Chapter 6 (Part 2)

Approximately how many free Americans remained loyal to the British during the war? a. 5 to 10 percent b. 10 to 15 percent c. 20 to 25 percent d. 30 to 35 percent e. 45 to 50 percent

Which of the following groups did NOT include a significant proportion of Loyalists during the Revolutionary War? a. Anglican ministers and imperial officials b. Highland Scots in North Carolina c. southern backcountry farmers d. the Livingstons, a wealthy New York family e. slaves hoping for freedom with a British victory

Which of the following was NOT an example of Loyalists being deprived of their freedom by patriots? a. New state governments suppressed newspapers thought to be loyal to Britain. b. Pennsylvania's government seized property from members of pacifist religious groups. c. Many states required oaths of allegiance to the new nation. d. Several states denied Loyalists the right to vote and forced them into exile. e. The New England states forced Loyalists into militias against their will.

Which statement about Loyalists is FALSE? a. Confiscated property was not returned to them after the war. b. Fewer than 10,000 Loyalists left America after the war. c. Hostility toward Loyalists after the war proved to be short-lived. d. Loyalists were quickly reintegrated into American society. e. Soon after the war, states repealed test oaths that discriminated against Loyalists.

What role did Native Americans play in the Revolutionary War? a. They all allied themselves with the British, who promised to protect them against American encroachment. b. They all allied themselves with the Americans, since the British had failed to protect them against American encroachment. c. Most tribes officially maintained neutrality but secretly aided one side or the other. d. They divided in allegiance, just as white Americans did. e. They volunteered to fight in the Continental army, but George Washington rejected them.

General John Sullivan: a. led pro-American Cherokee troops in campaigns against Lord Cornwallis in North Carolina. b. surrendered his forces to the Stockbridge Indians in a humiliating defeat. c. destroyed forty Indian towns in a campaign against the Iroquois. d. encouraged American forces to treat Indians and their lands "truly well and gently." e. was a British spy whom pro-American Creek Indians unmasked.

What policy did the new United States pursue in its dealings with Native Americans? a. The U.S. government generally left them alone because it was busy trying to restore order after the war. b. The U.S. government tried to protect them from encroachment by backcountry farmers, as required by the Treaty of Paris. c. The U.S. government set out to dispossess the Native Americans of their remaining rich lands and drive them westward. d. The U.S. government pursued a policy of outright extermination. e. The U.S. government recognized Indian claims to their traditional lands from the Appalachians to the Mississippi River.

Joseph Brant, a young Mohawk: a. wanted to create an Indian confederacy between Canada and the United States. b. allied with the Continental Congress and led troops against the British in the Great Lakes region. c. represented Indian interests at the negotiations of the Treaty of Paris. d. urged all Indians to move west of the Mississippi River to preserve their cultures from "contamination" by whites. e. was appointed first Governor-General of Upper Canada in 1781.

In a famous speech to Parliament, the British statesman Edmund Burke said what regarding a link between slavery and liberty for American colonists? a. He argued that the colonists were sensitive to threats to their liberties because they were so familiar with slavery. b. He said the colonists were hypocrites for claiming to be pro-liberty while they themselves owned slaves. c. He said John Locke's ideas about property rights meant colonists were justified in claiming that their liberty included slave ownership rights. d. He praised liberty-loving Pennsylvanians for organizing the world's first antislavery society. e. He stated that a threat to liberty anywhere is a threat to liberty everywhere, so American slavery threatened British freedom.

Virtually every founding father owned at least one slave at some point in his life. Who was a notable exception? a. George Washington b. John Adams c. Thomas Jefferson d. Benjamin Franklin e. James Madison

Which of the following was NOT a key obstacle to the abolition of slavery in the Revolutionary era and new nation? a. the Lockean belief in protecting property against outside interference b. the idea that slavery for blacks made freedom possible for whites c. the fact that slavery was an old institution in America d. the widespread fear that freed slaves would move west and unite with Indians e. the reality that a high percentage of some states' populations consisted of slaves

What did South Carolina promise every white volunteer at the war's end? a. a musket of his own b. two acres of land c. the right to vote d. one hundred shillings e. a slave

Who was Phillis Wheatley? a. a poet who wrote about how African-Americans felt about freedom b. a fundraiser for the Ladies' Association, whose efforts fed nearly starving men at Valley Forge c. a pamphleteer whose ringing protests reminded Bostonians that women, too, cared about liberty d. a woman who died while fighting disguised as a man during the Yorktown campaign e. a slave who helped dozens of other slaves escape to freedom behind British lines

What settlement in Africa did the British establish for former slaves from the United States? a. Liberia b. Sierra Leone c. Monrovia d. Ghana e. Benin

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

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

After the Revolution, African-Americans in the North: a. often wound up in a state similar to that of indentured servitude. b. began fleeing to the South when they saw that the new states would not approve emancipation. c. benefited greatly from the popularity of manumission (or voluntary emancipation of slaves by whites). d. were happy that the process of abolition under the new state constitutions meant that all current slaves would be free during their lifetimes. e. were unable to establish their own institutions because their numbers were too low.

The free black population after the Revolution: a. declined in number as newly freed slaves left the country whenever possible. b. often enjoyed the right to vote if its male members met taxpaying or property qualifications. c. all took the last names of their former masters. d. refused to provide havens for fugitive slaves because doing so would have led to the revocation of their own emancipation. e. avoided supporting the abolitionist cause out of fear of reprisals.

Which of the following was NOT a way in which women contributed to the Revolutionary cause? a. participating in crowd actions against merchants accused of hoarding goods b. contributing homemade goods to the army c. replacing their husbands in political offices d. spying on the British army e. fighting in the war

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

Republican motherhood encouraged: a. greater educational opportunities for women. b. a radical change in the patriarchal structure of the family. c. women to become public speakers for various social causes in the 1780s. d. widespread resentment among women. e. a significant increase in women's direct involvement in politics in the 1780s.

"Republican motherhood" was an ideology that held: 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.