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- Commerce in early colonial America relied in large part ona. barter.b. paper currency.c. gold.d. silver.e. credit.
- The major participants in the Seven Years' War in North America were thea. colonists, the English, and the Spanish.b. French, the colonists, and the Spanish.c. Iroquois, the English, and the French.d. French, the Spanish, and the English.e. English, the Iroquois, and the Spanish.
- In the mid-1600s, New England Puritan ministers began preaching against the decline ofa. family.b. piety.c. community.d. freedom.e. tolerance.
- The policy expressed in the Monroe Doctrine was principally directed ata. Mexico.b. Europe.c. American Indians.d. Asia.e. southern slaveholders.
- In North America during the eighteenth century, the most powerful native group was thea. Iroquois.b. Cherokee.c. Seminole.d. Chickasaw.e. Sioux.
- During the third phase of the French and Indian War, British leader William Pitta. ignored the complaints of colonists.b. gave more authority to conduct the war over to the colonists.c. gradually loosened his tight control over the colonists.d. barred the colonists from military service.e. allowed Indian tribal leaders to dictate British battle strategy.
- During the first stage (1754-1756) of the French and Indian War,a. only the Iroquois Indians were allied with the French.b. the Iroquois remained largely passive.c. English colonists fought with the support of the Iroquois.d. the colonists fought with the French against the English.e. the colonists fought primarily against the Iroquois.
- The message of the Second Great Awakeninga. called for an active and fervent piety.b. restored the traditional belief in predestination.c. incorporated the belief of skeptical rationalism.d. found its greatest number of converts among young men.e. was rejected by most women as being retrograde and reactionary.
- In colonial New England Puritan communities, the family wasa. highly valued.b. expected to be under the authority of women.c. marked by relatively loose parental supervision.d. both highly valued and expected to be under the authority of women.e. neither highly valued nor expected to be under the authority of women.
- The Embargo Act of 1807a. was ineffective.b. helped to put a Federalist in the White House in 1808.c. resulted in the Republican loss of control of Congress in 1808.d. was quickly repealed.e. created a serious economic depression in the nation.
- When George III assumed the throne of England, hea. was considered to have a brilliant mind for politics.b. was painfully immature.c. faced a full rebellion in the colonies.d. feared using the authority of his monarchy.e. mandated official recognition of the Church of England in all colonies.
- In 1812, Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun could best be described asa. Jeffersonians.b. pacifists.c. secessionists.d. Federalists.e. war hawks.
- The Supreme Court ruling in Dartmouth College v. Woodward (1819) was a victory fora. corporations.b. the Republican Party.c. state government.d. public education.e. state courts.
- At the beginning of the seventeenth century, the already festering English Puritan discontent was increased bya. the suppression of English Catholics.b. the end of rule by the Stuarts.c. the rising influence of Quakers within the English church.d. Queen Elizabeth's promotion of English theater.e. the death of Queen Elizabeth.
- The pre-Columbian North American peoples in the Pacific Northwesta. did not have permanent settlements.b. developed political systems as sophisticated as those of the Maya and Aztecs.c. fished salmon as their principal occupation.d. were the most peaceful of pre-Columbian societies.e. were known as the Inuit.
- The English Restoration began with the reign ofa. James II.b. Oliver Cromwell.c. George I.d. Elizabeth I.e. Charles II.
- King Charles I's treatment of Puritans could be characterized asa. relatively tolerant.a. relatively tolerant.b. extremely hostile.c. governed by economic motives.d. more likely to advance Puritan thought in England.e. unlikely to involve imprisonment for religious beliefs.c. governed by economic motives.d. more likely to advance Puritan thought in England.e. unlikely to involve imprisonment for religious beliefs.
- As a leading figure of the Great Awakening, Jonathan Edwards preacheda. highly orthodox Puritan ideas.b. the possibility of easy salvation.c. that women should join the ministry.d. that the ideas of predestination were outmoded for the times.e. salvation through good works.
- In the early nineteenth century, the westward movement of white Americans was encouraged by all of the following EXCEPT fora. the exhaustion of agricultural lands in the East.b. the spread of the plantation system in the South.c. the federal government's policy toward Indian tribes in the West.d. the lure of mineral mining in the mountainous regions of the West.e. the expansion of a slave labor in the South.
- The Treaty of Ghent that ended the War of 1812a. was signed on New Year's Day, 1815.b. was reluctantly negotiated by the British.c. included the condition that the United States create an Indian buffer state in the Northwest.d. put huge areas of the new lands under the control of the United States.e. began an improvement in relations between England and the United States.