Question 1

To what extent did Revolutionary era Americans agree with Noah Webster's statement that equality was the very soul of a republic? Your response should define what Americans meant by equality and should consider groups that seemed to enjoy equality as well as those groups that did not.

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Question 2

Nearly every state constitution adopted in the 1770s and 1780s allowed Jews to vote and hold public office.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

During the American Revolutionary War, the buying and selling of slaves was temporarily halted.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

MATCHING
-John Sullivan

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A)  black poet
B)  Pennsylvania radical
C)  Thoughts on Government author
D)  burned forty Indian towns
E)  America's first Roman Catholic bishopF) director of congressional fiscal policyG) The Selling of Joseph authorH) wrote of universal freedom, even for blacksI) drafted Virginia's Bill for Establishing Religious FreedomJ) "Remember the ladies"K) The Wealth of Nations authorL) Mohawk IndianM) E) and I)
N) B) and K)

Question 5

Virtually every founding father owned at least one slave at some point in his life. Who was a notable exception?

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A)   George Washington
B)   John Adams
C)   Thomas Jefferson
D)   Benjamin Franklin
E)   James MadisonF) None of the above
G) B) and E)

Question 6

Not everyone supported the independence movement within the colonies. Explain who supported independence and who did not. Be sure to include a discussion about how socioeconomic standing, race, religion, and gender affected an individual's support for or opposition to independence. Also consider why the other regions of the British Empire, such as Canada, the Caribbean islands, and Florida, did not also rebel and seek independence.

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-Loyalists

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A)  raised funds to assist American soldiers
B)  working for wages, or owning a farm or shop
C)  an offensive term for the rituals of the Catholic Church
D)  "School of political democracy"
E)  retained their allegiance to the crownF) fighting for the American causeG) Revolution undermined church authority among this groupH) responsible for raising the next generation of leadersI) the right to voteJ) action slaves took for their immediate releaseK) ability to sacrifice self-interest for the public goodL) settlement in Africa for freed slavesM) B) and L)
N) A) and G)

Question 8

The efforts to emancipate slaves in the 1770s and 1780s:

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A)   occurred only in the New England states.
B)   resulted entirely from the voluntary work by slaveholders.
C)   included all slaves north of South Carolina.
D)   reflected the importance of property rights.
E)   were reversed in 1792 by the U.S. Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case.F) A) and C)
G) D) and E)

Question 9

MATCHING
-suffrage

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A)  raised funds to assist American soldiers
B)  working for wages, or owning a farm or shop
C)  an offensive term for the rituals of the Catholic Church
D)  "School of political democracy"
E)  retained their allegiance to the crownF) fighting for the American causeG) Revolution undermined church authority among this groupH) responsible for raising the next generation of leadersI) the right to voteJ) action slaves took for their immediate releaseK) ability to sacrifice self-interest for the public goodL) settlement in Africa for freed slavesM) A) and J)
N) H) and L)

Question 10

"Republican motherhood" was an ideology that held:

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A)   women should be granted suffrage rights.
B)   women played an indispensable role in the new nation by training future citizens.
C)   Thomas Jefferson's Republican Party represented maternal interests better than its opponents did.
D)   education was wasted on women, who should only worry about having many children to populate the republic.
E)   political equality of the sexes fit a republican society.F) A) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 11

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

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A)   equality
B)   diversity
C)   democracy
D)   freedom
E)   industryF) A) and B)
G) A) and D)

Question 12

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Loyalists

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Question 13

Which statement about blacks and freedom in the Revolutionary era is FALSE?

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A)   The language of liberty echoed in slave communities, North and South.
B)   "Freedom petitions" were presented by slaves in New England beginning in the early 1770s.
C)   Many blacks were surprised that white America did not realize their rhetoric of revolution demanded emancipation.
D)   After the Revolution, emancipation in the North was swift and all encompassing.
E)   The number of runaway slaves, as measured by newspaper advertisements, rose dramatically.F) B) and C)
G) C) and D)

Question 14

Thomas Jefferson's declaration that "all men are created equal" did not radically alter society.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

MATCHING
-Thomas Jefferson

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A)  black poet
B)  Pennsylvania radical
C)  Thoughts on Government author
D)  burned forty Indian towns
E)  America's first Roman Catholic bishopF) director of congressional fiscal policyG) The Selling of Joseph authorH) wrote of universal freedom, even for blacksI) drafted Virginia's Bill for Establishing Religious FreedomJ) "Remember the ladies"K) The Wealth of Nations authorL) Mohawk IndianM) C) and J)
N) J) and L)

Question 16

Britain eventually paid compensation to some Americans after the war who claimed they had been improperly deprived of their slave property.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

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

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A)   organized religion became less important in American life over the next thirty years.
B)   upstart churches began challenging the well-established churches.
C)   the number of religious denominations in the United States declined.
D)   violent struggles between religious groups were not uncommon in the backcountry.
E)   tax-supported churches flourished in every state in the new nation.F) None of the above
G) B) and C)

Question 18

Which statement about gender and politics in the Revolutionary era is FALSE?

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A)   The winning of independence did not alter the law of family inherited from Britain.
B)   In both law and social reality, women lacked the essential qualification of political participation.
C)   In appreciation for their invaluable contribution to the war effort, women were allowed universal suffrage.
D)   Many women who entered public debate felt the need to apologize for their forthrightness.
E)   Most men considered women to be naturally submissive and irrational and therefore unfit for citizenship.F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 19

For those loyalists who remained in the United States after the war, hostility toward them proved to be long and intense.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

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

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A)   5 to 10 percent
B)   10 to 15 percent
C)   20 to 25 percent
D)   30 to 35 percent
E)   45 to 50 percentF) D) and E)
G) B) and E)

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The efforts to emancipate slaves in the 1770s and 1780s:

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Thomas Jefferson's declaration that "all men are created equal" did not radically alter society.

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