9/12/17 AP US History Content Quiz Possible Questions List

Which of the following conditions in England motivated Puritans to migrate to New England in the 1630s? I. political repression of dissident Protestants II. an economic recession III. restrictions on Puritan religious practices A. I only B. II only C. III only D. I and III only E. I, II, and III

E. I, II, and III

Which of the following was true of the first Great Awakening? A. It primarily affected church congregations in towns and cities. B. Cotton Mather was one of its most famous preachers. C. It was denounced by Jonathan Edwards. D. It was primarily a southern phenomenon. E. It resulted in divisions within both the Congregational and the Presbyterian churches.

E. It resulted in divisions within both the Congregational and the Presbyterian churches.

Which of the following is a correct statement about the use of slave labor in colonial Virginia? A. It was forced on reluctant White Virginians by profit-minded English merchants and the mercantilist officials of the Crown. B. It was the first case in which Europeans enslaved Blacks. C. It fulfilled the original plans of the Virginia Company. D. It first occurred after the invention of Eli Whitney's cotton gin, which greatly stimulated the demand for low-cost labor. E. It spread rapidly in the late seventeenth century, as Blacks displaced White indentured servants in the tobacco fields.

E. It spread rapidly in the late seventeenth century, as Blacks displaced White indentured servants in the tobacco fields.

The Stono Rebellion and the New York conspiracy trials of 1741 revealed which of the following? A. Increasing resistance to taxation. B. The inability of newcomers to acquire fertile farm land. C. Overpopulation in urban areas. D. Sectional divisions between northern and southern colonies. E. Resistance to slavery.

E. Resistance to slavery.

Which of the following groups was LEAST likely to respond with enthusiasm to the religious fervor of the Great Awakening in the 1730s and 1740s? A. Established merchants in cities like Boston and Philadelphia. B. Presbyterians in the southern colonies. C. Backwoods farmers isolated on the colonial frontier. D. Landless sons in New England communities. E. Itinerant preachers unable to find permanent parishes for themselves.

A. Established merchants in cities like Boston and Philadelphia.

Which of the following best explains why Massachusetts Bay officials banished Anne Hutchinson? A. She challenged gender roles and Puritan orthodoxy B. She was found guilty of practicing witchcraft C. She preached the doctrine of predestination D. She gave birth to a child out of wedlock E. She opened an unlicensed tavern

A. She challenged gender roles and Puritan orthodoxy

Which of the following was a characteristic of colonial Pennsylvania? A. There was no established church. B. Founder William Penn endorsed a policy of removing American Indians to the western region of the colony. C. Poor farm land in the back country aggravated the colony's economic woes. D. All white males could vote. E. The office of governor was an elective post.

A. There was no established church.

The first Great Awakening was A. a religious revival that occurred throughout the American colonies B. a slave rebellion in colonial South Carolina C. an eighteenth-century religious movement among Native Americans dedicated to reaffirming traditional values D. the flowering of Enlightenment political thought in colonial America E. an early colonial protest against English imperial policy

A. a religious revival that occurred throughout the American colonies

By the 1750's, the British colonies on the North American mainland were characterized by all of the following EXCEPT A. disdain for British constitutional monarchy B. many religious denominations C. a society without a hereditary aristocracy D. a growing number of non-English settlers E. acceptance of slavery as a labor system

A. disdain for British constitutional monarchy

Colonial cities functioned primarily as A. mercantile centers for collecting agricultural goods and distributing imported manufactured goods B. places where most poor immigrants settled and worked as independent artisans C. centers where large scale financial and banking operations were conducted D. places to which wage earners commuted from numerous surrounding communities E. centers of light manufacturing

A. mercantile centers for collecting agricultural goods and distributing imported manufactured goods

Deists of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries believed that A. natural laws, set by the Creator, govern the operation of the universe B. prayer has the power to make significant changes in a person's life C. the idea of God is merely the childish imagining of simple minds D. the universe was created by a natural spontaneous combining of elements E. intuition rather than reason leads human beings to an awareness of the divine

A. natural laws, set by the Creator, govern the operation of the universe

The primary purpose of the Stamp Act was to A. raise revenues to support British troops stationed in America B. reduce colonial consumption of foreign goods C. fund the colonial postal system D. impose a mercantilist system on the colonies E. reduce the authority of the colonial legislatures

A. raise revenues to support British troops stationed in America

Which of the following beliefs was central to eighteenth-century Deism? A. God gave the Bible to human beings to guide their behavior. B. God created a universe governed by natural law. C. Christ is the Redeemer of the human race. D. All human beings are born in sin. E. God's existence has been proven by supernatural revelation.

B. God created a universe governed by natural law.

The system of indentured labor used during the Colonial period had which of the following effects? A. It enabled England to deport most criminals. B. It enabled poor people to seek opportunity in America. C. It delayed the establishment of slavery in the South until about 1750. D. It facilitated the cultivation of cotton in the South. E. It instituted social equality.

B. It enabled poor people to seek opportunity in America.

The argument between Great Britain and its American colonies during the 1760's and 1770's over "virtual representation" concerned A. patterns of legislative apportionment in the colonial assemblies B. Parliament's ability to reflect colonial interests C. the lack of colonial participation in negotiating the Treaty of Paris D. the increasing use of juryless admiralty courts in the colonies E. the representation of "free men of color" in colonial assemblies

B. Parliament's ability to reflect colonial interests

Which of the following was true of the Northeast American Indian tribes at the time Europeans first began colonization? A. Their economies depended entirely on hunting and gathering. B. Their political and linguistic differences hindered their united opposition to the Europeans. C. Their populations were immune to European diseases. D. Their warriors rarely engaged in intertribal warfare. E. Their cultures made no distinction between men's work and women's work.

B. Their political and linguistic differences hindered their united opposition to the Europeans.

Which of the following most accurately describes the attitude of seventeenth-century Puritans toward religious liberty? A. Having suffered persecution in England, they extended toleration to everyone. B. They tolerated no one whose expressed religious views varied from their own views. C. They tolerated all Protestant sects, but not Catholics. D. They tolerated Catholics, but not Quakers. E. They had no coherent views on religious liberty.

B. They tolerated no one whose expressed religious views varied from their own views.

The French and Indian War was a pivotal point in America's relationship to great Britain because it led Great Britain to A. encourage colonial manufactures B. impose revenue taxes on the colonies C. restrict emigration from England D. ignore the colonies E. grant increased colonial self-government

B. impose revenue taxes on the colonies

The major purpose of England's mercantilist policy was to A. protect the infant industries of England's young colonies B. increase England's prosperity C. discourage other European powers from colonizing North America D. reduce the need for an overseas empire E. open the Atlantic to free trade

B. increase England's prosperity

The Ordinances of 1785 and 1787 were notable accomplishments because they A. established the principle that western lands are the joint property of all the states B. initiated a territorial policy that provided for the orderly creation of new states C. made possible a policy of Native American relations that enables new western areas to be settled peacefully D. put land into the hands of the actual settler rather than the speculator E. were the basis for the future settlement of the dispute with Britain over the northwest posts

B. initiated a territorial policy that provided for the orderly creation of new states

The North American colonies took advantage of Great Britain's policy of salutary neglect to A. establish religious freedom as a fundamental right B. work out trade arrangements to acquire needed products from other countries C. introduce the practice of slavery into the New World D. establish a standing army E. make favorable territorial settlements with the French

B. work out trade arrangements to acquire needed products from other countries

Which of the following was true of a married woman in the colonial era? A. She would be sentenced to debtors' prison for debts incurred by her husband. B. She could vote as her husband's proxy in elections. C. She generally lost control of her property when she married. D. She was the prime beneficiary by law of her husband's estate. E. Her legal rights over her children were the same as those of her husband.

C. She generally lost control of her property when she married.

Which of the following is true of the slave system in eighteenth-century British North America? A. The slave system was legal only in the southern colonies. B. Indentured servants increasingly replaced slaves in the southern colonies. C. Slave-owners gained increased legal power over their slaves. D. Most slaves worked on cotton plantations. E. All the southern colonies passed laws against freeing slaves.

C. Slave-owners gained increased legal power over their slaves.

Which of the following was true of most Puritans who emigrated to seventeenth-century New England? A. They had renounced the Church of England. B. They rejected the authority of the English king. C. They considered themselves non-Separatists. D. They approved of the Crown's religious policy. E. They intended to return eventually to England.

C. They considered themselves non-Separatists.

The Dutch settled New Netherland primarily to A. secure a refuge for the persecuted B. check the growth of English colonies in North America C. expand their commercial and mercantile network D. gain colonies to produce agricultural surpluses E. secure naval supplies

C. expand their commercial and mercantile network

The Navigation Acts were part of the British policy known as A. isolationism B. capitalism C. mercantilism D. monopolism E. imperialism

C. mercantilism

The "Great Awakening" refers to the A. growth of European awareness of the New World in the 1500's B. impact of the Enlightenment on colonial thought in the early 1700's C. wave of religious revivals that swept the colonies in the 1740's D. beginning of the colonial movement toward independence from Great Britain E. growth of technology that contributed to increased industrialization in the early 1800's

C. wave of religious revivals that swept the colonies in the 1740's

Which of the following moved in greatest numbers into Appalachia as the American Indians of the region were defeated? A. Immigrants from Sweden B. Slaveholders, indentured servants, and slaves from coastal plantations C. Puritans from New England D. Scotts-Irish, German, and English immigrants E. White immigrants from the West Indies

D. Scotts-Irish, German, and English immigrants

The Proclamation of 1763 did which of the following? A. Introduced a tax on tea. B. Prohibited colonists from producing iron for the American market. C. Forbade all colonial trade with the French West Indies. D. Set a boundary along the crest of the Appalachians beyond which the English colonists were forbidden to settle. E. Announced the reorganization of the colonial office under Parliament, rather than directly under the King-in-Council.

D. Set a boundary along the crest of the Appalachians beyond which the English colonists were forbidden to settle.

In the seventeenth century, which of the following was true of slavery in British North America? A. It was prohibited only in Massachusetts and Connecticut. B. It was opposed by the Anglican Church. C. Slaves officially accounted for more than thirty percent of the colonial population. D. The number of slaves increased rapidly in the last quarter of the century. E. Most slaves lived on plantations with fifty or more slaves.

D. The number of slaves increased rapidly in the last quarter of the century.

Which of the following statements about Africans brought as slaves to the British North American colonies is true? A. They were the primary labor source for plantations in the Chesapeake by 1630. B. They had a much lower life expectancy in the Chesapeake than in South Carolina or the West Indies. C. They greatly outnumbered Europeans in every colony south of the Mason-Dixon Line by 1776. D. They maintained cultural practices brought from Africa. E. They were the primary labor source in Pennsylvania until 1720.

D. They maintained cultural practices brought from Africa.

Which of the following most appropriately characterizes the violence exhibited in such episodes as Bacon's Rebellion, the Boston Tea Party, Shays' Rebellion, and the Whiskey Rebellion? A. Most violence occurred in urban areas. B. Most violence produced no deaths. C. The level of violence subsided after the American Revolution. D. Violence was directed at "outsiders" or representatives of distant authority. E. Most violence occurred because of the intervention of foreign powers in American internal affairs.

D. Violence was directed at "outsiders" or representatives of distant authority.

Settlers who established the British colony in Virginia during the seventeenth century were primarily seeking to A. recreate an Old World feudalistic society in the New World B. create a perfect religious commonwealth as an example to the rest of the world C. create a refuge for political dissidents D. profit economically E. increase the glory of Great Britain

D. profit economically

In the colonial period, Quakers were known for all of the following EXCEPT their A. acceptance of a greater role for women in public worship. B. opposition to the institution of slavery. C. advocacy of freedom of worship. D. refusal to pay taxes. E. refusal to bear arms.

D. refusal to pay taxes.

The mercantilist system in the eighteenth century led to A. the restriction of governmental intervention in the economy B. the protection of Native Americans from European economic exploitation C. the expansion of colonial manufacturing D. the subordination of the colonial economy to that of the mother country E. noncompetitive commercial relations among nations

D. the subordination of the colonial economy to that of the mother country

In which of the following British North American colonies was slavery legally established by the early 1700's? A. The southern colonies only B. The middle and southern colonies only C. The tobacco- and rice-growing colonies only D. All the colonies except Pennsylvania and the New England colonies E. All the colonies

E. All the colonies

After 1763, changes in the British imperial system threatened the interests of which of the following groups of American colonists? I. Land speculators with interests west of the Appalachians. II. Newspaper editors and lawyers. III. Farmers wishing to settle in the Ohio River Valley. IV. Boston smugglers. A. III only B. IV only C. I and III only D. I, III, and IV only E. I, II, III, and IV

E. I, II, III, and IV