The Unfinished Nation A Concise History of the American People 9Th Edition By Alan Brinkley - Test Bank

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The Unfinished Nation, 9e (Brinkley)

Chapter 5   The American Revolution

 

1) In 1775, as conflicts with England intensified, American colonists

1. A) made extensive efforts to prepare themselves for war.
2. B) were deeply divided about what they were fighting for.
3. C) believed England was not willing to engage in military operations against them.
4. D) saw their larger population as a key advantage over England.
5. E) considered arming slaves to help build up the colonial army.

 

Answer:  B

Topic:  The States United

Learning Objective:  Describe the colonial move toward a break with Britain.

Bloom’s:  Understand

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2) Published in January 1776, Common Sense was written by

1. A) Thomas Jefferson.
2. B) Thomas Paine.
3. C) James Madison.
4. D) Ben Franklin.
5. E) James Otis.

 

Answer:  B

Topic:  The States United

Learning Objective:  Describe the colonial move toward a break with Britain.

Bloom’s:  Remember

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3) The author of Common Sense

1. A) sought to concentrate colonial anger on unpopular parliamentary measures.
2. B) was an American who had never been to England.
3. C) sold very few copies of his pamphlet until after the war was won.
4. D) argued that Americans should break with the British political system completely.
5. E) considered the English constitution to be the greatest problem facing the colonists.

 

Answer:  E

Topic:  The States United

Learning Objective:  Describe the colonial move toward a break with Britain.

Bloom’s:  Remember

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4) The Declaration of Independence

1. A) borrowed heavily from previously published colonial documents.
2. B) was never formally approved by the Second Continental Congress.
3. C) avoided making any direct criticism of the king.
4. D) called for the formation of a two-party democracy.
5. E) originally recommended that all slaves be freed.

 

Answer:  A

Topic:  The States United

Learning Objective:  Describe the colonial move toward a break with Britain.

Bloom’s:  Understand

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5) Financing the Revolution was difficult for the American side because

1. A) Congress did not have the authority to impose taxes.
2. B) the printing of paper money was illegal.
3. C) foreign nations refused to loan money for the war effort.
4. D) bonds were not yet in use.
5. E) the colonists’ wealth had all been kept in London.

 

Answer:  A

Topic:  The States United

Learning Objective:  Describe the colonial move toward a break with Britain.

Bloom’s:  Understand

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6) The war effort by American colonists would be financed primarily by

1. A) spending hard currency.
2. B) printing paper money.
3. C) borrowing from abroad.
4. D) selling bonds.
5. E) melting down jewelry into specie.

 

Answer:  C

Topic:  The States United

Learning Objective:  Describe the colonial move toward a break with Britain.

Bloom’s:  Remember

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7) As commander of the Continental army, George Washington

1. A) had no shortage of Americans willing to volunteer to fight the British.
2. B) had no previous actual military experience.
3. C) was an early critic of independence.
4. D) saw Congress leave all important military decisions up to his judgment.
5. E) was admired, respected, and trusted by nearly all American Patriots.

 

Answer:  E

Topic:  The States United

Learning Objective:  Describe the colonial move toward a break with Britain.

Bloom’s:  Remember

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

1. A) greater commitment to the war.
2. B) larger number of troops.
3. C) better equipped navy.
4. D) more coherent military command structure.
5. E) better relationship with Native American tribes.

 

Answer:  A

Topic:  The War for Independence

Learning Objective:  Explain the reasons for American success in the War for Independence.

Bloom’s:  Understand

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

1. A) British troops evacuated Boston.
2. B) American troops captured Quebec.
3. C) The British won a significant victory in North Carolina.
4. D) American troops took Nova Scotia.
5. E) British troops under William Howe captured Philadelphia.

 

Answer:  A

Topic:  The War for Independence

Learning Objective:  Explain the reasons for American success in the War for Independence.

Bloom’s:  Remember

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10) In the Battle of Bunker Hill,

1. A) the Patriots suffered light casualties and won the battle.
2. B) the British suffered heavy casualties.
3. C) Benedict Arnold was wounded.
4. D) the British surrendered their main forces to the Patriots.
5. E) the Patriots refused to withdraw and were all killed.

 

Answer:  B

Topic:  The War for Independence

Learning Objective:  Explain the reasons for American success in the War for Independence.

Bloom’s:  Remember

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

1. A) a series of tactical blunders and misfortunes.
2. B) a severe shortage of new soldiers coming from England.
3. C) an American blockade of British ships.
4. D) the American capture of the commanding British general.
5. E) American alliances with Native American tribes in the region.

 

Answer:  A

Topic:  The War for Independence

Learning Objective:  Explain the reasons for American success in the War for Independence.

Bloom’s:  Understand

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12) When George Washington crossed the Delaware River on Christmas night, 1776, he surprised and scattered

1. A) a band of American Loyalists.
2. B) British-allied Indians.
3. C) Hessian soldiers fighting for the British.
4. D) British regulars.
5. E) French regulars.

 

Answer:  C

Topic:  The War for Independence

Learning Objective:  Explain the reasons for American success in the War for Independence.

Bloom’s:  Remember

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13) The British military campaigns of 1777 saw

1. A) General William Howe stay in camp when he was supposed to have moved south.
2. B) General John Burgoyne suffer a major defeat at Saratoga.
3. C) a major American victory at Philadelphia.
4. D) the British surround and lay siege to George Washington’s army at Valley Forge.
5. E) the British retake Boston and set it afire.

 

Answer:  B

Topic:  The War for Independence

Learning Objective:  Explain the reasons for American success in the War for Independence.

Bloom’s:  Remember

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14) In 1776, during the early phase of the American Revolution, the Iroquois Confederacy officially

1. A) declared its neutrality.
2. B) allied itself with the colonists.
3. C) allied itself with the British.
4. D) refused to ally with either combatant until France entered the war.
5. E) disbanded and withdrew to the west.

 

Answer:  A

Topic:  The War for Independence

Learning Objective:  Explain the reasons for American success in the War for Independence.

Bloom’s:  Remember

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15) In early 1778, France

1. A) withdrew military naval support from the U.S., but continued to provide monetary assistance and supplies.
2. B) expelled the colonies’ diplomats, including Benjamin Franklin, from Paris.
3. C) agreed to give the Americans money and supplies, but withheld their soldiers.
4. D) declared war on both England and Spain.
5. E) recognized the United States as a sovereign nation to help prevent it from abandoning the war effort.

 

Answer:  E

Topic:  The War for Independence

Learning Objective:  Explain the reasons for American success in the War for Independence.

Bloom’s:  Remember

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16) Which of the following nations remained America’s most important ally during the American Revolution?

1. A) Spain
2. B) Canada
3. C) France
4. D) Portugal
5. E) the Netherlands

 

Answer:  C

Topic:  The War for Independence

Learning Objective:  Explain the reasons for American success in the War for Independence.

Bloom’s:  Remember

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

1. A) mounted their largest military assault against the Continental army.
2. B) badly overestimated the support of American Loyalists.
3. C) made a focused effort to win public support in the northern colonies.
4. D) concentrated their efforts on capturing individual Patriots.
5. E) began a policy of “total war” that resulted in several cities being burned to the ground.

 

Answer:  B

Topic:  The War for Independence

Learning Objective:  Explain the reasons for American success in the War for Independence.

Bloom’s:  Remember

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18) How did the battle of Saratoga and French entrance into the war change British strategy?

1. A) It led them to commit many more soldiers and resources to the effort.
2. B) It inspired direct overtures for peace and an offer of independence by the British.
3. C) It led to a greater effort to enlist Americans still loyal to the British crown.
4. D) It encouraged the British to expand the scope of the war globally.
5. E) It led to a broad changing of on-the-ground military leadership.

 

Answer:  C

Topic:  The War for Independence

Learning Objective:  Explain the reasons for American success in the War for Independence.

Bloom’s:  Understand

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19) Which of the following statements regarding Benedict Arnold is FALSE?

1. A) Arnold was an American military hero early in the war.
2. B) During the war, Arnold grew convinced the American cause was hopeless.
3. C) Arnold conspired with the British to betray a Patriot stronghold at West Point, New York.
4. D) Arnold had previously foiled the advance of Barry St. Leger into the Mohawk Valley.
5. E) Arnold spent the last years of the Revolution as a prisoner of war.

 

Answer:  E

Topic:  The War for Independence

Learning Objective:  Explain the reasons for American success in the War for Independence.

Bloom’s:  Remember

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20) Which of the following was the scene of a substantial British victory in the final phase (1778–1781) of the American Revolution?

1. A) Cowpens
2. B) Charleston
3. C) Yorktown
4. D) Guilford Court House
5. E) Saratoga

 

Answer:  B

Topic:  The War for Independence

Learning Objective:  Explain the reasons for American success in the War for Independence.

Bloom’s:  Remember

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21) Which of the following statements regarding General Nathanael Greene is FALSE?

1. A) He led American forces to victory in the battle at Yorktown.
2. B) He divided his forces into fast-moving contingents to confuse and exasperate Cornwallis.
3. C) He was one of the most effective commanders in the American army.
4. D) He replaced Horatio Gates as commander of the southern forces in the Continental army.
5. E) He was forced to withdraw at Guilford Court House after inflicting heavy losses.

 

Answer:  A

Topic:  The War for Independence

Learning Objective:  Explain the reasons for American success in the War for Independence.

Bloom’s:  Remember

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22) The battle at Yorktown involved

1. A) the bloodiest battle of the war.
2. B) the suicide of the commanding British general.
3. C) evidence that the British were executing prisoners of war.
4. D) a combined French and American army and navy.
5. E) treachery on the part of Benedict Arnold.

 

Answer:  D

Topic:  The War for Independence

Learning Objective:  Explain the reasons for American success in the War for Independence.

Bloom’s:  Remember

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23) The principal Americans who negotiated the peace terms with the British were

1. A) Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson.
2. B) Thomas Jefferson, Samuel Adams, and John Adams.
3. C) John Hancock, Benjamin Franklin, and Samuel Huntington.
4. D) Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin.
5. E) Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay.

 

Answer:  E

Topic:  The War for Independence

Learning Objective:  Explain the reasons for American success in the War for Independence.

Bloom’s:  Remember

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24) During the American Revolution, Loyalists

1. A) were forced to leave the colonies soon after the war began.
2. B) were nearly all office holders in the English government.
3. C) were forbidden by the Patriots to move to England until the war had ended.
4. D) constituted perhaps as many as one-third of the white colonial population.
5. E) freed their slaves to help augment British forces in the colonies.

 

Answer:  D

Topic:  War and Society

Learning Objective:  Identify the new American ideological ideals and compare these with the realities of American society.

Bloom’s:  Remember

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25) As a result of the American Revolution, the Anglican Church in America was

1. A) weakened.
2. B) banned in most colonies.
3. C) made the official religion of Virginia.
4. D) praised by Patriots for supporting independence.
5. E) tried for aiding and abetting the British.

 

Answer:  A

Topic:  War and Society

Learning Objective:  Identify the new American ideological ideals and compare these with the realities of American society.

Bloom’s:  Remember

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26) During the American Revolution, enslaved African Americans in the colonies

1. A) joined the British army in large numbers to fight against their American masters.
2. B) were offered some assistance by the British to escape as a way to disrupt the American war effort.
3. C) were offered their freedom by Americans if they fought against the British.
4. D) tried to help Loyalists escape to Canada in exchange for their freedom.
5. E) found that slavery in the South was never seriously weakened by the conflict.

 

Answer:  B

Topic:  War and Society

Learning Objective:  Identify the new American ideological ideals and compare these with the realities of American society.

Bloom’s:  Understand

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27) Which of the following statements regarding the American Revolution and Native Americans is FALSE?

1. A) The outcome of the war largely weakened the position of Indians.
2. B) Indians generally had better relations with the British than with the Americans.
3. C) After the war, many Indians began to adapt to the norms of white society.
4. D) Most Indian tribes chose to stay out of the war.
5. E) Some Indians took advantage of the conflict to launch attacks of their own.

 

Answer:  C

Topic:  War and Society

Learning Objective:  Identify the new American ideological ideals and compare these with the realities of American society.

Bloom’s:  Remember

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28) During the American Revolution, female “camp followers”

1. A) assisted in the support of regular troops.
2. B) played traditional female roles and were not involved in combat.
3. C) served to maintain traditional gender distinctions.
4. D) were prostitutes.
5. E) often inadvertently betrayed the position of Washington’s army.

 

Answer:  A

Topic:  War and Society

Learning Objective:  Identify the new American ideological ideals and compare these with the realities of American society.

Bloom’s:  Remember

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

1. A) was minimal and short-term.
2. B) was to dismantle the patriarchal legal system.
3. C) was to end the traditional cultural concepts of the female role in society.
4. D) generally weakened the position of women in society.
5. E) led some women to question their position in society.

 

Answer:  E

Topic:  War and Society

Learning Objective:  Identify the new American ideological ideals and compare these with the realities of American society.

Bloom’s:  Understand

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30) In 1776, Abigail Adams was an advocate for

1. A) full gender equality in the new postwar nation.
2. B) a woman’s right to vote.
3. C) new protections for women against abusive and tyrannical men.
4. D) support for impoverished war widows.
5. E) temperance.

 

Answer:  C

Topic:  War and Society

Learning Objective:  Identify the new American ideological ideals and compare these with the realities of American society.

Bloom’s:  Remember

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31) The prominent eighteenth-century essayist Judith Sargent Murray placed her greatest emphasis on the right of women to

1. A) vote.
2. B) own property.
3. C) divorce.
4. D) obtain an education.
5. E) serve in combat.

 

Answer:  D

Topic:  War and Society

Learning Objective:  Identify the new American ideological ideals and compare these with the realities of American society.

Bloom’s:  Remember

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32) In colonial America, under English common law a married woman

1. A) could not own property.
2. B) had more legal rights than unmarried women.
3. C) had legal authority over her children.
4. D) was not allowed to earn wages.
5. E) could only initiate divorce in case of adultery.

 

Answer:  A

Topic:  War and Society

Learning Objective:  Identify the new American ideological ideals and compare these with the realities of American society.

Bloom’s:  Remember

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33) Following the American Revolution, as the republic took shape in the 1780s, greater social importance was attached to women in the role of

1. A) wives.
2. B) feminists.
3. C) citizens.
4. D) nurses.
5. E) mothers.

 

Answer:  E

Topic:  War and Society

Learning Objective:  Identify the new American ideological ideals and compare these with the realities of American society.

Bloom’s:  Remember

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34) Post-Revolution American domestic manufacturing experienced modest stimulation as a result of

1. A) favorable trade agreements with England.
2. B) the English desire to protect American vessels.
3. C) the closing of British ports to American trade.
4. D) British abandonment of impressments.
5. E) the flood of immigration after the war.

 

Answer:  C

Topic:  War and Society

Learning Objective:  Identify the new American ideological ideals and compare these with the realities of American society.

Bloom’s:  Remember

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35) The core American political ideology of the post-war period considered the success of the new republican governments to be dependent on

1. A) a strong central governing authority.
2. B) the development of heavy industry.
3. C) westward expansion.
4. D) the creation of a strong military.
5. E) independent landowners.

 

Answer:  E

Topic:  The Creation of State Governments

Learning Objective:  Assess the impact of the Revolution on republicanism, religion, and slavery.

Bloom’s:  Understand

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36) Which of the following was not a common belief about republicanism as desired by the early political leaders of the new republic?

1. A) Voting rights should be continually expanded to more parts of the population.
2. B) Strong executives should not be a major part of the legislative process.
3. C) The character of the citizenry would affect the success of a republican government.
4. D) Property owners were essential to the health of a voting population.
5. E) Ultimate power should flow from the people.

 

Answer:  A

Topic:  The Creation of State Governments

Learning Objective:  Assess the impact of the Revolution on republicanism, religion, and slavery.

Bloom’s:  Understand

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37) During the 1780s, in every new state constitution,

1. A) state legislatures were to be chosen by a direct popular vote.
2. B) governors or executive officers were prevented from holding seats in the legislature.
3. C) property requirements for voting were relaxed or eliminated.
4. D) the executive and legislative branches were combined.
5. E) governors or executive officers were given the authority to veto bills.

 

Answer:  B

Topic:  The Creation of State Governments

Learning Objective:  Assess the impact of the Revolution on republicanism, religion, and slavery.

Bloom’s:  Remember

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38) During the 1780s, most state governments

1. A) moved to limit popular power.
2. B) were notable for their stability.
3. C) found it difficult to revise their constitutions.
4. D) remained strongly elitist.
5. E) eliminated property requirements for voters.

 

Answer:  A

Topic:  The Creation of State Governments

Learning Objective:  Assess the impact of the Revolution on republicanism, religion, and slavery.

Bloom’s:  Remember

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39) In 1780, Massachusetts sought to revise the power of the governor by

1. A) allowing the legislature to set his salary.
2. B) having him elected directly by the people.
3. C) taking away his authority to veto legislation.
4. D) permitting him to sit in the legislature.
5. E) granting him the power to tax.

 

Answer:  B

Topic:  The Creation of State Governments

Learning Objective:  Assess the impact of the Revolution on republicanism, religion, and slavery.

Bloom’s:  Remember

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40) The Virginia Statute of Religious Liberty of 1786

1. A) was written by James Madison.
2. B) called for a complete separation of church and state.
3. C) gave all religious denominations special privileges within the state.
4. D) only applied to Christian denominations.
5. E) All these answers are correct.

 

Answer:  B

Topic:  The Creation of State Governments

Learning Objective:  Assess the impact of the Revolution on republicanism, religion, and slavery.

Bloom’s:  Remember

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41) Which statement about slavery in America in the 1780s is true?

1. A) In no state was it illegal.
2. B) Slavery was illegal in Vermont.
3. C) Virginia passed a law forbidding the manumission of slaves.
4. D) The strongest forces against slavery were found in the western colonies.
5. E) Most whites believed blacks should be integrated into American society as equals.

 

Answer:  B

Topic:  War and Society

Learning Objective:  Identify the new American ideological ideals and compare these with the realities of American society.

Bloom’s:  Remember

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42) Under the Articles of Confederation in 1777 there was a federal

1. A) Congress.
2. B) judiciary.
3. C) executive.
4. D) militia.
5. E) All these answers are correct.

 

Answer:  A

Topic:  The Search for a National Government

Learning Objective:  Explain the purpose of the Articles of Confederation.

Bloom’s:  Remember

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43) Under the Articles of Confederation, the national government had the power to

1. A) regulate trade.
2. B) draft troops.
3. C) borrow and issue money.
4. D) levy direct taxes on the people.
5. E) override state laws.

 

Answer:  C

Topic:  The Search for a National Government

Learning Objective:  Explain the purpose of the Articles of Confederation.

Bloom’s:  Remember

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44) Under the Articles of Confederation,

1. A) each state had one vote in Congress.
2. B) all states had to approve any important measure.
3. C) there could be no amendments to the Articles.
4. D) no legislation could be passed without all states voting on the issue.
5. E) the executive had the power to veto legislative decisions.

 

Answer:  A

Topic:  The Search for a National Government

Learning Objective:  Explain the purpose of the Articles of Confederation.

Bloom’s:  Remember

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45) The Articles of Confederation were finally approved when New York and Virginia gave up

1. A) the power to regulate trade.
2. B) the power to make war.
3. C) their claims to western lands.
4. D) the right to levy their own taxes.
5. E) their plans for emancipation.

 

Answer:  C

Topic:  The Search for a National Government

Learning Objective:  Explain the purpose of the Articles of Confederation.

Bloom’s:  Remember

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46) Shortly after signing the Treaty of Paris of 1783, the British government

1. A) evacuated its forts in America.
2. B) made restitution to slaveholders for slaves the British army had confiscated during the war.
3. C) attempted to purchase Florida.
4. D) restricted American access to British markets.
5. E) declared war on Spain to take its New World colonies away.

 

Answer:  D

Topic:  The Search for a National Government

Learning Objective:  Explain the purpose of the Articles of Confederation.

Bloom’s:  Remember

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47) Who did the Congress send to London as a minister in 1784 to resolve the differences between the Confederation and the British regarding the peace treaty of 1783?

1. A) Benjamin Franklin
2. B) James Madison
3. C) John Jay
4. D) John Adams
5. E) George Washington

 

Answer:  D

Topic:  The Search for a National Government

Learning Objective:  Explain the purpose of the Articles of Confederation.

Bloom’s:  Remember

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48) The Ordinances of 1784 and 1785 represented an attempt to

1. A) eliminate slavery in the western states.
2. B) compromise on the question of slavery expanding into the territories.
3. C) enhance the power of the central government.
4. D) gain redress from the English at the expense of Native Americans.
5. E) facilitate the formation and admission of new states into the union.

 

Answer:  E

Topic:  The Search for a National Government

Learning Objective:  Explain the purpose of the Articles of Confederation.

Bloom’s:  Remember

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49) The Northwest Ordinance of 1787

1. A) created a single territory out of the lands north of Ohio.
2. B) guaranteed freedom of religion throughout the affected areas.
3. C) prohibited slavery within the affected areas.
4. D) abandoned the district system created in the 1784 Ordinance.
5. E) All these answers are correct.

 

Answer:  E

Topic:  The Search for a National Government

Learning Objective:  Explain the purpose of the Articles of Confederation.

Bloom’s:  Remember

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50) The efforts of Little Turtle in the early 1790s represented an attempt by Indians to

1. A) accommodate white settlers.
2. B) maintain their lands given through treaties.
3. C) resist white expansion by military force.
4. D) negotiate the sale of Indian lands.
5. E) encourage England to mediate a settlement between Indians and the new nation.

 

Answer:  C

Topic:  The Search for a National Government

Learning Objective:  Explain the purpose of the Articles of Confederation.

Bloom’s:  Remember

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51) The 1794 Battle of Fallen Timbers

1. A) forced the Miami Indians into negotiations with the United States.
2. B) saw the U.S. forces suffer a significant defeat.
3. C) led the United States to temporarily evacuate from the Ohio Valley.
4. D) resulted in the death of General Anthony Wayne.
5. E) represented the last major military victory for Indians against the United States.

 

Answer:  A

Topic:  The Search for a National Government

Learning Objective:  Explain the purpose of the Articles of Confederation.

Bloom’s:  Remember

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52) The 1795 Treaty of Greenville

1. A) allowed the Miami Indians navigation rights to the Mississippi.
2. B) compelled the Miami Indians to move out of the Ohio Valley.
3. C) was never signed by any Indian leaders.
4. D) removed all restrictions to white settlement of the Ohio Valley.
5. E) gave formal acknowledgement of Miami ownership of land beyond newly established lines.

 

Answer:  E

Topic:  The Search for a National Government

Learning Objective:  Explain the purpose of the Articles of Confederation.

Bloom’s:  Remember

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53) As leaders of a tax rebellion the 1780s, Daniel Shays and his supporters demanded

1. A) the nation’s capital be moved to New England.
2. B) an end to paper currency.
3. C) a moratorium on debts.
4. D) renewed trade agreements with England.
5. E) the right to vote for all white men, regardless of property holdings.

 

Answer:  C

Topic:  The Search for a National Government

Learning Objective:  Explain the purpose of the Articles of Confederation.

Bloom’s:  Remember

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54) One effect of Shays’s Rebellion was that it

1. A) temporarily brought a halt to the new American government.
2. B) led the federal government to adopt the gold standard.
3. C) led to the downfall of the state government in Massachusetts.
4. D) contributed to the growing belief the national government needed reform.
5. E) encouraged Massachusetts to adopt gradual emancipation.

 

Answer:  D

Topic:  The Search for a National Government

Learning Objective:  Explain the purpose of the Articles of Confederation.

Bloom’s:  Understand

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

 

 

55) The Declaration of Independence borrowed heavily from previously written colonial documents.

 

Answer:  TRUE

Topic:  The States United

Learning Objective:  Describe the colonial move toward a break with Britain.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

56) One effect of the Declaration of Independence was that individual colonies were motivated to reconstitute themselves as “states.”

 

Answer:  TRUE

Topic:  The States United

Learning Objective:  Describe the colonial move toward a break with Britain.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

57) In composing the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson borrowed heavily from the political theories of Thomas Hobbes.

 

Answer:  FALSE

Topic:  The States United

Learning Objective:  Describe the colonial move toward a break with Britain.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

58) Under the Articles of Confederation, both Congress and the various state legislatures had the power to independently tax individual Americans.

 

Answer:  FALSE

Topic:  The States United

Learning Objective:  Describe the colonial move toward a break with Britain.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

59) When George Washington took command of the Continental army, he did not have a great deal of public confidence.

 

Answer:  FALSE

Topic:  The States United

Learning Objective:  Describe the colonial move toward a break with Britain.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

 

 

60) The Battle of Saratoga (1777) was both a turning point in the Revolutionary War and a victory for the colonists.

 

Answer:  TRUE

Topic:  The War for Independence

Learning Objective:  Explain the reasons for American success in the War for Independence.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

61) The United States never negotiated a formal alliance with France during the Revolutionary War.

 

Answer:  FALSE

Topic:  The War for Independence

Learning Objective:  Explain the reasons for American success in the War for Independence.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

62) France was an American ally during the Revolutionary War, but it never provided the Americans with significant amounts of money or munitions.

 

Answer:  FALSE

Topic:  The War for Independence

Learning Objective:  Explain the reasons for American success in the War for Independence.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

63) Cornwallis’s defeat at Yorktown led not only to the resignation of Lord North as prime minister, but to public outcries in England against continuing the war.

 

Answer:  TRUE

Topic:  The War for Independence

Learning Objective:  Explain the reasons for American success in the War for Independence.

Bloom’s:  Understand

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

64) The Americans violated their alliance with France by negotiating a peace with Great Britain without informing the French.

 

Answer:  TRUE

Topic:  The War for Independence

Learning Objective:  Explain the reasons for American success in the War for Independence.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

 

 

65) Few Loyalists were so disaffected as to leave the United States as a result of their opposition to the Revolutionary War.

 

Answer:  FALSE

Topic:  War and Society

Learning Objective:  Identify the new American ideological ideals and compare these with the realities of American society.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

66) Both Quakers and Catholics were strengthened as a result of their support for the Patriot cause and the Revolutionary War.

 

Answer:  FALSE

Topic:  War and Society

Learning Objective:  Identify the new American ideological ideals and compare these with the realities of American society.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

67) For some African Americans, the Revolution meant increased exposure to the concept of liberty.

 

Answer:  TRUE

Topic:  War and Society

Learning Objective:  Identify the new American ideological ideals and compare these with the realities of American society.

Bloom’s:  Understand

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

68) By the end of the Revolutionary War, the position of Native Americans in and near the United States had been strengthened by their support of the Patriot cause.

 

Answer:  FALSE

Topic:  War and Society

Learning Objective:  Identify the new American ideological ideals and compare these with the realities of American society.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

 

 

69) Some women became involved in fighting the British, both by chance and by choice, after joining the camps of the Patriot armies during the Revolutionary War.

 

Answer:  TRUE

Topic:  War and Society

Learning Objective:  Identify the new American ideological ideals and compare these with the realities of American society.

Bloom’s:  Understand

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

70) Under English common law, a single woman had greater legal rights than a married woman.

 

Answer:  TRUE

Topic:  War and Society

Learning Objective:  Identify the new American ideological ideals and compare these with the realities of American society.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

71) In practice in the new republic, the republican concept of equality included the acceptance that not all people would live equally.

 

Answer:  TRUE

Topic:  The Creation of State Governments

Learning Objective:  Assess the impact of the Revolution on republicanism, religion, and slavery.

Bloom’s:  Understand

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

72) New state constitutions drafted during the Revolutionary War sought to expand the power of the executive.

 

Answer:  FALSE

Topic:  The Creation of State Governments

Learning Objective:  Assess the impact of the Revolution on republicanism, religion, and slavery.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

 

 

73) Thomas Jefferson had deep moral misgivings about slavery, but he could not envision any alternative to it.

 

Answer:  TRUE

Topic:  War and Society

Learning Objective:  Identify the new American ideological ideals and compare these with the realities of American society.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

74) The Articles of Confederation could not be amended until all thirteen state legislatures approved.

 

Answer:  TRUE

Topic:  The Search for a National Government

Learning Objective:  Explain the purpose of the Articles of Confederation.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

75) Shays’s Rebellion was such a failure that it lessened the sense of need for a new federal constitution.

 

Answer:  FALSE

Topic:  The Search for a National Government

Learning Objective:  Explain the purpose of the Articles of Confederation.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

76) Weigh the advantages and disadvantages of each side in fighting the Revolutionary War.

 

Answer:  Answers will vary.

Topic:  The States United; The War for Independence

Learning Objective:  Explain the reasons for American success in the War for Independence.; Describe the colonial move toward a break with Britain.

Bloom’s:  Understand

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

77) Compare the leading personalities on both sides in an explanation as to why the upstart United States was able to defeat England.

 

Answer:  Answers will vary.

Topic:  The War for Independence

Learning Objective:  Explain the reasons for American success in the War for Independence.

Bloom’s:  Analyze

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

78) Describe the significance France played in the American Revolution.

 

Answer:  Answers will vary.

Topic:  The War for Independence

Learning Objective:  Explain the reasons for American success in the War for Independence.

Bloom’s:  Understand

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

79) Considering the events from 1763 to 1781, what could England have done differently to either prevent war or be more successful in waging war?

 

Answer:  Answers will vary.

Topic:  The States United; The War for Independence

Learning Objective:  Explain the reasons for American success in the War for Independence.; Describe the colonial move toward a break with Britain.

Bloom’s:  Evaluate

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

80) What impact did the American Revolution have on the rights and status of women?

 

Answer:  Answers will vary.

Topic:  War and Society

Learning Objective:  Identify the new American ideological ideals and compare these with the realities of American society.

Bloom’s:  Understand

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

81) What was the legacy of the American Revolution for Native Americans?

 

Answer:  Answers will vary.

Topic:  War and Society

Learning Objective:  Identify the new American ideological ideals and compare these with the realities of American society.

Bloom’s:  Understand

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

82) Characterize the debate over slavery in America immediately following the Revolution.

 

Answer:  Answers will vary.

Topic:  War and Society

Learning Objective:  Identify the new American ideological ideals and compare these with the realities of American society.

Bloom’s:  Apply

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

 

 

83) How did the American ideology of republicanism affect the formation of state governments during and following the Revolutionary War?

 

Answer:  Answers will vary.

Topic:  The Creation of State Governments

Learning Objective:  Assess the impact of the Revolution on republicanism, religion, and slavery.

Bloom’s:  Apply

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

84) Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the structure of U.S. government as defined by the Articles of Confederation.

 

Answer:  Answers will vary.

Topic:  The Search for a National Government

Learning Objective:  Explain the purpose of the Articles of Confederation.

Bloom’s:  Understand

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

85) Considering the causes that led to the American Revolution, make a case that the Articles of Confederation were a logical form of government for the revolutionaries to adopt.

 

Answer:  Answers will vary.

Topic:  The Search for a National Government

Learning Objective:  Explain the purpose of the Articles of Confederation.

Bloom’s:  Evaluate

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

86) Describe the diplomacy that ended the Revolutionary War as well as some of the diplomatic failures of the early years of the new republic.

 

Answer:  Answers will vary.

Topic:  The War for Independence; The Search for a National Government

Learning Objective:  Explain the reasons for American success in the War for Independence.; Explain the purpose of the Articles of Confederation.

Bloom’s:  Apply

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

87) Detail the problems facing the Confederation over the issue of western land, and explain its success in resolving many of those problems.

 

Answer:  Answers will vary.

Topic:  The Search for a National Government

Learning Objective:  Explain the purpose of the Articles of Confederation.

Bloom’s:  Apply

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

88) Why was pressure building for a new constitution during the second half of the 1780s?

 

Answer:  Answers will vary.

Topic:  The Search for a National Government

Learning Objective:  Explain the purpose of the Articles of Confederation.

Bloom’s:  Understand

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation