Gml Midterm Ch 1-8

Front 1

Look at the source and decide if it is a Primary Source or a Secondary Source.
Choose 1,2,3 for Primary
Choose 4,5 for Secondary

Back 1

(3) Notes taken by George Washington taken during meetings.
(5) A book about the civil war written in 2010
(2) A personal diary
(1) A Newspaper
(4) Your textbook

Front 2

Which of the following is true of Spain’s explorations of the New World?

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Florida was the first region in the present-day United States that Spain colonized.

Front 3

The first French explorations of the New World:

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were intended to locate the Northwest Passage.

Front 4

As colonization began, the European idea of freedom:

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included the idea of abandoning sin to embrace the teachings of Jesus Christ.

Front 5

Which of the following was NOT a technique that Spanish conquistadores used to conquer Native American empires?

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Negotiating treaties

Front 6

In 1492, the Native American population:

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lived mostly in Central and South America.

Front 7

Why did King Henry VII break from the Catholic Church?

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He did not break with the church; his son and successor Henry VIII did.

Front 8

Intermarriage between English colonists and Native Americans in Virginia:

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was very rare before being outlawed by the Virginia legislature in 1691.

Front 9

How did most Puritans view the separation of church and state?

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They allowed church and state to be interconnected by requiring each town to establish a church and levy a tax to support the minister.

Front 10

Puritans relied on and deeply valued education.

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True

Front 11

How did the Virginia Company reshape the colony’s development?

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It instituted the headright system, giving fifty acres of land to each colonist who paid for his own or another’s passage.

Front 12

In the 1640's, leaders of the House of Commons:

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accused the king of imposing taxes without parliamentary consent.

Front 13

Great Britain sought to attract which of the following to its American colonies in the eighteenth century?

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Protestants from non-English and less prosperous parts of the British Isles

Front 14

William Penn obtained the land for his Pennsylvania colony because:

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the king wanted to cancel his debt to the Penn family and bolster the English presence in North America.

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What was the Covenant Chain?

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an alliance made by the governor of New York and the Iroquois Confederacy

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The economy of the Carolina colony:

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originally centered on cattle-raising and trade.

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Of colonists in British North America, which group was the wealthiest?

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South Carolina rice planters

Front 18

Which of the following was true of the colonial elite?

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They controlled colonial government.

Front 19

Thomas Jefferson’s declaration that “all men are created equal” did not radically alter society.

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False

Front 20

Approximately how many free Americans remained loyal to the British during the war?

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20 to 25 percent

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Which statement about Loyalists is FALSE?

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Fewer than 10,000 Loyalists left America after the war.

Front 22

According to Noah Webster, what was the very soul of a republic?

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equality

Front 23

The property qualification for voting was hotly debated during the 1770's and 1780's.

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True

Front 24

As a result of the religious freedom created by the Revolution:

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upstart churches began challenging the well-established churches.

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The Anti-Federalist James Winthrop argued that a bill of rights was necessary in the Constitution because:

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it would secure the minority against the usurpation and tyranny of the majority.

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Why did the founding fathers create the electoral college?

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They did not trust ordinary voters to choose the president and vice president directly.

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Crèvecoeur’s Letters from an American Farmer described America as a melting pot of Europeans.

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True

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The Constitution is a lengthy, wordy document that outlines the structure of government in great detail.

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False

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As designed by the Constitution:

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federal judges were appointed by the president, not elected by the people.

Front 30

Thomas Jefferson believed that African-Americans:

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should eventually be able to enjoy their natural rights, but they would have to leave the United States to do so.

Front 31

Which of the following is a true statement about the Atlantic slave trade’s effect in West Africa?

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It helped lead to the rise of militarized states in West Africa, whose large armies preyed upon their neighbors in order to capture slaves.

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Why was slavery less prevalent in the northern colonies?

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The small farms of the northern colonies did not need slaves.

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Recent scholarship has suggested that Olaudah Equiano may have been born in the New World rather than Africa.

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True

Front 34

“Republicanism” in the eighteenth-century Anglo-American political world emphasized the importance of ____________ as the essence of liberty.

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active participation in public life by property-owning citizens

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The American Philosophical Society in its modest beginnings was called:

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the Junto.

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The language of British liberty:

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was used by humble members of society as well as by the elite.

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The Sedition Act targeted:

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the Republican press.

Front 38

Which of the following is true of the Louisiana Purchase?

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Jefferson expected the land acquisition to make possible the spread of agrarian republicanism.

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Gabriel’s Rebellion:

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demonstrated that the slaves were as aware of the idea of liberty as anyone else.

Front 40

The Battle of Washington, D.C., valiantly fought by the Americans, was a much needed victory.

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False

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Which of the following is true of women and political life in the new republic of the 1790's?

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Some women contributed to a growing democratization of political life by arguing for increased rights for their sex.

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Which of the following is true of the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794?

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It was the only time in U.S. history that the president commanded an army in the field.

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British possessions in the West Indies:

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remained loyal to the crown during the American Revolution because their leaders feared slave uprisings.

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Samuel Adams defended the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre in a court of law.

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False

Front 45

The French played a significant role in the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown.

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True

Front 46

The Quebec Act:

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granted religious toleration to Catholics in Canada.

Front 47

What armed group, motivated by deep frustrations with the corruption of North Carolina’s county officials, was defeated by the colony’s militia at the 1771 Battle of Alamance?

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the Regulators

Front 48

The Treaty of Paris was negotiated within six months after Cornwallis’s surrender.

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False