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America: Past and Present, 9e (Divine et al.)
Chapter 12 The Pursuit of Perfection
12.1 Multiple-Choice Questions
Shaker Religious Ceremony, Pleasantville, Kentucky
(Shakertown at Pleasantville, KY)
1) The religious group shown above was one of the several new faith-based communal societies that emerged in the 1830s from which of the following?
A) Protestant Reformation
B) First Great Awakening
C) Catholic Inquisition
D) Popular Sovereignty
E) Second Great Awakening
Answer: E
America: Past and Present, 9e (Divine et al.)
Chapter 11 Slaves and Masters
11.1 Multiple-Choice Questions
1) The leader of the 1831 slave uprising in Southampton, Virginia, was
A) Denmark Vessey.
B) Hinton R. Helper.
C) George Fitzhugh.
D) Daniel Webster.
E) Nat Turner.
Answer: E
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 256 [Factual]
2) Slavery would not have lasted as long as it did except for
A) the place it held in the southern economy.
B) the South's lack of moral sensitivity.
America: Past and Present, 9e (Divine et al.)
Chapter 10 The Triumph of White Men's Democracy
10.1 Multiple-Choice Questions
1) The popular hero of the 1830s was
A) the self-made man.
B) an "Indian fighter."
C) the privileged aristocrat.
D) the working man.
E) the American cowboy.
Answer: A
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 236 [Factual]
2) The European observer, Alexis de Tocqueville, believed the most evident feature of democracy in America was
A) the American contribution.
America: Past and Present, 9e (Divine et al.)
Chapter 9 Nation Building and Nationalism
9.1 Multiple-Choice Questions
1) The first goal of postwar expansionists in the United States after 1815 was
A) to obtain the Pacific Northwest from Great Britain.
B) to obtain Florida from Spain.
C) to acquire the former French colony of Louisiana.
D) to develop the trans-Appalachian West.
E) to eradicate the Native Americans.
Answer: B
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 214 [Factual]
2) After 1815, the United States
America: Past and Present, 9e (Divine et al.)
Chapter 8 Republican Ascendancy: The Jeffersonian Vision
8.1 Multiple-Choice Questions
1) Under Jeffersonian Republicanism,
A) many Americans believed opportunities were available to them.
B) few Americans were able to advance in society.
C) the social structure of society was well defined.
D) blacks were provided opportunities in society.
E) servants "knew their place."
Answer: A
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 182 [Factual]
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Chapter 7 Democracy in Distress: The Violence of Party Politics, 1788-1800
7.1 Multiple-Choice Questions
1) For many Americans, George Washington was
A) a symbol of the new republic.
B) a routine, typical political leader.
C) not a popular leader.
D) a threat to proclaim himself king.
E) a good general, but not necessarily a good politician.
Answer: A
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 162 [Conceptual]
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Chapter 6 The Republican Experiment
6.1 Multiple-Choice Questions
1) The best definition of republican, as it was understood in the late 1700s, was
A) a government without monarchy or aristocracy.
B) a new political party.
C) a continuation of the British monarchy.
D) a strong central government.
E) "one man, one vote."
Answer: A
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 135 [Conceptual]
2) In the 1780s, Americans disagreed sharply over the relative importance of
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Chapter 5 The American Revolution: From Elite Protest to Popular Revolt, 1763-1783
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Chapter 4 Experience of Empire: Eighteenth-Century America
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Chapter 3 Putting Down Roots: Opportunity and Oppression in Colonial Society
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Chapter 1 New World Encounters
1.1 Multiple-Choice Questions
Chapter Ten
America?s Economic Revolution
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Between 1820 and 1840, the population of the United States
A. rapidly grew, in part, due to improved public health.
B. saw the proportion of enslaved blacks to free whites increase.
C. increased at a slower rate than in Europe.
remained relatively constant.
grew in spite of a very low birth rate in America.
Ans: A
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2. Between 1800 and 1830, immigration to the United States
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