AMERICAN YAWP CHAPTER 7 EXAM QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTY LATEST UPDATE 2026

AMERICAN YAWP CHAPTER 7 EXAM QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTY LATEST UPDATE 2026 Gabriel's Rebellion - Answers - a plot - Slave was named Gabriel who planned to end slavery. - Sent several messages to Virginia's white residents (threats). - Suggested that slaves were capable of carrying out a violent revolution. Haitian Revolt - Answers - - Henry Moss - Answers - A slave in Virginia - marketed himself as "a great curiosity" in Philadelphia. - Earned enough money to buy his freedom. - The most famous black man of the day when white spots appeared on his body in 1792. - It turned him visibly white within 3 years. Notes on the State of Virginia - Answers - Thomas Jefferson wrote this in 1784. - Stated that black people were incapable of mental improvement and that they might even have a separate ancestry. - Sparked considerable backlash from antislavery and black communities. - The celebrated black surveyor Benjamin Banneker, for example, immediately wrote to Jefferson and demanded he "eradicate that train of absurd and false ideas" and instead embrace the belief that we are "all of one flesh" and with "all the same sensations and endowed...with the same faculties. Thomas Jefferson - Answers - Beat John Adams in election. - Wrote "Notes on the State of Virginia (1784)" - Believed in poly-genesis (a theory that black people were incapable of mental improvement and that they might even have a separate ancestry.) - A black surveyor, Benjamin Banneker, demanded that he "eradicate that rain of absurd and false ideas." - He worked to reduce taxes and cut the government's budget believing that this would cause the economy to expand and prosper. Republican Motherhood - Answers - Describes the early American belief that women were essential in nurturing the principles of liberty in the citizenry. - Women would pass along important values of independence and virtue to their children, ensuring that each generation cherished the same values of the - American Revolution. Because of these ideas, women's actions became politicized. Louisiana Purchase - Answers - Jefferson authorized the acquisition of Louisiana from France in 1803 in what is considered the largest real estate deal in American history. Robert Livingston - Answers USS Chesapeake - Answers - Many Americans called for war when the British attacked this ship in 1807, but the President and Congress was for peace. - Americans humiliated the British in single ship battles. In retaliation, Captain Phillip Broke, of the HMS Shannon attacked the USS Chesapeake captained by James Lawrence on June 1, 1813. Embargo Act of 1807 - Answers - Jefferson's foreign policy. - Under this, American ports were closed to all foreign trade in hopes of avoiding war. - Hurt America's economy and Jefferson's personal finances. - This elicited the most outrage from Jefferson's Federalist critics. Sally Hemmings - Answers - One of Jefferson's female slaves. James Callender - Answers - Published accusations that Jefferson was involved in a sexual relationship with Sally Hemmings, one of his slaves. - Suggested that sex with a slave had somehow compromised Jefferson's racial integrity. Tecumseh - Answers - Shawnee Leader. - Brother of Tenskwatawa. - Tenskwatawa - Answers - Brother of Tecumseh. - A prophet. Neolin - Answers - Delaware prophet - Influenced Pontiac (Odawa War Chief) - Known as the Master of Life and the Great Spirit. - He advocated violence against British colonies and urged the Native people to push all white peoples ways and nature away. Northwest Indian War - Answers Battle of Fallen Timbers - Answers - The "Western Confederacy" suffered a defeat here in 1794. Red Stick Creeks - Answers - Led by the prophet Hillis Hadjo. - Joined Tecumseh in his resistance movement while seeking to purge Creek society of its Euro-American dependencies. - Realized people cared little for Tecumseh's confederacy and the lack of allies spread the pan-Indian movement in the southeast. - They soon found themselves in a civil war against other Creeks. - Cut off from the North by Andrew Jackson in 1813. - FOLLOWING THEIR DEFEAT, they were forced to give up 14 million acres of land at the Treaty of Fort Jackson. Andrew Jackson - Answers - Cut off the Red Sticks from the North in 1813. - His forces were joined by Lower Creek and Cherokee forces that helped defeat the Red Sticks. - Victory at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.