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QUESTION SET I
1607–1789
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I 1607–1789 – QUESTIONS
1. The governmental system created by the US Constitution in 1787 included all of the following EXCEPT
A a provision for ratifying the Constitution
B a provision for creating an Electoral College
C a provision for impeaching the President
D a provision for requiring an annual presidential State of the Union message
E a provision for a two-term limit for presidents
2. The decline of religious zeal led Puritan authorities to
A invite Roger Williams to return to Massachusetts
B support Bacon’s Rebellion
C institute the Halfway Covenant
D protest British mercantile policies
E grant married women more property rights
3. Anne Bradstreet and Phillis Wheatly were
A notable Hudson River School artists
B notable New Light preachers
C notable Quaker abolitionist leaders
D notable colonial American poets
E notable Seneca Falls Convention organizers
4. Which of the following was a key tenet of eighteenth century republicanism?
A the virtues of agrarian life
B survival of the fittest
C the necessity of having a favorable balance of trade
D government dominated by the rich, well-born, and able
E
belief that people can create utopian communities based upon the principles of cooperation and mutual
respect
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5. Shays’ Rebellion exposed tensions between
A slaves and planters
B loyalists and patriots
C debtors and creditors
D federalists and anti-federalists
E former indentured servants and the Tidewater gentry
6. The Battle of Saratoga was important because it
A convinced Great Britain to revoke the Coercive Acts
B convinced France to openly support the American cause
C convinced Jackson to defend New Orleans
D convinced Great Britain to end the War of 1812
E convinced Lee to invade Pennsylvania
7. Which of the following was NOT true of the Great Awakening?
A It spread a renewed missionary spirit that led to the conversion of many African slaves.
B It was energized by itinerant preachers such as George Whitefield.
C It led to an increase in the number of women in church congregations.
D It created divisions within both the Congregational and the Presbyterian churches.
E It primarily impacted merchants and townspeople in port cities such as Philadelphia and Boston.
8. Which of the following was the most important consequence of the French and Indian War?
A The Iroquois Confederacy emerged as the strongest Native American alliance in the southern colonies.
B The colonies forged a strong political alliance.
Great Britain gained control over American lands east of the Mississippi but also inherited a large war debt.
C
D Great Britain opened lands west of the Appalachian Mountains to settlers.
E
Great Britain adopted new mercantile laws to encourage the colonies to develop their own munitions
industry.
9. Bacon’s Rebellion in 1676 illustrates the tension between
A Federalists and Anti-Federalists
B New England and the Chesapeake colonies
C Puritans and religious dissidents
D Former indentured servants and the Tidewater gentry
E Massachusetts farmers and their creditors
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In an expanding Republic, so many different groups and viewpoints would be included in the Congress that
“tyranny
by the majority would be impossible.
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The statement above expresses the views of
A John Winthrop in this “city on a hill” sermon
B Roger Williams in a sermon supporting the Halfway Covenant
C James Madison in the Federalist Papers
D Patrick Henry in a speech opposing ratification of the Constitution
Daniel Shays in a letter explaining why Massachusetts farmers favored increased circulation of paper currency
E
11. Which of the following is a correct statement about English indentured servants?
A They helped suppress Bacon’s Rebellion.
B They instigated the Stono Rebellion.
C They were the primary source of agricultural labor in Virginia and Maryland before 1675.
D They greatly outnumbered African slaves in every southern colony by 1776.
E They supported Roger Williams and other Massachusetts dissidents.
12. Anne Hutchinson is most noted for her
A poems about frontier life
B unorthodox religious views
C outspoken support for women’s suffrage
D emotional First Great Awakening sermons
E opposition to slavery
13. Which of the following was the most important cash crop in the Chesapeake colonies during the seventeenth
century?
A cotton
B tobacco
C rice
D indigo
E sugar
14. The primary purpose of the Stamp Act was to
A support New Light colleges in New England
B reform the Navigation Acts
C protect the infant industries in New England
D raise revenue for the British government
E increase colonial representation in Parliament
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Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such
“unlimited
power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. If particular
care is not paid to the Ladies we are determined to foment a revolution.
”
The statement above was made by
A Anne Hutchinson urging Jonathan Edwards to give women a greater role in the Great Awakening.
B Anne Bradstreet urging Patrick Henry to support the formation of a Daughters of Liberty.
C Abigal Adams urging her husband John Adams to become an advocate for greater rights for women.
D
Andrew Jackson urging delegates to the 1832 Democratic convention to extend the suffrage to white
women.
E W.E.B. Du Bois urging delegates to the first meeting of the NAACP to fight for equal rights for all citizens.
16. The Northwest Ordinance of 1787
A provided free land for settlers in the Northwest Territory
B called for a convention to revise the Articles of Confederation
C influenced Jefferson’s theory of natural rights
D banned slavery from the Northwest Territory
E granted Great Britain temporary control over a number of frontier Forts
17. All of the following statements about British mercantilist polices are true EXCEPT:
A They impeded the growth of colonial manufacturing.
B They were implemented by the Navigation Acts.
C They were not rigorously enforced prior to 1763.
D They reduced colonial consumption of French and Dutch goods.
E They encouraged other European powers to establish colonies in North America.
18. Conservative leaders such as George Washington and Alexander Hamilton believed that Shays’ Rebellion
demonstrated the need for
A a convention to revise the Articles of Confederation
B more just slave codes
C more paper currency to ease the problems of debtors
D a strong alliance with France
E greater tolerance of unorthodox religious views
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19. The Great Compromise
A created a bicameral Congress
B created the Electoral College
C resolved a dispute between the free states and the slave states
D established the Supreme Court
E allowed the President to negotiate treaties that had to be ratified by the Senate
20.
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For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill, the eyes of all people are upon us. So that if we shall
deal falsely with our God in this work we shall have undertaken, and so cause Him to withdraw His present help
from us, we shall be made a story and a by-word through the world.
The statement above was made by
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A George Whitefield preaching to a mass gathering during the Great Awakening.
B
John Winthrop expressing his belief that the Puritan colonists had a special pact with God to build a
model Christian society.
C Lord Baltimore defining the purpose of the Maryland colony.
D Roger Williams defending the excessive religiosity of the Puritans.
E Thomas Paine urging Americans to reject British sovereignty and create an independent nation.
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I 1607–1789 – ANSWERS
1. E (pages 69–70)
2. C (page 42)
3. D (page 50)
4. A (pages 56–57)
5. C (page 66)
6. B (page 60)
7. E (page 48)
8. C (page 52–53)
9. D (pages 35–36)
10. C (page 73)
11. C (page 35)
12. B (page 42)
13. B (page 34)
14. D (pages 53–55)
15. C (page 71)
16. D (page 65)
17. E (page 49)
18. A (page 66)
19. A (page 68)
20. B (pages 39–40)
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