Question 1

The immediate reason for Bacon's Rebellion was

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A)   the Virginia governor's refusal to retaliate against Indian attacks on frontier settlements.
B)   the wealthy planter class losing control of the colony.
C)   a shortage of indentured servants.
D)   to halt the importation of African slaves.
E)   All of these are correct.F) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of family stability.

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The relative continuity and su...

Question 3

Write your definition of mass hysteria. Then use this definition to argue that the Salem witchcraft episode was or was not a simple case of mass hysteria.

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Mass hysteria can be defined as a phenom...

Question 4

The combination of Calvinism, soil, and climate in New England resulted in the people there possessing which of the following qualities?

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A)   energy
B)   stubbornness
C)   self-reliance
D)   resourcefulness
E)   All of these are correct.F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 5

The Half-Way Covenant

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A)   allowed full communion for all non-converted members.
B)   strengthened the distinction between the elect and all others.
C)   brought an end to the jeremiads of Puritan ministers.
D)   resulted in a decrease in church members.
E)   allowed the children of unconverted existing members to be baptized but not full members of the church.F) A) and B)
G) All of the above

Question 6

As a result of poor soil, all of the following conditions prevailed in New England EXCEPT that

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A)   reliance on a single, staple crop became a necessity.
B)   the area was less ethnically mixed than its southern neighbors.
C)   frugality became essential to economic survival.
D)   hard work was required to make a living.
E)   diversification in agriculture and industry were encouraged.F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 7

By 1700, the colonial South generally lacked

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A)   a well-defined social structure.
B)   reliable overland transportation.
C)   an urban professional class.
D)   a manageable labor force.
E)   cash crops.F) A) and B)
G) B) and D)

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of Matthew Hopkins.

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Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of William Berkeley.

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Governor of Virginia...

Question 10

Unlike those in the Chesapeake, New England immigrants

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A)   enjoyed a longer life expectancy.
B)   usually migrated in family units.
C)   were less ravaged by infectious diseases.
D)   had a low premarital pregnancy rate.
E)   allowed married women to retain property.F) All of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 11

Compare and contrast the status of women in the South with that in New England.

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Question 12

For those Africans who were sold into slavery, the middle passage can be best described as

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A)   the trip from the interior of Africa to the coast.
B)   the easiest part of their journey to America.
C)   the journey from American parts to their new homes.
D)   the gruesome ocean voyage to America.
E)   None of these are correct.F) B) and D)
G) C) and E)

Question 13

The headright system, which made some people very wealthy, consisted of

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A)   using Indians as forced labor.
B)   giving land to indentured servants to get them to come to the New World.
C)   giving the right to acquire 50 acres of land to the person paying the passage of a laborer to America.
D)   discouraging the importation of indentured servants to America.
E)   giving a father's wealth to the oldest son.F) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 14

The impact of New England on the rest of the nation can best be described as

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A)   greatly exaggerated.
B)   generally negative.
C)   confined primarily to New England.
D)   extremely important.
E)   moderately important.F) A) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 15

All of the following are reasons for increased reliance on slave labor, after 1680, in colonial America EXCEPT

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A)   higher wages in England reduced the number of emigrating servants.
B)   planters feared the growing number of landless freemen in the colonies.
C)   the British Royal African company lost its monopoly on the slave trade in colonial America.
D)   Americans rushed to cash in on the slave trade.
E)   the development of wheat as a staple crop in the British colonies.F) B) and C)
G) All of the above

Question 16

The early "slave codes" in colonial America

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A)   defined slavery as lifetime servitude.
B)   defined slavery as inheritable servitude.
C)   usually forbade whites from teaching slaves to read or write.
D)   provided that slaves who converted to Christianity must be granted their freedom.
E)   applied to indentured servants as well.F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 17

Bacon's Rebellion was supported mainly by

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A)   young men frustrated by their inability to acquire land and find women to marry.
B)   the planter class of Virginia.
C)   those protesting the increased importation of African slaves.
D)   people from Jamestown only.
E)   the local Indians.F) A) and B)
G) None of the above

Question 18

The 1662 slave codes in Virginia are significant because they

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A)   restricted the number of slaves that could be imported into the colony.
B)   established a legal difference between servants and slaves based on race.
C)   established curfews and prohibited slaves from moving freely about the colony.
D)   outlined the conditions under which slaves could obtain their freedom.
E)   made slaves and indentured servants of equal status under the law.F) B) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 19

By 1700, the most populous colony in English America was

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A)   Massachusetts.
B)   Virginia.
C)   New York.
D)   Pennsylvania.
E)   Maryland.F) None of the above
G) B) and D)

Question 20

Why did colonial masters first adopt the institution of indentured servitude rather than Indian or black slavery to meet their demands for labor? Why, then, did black slavery replace indentured servitude?

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