Apush Midterm Review Part 2 Chapters 3-4

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1. The Mayflower Compact can be best described as
A. an agreement to follow the dictates of Parliament.
B. a document which allowed women limited participation in government.
C. a constitution.
D. a complex agreement to form an oligarchy.
E. a promising step toward genuine self-government.

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E. a promising step toward genuine self-government.

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41 adult males signed it

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2. Puritan doctrine included acceptance of
A. antinomianism.
B. the Pope’s supremacy.
C. the idea of a covenant with God.
D. the doctrine of good works.
E. the King as the final religious authority.

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C. the idea of a covenant with God.

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3. With the franchise in Massachusetts extended to all adult males who belonged to Puritan congregations, the proportion of qualified voters in the colony as compared to England was
A. larger.
B. somewhat smaller.
C. about the same.
D. not known.
E. a great deal smaller.

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A. larger.

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4. In Massachusetts, clergymen
A. could be elected to political office.
B. could not be fired by their congregations.
C. were not allowed to marry.
D. were barred from holding formal political office.
E. could not have children.

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B. could not be fired by their congregations.

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5. Puritan religious beliefs allowed all of the following except
A. drinking alcohol.
B. eating plentifully.
C. challenging religious authority.
D. making love discreetly.
E. singing songs.

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C. challenging religious authority.

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6. Among the Puritans, it was understood that
A. they would establish democratic government in America.
B. clergymen could hold the most powerful political office.
C. the purpose of government was to enforce God’s laws.
D. all adult white male landowners could vote for political leaders.
E. women could be come religious leaders.

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C. the purpose of government was to enforce God’s laws.

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7. People who flouted the authority of the Puritan clergy in Massachusetts Bay were subject to which of the following punishments?
A. fines
B. floggings
C. banishment
D. death
E. all of the above

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C. banishment

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8. As the founder of Rhode Island, Roger Williams
A. established religious freedom for all but Jews and Catholics.
B. supported some types of special privileges.
C. established complete religious freedom for all.
D. demanded attendance at worship.
E. became a very wealthy man.

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C. established complete religious freedom for all.

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9. Roger Williams’ beliefs included all the following except
A. breaking away from the Church of England.
B. challenging the legality of Massachusetts Bay’s charter.
C. condemning the taking of Indian land without fair compensation.
D. denying the authority of the civil government to regulate religious matters.
E. demanding oaths regarding religious beliefs.

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E. demanding oaths regarding religious beliefs.

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10. Settlers of the Connecticut River colony developed a document known as the Fundamental Orders, which
A. marked the beginning of the colony of Connecticut.
B. established a regime democratically controlled by “substantial” citizens.
C. set up a military alliance in new England.
D. pleased King Charles I.
E. supported a government controlled by all people.

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B. established a regime democratically controlled by “substantial” citizens.

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11. The New England Indians’ only hope for resisting English encroachment lay in
A. acquiring English muskets.
B. enlisting the aid of the French.
C. intertribal unity against the English.
D. building fortifications.
E. allying themselves for the Dutch.

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D. building fortifications.

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12. King Philip’s War resulted in
A. the lasting defeat of new England’s Indians.
B. France’s moving into Canada.
C. the formation of a powerful alliance among the Indians to resist the English.
D. the last victory for the Indians.
E. none of the above.

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A. the lasting defeat of new England’s Indians.

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13. During the early years of colonization in the new World, England
A. closely controlled its colonies.
B. maintained an excellent relationship with the Indians.
C. paid little attention to its colonies.
D. made sure all the colonies had royal charters.
E. began the importation of African slaves in large numbers.

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D. made sure all the colonies had royal charters.

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14. The middle colonies were notable for their
A. lack of good river transportation.
B. unusual degree of democratic control.
C. lack of industry.
D. status as the least “American” of the colonies.
E. established churches.

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A. lack of good river transportation.

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15. The section of the American colonies where there was the greatest internal conflict was
A. New England
B. the Deep South.
C. the western frontier.
D. the middle colonies.
E. the southwest.

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D. the middle colonies.

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16. In the seventeenth century, due to a high death rate families were both few and fragile in
A. New England.
B. the Chesapeake colonies.
C. the middle colonies.
D. Georgia.
E. Florida.

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B. the Chesapeake colonies.

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17. During the seventeenth century, indentured servitude solved the labor problem in many English colonies for all of the following reasons except that
A. the Indian population proved to be an unreliable work force because they died in such large numbers.
B. African slaves cost too much money.
C. in some areas families formed too slowly.
D. Spain had stopped sending slaves to its New World colonies.
E. families procreated too slowly.

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18. The “headright” system, which made some people very wealthy, entailed
A. using Indians as forced labor.
B. giving land to indentured servants to get them to come to the new World.
C. giving the right to acquire fifty acres of land to the person paying the passage of a laborer to America.
D. discouraging the importation of indentured servants to America.
E. giving a father’s wealth to the oldest son.

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C. giving the right to acquire fifty acres of land to the person paying the passage of a laborer to America.

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19. English yeomen who agreed to exchange their labor temporarily in return for payment of their passage to an American colony were called
A. headrights.
B. burgesses.
C. indentured servants.
D. slaves.
E. birds of passage.

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C. indentured servants.

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20. Over the course of the seventeenth century, most indentured servants
A. became landowners.
B. devolved into slavery.
C. managed to escape the terms of their contracts.
D. faced increasingly harsh circumstances.
E. saw their wages increase.

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D. faced increasingly harsh circumstances.

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21. By the end of the seventeenth century, indentured servants who gained their freedom
A. often gained great wealth as more land opened for settlement.
B. rarely returned to work for their masters.
C. almost always found high-paying jobs in the cities.
D. had little choice but to hire themselves out for low wages to their former masters.
E. often returned to England.

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D. had little choice but to hire themselves out for low wages to their former masters.

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22. As a result of Bacon’s Rebellion,
A. African slavery was reduced.
B. planters began to look for less troublesome laborers.
C. Governor Berkley was dismissed from office.
D. Nathanial Bacon was named to head the Virginia militia.
E. better relations developed with the local Indians.

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23. After 1860, reliance on slave labor in colonial American rapidly increased because
A. higher wages in England reduced the number of emigrating servants.
B. planters feared the growing number of landless freemen in the colonies.
C. the British Royal African company lost its monopoly on the slave trade in colonial America.
D. Americans rushed to cash in on slave trade.
E. all of the above.

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E. all of the above.

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24. The slave society that developed in North America was one of the few slave societies in history to
A. produce a new culture based entirely on African Heritage.
B. rebel against its masters.
C. reduce their numbers by suicide.
D. develop its own techniques of growing corn and wheat.
E. perpetuate itself by its own natural reproduction.

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A. produce a new culture based entirely on African Heritage.

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25. Southern colonies generally allowed married women to retain separate title to their property because
A. of religious beliefs.
B. of English tradition.
C. southern men frequently died young.
D. southern families were stable.
E. of a smaller number of men than women.

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C. southern men frequently died young.

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26. In seventeenth century colonial America, all of the following are true regarding women except
A. women had no rights as individuals.
B. women could not vote.
C. women were regarded as morally weaker than men.
D. a husband’s power over his wife was not absolute.
E. abusive husbands were punished.

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E. abusive husbands were punished.

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27. The new England economy depended heavily on
A. slave labor.
B. the production of many staple crops.
C. fishing, shipbuilding, and commerce.
D. tobacco.
E. all of the above.

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C. fishing, shipbuilding, and commerce.

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28. In contrast to the Chesapeake colonies, those in New England
A. had a more diversified economy.
B. expanded westward in a less orderly fashion.
C. had a more ethnically mixed population.
D. were more oriented toward the individual than toward community interests.
E. followed the land use pattern established by the local Indians.

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D. were more oriented toward the individual than toward community interests.

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29. The English justified taking land from the native inhabitants on the grounds that the Indians
A. were not Christians.
B. wasted the wealth by underutilizing its bounty.
C. burned woodlands.
D. refused to sell it.
E. all of the above.

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B. wasted the wealth by underutilizing its bounty.

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30. Compared with most seventeenth-century Europeans, Americans lived in
A. relative poverty.
B. larger cities.
C. affluent abundance.
D. a more rigid class system.
E. more primitive circumstances.

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A. relative poverty.