) followed a British defeat at Washington, D.C.• C) was fought by the United States only for
material gain.• D) resulted in the British seeking peace.• E) unleashed a wave of nationalism and self-
confidence.• Ans: E
• 614. One result of the American naval victories during the War of 1812 was
• A) a British naval blockade of the American coast.
• B) the improvement of the American fishing industry.
• C) an increase in British naval operations in Canadian waters.
• D) the final elimination of British raiding parties landing on America's east coast.
• E) more warships being built.• Ans: A
• 615. At the peace conference at Ghent, the British began to withdraw many of its earlier demands for all of the following reasons except
• A) reverses in upper New York.• B) a loss at Baltimore.• C) increasing war weariness in Britain.• D) concern about the still dangerous France.• E) the American victory at New Orleans.• Ans: E
• 616. The delegates of the Hartford Convention adopted resolutions that included a call for
• A) a Constitutional amendment requiring a two-thirds vote in Congress before war was declared.
• B) New England's secession from the Union.• C) a separate peace treaty between New
England and the British.• D) the dissolution of the Federalist party.• E) war with England.• Ans: A
• 617. The resolutions from the Hartford Convention
• A) helped to cause the death of the Federalist party.
• B) resulted in the resurgence of states' rights.• C) called for southern secession from the union.• D) supported use of state militias against the
British.• E) called for the West to join the War of 1812.• Ans: A
• 618. From a global perspective, the War of 1812 was
• A) a highly significant conflict.• B) more important to Europeans than to
Americans.• C) of little importance.• D) responsible for the defeat of Napoleon.• E) more important than the American
Revolution.• Ans: C
• 619. In diplomatic and economic terms, the War of 1812
• A) was a disaster for the United States.• B) bred greater American independence.• C) was considered a victory for Britain.• D) resulted in the fall of the British government
that concluded the conflict.• E) was a disaster for Britain.• Ans: B
• 620. The outcome of the War of 1812 was• A) a decisive victory for the United States.• B) a stimulus to patriotic nationalism in the
United States.• C) an embarrassment for American diplomacy.• D) a heavy blow to American manufacturing.• E) a decisive victory for the British.• Ans: B
• 621. The Rush-Bagot agreement• A) required the Indians to relinquish vast areas
of tribal lands north of the Ohio River.• B) ended the traditional mutual suspicion and
hatred between the United States and Great Britain.
• C) limited naval armaments on the Great Lakes.• D) provided for Canadian independence from
Great Britain.• E) gave Florida to the United States.• Ans: C
• 622. After the War of 1812, Europe• A) became more democratic and liberal.• B) developed very close ties to the United
States.• C) continued to have an important impact on
American shipping.• D) returned to conservativism, illiberalism, and
reaction.• E) sought more trade with China.• Ans: D
• 623. One of the most important by-products of the War of 1812 was
• A) a renewed commitment to states' rights.• B) a heightened spirit of nationalism.• C) a resurgence of the Federalist party.• D) increased economic dependence on Europe.• E) the subjugation of the Indians.• Ans: B
• 624. One of the nationally recognized American authors in the 1820s was
• A) Washington Irving.• B) Edgar Allan Poe.• C) Walt Whitman.• D) Stephen Decatur.• E) Stephen Douglas.• Ans: A
• 625. Post-War of 1812 nationalism could be seen in all of the following except
• A) the way in which American painters depicted the beauty of American landscapes.
• B) a revival of American religion.• C) the building of a more handsome national
capital.• D) an expanded army and navy.• E) development of a national literature.• Ans: B
• 626. At the end of the War of 1812, British manufacturers
• A) discontinued trade with America.• B) conducted only limited trade with America.• C) began dumping their goods in America at
extremely low prices.• D) demanded a high tariff against American
goods.• E) saw their profits fall dramatically.• Ans: C
• 627. The Tariff of 1816 was the first in American history
• A) to be enacted without the consent of Congress.
• B) intended to raise revenue.• C) that aimed to protect American industry.• D) to impose taxes on American goods.• E) designed to protect Southern agriculture.• Ans: C
• 628. Henry Clay's call for federally funded roads and canals received whole-hearted endorsement from
• A) President Madison.• B) New England.• C) the West.• D) Jeffersonian Republicans.• E) the South.• Ans: C
• 629. New England opposed the American System's federally constructed roads because
• A) they cost too much.• B) the Democratic-Republicans favored them.• C) canals were a superior means of
transportation.• D) they would drain away needed population to
the West.• E) they were poorly constructed.• Ans: D
• 630. Democratic-Republicans opposed Henry Clay's American System because
• A) it favored only the South.• B) it would provide stiff competition to the Erie
Canal.• C) they believed that it was unconstitutional.• D) the Bonus Bill of 1817 made it unnecessary.• E) they favored a road system that included
Canada.• Ans: C
• 631. The Era of Good Feelings• A) was characterized by the absence of any
serious problems.• B) was noted for cooperation between the
Democratic-Republicans and the Federalists.• C) marked a temporary end to sectionalism by
uniting all parts of the country.• D) was a misnomer, because the period was a
troubled one.• E) saw the start of the Whig political party.• Ans: D
• 632. With the demise of the Federalist party,• A) the Democratic-Republicans established
one-party rule.• B) another party arose very quickly to take its
place.• C) little political trouble ensued.• D) sectionalism disappeared.• E) the Whig party rose to take its place.• Ans: A
• 633. The panic of 1819 brought with it all of the following except
• A) inflation.• B) unemployment.• C) bank failures.• D) debtor's prisons.• E) bankruptcies.• Ans: A
• 634. One of the major causes of the panic of 1819 was
• A) bankruptcies.• B) overspeculation in frontier lands.• C) deflation.• D) the failure to recharter the Bank of the United
States.• E) a drought that resulted in poor agricultural
production.• Ans: B
• 635. The western land boom resulted from all of the following except
• A) it was a continuation of the old westward movement.
• B) land exhaustion in older tobacco states.• C) speculators accepted small down payments.• D) the frontier was pacified with the defeat of
the Indians.• E) the construction of railroad lines west of the
Mississippi River.• Ans: E
• 636. One of the demands made by the West to help it to grow was
• A) sound money.• B) a stronger Bank of the United States.• C) cheap money.• D) the closing of “wildcat” banks.• E) higher land prices to gain more revenue for
the territories.• Ans: C
• 637. When the House of Representatives passed the Tallmadge Amendment in response to Missouri's request for admission to the Union, the South thought that the amendment
• A) would threaten the sectional balance.• B) might keep alive the institution of slavery.• C) would slow the growth of the West.• D) would silence the abolitionists.• E) would keep Maine out of the union.• Ans: A
• 638. The first state entirely west of the Mississippi River to be carved out of the Louisiana Territory was
• A) Kansas.• B) Louisiana.• C) Texas.• D) Arkansas.• E) Missouri.• Ans: E
• 639. As a result of the Missouri Compromise• A) there were more slave than free states in the Union.• B) slavery was outlawed in all states north of the forty-
second parallel.• C) slavery was banned north of 36° 30¢ in the Louisiana
Purchase territory.• D) Missouri was required to free its slaves when they
reached full adulthood.• E) there were more free states than slave states in the
Union.• Ans: C
• 640. All of the following were results of the Missouri Compromise except that
• A) extremists in both the North and South were not satisfied.
• B) Missouri entered the Union as a slave state.• C) Maine entered the Union as a free state.• D) sectionalism was reduced.• E) the balance between the North and South
was kept even.• Ans: D
• 641. In interpreting the Constitution, John Marshall
• A) favored “loose construction.”• B) supported “strict construction.”• C) supported an unchanging document.• D) advocated state control of interstate
commerce.• E) set few precedents.• Ans: A
• 642. John Marshall uttered his famous legal dictum that “the power to tax involves the power to destroy” in
• A) Gibbons v. Ogden.• B) Fletcher v. Peck.• C) McCulloch v. Maryland.• D) Dartmouth College v. Woodward.• E) Marbury v. Madison.• Ans: C
• 643. In McCulloch v. Maryland, Cohens v. Virginia, and Gibbons v. Ogden, Chief Justice Marshall's rulings limited the extent of
• A) states' rights.• B) judicial review.• C) federalism.• D) constitutionalism.• E) federal authority.• Ans: A
• 644. People moved into the Old Northwest for all of the following reasons except
• A) better transportation.• B) the Indian threat was gone.• C) to achieve better social position.• D) to get their own democratic community.• E) as a haven for runaway slaves.• Ans: E
• 645. Settlers from the South who moved into the Old Northwest territory were known as
• A) Yankees.• B) carpet baggers.• C) planters.• D) slave holders.• E) Butternuts.• Ans: E
• 646. When moving to the Old Northwest, settlers from the North wanted to do all of the following except
• A) tame the land.• B) tame the people.• C) oppose increased taxes to fund their
programs.• D) build canals.• E) build roads.• Ans: C
• 647. John Marshall's rulings upheld a defense of property rights against public pressure in
• A) McCulloch v. Maryland.• B) Marbury v. Madison.• C) Cohens v. Virginia.• D) Fletcher v. Peck.• E) Gibbons v. Ogden.• Ans: D
• 648. The United States' most successful diplomat in the Era of Good Feelings was
• A) John C. Calhoun.• B) Daniel Webster.• C) John Quincy Adams.• D) Andrew Jackson.• E) James Monroe.• Ans: C
• 649. The Treaty of 1818 with England• A) used the watershed of the Missouri River to define
the United States' border with Canada as far west as the Rocky Mountains.
• B) formally recognized America's earlier conquest of West Florida.
• C) called for a ten-year joint occupation of the Oregon country by both American citizens and British subjects.
• D) granted Canada exclusive use of Newfoundland fisheries.
• E) saw the United States forced to give up its tariffs on British goods.
• Ans: C
• 650. Andrew Jackson's military exploits were instrumental in the United States gaining
• A) a favorable border with Canada from the Great Lakes to the Rocky Mountains.
• B) possession of Florida from the Spanish.• C) joint fishing rights in Labrador, Nova Scotia,
and Newfoundland.• D) naval limitations on the Great Lakes.• E) gaining control of eastern Texas.• Ans: B
• 651. Spain sold Florida to the United States because it
• A) wanted to help America to become a rival to Britain.
• B) could not defend the area and would lose it in any case.
• C) received America's promise to give up claims to Oregon.
• D) was pulling out of the Western Hemisphere.• E) decided to concentrate its efforts in Mexico.• Ans: B
• 652. Britain opposed Spain's reestablishing its authority in Latin American countries that had successfully revolted because
• A) Britain had now allied itself with France.• B) Britain had great sympathy toward democratic
revolutions.• C) the United States had asked for such a policy.• D) the ports of these nations were now open to lucrative
trade.• E) it wanted to take control of these nations.• Ans: D
• 653. The doctrine of non-colonization in the Monroe Doctrine was
• A) applicable only to Central and South America.• B) a response to the apparent designs of the Russians
in Alaska and Oregon.• C) included in the doctrine only over the opposition of
Secretary of State John Quincy Adams.• D) mostly a symbolic gesture of goodwill to the Latin
American republics.• E) aimed at British efforts to gain control over Cuba.• Ans: B
• 654. At the time it was issued, the Monroe Doctrine was• A) incapable of being enforced by the United States.• B) greeted with enthusiasm and gratitude in South
America.• C) universally acclaimed in Britain as a great act of
statesmanship.• D) welcomed with relief by European powers who
feared British power in the Western Hemisphere.• E) opposed by both the Whigs and the Democratic-
Republicans.• Ans: A
• 655. Latin America's reaction to the Monroe Doctrine can best be described as
• A) enthusiastic.• B) fearful of the United States.• C) unconcerned or unimpressed.• D) relying on Britain to void it.• E) none of the above.• Ans: C
• 656. The Russo-American Treaty of 1824 fixed the southernmost limits of Russian occupation of North America at
• A) 54° 40¢.• B) 36° 30¢.• C) the forty-second parallel.• D) the forty-ninth parallel.• E) the fifty-first parallel.• Ans: A
• 657. The Monroe Doctrine was• A) a striking new departure in American foreign
policy.• B) quickly codified into international law.• C) a binding pledge on each subsequent
presidential administration.• D) an expression of the illusion of deepening
American isolationism from world affairs.• E) a commitment by the United States to
internationalism.• Ans: D
• 658. In the 1820s and 1830s one issue that greatly raised the political stakes was
• A) economic prosperity.• B) the Peggy Eaton affair.• C) a lessening of political party organizations.• D) the demise of the Whig Party.• E) slavery.• Ans: E
• 659. The new two party political system that emerged in the 1830s and 1840s
• A) divided the nation further.• B) was seen at the time as a weakening of
democracy.• C) resulted in the Civil War.• D) fulfilled the wishes of the founding fathers.• E) became an important part of the nation's
checks and balances.• Ans: E
• 660. In the 1820s and 1830s the public's attitude regarding political parties
• A) grew more negative.• B) saw little change from the early years of our
nation.• C) reinforced the belief of the Era of Good
Feelings.• D) accepted the sometimes wild
contentiousness of political life.• E) none of the above.• Ans: D
• 661. The presidential election of 1824• A) was the first to use the electoral college.• B) was the first one to see the election of a
minority president.• C) saw a record high voter turn-out show up at
the polls.• D) saw the formulation of well-organized
political parties.• E) was decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.• Ans: B
• 662. By the 1840s voter participation in the presidential election reached
• A) nearly 50 percent.• B) 25 percent.• C) 40 percent.• D) 15 percent.• E) nearly 80 percent.• Ans: E
• 663. Match each individual below with the correct description.• A. Andrew Jackson• B. Henry Clay• C. John C. Calhoun• D. William Crawford
• 1. was vice president on the ticket of two presidential candidates in 1824• 2. received more popular votes than any other candidate in 1824• 3. was eliminated as a candidate when the election of 1824 was thrown into the
House of Representatives
• A) A-2, B-3, C-1• B) A-2, B-1, D-3• C) B-1, C-3, D-2• D) A-3, C-2, D-1• E) A-1, B-2, D-3• Ans: A
• 664. The House of Representatives decided the 1824 presidential election when
• A) no candidate received a majority of the vote in the Electoral College.
• B) William Crawford suffered a stroke and was forced to drop out of the race.
• C) the House was forced to do so by “King Caucus.”• D) Henry Clay, as Speaker of the House, made the
request.• E) widespread voter fraud was discovered.• Ans: A
• 665. John Quincy Adams, elected president in 1825, was charged by his political opponents with having struck a “corrupt bargain” when he appointed _______________ to become__________ .
• A) John C. Calhoun, vice president• B) William Crawford, chief justice of the United States• C) Henry Clay, secretary of state• D) Daniel Webster, secretary of state• E) John Eaton, secretary of the navy• Ans: C
• 666. As president, John Quincy Adams• A) was more successful than as secretary of
state• B) adjusted to the New Democracy.• C) was one of the least successful presidents in
American history.• D) put many of his supporters on the federal
payroll.• E) was successful in getting his programs
enacted into law.• Ans: C
• 667. John Quincy Adams could be described as• A) an excellent politician.• B) a man who sought popular support.• C) a politician with great tact.• D) possessing almost none of the arts of the
politician.• E) a man of limited intelligence.• Ans: D
• 668. John Quincy Adams's weaknesses as president included all of the following except
• A) a deep nationalistic view.• B) only one-third of the voters voted for him.• C) his firing good office holders to appoint his
own people.• D) his sarcastic personality.• E) he was tactless.• Ans: C
• 669. Andrew Jackson's political philosophy was based on his
• A) support of a strong central government.• B) advocacy of the American System.• C) suspicion of the federal government.• D) opposition to the old antifederalist ideals.• E) family's economic status.• Ans: C
• 670. Andrew Jackson's inauguration as president symbolized the
• A) return of Jeffersonian simplicity.• B) newly won ascendancy of the masses.• C) supremacy of states' rights over federal
power.• D) involvement of state governments in the
economy.• E) act of style over substance.• Ans: B
• 671. The purpose behind the spoils system was• A) to press those with experience into
governmental service.• B) to make politics a sideline and not a full-time
business.• C) to reward political supporters with public
office.• D) to reverse the trend of rotation in office.• E) the widespread encouragement of a
bureaucratic office-holding class.• Ans: C
• 672. The spoils system under Andrew Jackson resulted in
• A) a clean sweep of federal job holders.• B) the replacement of insecurity by security in
employment.• C) the destruction of the personalized political machine.• D) the appointment of many corrupt and incompetent
officials to federal jobs.• E) the same actions of those taken by John Quincy
Adams.• Ans: D
• 673. The people who proposed the exceptionally high rates of the Tariff of 1828 were
• A) supporters of John Quincy Adams.• B) abolitionists.• C) ardent supporters of Andrew Jackson.• D) Daniel Webster and John C. Calhoun.• E) southern plantation owners.• Ans: C
• 674. The section of the United States most hurt by the Tariff of 1828 was
• A) New England.• B) the West.• C) the Southwest.• D) the South.• E) the middle states.• Ans: D
• 675. Southerners feared the Tariff of 1828 because• A) it would hurt their manufacturing sector.• B) this same power could be used to suppress slavery.• C) it might hurt Andrew Jackson's political career.• D) they were convinced that it would destroy the
American woolen industry.• E) it could damage the chances of the American
System's success.• Ans: B
• 676. John C. Calhoun's “South Carolina Exposition” was an argument for
• A) secession.• B) protective tariffs.• C) majority rule.• D) states' rights.• E) trade with England.• Ans: D
• 677. The “nullification crisis” of 1832–1833 erupted over
• A) banking policy.• B) internal improvements.• C) tariff policy.• D) public land sales.• E) Indian policy.• Ans: C
• 678. The strong regional support for the Tariff of 1833 came from
• A) the South.• B) New England.• C) the middle Atlantic states.• D) the West.• E) the frontier.• Ans: A
• 679. The Force Bill of 1833 provided that• A) the Congress could use the military for Indian
removal.• B) the Congress would employ the navy to stop
smuggling.• C) the President could use the army to collect excise
taxes.• D) the military could force citizens to track down
runaway slaves.• E) the President could use the army and navy to collect
federal tariff duties.• Ans: E
• 680. The person most responsible for defusing the tariff controversy that began in 1828 was
• A) Andrew Jackson.• B) John C. Calhoun.• C) John Quincy Adams.• D) Daniel Webster.• E) Henry Clay.• Ans: E
• 681. The nullification crisis of 1833 resulted in a clear-cut victory for
• A) South Carolina.• B) Andrew Jackson and the Union.• C) states' rights.• D) neither Andrew Jackson nor the nullifiers.• E) the industrialists.• Ans: D
• 682. In response to South Carolina's nullification of the Tariff of 1828, Andrew Jackson
• A) hanged several of the nullifiers.• B) dispatched military forces to South Carolina.• C) asked Henry Clay for help.• D) said nothing about nullification.• E) sought help from the Supreme Court.• Ans: B
• 683. The nullification crisis started by South Carolina over the Tariff of 1828 ended when
• A) Andrew Jackson used the court system to force compliance.
• B) the federal army crushed all resistance.• C) Congress used the provisions of the Force Bill.• D) Congress passed the compromise Tariff of 1833.• E) South Carolina took over the collection of tariffs.• Ans: D
• 684. Andrew Jackson's administration supported the removal of Native Americans from the eastern states because
• A) the Indians assimilated too easily into white society.• B) the Supreme Court ruled in favor of this policy.• C) whites wanted the Indians' lands.• D) Georgia and Florida tried to protect the Indians and
their lands.• E) they continued their attacks on white settlements.• Ans: C
• 685. In their treatment of Native Americans, white Americans did all of the following except
• A) recognize the tribes as separate nations.• B) argue that Indians could not be assimilated
into the larger society.• C) try to civilize them.• D) trick them into ceding land to whites.• E) promise to acquire land only through formal
treaties.• Ans: B
• 686. In an effort to assimilate themselves into white society, the Cherokees did all of the following except
• A) adopt a system of settled agriculture.• B) develop a written constitution.• C) become cotton planters.• D) refuse to own slaves.• E) develop a notion of private property.• Ans: D
• 687. The policy of the Jackson administration toward the eastern Indian tribes was
• A) a war of genocide.• B) gradual assimilation.• C) forced removal.• D) federal protection from state governments.• E) to encourage them to preserve their
traditional culture.• Ans: C
• 688. Andrew Jackson and his supporters disliked the Bank of the United States for all of the following reasons except it
• A) minted gold and silver coins but issued no paper money.
• B) controlled much of the nation's gold and silver.
• C) was a private institution.• D) foreclosed on many western farms.• E) put public service first, not profits.• Ans: E
• 689. Andrew Jackson made all of the following charges against the Bank of the United States except that
• A) the bank was antiwestern.• B) it was controlled by an elite moneyed
aristocracy.• C) the bank was autocratic and tyrannical.• D) it refused to lend money to politicians.• E) profit, not public service, was its first priority.• Ans: D
• 690. One of the positive aspects of the Bank of the United States was
• A) its officers' awareness of the bank's responsibilities to society.
• B) its preservation of the public trust.• C) its promotion of economic expansion by
making credit abundant.• D) its issuance of depreciated paper money.• E) that it loaned money to western farmers.• Ans: C
• 691. While in existence, the second Bank of the United States
• A) was the depository of the funds of the national government.
• B) irresponsibly inflated the national currency by issuing federal bank notes.
• C) limited economic growth by extending public credit.• D) forced an ever-increasing number of bank failures.• E) did little to help the economy.• Ans: A
• 692. Andrew Jackson's veto of the recharter bill for the Bank of the United States was
• A) the first presidential veto.• B) a major expansion of presidential power.• C) unconstitutional.• D) overturned by a two-thirds vote in Congress.• E) supported by the Anti-Mason party.• Ans: B
• 693. Andrew Jackson based his veto of the recharter bill for the Bank of the United States on
• A) constitutional grounds exclusively.• B) advice from Henry Clay.• C) the Supreme Court's McCulloch v. Maryland
decision.• D) the fact that he found the bill harmful to the
nation.• E) all of the above.• Ans: D
• 694. The Anti-Masonic party of 1832 appealed to
• A) the supporters of Andrew Jackson.• B) American suspicions of secret societies.• C) those who wished to keep the government
from meddling in social and economic life.• D) people opposed to the growing political
power of evangelical Protestants.• E) supporters of the American System.• Ans: B
• 695. Innovations in the election of 1832 included
• A) direct election of the president.• B) adoption of written party platforms.• C) election of the president by the House of
Representatives.• D) presidential nominations of “favorite sons” by
state legislatures.• E) abandonment of party conventions.• Ans: B
• 696. One of the main reasons Andrew Jackson decided to weaken the Bank of the United States after the 1832 election was
• A) his fear that Nicholas Biddle might try to manipulate the bank to force its recharter.
• B) his desire to halt the rising inflation rate that the bank had created before 1832.
• C) his desire to fight the Specie Circular, which hurt the West.
• D) that he lost money he had invested in it.• E) all of the above.• Ans: A
• 697. Supporters of the Whig party included all of the following except
• A) opponents of public education.• B) backers of southern states' rights.• C) large northern industrialists.• D) many evangelical Protestants.• E) backers of the American System.• Ans: A
• 698. The “cement” that held the Whig party together in its formative days was
• A) hatred of Andrew Jackson.• B) support of the American System.• C) opposition to the Anti-Masonic party.• D) the desire for a strong president.• E) opposition to the tariff.• Ans: A
• 699. The Whigs hoped to win the 1836 election by
• A) supporting Henry Clay.• B) using smear tactics.• C) forcing the election into the House of
Representatives.• D) emphasizing personality over issues.• E) outspending their opponents.• Ans: C
• 700. The Panic of 1837 was caused by all of the following except
• A) rampant speculation.• B) the Bank War.• C) financial problems abroad.• D) failure of wheat crops.• E) taking the country off the gold standard.• Ans: E
• 701. The Whigs offered all of the following proposals for the remedies of the economic ills facing America in 1837 except
• A) expansion of bank credit.• B) proposal of the “Divorce Bill.”• C) proposal of higher tariffs.• D) proposal of subsidies for internal
improvements.• E) more active involvement on the part of the
government.• Ans: B
• 702. Americans moved into Texas• A) when invited by the Spanish government.• B) after an agreement was concluded between
Mexican authorities and Stephen Austin.• C) on Sam Houston's defeat of General Santa
Anna.• D) to spread Protestantism.• E) after the Battle of San Jacinto.• Ans: B
• 703. The government of Mexico and the Americans who settled in Mexican-controlled Texas clashed over all of the following issues except
• A) slavery.• B) immigration.• C) allegiance to Spain.• D) local rights.• E) Santa Anna raising an army to use against
Texas.• Ans: C
• 704. Texans won their independence as a result of the victory over Mexican armies at the Battle of
• A) Santa Anna.• B) Goliad.• C) the Alamo.• D) San Jacinto.• E) the Rio Grande.• Ans: D
• 705. Texas gained its independence with• A) help from Britain.• B) no outside assistance.• C) help from Americans.• D) the blessing of the Mexican
government.• E) help from the French.• Ans: C
• 706. Spanish authorities allowed Moses Austin to settle in Texas because
• A) they believed that Austin and his settlers might be able to civilize the territory.
• B) they believed that the militarily powerful Austin would otherwise have taken the land by force.
• C) Spanish control of the territory was a subject of dispute between Spain and the United States.
• D) Spain planned to sell the land to the United States.• E) he paid them a sizeable sum of money.• Ans: A
• 707. One reason for the Anglo-Texan rebellion against Mexican rule was that
• A) the Mexicans opposed slavery.• B) the Mexican government refused to allow the “Old
Three Hundred” to purchase land.• C) the Anglo-Texans wanted to break away from a
government that had grown too authoritarian.• D) the Anglo-Texans objected to the Mexican
government's execution of Stephen Austin.• E) the Mexicans tried to establish slavery among the
Americans.• Ans: C
• 708. Presidents Jackson and Van Buren hesitated to extend recognition to and to annex the new Texas Republic because
• A) Texans did not want to be annexed to the United States.
• B) antislavery groups in the United States opposed the expansion of slavery.
• C) they were old political opponents of the Texas president, Sam Houston.
• D) public opinion in the United States opposed annexation.
• E) they feared war with Mexico's ally, Spain.• Ans: B
• 709. Most of the early American settlers in Texas came from
• A) New England.• B) the South and Southwest.• C) the Old Northwest.• D) the middle Atlantic states.• E) the Ohio Territory.• Ans: B
• 710. The “Tippecanoe” in the Whigs' 1840 campaign slogan was
• A) Daniel Webster.• B) Martin Van Buren.• C) William Harrison.• D) Nicholas Biddle.• E) Henry Clay.• Ans: C
• 711. William Henry Harrison, the Whig party's presidential candidate in 1840, was
• A) a true “common man.”• B) a very effective chief executive.• C) made to look like a poor western farmer.• D) born in a log cabin.• E) the first military officer to become president.• Ans: C
• 712. Both the Democratic party and the Whig party
• A) favored a renewed national bank.• B) supported federal restraint in social and
economic affairs.• C) were mass-based political parties.• D) clung to states' rights policies.• E) feared the rise of the Anti-Masonic party.• Ans: C
• 713. The two political parties of the Jacksonian era tended to
• A) promote sectionalism over nationalism.• B) take radical and extreme positions on issues.• C) take similar positions on issues such as
banking.• D) be socially and geographically diverse.• E) be socially exclusive but geographically
diverse.• Ans: D
• 714. Life on the frontier was• A) fairly comfortable for women but not for men.• B) downright grim for most pioneer families.• C) free of disease and premature death.• D) rarely portrayed in popular literature.• E) based on tight-knit communities.• Ans: B
• 715. All of the following gave rise to a more dynamic, market-oriented, national economy in early nineteenth-century America except
• A) the push west in search of cheap land.• B) government regulation of all major economic
industry.• C) a vast number of European immigrants settling in the
cities.• D) newly invented machinery.• E) better roads, faster steamboats, further-reaching
canals, and tentacle-stretching railroads.• Ans: B
• 716. Pioneering Americans marooned by geography• A) remained well informed despite the barriers.• B) grew to depend on other people for most of their
clothing.• C) abandoned the “rugged individualism” of colonial
Americans.• D) looked to state governments for economic help.• E) became ill informed and individualistic in their
attitudes.• Ans: E
• 717. In early-nineteenth-century America,• A) the annual population growth rate was much
higher than in colonial days.• B) the urban population was growing at an
unprecedented rate.• C) the birthrate was rapidly declining.• D) the death rate was increasing.• E) the center of population moved northward.• Ans: B
• 718. The dramatic growth of American cities between 1800 and 1860
• A) led to a lower death rate.• B) contributed to a decline in the birthrate.• C) resulted in unsanitary conditions in many
communities.• D) forced the federal government to slow
immigration.• E) created sharp political conflict between
farmers and urbanites.• Ans: C
• 719. “Ecological imperialism” can best be described as
• A) the efforts of white settlers to take land from Native Americans.
• B) the aggressive exploitation of the West's bounty.
• C) a desire for the United States to acquire California.
• D) the spread of technology and industry.• E) none of the above.• Ans: B
• 720. George Catlin advocated• A) placing Indians on reservations.• B) efforts to protect America's endangered
species.• C) continuing the “rendezvous” system.• D) keeping white settlers out of the West.• E) the preservation of nature as a national
policy.• Ans: E
• 721. The influx of immigrants to the United States tripled, then quadrupled, in the
• A) 1810s and 1820s.• B) 1820s and 1830s.• C) 1830s and 1840s.• D) 1840s and 1850s.• E) 1860s and 1870s.• Ans: D
• 722. Ireland's great export in the 1840s was
• A) people.• B) potatoes.• C) wool.• D) whiskey.• E) music.• Ans: A
• 723. The Irish immigrants to early nineteenth-century America
• A) were mostly Roman Catholics and hated the British.• B) tended to settle on western farmlands.• C) were warmly welcomed by American workers.• D) identified and sympathized with American free
blacks.• E) were often members of the Irish Republican Army.• Ans: A
• 724. When the Irish flocked to the United States in the 1840s, they stayed in the larger seaboard cities because they
• A) preferred urban life.• B) were offered high-paying jobs.• C) were welcomed by the people living there.• D) were too poor to move west and buy land.• E) had experience in urban politics.• Ans: D
• 725. When the “famine Irish” came to America, they
• A) moved to the West.• B) mostly became farmers.• C) moved up the economic ladder quickly.• D) mostly remained in the port cities of the
Northeast.• E) formed alliances with Yankees against the
Germans.• Ans: D
• 726. Native-born Protestant Americans distrusted and resented the Irish mostly because these immigrants
• A) were poor.• B) were thought to love alcohol.• C) were Roman Catholic.• D) frequently became police officers.• E) were slow to learn English.• Ans: C
• 727. German immigrants in the early nineteenth century tended to
• A) settle in eastern industrial cities.• B) assimilated themselves well into American
culture .• C) become slave-owners.• D) join the temperance movement.• E) preserve their own language and culture.• Ans: E
• 728. German immigrants to the United States• A) quickly became a powerful political force.• B) came to escape economic hardships and
autocratic government.• C) were as poor as the Irish.• D) contributed little to American life.• E) were almost all Roman Catholics.• Ans: B
• 729. When German immigrants came to the United States, they
• A) often became Baptist or Methodists.• B) mixed well with other Americans.• C) remained mostly in the Northeast.• D) prospered with astonishing ease.• E) dropped most of their German customs.• Ans: D
• 730. Those who were frightened by the rapid influx of Irish immigrants organized
• A) the Order of the Star-Spangled Banner.• B) the “Molly Maguires.”• C) Tammany Hall.• D) the Ancient Order of Hibernians.• E) the Ku Klux Klan.• Ans: A
• 731. The sentiment of fear and opposition to open immigration was called
• A) the cult of domesticity.• B) nativism.• C) Unitarianism.• D) rugged individualism.• E) patriotism.• Ans: B
• 732. Native-born Americans feared that Catholic immigrants to the United States would
• A) want to attend school with Protestants.• B) overwhelm the native-born Catholics and
control the church.• C) “establish” the Catholic church at the
expense of Protestantism.• D) assume control of the “Know-Nothing” party.• E) establish monasteries and convents in the
West.• Ans: C
• 733. Immigrants coming to the United States before 1860
• A) depressed the economy due to their poverty.• B) found themselves involved in few cultural
conflicts.• C) had little impact on society until after the Civil
War.• D) settled mostly in the South.• E) helped to fuel economic expansion.• Ans: E
• 734. The “Father of the Factory System” in the United States was
• A) Robert Fulton.• B) Samuel F. B. Morse.• C) Eli Whitney.• D) Samuel Slater.• E) Thomas Edison.• Ans: D
• 735. Eli Whitney was instrumental in the invention of the
• A) steamboat.• B) cotton gin.• C) railroad locomotive.• D) telegraph.• E) repeating revolver.• Ans: B
• 736. Most of the cotton produced in the American South after the invention of the cotton gin was
• A) produced by free labor.• B) sold to England.• C) grown on the tidewater plains.• D) consumed by the southern textile industry.• E) of the long-staple variety.• Ans: B
• 737. The American phase of the industrial revolution first blossomed
• A) on southern plantations.• B) with textile mills.• C) in rapidly growing Chicago.• D) with shipbuilding.• E) in coal-mining regions.• Ans: B
• 738. As a result of the development of the cotton gin,
• A) slavery revived and expanded.• B) American industry bought more southern
cotton than did British manufacturers.• C) a nationwide depression ensued.• D) the South diversified its economy.• E) the textile industry moved to the South.• Ans: A
• 739. The underlying basis for modern mass production was the
• A) cotton gin.• B) musket.• C) use of interchangeable parts.• D) principle of limited liability.• E) passing of protective tariffs.• Ans: C
• 740. The early factory system distributed its benefits
• A) mostly to the owners.• B) evenly to all.• C) primarily in the South.• D) to workers represented by unions.• E) to overseas investors.• Ans: A
• 741. Match each individual below with the correct invention.
• A. Samuel Morse 1. telegraphB. Cyrus McCormick2. mower-reaperC. Elias Howe3. steamboatD. Robert Fulton 4. sewing machine
• A) A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2• B) A-1, B-2, C-4, D-3• C) A-1, B-4, C-2, D-3• D) A-4, B-2, C-3, D-1• E) A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3• Ans: B
• 742. The American work force in the early nineteenth century was characterized by
• A) substantial employment of women and children in factories.
• B) strikes by workers that were few in number but usually effective.
• C) a general lengthening of the workday from ten to fourteen hours.
• D) extensive political activity among workers.• E) reliance on the system of apprentices and masters.• Ans: A
• 743. One reason that the lot of adult wage earners improved was
• A) support gained from the United States Supreme Court.
• B) the passage of minimum wage laws.• C) the passage of laws restricting the use of
strikebreakers.• D) the enactment of immigration restrictions.• E) the enfranchisement of the laboring man.• Ans: E
• 744. In the case of Commonwealth v. Hunt, the supreme court of Massachusetts ruled that
• A) corporations were unconstitutional.• B) labor unions were not illegal conspiracies.• C) labor strikes were illegal by violating the Fair
Labor Acts.• D) the Boston Associates employment of young
women in their factories was inhumane.• E) the state could regulate factory wages and
working conditions.• Ans: B
• 745. The “cult of domesticity”• A) gave women more opportunity to seek
employment outside the home.• B) resulted in more pregnancies for women.• C) restricted women's moral influence on the
family.• D) glorified the traditional role of women as
homemakers.• E) was especially strong among rural women.• Ans: D
• 746. Early-nineteenth-century American families• A) were becoming more loosely knit and less
affectionate.• B) usually included three generations in the
same household.• C) taught their children to be unquestioningly
obedient.• D) usually allowed parents to determine choice
of marriage partners.• E) were getting smaller.• Ans: E
• 747. One of the goals of the child-centered family of the 1800s was to
• A) raise children who were obedient to authority.
• B) allow parents to spoil their children.• C) raise independent individuals.• D) increase the number of children.• E) preserve childhood innocence.• Ans: C
• 748. The effect of early-nineteenth-century industrialization on the trans-Allegheny West was to encourage
• A) specialized, cash-crop agriculture.• B) slavery.• C) self-sufficient farming.• D) heavy industry.• E) higher tariffs.• Ans: A
• 749. With the development of cash-crop agriculture in the trans-Allegheny West,
• A) subsistence farming became common.• B) farmers began to support the idea of slave
labor.• C) farmers quickly faced mounting
indebtedness.• D) the South could harvest a larger crop.• E) the issue of farm surpluses came to the fore.• Ans: C
• 750. In the 1790's a major transportation project linking the East to the trans-Allegheny West was the
• A) Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.• B) National (Cumberland) Road.• C) Erie Canal.• D) St. Lawrence Seaway.• E) Lancaster Turnpike.• Ans: E
• 751. Western road building faced all of the following problems except
• A) the expense.• B) states' rights advocates' opposition.• C) eastern states' opposition.• D) competition from canals.• E) wartime interruptions.• Ans: D
• 752. The major application for steamboats transporting freight and passengers in the United States was on
• A) New England streams.• B) western and southern rivers.• C) the Great Lakes.• D) the Gulf of Mexico.• E) coastal waterways.• Ans: B
• 753. The “canal era” of American history began with the construction of the
• A) Mainline Canal in Pennsylvania.• B) James River and Kanasha Canal from
Virginia to Ohio.• C) Wabash Canal in Indiana.• D) Suez Canal in Illinois.• E) Erie Canal in New York.• Ans: E
• 754. Construction of the Erie Canal• A) forced some New England farmers to move
or change occupations.• B) showed how long-established local markets
could survive a continental economy.• C) helped farmers so much that industrialization
was slowed.• D) was aided by federal money.• E) created political tensions between the
Northeast and the Midwest.• Ans: A
• 755. Most early railroads in the United States were built in the
• A) North.• B) Old South.• C) lower Mississippi Valley.• D) Far West.• E) Appalachian Mountains.• Ans: A
• 756. Compared with canals, railroads
• A) were more expensive to construct.
• B) transported freight more slowly.
• C) were generally safer.
• D) were susceptible to weather delays.
• E) could be built almost anywhere.
• Ans: E
• 757. In the new continental economy, each region specialized in a particular economic activity: the South _________ for export; the West grew grains and livestock to feed _________; and the East _________ for the other two regions.
• A) raised grain, southern slaves, processed meat• B) grew cotton, southern slaves, made machines and
textiles• C) grew cotton, eastern factory workers, made
machines and textiles• D) raised grain, eastern factory workers, made furniture
and tools• E) processed meat, southern slaves, raised grain• Ans: C
• 758. As a result of the transportation revolution,• A) division of labor became a thing of the past.• B) New Orleans became an even more
important port.• C) each region in the nation specialized in a
particular type of economic activity.• D) self-sufficiency became easier to achieve for
American families.• E) the Midwest became the first industrialized
region.• Ans: C
• 759. In general, _________ tended to bind the West and South together, while _________ and _________ connected West to East.
• A) steamboats, canals, railroads• B) railroads, canals, steamboats• C) canals, steamboats, turnpikes• D) turnpikes, steamboats, canals• E) turnpikes, railroads, steamboats• Ans: A
• 760. All of the following were legal questions raised as a result of the new market economy except
• A) how tightly should patents protect inventions?• B) should the government regulate monopolies?• C) can a democratic government still support slavery?• D) who should own these new technologies?• E) who should own the new transportation network?• Ans: E
• 761. As the new continental market economy grew,• A) individual households became increasingly self-
sufficient.• B) the home came to be viewed as a refuge from the
workday world.• C) traditional women's work became more highly valued
and increasingly important.• D) respect for women as homemakers declined.• E) the home lost most of its importance for family life.• Ans: B
• 762. A major economic consequence of the transportation and marketing revolutions was
• A) a lessening of the gap between great wealth and poverty.• B) a stabilization of the work force in industrial cities.• C) the declining significance of American agriculture.• D) a steady improvement in average wages and standards of living.• E) the growing realization of the “rags-to-riches” American dream.• Ans: D
• 763. America's early-nineteenth-century population was notable for its
• A) restlessness.• B) wastefulness.• C) youthfulness.• D) aggressiveness.• E) thoughtfulness.• Ans: A
• 764. Factors encouraging the growth of immigration rates in the first half of the nineteenth century included the
• A) rapid growth rate of the European population.• B) perception of America as the land of freedom and
opportunity.• C) introduction of transoceanic steamships.• D) economic and political turmoil in Europe.• E) religious oppression by European state churches.• Ans: A
• 765. The growth of industry and the factory system in the United States was slowed by
• A) the high price of land.• B) the scarcity of labor.• C) limited investment capital.• D) a small domestic market.• E) weak incentives for new technology.• Ans: B
• 766. The Northeast became the center of early-nineteenth-century American industry because it had
• A) a superior transportation system.• B) abundant water power.• C) investment capital available.• D) a local supply of raw materials used in
manufacturing.• E) a relatively large labor supply.• Ans: B
• 767. The growth of early-nineteenth-century American manufacturing was stimulated by the
• A) War of 1812.• B) Peace of Ghent.• C) Louisiana Purchase.• D) Tariff of 1816.• E) rise of the “Know-Nothing” Party.• Ans: A
• 768. By 1850, America's factory system was producing
• A) textiles.• B) boots and shoes.• C) firearms.• D) steel.• E) sewing machines.• Ans: A
• 769. The concentration of capital for investment in large-scale enterprises in the early nineteenth century was promoted by the
• A) wider acceptance of the principle of limited liability.
• B) introduction of state corporate tax laws.• C) legalization of labor unions.• D) passage of state free incorporation laws.• E) lowering of the capital gains tax.• Ans: A
• 770. The turnpikes, canals, and steamboats as new transportation links generally encouraged
• A) lowering of freight rates.• B) economic growth.• C) rising land values.• D) migration of peoples.• E) states' rights.• Ans: A
• 771. Clipper ships and the Pony Express had in common
• A) the use of the most advanced technology.• B) speedy service.• C) a brief existence.• D) low cost.• E) support from the federal government.• Ans: B
• 772. Advances in manufacturing and transportation brought
• A) a narrowing of the gap between rich and poor in America.
• B) more prosperity and opportunity to most Americans.• C) innumerable cases of “rags-to-riches” economic
mobility for ordinary Americans.• D) increased immigration from Europe to the United
States.• E) economic reliance on the export of manufactured
goods.• Ans: B
• 773. The Deist faith embraced all of the following except
• A) the concept of original sin.• B) the reliance on reason rather than revolution.• C) belief in a Supreme Being.• D) belief in human beings' capacity for moral
behavior.• E) denial of the divinity of Jesus.• Ans: A
• 774. Deists like Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin endorsed the concept of
• A) revelation.• B) original sin.• C) the deity of Christ.• D) a Supreme Being who created the universe.• E) the imminent end of the world.• Ans: D
• 775. By 1850, organized religion in America• A) retained the rigor of colonial religion.• B) was ignored by three-fourths of the people.• C) had lost some of its austere Calvinist rigor.• D) had grown more conservative.• E) had become tied to the upper classes.• Ans: C
• 776. All the following are true of the Second Great Awakening except that it
• A) resulted in the conversion of countless souls.• B) encouraged a variety of humanitarian reforms.• C) strengthened democratic denominations like the
Baptists and Methodists.• D) was a reaction against the growing liberalism in
religion.• E) was not as large as the First Great Awakening.• Ans: E
• 777. Unitarians endorsed the concept of
• A) the deity of Christ.
• B) original sin.
• C) salvation through good works.
• D) predestination.
• E) the Bible as the norm of doctrine.
• Ans: C
• 778. An early-nineteenth-century religious rationalist sect devoted to the rule of reason and free will was the
• A) Unitarians.• B) Seventh-Day Adventists• C) Methodists.• D) Mormons.• E) Roman Catholics.• Ans: A
• 779. Religious revivals of the Second Great Awakening resulted in
• A) little increase in church membership.• B) a strong religious influence in many areas of
American life.• C) surprisingly few humanitarian reforms.• D) greater attention to church history and
doctrine.• E) all of the above.• Ans: B
• 780. As a revivalist preacher, Charles Grandison Finney advocated
• A) opposition to slavery.• B) a perfect Christian kingdom on earth.• C) opposition to alcohol.• D) public prayer by women.• E) all of the above.• Ans: E
• 781. The greatest of the revival preachers of the Second Great Awakening was
• A) Joseph Smith.• B) Horace Greeley.• C) Carl Schurz.• D) Charles G. Finney.• E) Angelina Grimke.• Ans: D
• 782. The Second Great Awakening tended to
• A) promote religious diversity.• B) reduce social class differences.• C) blur regional differences.• D) discourage church membership.• E) weaken women's social position.• Ans: A
• 783. The Mormon religion originated in
• A) Utah.
• B) New England.
• C) Nauvoo, Illinois.
• D) Ireland.
• E) the Burned-Over District of New York.
• Ans: E
• 784. The religious sects that gained most from the revivalism of the Second Great Awakening were the
• A) Roman Catholics and Episcopalians.• B) Unitarians and Adventists.• C) Methodists and Baptists.• D) Congregationalists and Presbyterians.• E) Lutherans and Mennonites.• Ans: C
• 785. The Second Great Awakening tended to• A) widen the lines between classes and regions.• B) open Episcopal and Presbyterian churches
to the poor.• C) unite southern Baptists and southern
Methodists against slavery.• D) bring the more prosperous and conservative
eastern churches into the revivalist camps.• E) increase the influence of educated clergy.• Ans: A
• 786. The original prophet of the Mormon religion was
• A) Ralph Waldo Emerson.• B) Brigham Young.• C) Charles G. Finney.• D) the angel Moroni.• E) Joseph Smith.• Ans: E
• 787. Which one of the following is least related to the other four?
• A) Brigham Young• B) William Miller• C) The Book of Mormon• D) Salt Lake City• E) polygamy• Ans: B
• 788. One characteristic of the Mormons that angered many non-Mormons was their
• A) highly individualistic life-styles.• B) unwillingness to vote.• C) refusal to take up arms and defend
themselves.• D) emphasis on cooperative or group effort.• E) flirtation with foreign governments.• Ans: D
• 789. Many of the denominational liberal arts colleges founded as a result of the Second Great Awakening
• A) were academically distinguished institutions.• B) lacked much intellectual vitality.• C) eventually gained tax-supported status.• D) offered a new, nontraditional curriculum.• E) opened their doors to Catholic students.• Ans: B
• 790. Tax-supported public education• A) existed mainly for the wealthy.• B) eliminated private and parochial education in
the U.S.• C) began in the South as early as 1800.• D) provided little opportunity for the poor.• E) was deemed essential for social stability and
democracy.• Ans: E
• 791. In the first half of the nineteenth century, tax-supported schools were
• A) chiefly available to educate the children of the poor.• B) most in evidence in the South.• C) continuously opposed by wealthy, conservative
whites.• D) open only to tuition-paying children of the well-to-do.• E) more academically demanding than private
academies.• Ans: A
• 792. Noah Webster's dictionary• A) had little impact until the twentieth century.• B) helped to standardize the American
language.• C) was used to educate nineteenth-century
slaves.• D) came to the United States from Britain in the
1800s.• E) gave legitimacy to American slang.• Ans: B
• 793. One strong prejudice inhibiting women from obtaining higher education in the early nineteenth century was the belief that
• A) they would gain political and economic power through education.• B) women were inherently conservative and opposed to social
reform.• C) children should grow up without the influence of educated
women.• D) the Constitution prohibited women from attending colleges.• E) too much learning would injure women's brains and ruin their
health.• Ans: E
• 794. Women became especially active in the social reforms stimulated by the Second Great Awakening because
• A) evangelical religion emphasized their spiritual dignity and religious social reform legitimized their activity outside the home.
• B) they refused to accept the idea that there was a special female role in society.
• C) they were looking to obtain as much power as possible.• D) many of the leading preachers and evangelists were women.• E) they saw the churches as the first institutions that needed to be
reformed.• Ans: A
• 795. Two areas where women in the nineteenth century were widely thought to be superior to men were
• A) physical strength and mental vigor.• B) moral sensibility and artistic refinement.• C) political ability and organizational
shrewdness.• D) sexual appetite and physical desire.• E) economic competitiveness and capacity for
education.• Ans: B
• 796. New England reformer Dorothea Dix is most notable for her efforts on behalf of
• A) prison and asylum reform.• B) the peace movement.• C) the temperance movement.• D) abolitionism.• E) women's education.• Ans: A
• 797. The excessive consumption of alcohol by Americans in the 1800s
• A) was not recognized as a social problem.• B) did not involve women.• C) held little threat for the family because
everyone drank.• D) had little impact on the efficiency of labor.• E) stemmed from the hard and monotonous life
of many.• Ans: E
• 798. Sexual differences were strongly emphasized in nineteenth-century America because
• A) frontier life necessitated these distinctions.• B) men were regarded as morally superior beings.• C) it was the duty of men to teach the young how to be
good, productive citizens• D) the market economy increasingly separated men and
women into distinct economic roles.• E) women believed this emphasis brought them greater
respect.• Ans: D
• 799. One sign that women in America were treated better than women in Europe was
• A) that American women could vote.• B) that the law in the U.S. prohibited men from beating
them.• C) that rape was more severely punished in the U.S.• D) that their ideas of equality were well received by
American men.• E) that American women earned respect by engaging in
male activities.• Ans: C
• 800. Neal Dow sponsored the Maine Law of 1851, which called for
• A) the abolition of capital punishment.• B) a ban on war.• C) a ban on polygamy.• D) woman suffrage.• E) a ban on the manufacture and sale of
intoxicating liquor.• Ans: E
• 801. By the 1850s, the crusade for women's rights was eclipsed by
• A) the temperance movement.• B) the “Lucy Stoners.”• C) abolitionism.• D) prison reform advocates.• E) evangelical revivalism.• Ans: C
• 802. According to John Humphrey Noyes, the key to happiness is
• A) acceptance of a sinful mankind.• B) the suppression of selfishness.• C) the abandonment of “complex” marriages.• D) a rejection of Bible communism.• E) political reform.• Ans: B
• 803. The beliefs advocated by John Humphrey Noyes included all of the following except
• A) no private property.• B) sharing of all material goods.• C) belief in a vengeful deity.• D) strictly monogamous marriages.• E) improvement of the human race through
eugenics.• Ans: D
• 804. The key to Oneida's financial success was• A) its move from Vermont to New York.• B) the establishment of Bible communism.• C) the manufacture of steel animal traps and
silverware.• D) its tax-exempt religious status.• E) its linkage of religion to free-market
capitalism.• Ans: C
• 805. The Oneida colony declined due to• A) widespread criticism of its sexual
practices.• B) a decline in animal trapping.• C) their adoption of capitalism.• D) the loss of Noyes's leadership.• E) all of the above.• Ans: A
• 806. The American medical profession by 1860 was noted for
• A) its still primitive standards.• B) having abandoned the practice of bleeding.• C) its discovery of germs as the cause of
illness.• D) pioneer work in dentistry.• E) its well established medical schools.• Ans: A
• 807. Most of the utopian communities in pre-1860s America held _________________________ as one of their founding ideals.
• A) rugged individualism• B) pacifism• C) capitalism• D) opposition to communism• E) cooperative social and economic practices• Ans: E
• 808. Of the following, the most successful of the early-nineteenth-century communitarian experiments was at
• A) Brook Farm, Massachusetts.• B) Oneida, New York.• C) New Harmony, Indiana.• D) Seneca Falls, New York.• E) Shaker Heights, Ohio.• Ans: B
• 809. When it came to scientific achievement, America in the 1800s was
• A) a world leader.• B) a nation from which other countries
borrowed.• C) most noted for its successes in medicine.• D) more interested in practical matters.• E) focused primarily on biology and chemistry.• Ans: D
• 810. Match each individual below with the correct description.
• A. Louis Agassiz 1. author of Birds of AmericaB. Gilbert Stuart2. portrait artistC. John J. Audubon3. romantic novelist4. Harvard biologist
• A) A-3, B-2, C-4• B) A-4, B-3, C-1• C) A-2, B-1, C-3• D) A-4, B-2, C-1• E) A-1, B-4, C-2• Ans: D
• 811. America's artistic achievements in the first half of the nineteenth century
• A) were remarkable for their creativity.• B) were least notable in architecture.• C) built on the achievements of the Puritans.• D) took very little from Europe.• E) were closely linked to democratic ideals.• Ans: B
• 812. The Hudson River school excelled in the art of painting
• A) portraits.• B) classical Frescos.• C) still life.• D) daguerreotypes.• E) landscapes.• Ans: E
• 813. A genuinely American literature received a strong boost from the
• A) wave of nationalism that followed the War of 1812.
• B) writing of Charles Wilson Peale.• C) religious writings of the Second Great
Awakening.• D) federal support for the arts.• E) none of the above.• Ans: A
• 814. Match each writer below with his work.• A. Washington Irving 1. WaldenB. James
Fenimore Cooper2. Leatherstocking TalesC. Ralph Waldo Emerson3. The Sketch Book, with “Rip Van Winkle”4. “The American Scholar”
• A) A-1, B-2, C-3• B) A-3, B-2, C-4• C) A-2, B-3, C-1• D) A-3, B-1, C-4• E) A-4, B-2, C-1• Ans: B
• 815. Transcendentalists believed that all knowledge came through
• A) the writings of John Locke.• B) the senses.• C) observation.• D) inherent rational capacity.• E) an inner light.• Ans: E
• 816. All of the following influenced transcendental thought except
• A) German philosophers.• B) Oriental religions.• C) Catholic belief.• D) individualism.• E) love of nature.• Ans: C
• 817. “Civil Disobedience,” an essay that later influenced both Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr., was written by the transcendentalist
• A) Louisa May Alcott.• B) Ralph Waldo Emerson.• C) James Fenimore Cooper.• D) Margaret Fuller.• E) Henry David Thoreau.• Ans: E
• 818. The Poet Laureate of Democracy, whose emotional and explicit writings expressed a deep love of the masses and enthusiasm for an expanding America, was
• A) Edgar Allan Poe.• B) Emily Dickinson.• C) Walt Whitman.• D) Herman Melville.• E) Elizabeth Cady Stanton.• Ans: C
• 819. The most noteworthy southern novelist before the Civil War was
• A) William Gilmore Simms.• B) John C. Calhoun.• C) James Russell Lowell.• D) Oliver Wendell Holmes.• E) William Faulkner.• Ans: A
• 820. One American writer who did not believe in human goodness and social progress was
• A) James Russell Lowell.• B) Henry David Thoreau.• C) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.• D) Edgar Allan Poe.• E) Walt Whitman.• Ans: D
• 821. Match each writer below with his work.• A. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow1. The Scarlet
LetterB. Edgar Allan Poe2. Moby DickC. Nathaniel Hawthorne3. “Hiawatha”D. Herman Melville
• A) A-3, B-2, C-l• B) A-1, B-3, D-2• C) A-1, C-3, D-2• D) B-2, C-1, D-3• E) A-3, C-l, D-2• Ans: E
• 822. Virtually all the distinguished historians of early-nineteenth-century America came from
• A) the South.• B) the middle Atlantic states.• C) New England.• D) the Midwest.• E) the frontier.• Ans: C