HIST 121-CHAPTER 6: The Revolution Within. Questions and Answers

HIST 121-CHAPTER 6: The Revolution Within. Questions and Answers MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. In regard to rights for women, Abigail Adams: a. insisted that women accept their lower status in society. b. feared that women would be distracted from doing domestic chores if they read books. c. wanted women to be eligible to be president. d. believed laws should not ignore women. e. thought women should be tyrannical in demanding more rights. ANS: D DIF: Moderate REF: Full p. 205 | Seagull p. 217 OBJ: 6. Explain how the Revolution affected the status of women. TOP: Social History | Introduction: Abigail Adams MSC: Remembering 2. As a result of the American Revolution, Americans rejected: a. obedience to the male heads of household. b. the principle of hereditary aristocracy. c. the establishment of a republic. d. the definition of liberty as a universal entitlement. e. all kinds of organized religion. ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: Full p. 206 | Seagull p. 218 OBJ: 1. Explain how equality became a stronger component of American freedom after the Revolution. TOP: Social History | The Dream of Equality MSC: Remembering 3. How did the Revolutionary War change the meaning of freedom? a. It meant that all men now had a legal claim to an equal distribution of property. b. It challenged the inequality that had been fundamental to the colonial social order. c. It ended colonial society’s legally established hereditary aristocracy. d. It ended coverture, under which husbands exercised full legal authority over their wives. e. It meant that, for the first time, men were free to pursue whatever occupations they wished. ANS: B DIF: Moderate REF: Full p. 206 | Seagull p. 218 OBJ: 1. Explain how equality became a stronger component of American freedom after the Revolution. TOP: Political History | The Dream of Equality MSC: Understanding 4. Why did the United States not develop a noble class? a. There were virtually no wealthy people in the 1780s. b. Most of the landowners still resided in England. c. The ideals of Thomas Paine criticized the notion of nobility. d. The planter class in the South criticized nobility. e. The Catholic Church condemned the noble class. ANS: C DIF: Moderate REF: Full p. 206 | Seagull pp. 218–9 OBJ: 1. Explain how equality became a stronger component of American freedom after the Revolution. TOP: Social History | The Dream of Equality MSC: Analyzing 5. What served as a sort of “school of political democracy” for the members of the “lower orders” in the colonies-turned-states? a. The Protestant Church. b. The lower house of the state legislatures. c. The taverns. d. The militia. e. The first public schools. ANS: D DIF: Moderate REF: Full p. 207 | Seagull p. 219 OBJ: 1. Explain how equality became a stronger component of American freedom after the Revolution. TOP: Political History | Expanding the Political Nation MSC: Remembering 6. How did Pennsylvania display the Revolutionary War’s radical potential? a. Benjamin Franklin’s departure for France left control of the state up for grabs, and the lower classes took over. b. The prewar elite had supported independence, then tried to negotiate with Great Britain, costing themselves the respect of the lower classes, who took power from them. c. Philadelphia’s artisan and lower-class communities took control and put a new emphasis on freedom and on more democratic politics. d. The Second Continental Congress had to take over the state when the people voted to abolish the position of governor, thereby showing how the new nation’s power dynamic would differ greatly from the old system. e. Just through the population retaining the old style of government, they demonstrated that major change was possible without uprooting the whole system. ANS: C DIF: Moderate REF: Full p. 207 | Seagull p. 220 OBJ: 1. Explain how equality became a stronger component of American freedom after the Revolution. TOP: Social History | The Revolution in Pennsylvania MSC: Understanding 7. In Pennsylvania, new leaders like Thomas Paine and Benjamin Rush wanted to see what occur with regard to voting rights? a. They realized angry mobs could get out of hand, so voting had to be limited. b. They wanted every proposed law to be voted on by all citizens. c. Voting requirements needed to eliminate property qualifications. d. The votes of merchants should count double those of citizens who did not own property. e. They criticized the idea of equality in regard to voting. ANS: C DIF: Moderate REF: Full p. 208 | Seagull p. 220 OBJ: 1. Explain how equality became a stronger component of American freedom after the Revolution. TOP: Social History | The Revolution in Pennsylvania MSC: Understanding 8. In his Thoughts on Government (1776), John Adams advocated state constitutions that provided for: a. a powerful governor and a two-house legislature that reflected the division of society between wealthy and ordinary men. b. a legislature elected and controlled entirely by the wealthy, with a weak governor elected by the people so that they would feel that they had a role. c. voting rights for all men at least twenty-one years old. d. centralizing political power in a one-house legislature and dispensing with the office of governor. e. allowing women who owned a certain amount of property to vote but preventing them from holding political office. ANS: A DIF: Moderate REF: Full p. 208 | Seagull p. 221 OBJ: 1. Explain how equality became a stronger component of American freedom after the Revolution. TOP: Constitutional History | The New Constitutions MSC: Remembering 9. In regard to voting for the states, what was a contentious issue? a. Being a Native American. d. Not owning slaves. b. Being an Anglican. e. Being a woman. c. Owning property. ANS: C DIF: Moderate REF: Full p. 209 | Seagull p. 222 OBJ: 1. Explain how equality became a stronger component of American freedom after the Revolution. TOP: Constitutional History | The Right to Vote MSC: Understanding 10. What was one factor that did not prevent a person from voting before the American Revolution? a. Owning a business. d. Being educated. b. Paying taxes. e. Being a Christian. c. Owning property. ANS: D DIF: Moderate REF: Full pp. 207, 208–10 | Seagull pp. 219, 221–3 OBJ: 1. Explain how equality became a stronger component of American freedom after the Revolution. TOP: Constitutional History | The Right to Vote | Separating Church and State | Christian Republicanism MSC: Analyzing 11. In the 1770s and 1780s, what was a characteristic of voting rights? a. They were not uniform, as each state’s constitution had different stipulations. b. A person of any religious faith could vote. c. No African-Americans were allowed to vote. d. Women could vote in the New England states. e. In every state, a person had to demonstrate his wealth by showing a land deed or bank account. ANS: A DIF: Moderate REF: Full p. 209 | Seagull pp. 221–2 OBJ: 1. Explain how equality became a stronger component of American freedom after the Revolution. TOP: Constitutional History | The Right to Vote MSC: Analyzing 12. Which state’s constitution granted suffrage to all “inhabitants” who met a property qualification, allowing property-owning women to vote until an 1807 amendment limited suffrage to males? a. New York. d. Massachusetts. b. Virginia. e. Pennsylvania. c. New Jersey. ANS: C DIF: Difficult REF: Full pp. 209–210 | Seagull p. 222 OBJ: 1. Explain how equality became a stronger component of American freedom after the Revolution. TOP: Constitutional History | Democratizing Government MSC