Practice Test One (1-38)

Which colony was established for the purpose of economic profit.

• Massachusetts
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• Virginia

Consider this except from a poem by Puritan Anne Bradstreet (1613-1672)
If ever tow were one, then surely we.
If ever man were love'd by wife, then thee;
If ever wife has happy in a man,
Compare with me ye women if you can.
What stereotype about Puritans does the poem challenge?

• They valued love of nature above all else.
• They believed that women should be subbordinate
• They felt that marriage equalized men and women
• They suppressed feelings of interpersonal love and passion

What activity was LEAST characteristic of Americans influenced by the Enlightenment?

• Questioning orthodox spiritual views
• Learning scientific classifications
• Supporting religious revivalists
• Studying astronomy and philosiphy

What commercial activities were most significant to the economy of colonial New England

• Trading, shipbuilding, and fishing
• Tobacco, rice, and indigo farming
• Manufacturing and finance
• Lumber and mining

Which statement about society and government in seventeenth-century Massachusetts Bay Colony is accurate?

• The working class exerted political influence far out of proportion to the size of its population
• Religious leaders possessed high social status and greatly influenced political affairs.
• Artistocratic Pilgrims wielded greater power than the working-class Puritans
• The "Godly Commonwealth" was a courageous experiment in pure democracy.

Which of the following best exemplifies the influence of the Enlightenment?

• The celebrity of George Whitfield
• The leadership of Abraham Lincoln
• The experiments of Benjamin Franklin
• The artistry of Gilbert Stuart

Which assessment of the enactment of the Proclamation Line of 1763 is most accurate.

• The British failed to consider that colonists would resent being forced to maintain forts of the frontier.
• The British ignored the impact of the policy on the right of colonial legislatures to administer western territories.
• The British considered the act as the only way to avoid conflict between colonists and Indians.
• The British misjudged the extent of colonial opposition to restrictions on expansion into western lands.

Which issue delayed state ratification of the Articles of Confederation?

• Adoption of a Bill of Rights guaranteeing individual freedoms
• Repayment of debt incurred during the Revolution
• Control of lands west of the Appalachian Mountains
• Determination of the number of slave states

Which of the following conclusions can most reasonably be drawn from the events and outcomes of the Whiskey Rebellion?

• Social reformers who favored prohibition realized that rebellion would reduce public support for their cause
• The new government's ability to suppress the rebellion demonstrated its power and authority
• Pennsylvania's inability to avoid rebellion revealed a significant weakness of the Confederation government.
• The landed aristocracy demonstrated its strength by asserting its unyielding support for the rebellion

Many Northerners strongly objected to the 1846 was with Mexico because:

• most Yankees were outspoken pacifists
• the likelihood of unparalleled carnage was so great
• a U.S. victory could result in the expansion of slavery
• a U.S. defeat would mean the loss of Texas to Mexico