APUSH Inquisitive Chapter 6
The painting Liberty Display the Arts and Sciences (1792) by Samuel Jennings is one of the few images from this time in which liberty is shown being granted to enslaved persons. Analyze the painting below, and then match the following meanings to the appropriate symbol in the painting. Note that some labels may apply to more than one symbol in the painting.
1 Pathways to learning as free men and women - Despite the fact that enslaved Africans had their own intellectual traditions upon arrival in the colonies, freed slaves are depicted here as grateful to be shown the means to achieve a European education. - While "Liberty" is a common emblem in art from this time, she is usually extending equality only to white persons. Despite the symbolism of this painting, liberty would not be extended to all African-Americans for another one hundred years. 2 Newfound Freedom - In the background of this image, freed slaves are enjoying leisure time. - Busted chains are a classic symbol of liberation. 3 Liberty Personified - Liberty is personified here by a white woman extending the invitation of freedom and learning to blacks.
Fill in the blanks to complete the passage describing religion and public morality: Many members of the founding generation were Deists. Though they
1. Fundamental 2. Would not 3. Enlightenment
Fill in the blanks to complete the passage describing gender equality in the revolutionary period. In revolutionary and post-revolutionary America,
1. Natural entitlements 2. Duty and obligation 3. Rejected
Identify how requirements for voting and officeholding changed after the Revolution.
Correct Answers: 1. 2. 3. Incorrect Answers: 1.
Identify the statements that describe why indentured servitude declined after the American Revolution.
Correct Answers: 1. 2. 3. Incorrect Answers: 1.
Read the following excerpt from the March 31, 1776 letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams. Identify the statements that are correct.
Correct Answers: 1. 2. 3. Incorrect Answers: 1. 2.
On which of the following events did the American Revolution and its success have an important ideological and political influence?
Correct Answers: 1. 2. Incorrect Answers: 1. 2.
Identify why Jefferson's assertion in the Declaration of Independence that "all men are created equal" was viewed as a radical principal.
Correct Answers: 1. 2. Incorrect Answers: 1. 2. 3.
In which of the following ways were Native Americans affected by the American Revolution?
Correct Answers: 1. Indians who helped the British forces were abandoned after the war, and their land holdings were not recognized by the Treaty of Paris. 2. After learning the American concept of "liberty", several Native American groups sought "freedom" fro themselves from statement governments. 3. Americans were encouraged by their military success in the Revolution to continue their expansion westward. 4. New state governments forced Native American groups to cede lands. Incorrect Answers:
Landownership was important for social mobility and political standing during the early republic. Identify the reasons for this.
Correct Answers: 1. Many 2. Many Incorrect Answers: 1. 2.
Identify the statements that describe the Loyalists in colonial America.
Correct Answers: 1. They took up arms in defense of the empire against the Revolution. 2. They came from all classes of American life. Incorrect Answers: 1. They were against the Revolution because they felt the struggle did not go far enough. 2. They represented about 40 percent of the colonial population. (They only represented 20-25%)
In what ways did the expansion of the definition of liberty and the proliferation of democratic practices change religious practice in the early United States?
Correct Answers: Incorrect Answers:
Analyze the map below depicting Loyalism during the American Revolution. What does the map reveal about political allegiances during the Revolutionary War?
Correct Answers: 1. The majority of colonists either strongly supported the patriots or Loyalist; very few were neutral. 2. Strong loyalty to the British government Incorrect Answers: 1. 2.
Historians use the term "republican motherhood" to describe beliefs about women and femininity in the revolutionary period. Identify the characteristics of republican motherhood.
Correct Answers: 1. Women were to be educated so that they would raise their children-especially their sons-with republican values. 2. "Family" came to be associated with parents and children; older definitions which included indentured servants and enslaved persons went out of style. 3. Marriage was increasingly identified as "companionate," or based on an idea of affection and teamwork. Incorrect Answers: 1. Women were given new legal entitlements such as the right to own property. 2. Women were seen as political actors who would eventually receive the right to vote.
Complete the following passage about the spread of democratic ideas in the late-eighteenth century: The ___________ was among the first institutions to embrace
Local militia
Match the trailblazer from this period with his or her correct description.
Phillis Wheatley: The poetic talents of this woman challenged Americans' idea that black persons were devoid of intellectual ability. Joseph Brant: This young Mohawk hoped to create an Indian Confederacy between the new United States and Canada. Lemuel Haynes: This veteran of the Massachusetts militia and noted preacher was an early proponent of extending freedom and equality to people of African heritage. Mercy Otis Warren Hannah Snell: This woman joined the British army in 1745 disguised as a man; later she was awarded a soldier's pension.
