Chapter 6 Quiz

While some 5,000 slaves fought for American independence, far more gained liberty by

a) returning to Africa

b) joining the Indians, becoming honorary tribal members

c) working five more years and paying off their debts to their original masters before being emancipated

d) obtaining sanctuary from the British

d) obtaining sanctuary from the British

The Book of Negroes was

a) a list of African-American evacuated from New York City at the end of the Revolutionary War

b) a spiritual songbook compiled during the Revolutionary War by freed slaves

c) a ledger list slaveowners kept documenting the name of each slave and their cost so that a record of trade would be proof of ownership.

d) a children's story highlighting slaves' contentment and their assimilation to white society as a teaching tool for white male children who would later be slaveowners as well

a) a list of African-American evacuated from New York City at the end of the Revolutionary War

During the Revolutionary War, a Massachusetts group of women accused a merchant of hoarding coffee, later taking matters into their own hands by

a) creating a letter-writing campaign to the local newspaper until he sold coffee to the public

b) forcing open the merchant's warehouse and taking the goods

c) boycotting the store for three months until the merchant sold them coffee

d) making their own coffee from plants in the community

b) forcing open the merchant's warehouse and taking the goods

Thomas Jefferson wrote that he hoped to erect a "wall of separation" between

a) church and state

b) men and women

c) slavery and the economy

d) free speech and the right to bear arms

a) church and state

For most free Americans in the new republic, equality meant

a) equality for all ethnic groups and races

b) equality of voting rights for men and women regardless of age

c) equal opportunity rather than equality of condition

d) equality for women with men

c) equal opportunity rather than equality of condition

Thomas Jefferson helped pass laws in the state of Virginia that abolished "primogeniture," which is defined as

a) passing the entirety of a family's land to the oldest son

b) giving letters of marque to those least able to withstand the most destruction

c) the enslavement of African people

d) declaring that each male child share property upon the death of their father

a) passing the entirety of a family's land to the oldest son

Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations (1776) argued that

a) government intervention was the only way to control domestic commerce, which extended even more so in international trade

b) Britain and Spain were destined to be the richest nations in the world

c) the "invisible hand" of the free market was more effective and fairer than government intervention in the economy

d) price control was the only way to ensure workers and employers would be able to produce quality products for the masses

c) the "invisible hand" of the free market was more effective and fairer than government intervention in the economy

Phillis Wheatley is celebrated in American history as

a) mother to four of Thomas Jefferson's children

b) a seamstress for women's fashions after the war

c) a signer of the Declaration of Independence

d) a published poet and slave of African origins

d) a published poet and slave of African origins

Why is Deborah Sampson significant?

a) She was the daughter of a Massachusetts farmer who disguised herself as a man to fight in the American Revolution

b) She was the daughter of the King of England, who was captured by an Indian tribe and converted to Indian lifeways and refused to return to the United States

c) She was the daughter of free blacks and an African-American author and poet

d) She was the daughter of Thomas Jefferson and one of the slaves on his plantation

a) She was the daughter of a Massachusetts farmer who disguised herself as a man to fight in the American Revolution

To finance the war, Congress

a) issued hundreds of millions of dollars in paper money

b) printed war bonds and used celebrities to encourage people to buy them

c) went into recess, hoping the states would take care of their own financial issues

d) taxed the wealthiest landowners to ease the burden on the lower classes

a) issued hundreds of millions of dollars in paper money

Which of the following defines republican motherhood?

a) training sons to be future citizens

b) training daughters to be Loyalists

c) training daughters to be the future voters

d) training husbands to be loyal

a) training sons to be future citizens

Which of the following are true about Thomas Jefferson and his religious beliefs?

a) He wrote the Book of Mormon

b) He believed that religion was unnecessary as a foundation of public morality

c) He viewed established churches as a major example of despotism and believed that religious liberty served God's will

d) In his support for the separation of church and state, he rejected the establishment of free, state-supported public schools

d) In his support for the separation of church and state, he rejected the establishment of free, state-supported public schools

Independence created governments democratically accountable to voters who coveted

a) indian land

b) an end to the fur trade

c) an end to slavery

d) war with China

a) indian land

What was Thomas Jefferson's solution to tension between Indians and whites after the American Revolution?

a) enslavement of Indians

b) the removal of Indians to territory beyond the Mississippi River

c) denial of full education to Indians

d) integration of Indians within European society

b) the removal of Indians to territory beyond the Mississippi River

What area did England continue to control in the Americas after the American Revolution?

a) Canada

b) Mexico

c) California

d) Argentina

a) Canada

T or F: The authority of church leaders went remarkably unchallenged during the revolutionary era.

False

T or F: Except in Vermont, property ownership was not a requirement for voting in the early Republic.

False

T or F: Confiscated property of Loyalists was returned to them following the Treaty of Paris.

False

T or F: While Abigail Adams resented the "absolute power" husbands exercised over their wives, she did not believe in female equality in a modern sense

True

T or F: During the Revolution, American Indians were divided in allegiance.

True