HumanitiesChapter 6 HIST 1301
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Chapter 6 HIST 1301

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"Republican motherhood" was an ideology that held:
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women played an indispensable role in the new nation by training future citizens.
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According to Noah Webster, what was the very soul of a republic?
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equality
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After the Revolution, African-Americans in the North:
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saw steps being made toward emancipation.
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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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As a result of the American Revolution, Americans rejected:
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the principle of hereditary aristocracy.
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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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General John Sullivan:
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destroyed forty Indian towns in a campaign against the Iroquois.
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How did Pennsylvania display the Revolutionary War's radical potential?
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Philadelphia's artisan and lower-class communities took control.
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How did the Revolutionary War change the meaning of freedom?
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It challenged the inequality that had been fundamental to the colonial social order.
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How did the War for Independence affect anti-Catholicism in America?
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The alliance with France, a predominantly Catholic country, helped diminish American anti-Catholicism
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In his Thoughts on Government (1776), John Adams advocated state constitutions that provided for:
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a powerful governor and a two-house legislature that reflected the division of society between wealthy and ordinary men
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In order to deal with a wartime economic crisis in 1779, Congress urged states to:
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adopt measures to fix wages and prices.
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The free black population after the Revolution:
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many times enjoyed the right to vote.
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Thomas Jefferson's Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom:
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eliminated religious requirements for voting and officeholding
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Virtually every founding father owned at least one slave at some point in his life. Who was a notable exception?
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John Adams
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What policy did the new United States pursue in its dealings with Native Americans?
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The U.S. government set out to dispossess the Native Americans of their remaining rich lands and drive them westward.
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What role did Native Americans play in the Revolutionary War?
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They divided in allegiance, just as white Americans did.
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What role did rising prices play during the Revolution?
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They prompted protests by Americans, especially women, who took goods from merchants whom they accused of hoarding.
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What settlement in Africa did the British establish for former slaves from the United States?
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Sierra Leone
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Which of the following groups did NOT include a significant proportion of Loyalists during the Revolutionary War?
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Pennsylvania artisans
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Which one of the following contributed to the success of free-trade advocates during the Revolutionary War?
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the publication of Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations
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Which one of the following is true of how the new state constitutions in the Revolutionary era dealt with the issue of religious liberty?
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Seven state constitutions began with a declaration of rights that included a commitment to "the free exercise of religion.
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Which one of the following statements about Revolutionary Pennsylvania is FALSE?
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The state's new constitution gave only limited power to the state's governor.
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Which one of the following statements about Loyalists is FALSE?
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Fewer than 10,000 Loyalists left America after the war.
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Which one of the following statements about blacks and freedom in the Revolutionary era is FALSE?
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After the Revolution, emancipation in the North was swift and all encompassing.
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Which one of the following was NOT an example of Loyalists being deprived of their freedom by patriots?
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The New England states forced Loyalists into militias against their will.
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Which one of the following was NOT a key obstacle to the abolition of slavery in the Revolutionary era and new nation?
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the widespread fear that freed slaves would move west and unite with Indians
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Which one of the following was NOT a way in which women contributed to the Revolutionary cause?
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replacing their husbands in political offices
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Which state's constitution granted suffrage to all "inhabitants" who met a property qualification, allowing property-owning women to vote until an 1807 amendment limited suffrage to males?
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New Jersey
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Why did apprenticeship and indentured servitude decline after the Revolution?
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The lack of freedom inherent in apprenticeship and indentured servitude struck growing numbers of Americans as incompatible with republican citizenship.