MCQ Midterm Study Guide Chapter 1-8

In the late fifteenth century, the desire in Europe to look for new lands was spurred in part by

Significant population growth

What factor is believed to have dramatically reduced New World native populations after contact with Europeans?

disease

African and American Indian societies tended to be matrilineal, which means

people traced their heredity through their mothers.

First permanent English settlement in the New World was established

Jamestown

Which of these reasons WAS NOT a reason for the significance of Bacon's Rebellion?

Led to genocidal policies enacted by the U.S. government in the early 1700s

The cultivation of tobacco in Jamestown resulted in all of the following EXCEPT

improved relations with the local Indians.

In which area of technology were Indians more advanced than the Virginia colonists?

agriculture

The first black imports to Virginia in 1619

May have been considered indentured servants by colonists

In 1620, the Puritan Pilgrims who came to North America

hoped to create their ideal close-knit Christian community.

During the early years the survival and growth of the Plymouth colony

was due in large part to the assistance of the natives.

The Puritan founders in Massachusetts who described their colony as a "city upon a hill"

felt they were creating a holy community that would be a model for the world.

In the seventeenth century, English Quakers

granted women a position within the church generally equal to that of men, had no paid clergy, were pacifists, and believed all could attain salvation (all these answers are correct)

When it was established in 1644, the colony of Rhode Island

was notable for its religious toleration.

In 1638, Anne Hutchinson was deported from the Massachusetts colony because she

challenged the prevailing assumptions of the proper role of women in society.

Over time in the seventeenth century, an increasing number of New England Puritans came to view Indian society

with fear and contempt.

Which of the following statements regarding the Navigation Acts (1660s) in FALSE?

English colonists could only produce products that were also sold in England

In colonial North America, the "middle grounds" refers to a region in which

no one European or Indian group held a clear dominance.

The Dominion of New England

called for a single royal governor.

Which of the following religious groups were the authors of the Maryland Act of Tolerance trying to protect?

Roman Catholics

Which of the following best summarizes the attitude toward religious beliefs expressed in this document?

Christians should be able to practice their faith without fear of persecution

Regarding colonial life expectancy during the seventeenth century,

life expectancy in New England was exceptionally high.

In colonial New England Puritan communities, women

were expected to devote themselves to serving the needs of their husbands and households.

In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, medical practitioners

had little or no knowledge of sterilization

What statement regarding slavery in English North America in 1700 is FALSE?

the demand for slaves led to a steady rise in the prices paid for them

The first significant metals industry in the colonies was developed for

iron

The "triangular trade" in the Atlantic dealt with which commodity?

Rum, sugar, slaves, molasses, (All these answers are correct)

In the outbreaks of witchcraft hysteria that marked New England colonial life, those accused were most commonly

women of low social position

Which statement regarding the lives of the slaves in colonial North America is true?

Slave religion was a blend of Christianity and African folk tradition

Eighteenth-century Enlightenment thought

suggested that people had considerable control over their own lives

All of the following Americans made important contributions to Enlightenment thought EXCEPT

John Locke

The proposed Albany Plan of 1754

revealed the difficulties colonies had in cooperating with each other

What future American revolutionary figure surrendered to French forces in 1754 at Fort Necessity in the Ohio Valley?

George Washington

According to the terms of the Peace of Paris of 1763,

France ceded Canada and all of its claims to land east of the Mississippi River, except New Orleans, to Great Britain.

When he became British Prime Minister, George Grenville

believed the American colonists had been indulged for far too long

The Stamp Act of 1765

required colonists to pay taxes on most printed documents

In 1766, in response to colonial protests against the Stamp Act, the British government

rescinded the Stamp Act

The Declaratory Act of 1766

was a sweeping assertion of Parliament's authority over the colonies

The leading colonial figure in the Boston Massacre was

Samuel Adams

In the eighteenth century, under the English governments theory of representation

the American colonies were represented in Parliament

Taverns were important in the growth of revolutionary sentiment because

they become central meeting places to discuss ideas about resistance.

The Boston Tea Party of December 1773

triggered acts of resistance in other colonial cities and took place after Bostonians failed to turn away ships laden with tea.

Parliament Response to Boston Tea Party by

Reducing the powers of self-government in Massachusetts

The events of Lexington and Concord

occurred before there was a formal American Declaration of Independence

The war effort by American colonists would be financed primarily by

borrowing from abroad

At the start of the Revolution, American advantages over the British included a

greater commitment to the war

Which of the following took place during the first phase (1775-1776) of the Revolutionary War?

British troops evacuated Boston

During the second phase (1776-1778) of the American Revolution, British military efforts were hampered by

a series of tactical blunders and misfortunes

In early 1778, France

recognized the United States as a sovereign nation to help prevent it from abandoning the war effort.

In the final phase (1778-1781) of the American Revolution, the British

badly overestimated the support of American Loyalists

Under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1783

the United States gained formal British recognition of American Independence

During the American Revolution, Loyalists

constituted perhaps as many as one-third of the white colonial population

During the American Revolution, female "camp followers"

assisted in the support of regular troops

During the American Revolution, enslaved African Americans in the colonies

were assisted by the British to escape as a way to disrupt the American war effort

Regarding the status of women, the effect of the American Revolution

led some women to question their position in society

In 1776, Abigail Adams was an advocate for

new protections for women against abusive and tyrannical men.

For most Reno lutionary American political thinkers, the concept of equality meant that there should be equality of

Opportunity

Under the Articles of Confederation

Each state had one vote in Congress.

One effect of Shay's Rebellion was that it

Contributed to the growing belief the national government needed reform

By the late 1780s, dissatisfaction with the Articles of Confederation included a belief that the national government

was ineffective

The Virginia Plan called for

a two-tier national legislature

The New Jersey Plan

Expanded the taxation and regulatory powers of Congress and proposed a one house legislature

The achievement of the "Great Compromise" of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 was its resolution of the problem regarding

Political resentment

In the Constitutional Convention of 1787, a major concession to the pro-slavers delegates was the

Continuation of the slave trade for at least twenty more years

Under the "checks and balances" system of the Constitution of 1787, federal judges

Served for life

In the debate over the Constitution of 1787, Antifederalist opponents to the document

argued that the Constitution would put an end to individual liberty.

Who amount the following was one of the authors of The Federalist Papers

Alexander Hamilton

The dominant figure of George Washington's administration was

Alexander Hamilton

As Treasury secretary, Alexander Hamilton

supported the creation of a national bank

The two preeminent Republicans of the 1790s were

Thomas Jefferson and James Madison

Pinckney's Treaty (1795) was negotiated between the United States and

Spain

The Alien and Sedition Acts (1798)

gave the federal government effective authority to stifle any public criticism, and were aggressively used by the Adam's administration to that effect

Who described the election of 1800 as the "Revolution of 1800"?

Thomas Jefferson

Regarding education, early-nineteenth-century Republicans favored

a nationwide system of free public schools for all male citizens

Thomas Jefferson believed America Indians were primitive people

Who might become civilized through exposure to white culture

The message of the Second Great Awakening

called for an active and fervent piety

The revivalism of the Second Great Awakening

encouraged racial unrest

As president, Thomas Jefferson

sought to convey the public image of a plain ordinary citizen

The Supreme Court's ruling in the case of Marbury v. Madison (1803)

Stated that Congress had no authority to expand the power of the Supreme Court, and that the Supreme Court had the power to nullify an act of Congress

Under the treaty terms for the Louisiana Purchase,

the land boundaries were not clearly defined

When Thomas Jefferson received the treaty for the Louisiana Purchase, he

was unsure of his constitutional authority to accept it

Chesapeake-Leopard incident

led the United States to prohibit its ships from leaving for foreign ports.

The Embargo of 1807

created a serious economic depression in the nation

President Thomas Jefferson's Indian policy included

an offer to indians to become settled farmers and join white society and an insistence that they give up claims to tribal lands in the northwest

Which statement about the War of 1812 is true?

The United States entered the war with enthusiasm and optimism.

The Treaty of Ghent that ended the War of 1812

began an improvement in relations between England and the United States

During the War of 1812, the Hartford Convention

struck a virtual death blow to the Federalist Party.

The "era of good feelings" following the War of 1812 reflected

Rising nationalism and optimism in the United States

What event prompted Spain to negotiate the sale of Florida to the United States?

The Seminole War

The Missouri Compromise of 1820

maintained the nation's equal number of slave and free states

In McCulloch v. Maryland (1819), the Supreme Court confirmed the

"implied powers" of Congress.

In Worcester v. Georgia (1832), the Marshall Court affirmed federal authority over

both individual states and all American Indian tribes.

In the presidential election of 1824,

John Q Adams received the second-most electoral votes and became president

The election of 1828

Sow the emergence of a new two-party system