APUSH C4 Pop Quiz

The French and Indian War started as a result of disputed land claims regarding Select one: A. western New York. B. Quebec. C. the Ohio River Valley. D. the Mississippi River.

C

Pontiac's uprising in Detroit in 1763 was a direct cause of which of the following events? Select one: A. The Royal Proclamation of 1763 B. The South Carolina Regulator movement C. The tenant revolt in New York D. The Paxton Boys Rebellion

A

Hostilities between French troops and Virginians led by Colonel George Washington began in 1754 at which of the following locations? Select one: A. Fort Duquesne B. Williamsburg C. Quebec D. Valley Forge

A

In the mid-1700s, which industrializing nation was the dominant commercial power in the Atlantic Ocean? Select one: A. England B. France C. Holland D. Germany

A

The 1754 Albany Congress was a significant event because it demonstrated that Select one: A. neither the colonists nor the British found the other's plan acceptable. B. Washington was prepared to surrender the Ohio Valley to the French. C. the colonies were ready to unite for defense under England's authority. D. throughout the colonies, there was a desire to adopt Ben Franklin's plan for union.

A

The eighteenth-century Great Awakening was the impetus for which of the following phenomena? Select one: A. African Americans' creation of a distinctive Protestant Christianity B. The provision of government support for more than a single church C. Secular humanism D. Increasing racial segregation in churches in the southern colonies

A

The group that came to be known as the Cajuns after the Great War for Empire were Select one: A. French settlers expelled by the British from Nova Scotia and deported to Louisiana. B. Scots-Irish colonists who settled in Nova Scotia after the British expelled the French. C. Native Americans who were among the closest allies of the French. D. British troops sent to North America after Braddock's defeat in 1755.

A

The political conflicts that wracked colonial Pennsylvania in the middle of the eighteenth century stemmed from which of the following sources? Select one: A. Rapid immigration and population growth B. State funding for churches and public education C. Tension between pious Quakers and those who embraced religious toleration D. Disagreements over the importance of economic opportunity

A

What made the British authorities wary of declaring war against the French in North America in 1754? Select one: A. They believed the American colonists were incapable of cooperating in their own defense. B. Native American tribes were sure to side with the French over the British. C. The colonists protested against the deployment of British troops in North America. D. The king insisted that the colonies were not generating enough income to support a war.

A

Which of the following developments created a crisis for New England Puritan society in the eighteenth century? Select one: A. Population growth made freehold land scarce. B. Puritan churches could no longer attract qualified ministers. C. British domination threatened the region's economy. D. Changes in women's status caused a declining birthrate.

A

Which of the following eighteenth-century movements posed a significant challenge to traditional assumptions about race, gender, and class in American society? Select one: A. The Great Awakening B. The Enlightenment C. The regulator movement D. The Glorious Revolution

A

Which of the following features characterized the Middle Atlantic colonies of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania in the eighteenth century? Select one: A. Cultural diversity B. A wheat-based economy C. Amicable relations with Native Americans D. Religious orthodoxy

A

Which of the following individuals created the foundation for Enlightenment thinking? Select one: A. Nicolas Copernicus B. Benjamin Franklin C. John Locke D. King James II

A

Which of the following statements best describes women's property rights in the English colonies in the eighteenth century? Select one: A. When they married, women passed legal ownership of all personal property to their husbands. B. Any land a woman owned before her marriage reverted to her ownership at her husband's death. C. Upon marriage, sons and daughters usually received equal shares of the family property. D. A widow gained control over her late husband's estate and retained it even if she remarried.

A

Which of the following statements describes the role of money and economic exchange in eighteenth-century rural New England? Select one: A. Generally, no money was exchanged between relatives and neighbors, but accounts of debts were maintained and settled every few years by cash transfers. B. Because they owed increasingly heavy taxes to the British, who demanded payment in coin, farmers were forced to switch from a barter economy to a cash economy. C. Land banks printed and distributed paper currency for farmers to use as cash in return for a percentage of a farm's yearly output. D. As New England's exports increased, even isolated farming communities became accustomed to monetary transactions.

A

Which of these religious denominations successfully converted many slaves in the mid-eighteenth-century southern colonies? Select one: A. Baptists B. Anglicans C. Presbyterians D. Methodists

A

Why was the print revolution that occurred in the colonies during the early eighteenth century significant? Select one: A. Printing allowed for the broad transmission of new ideas. B. It solidified distinctions between slaves and free people. C. The print revolution made the American Reformation possible. D. The revolution advanced the burgeoning cause of public education.

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How did the British government respond to hostilities in America in 1754? Select one: A. Parliament shifted responsibility for military defense to a colonial assembly to be convened at Albany. B. William Pitt and Lord Halifax persuaded Prime Minister Pelham to start a war in America against the French. C. Parliament voted to adopt a Plan of Union for the colonies. D. Prime Minister Henry Pelham called for a massive troop buildup to conquer French Canada.

B

In eighteenth-century New England, the notion that parents would pay grown children for their past labors in exchange for the privilege of choosing the children's spouses was known as Select one: A. primogeniture. B. the marriage portion. C. household production. D. common law.

B

The English philosopher John Locke believed which of the following ideas? Select one: A. Most people were not qualified to exercise any influence over politics. B. People had natural rights such as life, liberty, and property. C. Education corrupted humans' natural purposes and instincts. D. Human nature was fundamentally acquisitive and competitive.

B

The most numerous voluntary (nonslave) emigrants to British North America in the eighteenth century came from which of the following groups? Select one: A. Dutch B. Scots-Irish C. Germans D. English

B

The power of human reason, a world ordered by natural laws, and the progressive improvement of society are associated with which of the following movements? Select one: A. The Society of Friends B. The Enlightenment C. The Great Awakening D. Puritanism

B

What made George Whitefield such a successful evangelical preacher in New England in the 1740s? Select one: A. Puritans' vicious denunciation of his methods B. A reputation for being "almost angelical" in appearance C. His claims of faith-healing abilities D. His 1737 book, A Faithful Narrative of the Surprising Work of God

B

Which of the following colleges was founded in the mid-eighteenth century out of the religious enthusiasm spread by the Great Awakening? Select one: A. Harvard B. Princeton C. William and Mary D. Stanford

B

Which of the following consequences of the eighteenth-century Great Awakening made it historically significant? Select one: A. The consolidation of American religious fervor into a smaller number of denominations B. Americans' new freedom to challenge authority within and outside the church C. The declining importance of higher education in the American colonies D. An increasing level of admiration for the growing business community

B

Which of the following developments was an outcome of the eighteenth-century consumer revolution? Select one: A. Transatlantic trade decreased. B. The colonies became more dependent on overseas credits and markets. C. Unable to compete with the British, colonial manufacturers closed down. D. Americans became more self-sufficient.

B

Which of the following problems troubled both eastern migrants and western settlers in the American colonies in the mid-1700s? Select one: A. Shortages of English consumer goods B. Competition for land C. Rampant inflation D. A lack of markets for their products

B

Puritan minister Cotton Mather's response to which of the following eighteenth-century crises demonstrated that Enlightenment ideas had begun to influence him? Select one: A. Andover's resolution to exempt churches from taxation B. The Salem witch trials C. The Boston smallpox epidemic D. Harvard University's decision to reject Puritanism

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Which of the following statements characterizes the nature of colonial Pennsylvania during the eighteenth century? Select one: A. Because the Quakers insisted on social equality and justice, few economic inequalities developed until the 1790s. B. The growing wheat trade in the mid-eighteenth century brought an influx of poor families, which increased social divisions. C. German and Scots-Irish farmers soon became the richest ethnic groups in rural Pennsylvania. D. Despite the Quakers' ideals, rural colonial Pennsylvania was never a land of economic equality.

B

Which of the following statements describes the early Industrial Revolution and its impact on the American colonies in the eighteenth century? Select one: A. The Industrial Revolution had little effect on the American colonies because they were largely self-sufficient in producing commodities for internal markets. B. Britain's new ability to produce more and cheaper goods than ever before transformed American markets and raised most colonists' standard of living. C. Due to the rising anti-British sentiment, colonists boycotted British goods, so the Industrial Revolution had little impact on America. D. Agricultural equipment from new factories increased British farmers' harvests, glutted the international grain market, and decreased American farmers' ability to sell their crops.

B

In New York during the first half of the eighteenth-century, settlement of the Hudson River Valley showed which of the following patterns? Select one: A. Continuing troubles with the French and Indians to the north kept the valley sparsely populated until the eve of the American Revolution. B. German and Scots-Irish immigrants, attracted by generous terms offered by Dutch families who did not want the land to be settled exclusively by migrating New Englanders, poured in. C. The Dutch manorial system largely remained intact, with a few wealthy and powerful Dutch and English landlords dominating poor tenant families. D. Migrants from overcrowded New England bid up the price of land so high that immigrant Germans and Scots-Irish could not afford to settle there.

C

What specific purpose did the colonies of New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia serve for the British Empire in the eighteenth century? Select one: A. These colonies produced most of the empire's wool and linens. B. They produced preserved meats to supply the massive British Navy. C. Their wheat crops made them the breadbasket of the Atlantic world. D. Their large populations supplied the majority of soldiers for North American defense.

C

Which of the following eighteenth-century Pennsylvania immigrant groups quickly lost its cultural identity by practicing intermarriage with other Protestants? Select one: A. English Quakers B. Swedish Lutherans C. Dutch Huguenots D. Scots-Irish Presbyterians

C

Which of the following statements best describes inheritance patterns in colonial New England during the mid-1700s? Select one: A. Every family's eldest son inherited its entire property. B. Typically, sons received their inheritance at age twenty-one. C. Fathers had a cultural duty to provide inheritances for their children. D. Daughters—not sons—received a "marriage portion" when they married.

C

Which of the following statements characterizes eighteenth-century religious practice in Pennsylvania? Select one: A. Quakers increasingly married outside their faith. B. Most members of religious congregations faithfully observed the Sabbath. C. Each religious sect enforced moral behavior among its members. D. Quaker congregations lacked the power to punish individuals who broke the moral code.

C

Which of the following statements describes rural life in the New England colonies during the eighteenth century? Select one: A. Long-settled areas frequently lost much of their population as farmers continued to migrate westward. B. Farmers' grown children clung to their ancestral towns, fearful of moving westward where they might encounter harsh living conditions. C. Colonists' sense of personal worth and dignity in rural New England contrasted sharply with European peasant life. D. As the colonial elite consolidated its power, yeomen farmers tended to sink to the level of impoverished European peasants.

C

Which of the following statements describes the relationship of typical New England women to the church in the eighteenth century? Select one: A. Church attendance was obligatory for everyone, but only men could obtain church membership. B. Women and men joined churches in equal numbers, but men dominated the leadership. C. Churches were filled primarily with women but led exclusively by men. D. Women flocked to New England churches because they were regarded as equals there.

C

Which of the following was a provision of the Treaty of Paris of 1763? Select one: A. England received both of the French sugar islands in the West Indies. B. Spain acquired Louisiana and all of France's territory in Canada. C. France lost all of her North American territory east of the Mississippi River. D. England acquired all French territory in continental North America.

C

Which of the following was part of William Pitt's strategy to mobilize the American colonists for the Great War for Empire in 1756? Select one: A. Promising that the colonists could gain access to land in the Ohio Valley if they won the war B. Threatening that a French victory would require the colonists to become Roman Catholics C. Committing to provide a fleet of British ships and 30,000 soldiers to North America D. Agreeing that Britain would pay the full cost of all the troops raised by the colonies

C

During the Great Awakening in the 1730s and 1740s, which of the following groups challenged the authority of ministers? Select one: A. Anglicans B. Old Lights C. Traditional Puritans D. New Lights

D

How did farmwives throughout the colonies in the eighteenth century contribute to their families? Select one: A. Mothers assembled manufactured goods in their homes while caring for children. B. They exercised strict control over the family's finances and economic decisions. C. The women worked within the farmhouse due to traditional notions that only men performed field work. D. Wives acted as helpmates to their husbands and performed both domestic and agricultural tasks.

D

Influenced by Enlightenment science, which of the following religious movements believed that God had created the world but allowed it to operate in accordance with the laws of nature? Select one: A. Regulatorism B. Presbyterianism C. Methodism D. Deism

D

What did the German immigrants known as redemptioners do on their arrival in Pennsylvania in the eighteenth century? Select one: A. Sold valuable products they brought from Germany in order to defray their travel expenses B. Organized elaborate religious revivals intended to redeem the souls of fallen-away Christians C. Found jobs as wage laborers in order to save money to bring their relatives to America D. Negotiated the terms for a period of servitude through which they would pay for their trip

D

Which of the following characterized the New England freehold society of the early eighteenth century? Select one: A. A small gentry elite that owned most of the land, which was farmed by tenants and other workers B. Maritime cities consisting of wealthy traders, skilled artisans, and propertyless workers C. A relatively large elite whose economic and political power depended on manufacturing profits D. Many relatively equal landowning families whose livelihoods came from agriculture and trade

D

Which of the following statements describes the religious controversy that emerged from the Great Awakening during the 1740s and 1750s? Select one: A. The New Lights condemned "crying out, fainting, and convulsions" as a medieval practice akin to superstition. B. The New Lights condemned the Old Light practice of allowing women to speak in churches. C. The Old Lights in Massachusetts and Connecticut called for a resurgence of emotion-based religious practices. D. The Old Lights prohibited traveling preachers from speaking to a congregation without its minister's permission.

D

Which of the following was a result of the long-practiced policy of subdividing land in New England for inheritance by the mid-1700s? Select one: A. Speculators bought up small parcels of land, combined them, and sold them off at a large profit. B. The freehold system in the American colonies became unsustainable. C. Parents helped their children get established on their own prosperous farm. D. The number of children conceived before marriage rose sharply.

D

Which of the following was an outcome of New England families' efforts to maintain the freeholder ideal in the late eighteenth century? Select one: A. Colonial legislatures reformed inheritance laws and eliminated the "marriage portion." B. Churches consolidated their power and exercised greater control over young adults' behavior. C. Thousands of New England families migrated into Canada, where more land was available. D. Farmers abandoned traditional grain crops and adopted livestock agriculture instead.

D

Which of these individuals would have most likely preferred Pietism to deism in the eighteenth century? Select one: A. A wealthy New York merchant B. An urban artisan C. A Virginia planter D. A Scots-Irish migrant

D

Why did the Virginia gentry fear the rise of the Baptists in the mid-eighteenth century? Select one: A. Baptist ministers argued that they occupied a higher social and moral plane than Anglicans and Presbyterians. B. The radical Protestants insisted that any slaves who converted to Christianity should be immediately freed by their masters. C. The Baptists were notorious for indulging in activities such as horse racing, gambling, and cockfighting. D. They threatened to undermine the gentry's position and privilege.

D

How did the Pietism movement of the eighteenth century differ from Puritanism? Select one: A. It appealed especially strongly to well-educated urban populations. B. It differed through its rejection of the notion that humans were sinful. C. The movement emphasized the use of reason and logic to understand the world. D. Pietism stressed an individual's relationship with God.

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