Advanced Placement United States History Exam Review!
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This test will determine whether you have learned the essential's of APUSH's chapters 3 through 4.
- 1.During the Salem witchcraft trials, most of those accused as witches were
- A.
From the ranks of poor families
- B.
Property-owning women
- C.
From subsistence farming families
- D.
Women in their late teen years
- E.
Primarily un-Christian
- 2.In colonial America, education was most zealously promoted
- A.
In those areas controlled by Spain
- B.
On the frontier
- C.
In New England
- D.
In the middle colonies
- E.
In the South
- 3.The major manufacturing enterprise in colonial America in the eighteenth century was
- A.
Lumbering
- B.
Making clothes
- C.
Iron making
- D.
Rum distilling
- E.
Arms and munitions production
- 4.
- A.
Discouraging the importation of indentured servants to America
- B.
Giving father's wealth to the oldest son
- C.
Giving land to indentured servants to get them to come to the New World
- D.
Using Indians as forced labor
- E.
Giving the right to acquire fifty acres of land to the person paying the passage of a laborer to America
- 5.As a result of Bacon's Rebellion,
- A.
Planters began to look for less troublesome laborers
- B.
Nathaniel Bacon was named to head the Virginia militia
- C.
Governor Berkely was dismissed from office
- D.
Better relations developed with local Indians
- E.
African slavery was reduced
- 6.The jury's decision in the case of John Peter Zenger, a newspaper printer, was significant because
- A.
It allowed the press to print irresponsible criticisms of powerful people
- B.
The ruling prohibited criticism of political officials
- C.
He was found guilty
- D.
It pointed the way to open public discussion
- E.
It supported English law
- 7.The Scots-Irish can best be described as
- A.
People who did not like to move
- B.
Strong supporters of the Catholic Church
- C.
Loyal to the British king
- D.
Builders of sturdy homes and well-kept farms
- E.
Fiercely independent
- 8.
- A.
Was uniquely New World creation
- B.
Was Muslim in its religious teachings
- C.
Contained many Western elements that remained thoroughly European
- D.
Was derived exclusively from African roots
- E.
Rejected Christianity
- 9.One political principle principle that colonial Americans came to cherish above most others was
- A.
The property qualification for voting
- B.
Restricting the right to vote to men only
- C.
The separation of powers
- D.
Self-taxation through representation
- E.
One man, one vote
- 10.By 1775, most governors of American colonies were
- A.
Appointed by the king
- B.
Appointed by the British Parliament
- C.
Elected by the vote of colonial legislatures
- D.
Elected by popular vote
- E.
Appointed by colonial proprietors
- 11.Which of the following was not considered to be a naval store?
- A.
Glass
- B.
Turpentine
- C.
Tar
- D.
Pitch
- E.
Rosin
- 12.
- A.
Young men frustrated by their inability to acquire land
- B.
People from Jamestown only
- C.
The local Indians
- D.
Those protesting the increased importation of African slaves
- E.
The planter class of Virginia
- 13.
- A.
The trip from the interior of Africa to the coast
- B.
The gruesome ocean voyage to America
- C.
The journey from American parts to their new homes
- D.
The easiest part of their journey to America
- E.
None of the above
- 14.Compared with indentured servants, African American slaves were
- A.
A more manageable labor force
- B.
More likely to rebel
- C.
Less experience to buy but more expensive to keep
- D.
Cheaper to buy and own
- E.
Less reliable workers
- 15.While slavery might have begun in America for economic reasons,
- A.
It soon became clear by 1700 that profits were down
- B.
Profit soon played a very small role
- C.
Europe profited most from the institution
- D.
Racial discrimination also powerfully molded the American slave system
- E.
Race was rarely an issue in relations between blacks and whites
- 16.The riches created by the growing slave population in the American South
- A.
Helped to narrow the gap between rich and poor
- B.
Created a serious problem with inflation
- C.
Were not distributed evenly among whites
- D.
Enabled poor white to escape tenant farming
- E.
Were distributed evenly among whites
- 17.For their labor in the colonies indentured servants received all of the following except
- A.
At times a small parcel of land
- B.
A headright
- C.
Passage to America
- D.
A few barrels of corn
- E.
A suit of clothes
- 18.On the eve of the American Revolution, social and economic mobility decreased, partly because
- A.
Some merchants made huge profits as military suppliers
- B.
Of the religious impact of the Puritans
- C.
Fewer yeoman farmers were arriving from Europe
- D.
Of the increase in the slave trade
- E.
Of peacetime economic developments
- 19.Most of the inhabitants of the colonial American South were
- A.
Native Americans
- B.
Landless farm laborers
- C.
Black slaves
- D.
Landowning small farmers
- E.
Large merchant planters
- 20.
- A.
Safter by road than by any other means
- B.
Fast only on the waterways
- C.
So poor that no mail service was established until the 1800s
- D.
Slow by any of the means available
- E.
Surprisingly fast for the time
- 21.When the British Parliament passed the Molasses Act in 1733, it intended the act to
- A.
Require Americans to sell their molasses to British merchants
- B.
Stimulate the colonies' "triangle trade" with Africa and the West Indies
- C.
Inhibit colonial trade with the French West Indies
- D.
Increase the colonists' standard of living and protect the livelihood of colonial merchants
- E.
Satisfy colonial demands for earning foreign exchange money
- 22.The Salem witchcraft trials were
- A.
Accusations made by the daughters of business owners
- B.
Caused by ergot in the Puritans' bread
- C.
Unique to the English colonies
- D.
A result of Roger Williams's activities
- E.
The result of unsettled social and religious conditions in rapidly evolving Massachusetts
- 23.The population of the Chesapeake colonies throughout the first half of the seventeenth century was notable for its
- A.
Large percentage of middle aged men
- B.
Scarcity of women
- C.
Low death rate
- D.
Fast growth rate
- E.
Stable family life
- 24.
- A.
Stronger than at any previous time
- B.
Moving away from clerical intellectualism
- C.
Less fervid than when the colonies were established
- D.
Becoming less tolerant
- E.
Holding steadfastly to the belief that spiritual conversion was essential for church membership
- 25.The New England family can best be described as
- A.
Similar to the family in the Chesapeake colonies
- B.
Not very close-knit
- C.
Relatively small in size due to the frequency of deaths from childbirth
- D.
A limiting factor in the growth of the region's population
- E.
A very stable institution
- 26.As the seventeenth century wore on, regional differences continued to crystalize, most notably
- A.
Loyalty to England
- B.
The use of indentured servants
- C.
The breaking of the Atlanta economy
- D.
The importance of slave labor in the south
- E.
The continuing rigidity of Puritanism
- 27.All of the following are reasons the thirteen Atlantic seaboard colonies south independence EXCEPT
- A.
The appearance of a recognizably American way of life
- B.
Distinctive political structures
- C.
Distinctive economic structures
- D.
Distinctive ethnic or racial structures
- E.
Distinctive social structures
- 28.English officials tried to "establish" the Church of England in as many colonies as possible because
- A.
They were concerned about the eternal souls of the colonists
- B.
Such an action brought in more money to England
- C.
Such an action would restore enthusiasm for religion
- D.
The American colonists supported such a move
- E.
The church would act as a major prop for kingly authority
- 29.Seventeenth-century colonial tobacco growers usually responded to depressed prices for their crop by
- A.
Planting corn and wheat instead of tobacco
- B.
Releasing unneeded indentured servants early
- C.
Selling slaves to reduce productive labor
- D.
Selling land to reduce their volume of production
- E.
Growing more tobacco to increase their volume of production
- 30.
- A.
Frugality became essential to economic survival
- B.
Diversification in agriculture and industry were encouraged
- C.
The area was less ethnically mixed than its southern neighbors
- D.
Hard work was required to make a living
- E.
Reliance on a single, staple crop became a necessity
- 31.Throughout the greater part of the seventeenth century, the Chesapeake colonies acquired most of the labor they need from
- A.
Captured Indians
- B.
African slaves
- C.
White servants
- D.
Prisoners of war
- E.
West Indian natives
- 32.Urban development in the colonial south
- A.
Occurred without the development of a professional class
- B.
Led to the construction of an excellent highway system
- C.
Rivaled that of New England
- D.
Was slow to emerge
- E.
Kept pace with the growth of large plantations
- 33.Southern colonies generally allowed married women to retain separate title to their property because
- A.
Southern families were stable
- B.
Of a smaller number of men than women
- C.
Of religious beliefs
- D.
Southern men frequently died young
- E.
Of English tradition
- 34.Compared with most seventeenth-century Europeans, Americans lived in
- A.
A more rigid class system
- B.
More primitive circumstances
- C.
Relative poverty
- D.
Affluent abundance
- E.
Larger cities
- 35.By the eighteenth century, the various colonial regions had distinct economic identities; the northern colonies relied on __________, the Chesapeake colonies relied on ___________, and the southern colonies relied on ________________.
- A.
Furs and skins, tobacco, and iron works
- B.
Cattle and grain, tobacco, fishing
- C.
Shipbuilding, iron works, cattle and grain
- D.
Cattle and grain, tobacco, rice and indigo
- E.
Rice and indigo, lumber and timber, tobacco
- 36.Most immigrants to the Chesapeake colonies in the seventeenth century came as
- A.
Urban artisans
- B.
Refugees from civil war in Europe
- C.
Indentured servants
- D.
Slaves from Africa
- E.
Yeomen farmers
- 37.Puritans refused to recognize a woman's separate property rights because
- A.
They worried that such rights would undercut the unity of married persons
- B.
There was so little land available
- C.
New England families were so rare
- D.
Of the short life span of New England women
- E.
All of the above
- 38.In contrast to Chesapeake colonies, those in New England
- A.
Followed the land use pattern established by the local Indians
- B.
Expanded westward in less orderly fashion
- C.
Had a more ethnically mixed population
- D.
Were more orientated toward the individual than toward community interests
- E.
Had a more diversified economy
- 39.The average age of the American colonists in 1775 was
- A.
27
- B.
16
- C.
20
- D.
30
- E.
25
- 40.By the 1700's, what was the percentage of people living in rural areas of colonial America?
- A.
60%
- B.
40%
- C.
25%
- D.
90%
- E.
75%
- 41.The leading industry in the American colonies was
- A.
Agriculture
- B.
Slave trading
- C.
Commerce
- D.
Manufacturing
- E.
Fishing
- 42.The triangular trade of the colonial American shipping industry
- A.
Was not that profitable
- B.
Involved the trading of rum for African slaves
- C.
Involved America, France, and England
- D.
Saw the Spanish gaining the largest protfits
- E.
Relied on the Spanish fleet for protection
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