American Pageant Ch 5 - Multiple Choice

The primary reason for the spectacular growth of America's population in the 18th century was

• the conquering of new territories
• the natural fertility of the population
• new immigration from Europe
• the increased importation of black slaves

German settlement in the colonies was especially heavy in 

• Massachusetts
• Maryland
• New York
• Pennsylvania

Which of the following is NOT true of the colonial Scots-Irish?

• They were not really Irish, but Scottish Presbyterians who had temporarily migrated to Ireland
• They tend to settle in the Appalachian frontier, mountains, and valleys from Pennsylvania southward
• They hated the British government and frequently rebelled against colonial authorities
• They fervently practiced their Calvinist religion, which forbade dancing, gambling and drinking.

The two largest non-English white ethnic groups in the colonies were the

• French and Dutch
• Germans and Scots-Irish
• Welsh and Irish
• Swedes and Germans

One way in which Indians and Africans were similar to whites in 18th century N American was they

• were committed to the Christian religion as their basic belief system
• increasingly mingled and intermarried with people from beyond their original ethnic group or tribe
• fundamentally disliked violence and looked to government to establish law and order
• increasingly found greater opportunities for freedom and upward mobility

Compared to the 17th century, American colonial society in the 18th century showed

• greater domination by small farmers and artisans
• greater equality of wealth and status
• greater gaps in wealth and status between rich and poor
• greater opportunity for convicts and indentured servants to climb to the top

The most honored professional in colonial America was the 

• lawyer
• doctor
• journalist
• clergyman

The primary source of livelihood for most colonial Americans was

• manufacturing
• agriculture
• lumbering
• fishing

Which of the following was NOT among the generally small-scale manufacturing enterprising in colonial America?

• carriage manufacturing
• liquor distilling
• beaver hat making
• iron making

An unfortunate group of involuntary immigrants who ranked even below indentured servants on the American social scale were

• the younger sons of English gentry
• French-Canadians forcibly removed from Quebec
• Convicts and paupers
• impressed sailors and seamen