hy120 chapter 6

(Q025) Why is Deborah Sampson significant? She was the daughter of free blacks and an African-American author and poet. She was the daughter of Thomas Jefferson and one of the slaves on his plantation. She was the daughter of the King of England, who was captured by an Indian tribe and converted to Indian lifeways and refused to return to the United States. She was the daughter of a Massachusetts farmer who disguised herself as a man to fight in the American Revolution.

She was the daughter of a Massachusetts farmer who disguised herself as a man to fight in the American Revolution.

(Q005) The Book of Negroes was a spiritual songbook compiled during the Revolutionary War by freed slaves. a children's story highlighting slaves' contentment and their assimilation to white society as a teaching tool for white male children who would later be slaveowners as well. a list of African-Americans evacuated from New York City at the end of the Revolutionary War. a ledger list slaveowners kept documenting the name of each slave and their cost so that a record of trade would be proof of ownership.

a list of African-Americans evacuated from New York City at the end of the Revolutionary War.

(Q022) Phillis Wheatley is celebrated in American history as mother to four of Thomas Jefferson's children. a signer of the Declaration of Independence. a seamstress for women's fashions after the war. a published poet and slave of African origins.

a published poet and slave

(Q033) What area did England continue to control in the Americas after the American Revolution? Mexico California Canada Argentina

canada

(Q012) Thomas Jefferson wrote that he hoped to erect a "wall of separation" between slavery and the economy. men and women. church and state. free speech and the right to bear arms.

church and state

(Q014) For most free Americans in the new republic, equality meant equality of voting rights for men and women regardless of age. equality for women with men. equality for all ethnic groups and races. equal opportunity rather than equality of condition.

equal opportunity rather than equality of condition

(Q038) The authority of church leaders went remarkably unchallenged during the revolutionary era. true false

false

(Q044) Except in Vermont, property ownership was not a requirement for voting in the early republic. true false

false

(Q049) Confiscated property of Loyalists was returned to them following the Treaty of Paris. true false

false

(Q053) While Abigail Adams resented the "absolute power" husbands exercised over their wives, she did not believe in female equality in a modern sense. true false

false

(Q008) During the Revolutionary War, a Massachusetts group of women accused a merchant of hoarding coffee, later taking matters into their own hands by creating a letter-writing campaign to the local newspaper until he sold coffee to the public. boycotting the store for three months until the merchant sold them coffee. making their own coffee from plants in the community. forcing open the merchant's warehouse and taking the goods.

forcing open the merchant's warehouse and taking the goods.

(Q016) Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations (1776) argued that Britain and Spain were destined to be the richest nations in the world. the "invisible hand" of the free market was more effective and fairer than government intervention in the economy. price control was the only way to ensure workers and employers would be able to produce quality products for the masses. government intervention was the only way to control domestic commerce, which extended even more so in international trade.

that the "invisible hand" of the free market was more effective and fair than government intervention in the economy.

(Q030) All of the following are true about Thomas Jefferson and his religious beliefs except He believed that religion was unnecessary as a foundation of public morality. He viewed established churches as a major example of despotism and believed that religious liberty served God's will. In his support for the separation of church and state, he rejected the establishment of free, state-supported public schools. He wrote the Book of Mormon.

in his support for the separation of church and state, he rejected the establishment of free, state-supported public schools

(Q031) Independence created governments democratically accountable to voters who coveted an end to slavery. war with China. an end to the fur trade. Indian land.

indian land

(Q026) To finance the war, Congress taxed the wealthiest landowners to ease the burden on the lower classes. issued hundreds of millions of dollars in paper money. printed war bonds and used celebrities to encourage people to buy them. went into recess, hoping the states would take care of their own financial issues.

issued hundreds of millions of dollars in paper money.

(Q004) While some 5,000 slaves fought for American independence, far more gained liberty by returning to Africa. working five more years and paying off their debts to their original masters before being emancipated. obtaining sanctuary from the British. joining the Indians, becoming honorary tribal members

obtaining sanctuary from the British.

(Q015) Thomas Jefferson helped pass laws in the state of Virginia that abolished "primogeniture," which is defined as declaring that each male child share property upon the death of their father. the enslavement of African people. giving letters of marque to those least able to withstand the most destruction. passing the entirety of a family's land to the oldest son.

passing of all of a family's land to the oldest son

(Q032) What was Thomas Jefferson's solution to tension between Indians and whites after the American Revolution? the removal of Indians to territory beyond the Mississippi River denial of full education to Indians enslavement of Indians integration of Indians within European society

the removal of indians to territory beyond Mississippi river

(Q027) Which of the following defines republican motherhood? training daughters to be future voters training husbands to be loyal training sons to be future citizens training daughters to be Loyalists

training sons to be future citizens

(Q059) During the Revolution, American Indians were divided in allegiance. true false

true