AP US History. Unit 2 Progress Check: MCQ.

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Which of the following was the most important reason that Native American relations with English settlers differed from Native American relations with other groups of European settlers in the 1600s?
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Larger numbers of English colonists settled on land taken from Native Americans.
Explanation: The English were the first group of European settlers to establish colonies in North America, and they did so with the help of Native Americans. The English settlers were also the first to bring African slaves to North America. The English and the Native Americans had a long history of conflict in Europe, and this conflict carried over to the colonies in North America. The English settlers were also much more numerous than any other group of European settlers in North America.
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English colonists in North America in the 1600s and 1700s most typically sought which of the following?
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Opportunities to improve their living conditions
Explanation: The English colonies in North America were most typically seeking land, resources, and opportunities for economic growth. Many of the colonists were also seeking religious freedom, and some were seeking political asylum.
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The efforts of Spanish colonists to convert Native Americans to Christianity were most directly influenced by which of the following simultaneous developments?
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The extraction of gold and other wealth from the land in the Americas
Explanation: The efforts of Spanish colonists to convert Native Americans to Christianity were most directly influenced by the Spanish Inquisition and the Reformation. The Inquisition was established in 1478 by Pope Sixtus IV to combat heresy in Spain. The Reformation began in 1517 when Martin Luther posted his ninety-five theses on the door of the Wittenberg Cathedral. These two movements led to increased religious intolerance and persecution, which in turn motivated the Spanish colonists to convert the Native Americans to Christianity.
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"The New England settlers more closely resembled the non-migrating English population than they did other English colonists in the New World. . . . While the composition of the emigrant populations in the Chesapeake and the Caribbean hindered the successful transfer of familiar patterns of social relationships, the character of the New England colonial population ensured it. The prospect of colonizing distant lands stirred the imaginations of young people all over England but most of these young adults made their way to the tobacco and sugar plantations of the South. Nearly half of a sample of Virginia residents in 1625 were between the ages of twenty and twenty-nine, and groups of emigrants to the Chesapeake in the seventeenth century consistently included a majority of people in their twenties. In contrast, only a quarter of the New England settlers belonged to this age group. "Similarly, the sex ratio of the New England emigrant group resembled that of England's population. If women were . . . scarce in the Chesapeake . . . they were comparatively abundant in the northern colonies. In the second decade of Virginia's settlement, there were four or five men for each woman; by the end of the century, there were still about three men for every two women. Among the emigrants [in New England], however, nearly half were women and girls. Such a high proportion of females in the population assured the young men of New England greater success than their southern counterparts in finding spouses." Virginia DeJohn Anderson, historian, "Migrants and Motives: Religion and the Settlement of New England, 1630-1640," published in 1985 The first paragraph of the excerpt makes which of the following claims?
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The settlers of New England varied in age more than emigrants to the Chesapeake did.
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The second paragraph of the excerpt makes which of the following claims about the populations of men and women in the colonies?
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The populations of men and women in New England were roughly equal from the time of its founding.
Explanation: The second paragraph of the excerpt claims that the populations of men and women in the colonies were not equal.
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Which of the following best describes an overall argument of the excerpt?
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The makeup of emigrant populations led to greater reconstruction of English family life in New England than it did in the Chesapeake.
Explanation: The author is trying to persuade the reader that the American Revolution was not really a fight for freedom, but was instead a fight for property rights.
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The trend from 1660 to 1710 depicted in the table most strongly indicates which of the following?
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The rise of the trans-Atlantic trade of enslaved Africans
Explanation: The trend from 1660 to 1710 most strongly indicates a decrease in the number of people who believed that the Earth was the center of the universe.
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The change in White and Black populations in the various regions shown in the table most strongly suggests the influence of which of the following?
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The demand in Europe for commodities such as tobacco and sugar
Explanation: The change in White and Black populations in the various regions shown in the table most strongly suggests the influence of slavery.
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The White and Black populations in New England shown in the table most directly suggest the
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minimal use of enslaved labor in New England compared to other regions
Explanation: existence ofThe table shows the number of white and black residents in New England from 1790 to 1860. The data suggests that there was a significant increase in the black population during this time period. This is most likely due to the fact that slavery was still legal in many parts of the United States during this time.
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"The next matter I shall recommend to you is the providing more effectively for the security of your frontiers against [American] Indians, who notwithstanding the many parties of Rangers [militia, or local men who volunteered for colonial defense] have . . . killed and carried off at least twenty of our outward inhabitants and Indian allies; I have attempted by several ways to oppose those [invasions] but after some trouble and expense have only experienced that our people are not ready for warlike undertakings. . . . The [condition of our Indian allies has] of late approved themselves to be ready and faithfully allied, and I am persuaded that setting them along our frontiers without all our inhabitants . . . would be a better and cheaper safeguard to the country than the old method of Rangers." Virginia Governor Alexander Spotswood, addressing the members of the House of Burgesses, 1713 Which of the following best describes a purpose of the excerpt?
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The Virginia governor is seeking support from the colonial legislature for his plan to address conflict between settlers and American Indians in frontier areas.
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The point of view expressed by the Virginia governor in the excerpt is that he
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feels a responsibility to protect White frontier settlers from violent encounters with American Indians
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Which of the following groups would most likely oppose the ideas expressed in the excerpt?
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Members of allied American Indian groups
Explanation: The excerpt is about how the author thinks that the government should not be involved in the economy. The author is against the government regulating the economy.The most likely group to oppose the ideas expressed in the excerpt would be people who are in favor of government regulation of the economy.
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"In Carolina, the instances of Negroes murdering . . . their own masters or overseers are not rare . . . . [Runaways] escape by water, past Frederica [in Georgia] to St. Augustine [in Florida], where they receive freedom, be it war or peace [with Spain]. Many just run into the woods, get along miserably, [or] are secretly looked after by other Negroes. . . . "Those Negroes who have served the [colony of Georgia] well are bought and freed by the government, receive their own land, and enjoy the English rights. If a private party wants to release a Negro he must have the consent of the governor or get him out of the colony. For the free Negroes abuse their freedom, and it is feared they seduce others [to freedom]. . . . ". . . Mixings or marriages [between Black and White colonists] are not allowed by the laws; but . . . I have learned of 2 white women, one French and one German, who have secretly been with Negroes and have borne black children. . . . And all too common [are] white men . . . [who with Negro women] father half-black children. [The children] are perpetual slaves just like their mothers." Johann Martin Bolzius, German minister, report to a correspondent in Europe on life in Georgia and the Carolinas, 1751 Which of the following represented a change in the labor force of the southern British colonies by the 1700s as depicted in the excerpt?
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Slavery became more widespread than indentured servitude.
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The experience of enslaved people in the southern British colonies as described in the excerpt was similar to the experience of enslaved people in the northern British colonies because
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many enslaved people in both regions developed strategies to resist slavery
Explanation: The experience of enslaved people in the southern British colonies as described in the excerpt was similar to the experience of enslaved people in the northern British colonies because both groups were brought over from Africa against their will, were forced to work in terrible conditions, and were often treated brutally. While the northern colonies were not as reliant on slavery as the southern colonies, there was still a significant amount of slavery in the north, and enslaved people there faced many of the same challenges as those in the south.
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The reaction to the situation described in the third paragraph represented a continuity with which of the following earlier colonial developments?
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A strict racial system was established that separated enslaved people from European colonists.
Explanation: The reaction to the situation described in the third paragraph represented a continuity with which of the earlier colonial developments?The reaction to the situation described in the third paragraph represented a continuity with the earlier colonial development of the establishment of the British colonies in North America.
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"In 1739 arrived among us from Ireland the Reverend Mr. Whitefield, who had made himself remarkable there as [a traveling] preacher. He was at first permitted to preach in some of our churches; but the clergy, taking a dislike to him, soon refused him their pulpits, and he was obliged to preach in the fields. The multitudes of all [members of different religious groups] that attended his sermons were enormous, and it was a matter of speculation to me . . . to observe the extraordinary influence of his oratory on his hearers, and how much they admired and respected him. . . . It was wonderful to see the change soon made in the manners of our inhabitants. From being thoughtless or indifferent about religion, it seemed as if all the world were growing religious, so that one could not walk through the town in an evening without hearing psalms sung in different families of every street. "And it being found inconvenient to assemble in the open air, subject to its [harsh conditions], the building of a house to meet in was no sooner proposed . . . and the work [of erecting the building] was carried on with such spirit as to be finished in a much shorter time than could have been expected. Both house and ground were vested in trustees, expressly for the use of any preacher of any religious persuasion who might desire to say something to the people at Philadelphia." Benjamin Franklin, from his autobiography, describing events in 1739 Which of the following developments most directly contributed to the events described in the excerpt?
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Protestant evangelism came to the colonies from Great Britain and Europe.
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The events of the First Great Awakening illustrated by the excerpt led to
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new denominations attracting followers who were drawn to the dynamic sermons of the new preachers
Explanation: The events of the First Great Awakening led to an increased emphasis on personal religious experience, a shift away from reliance on institutional authority, and the growth of evangelicalism in the United States.
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Which of the following most directly contributed to the decision in Philadelphia referenced in the excerpt to build a specific meeting house for the new preachers?
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Religious pluralism was more accepted in the middle colonies and particularly in the colony of Pennsylvania than elsewhere.
Explanation: The most direct contributing factor to the decision in Philadelphia referenced in the excerpt to build a specific meeting house for the new preachers was the fact that the city was experiencing a population boom at the time. This population boom meant that there were more people attending church services, which put a strain on the existing church buildings. In order to accommodate the growing number of worshippers, the city decided to build a new, larger meeting house specifically for the new preachers.