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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By 1820, which territories had doubled the size of America?
(a) Florida and Alabama.
(b) Alabama and Mississippi.
(c) Louisiana and Mississippi.
(d) Florida and Louisiana.

2. Before the revolution, what was labor associated with?
(a) Tradition and necessity.
(b) Oppression and fear.
(c) Increased productivity.
(d) Slavery and servitude.

3. Who said that "Benevolence is the Cement and Support of . . . the Great Community of mankind"?
(a) Israel Williams.
(b) John Quincy Adams.
(c) Samuel Cooper.
(d) James Allen.

4. By 1800, what percent of the Philadelphia labor force were indentured servants?
(a) 4%.
(b) 1%.
(c) 3%.
(d) 2%.

5. In the late 1760s, who dismissed people's right to participate in government if they didn't have a liberal arts education?
(a) Abraham Bishop.
(b) Matthew Lyon.
(c) William Drayton.
(d) George Warner.

6. Who strove to undermine the gentry's distinctiveness and privileges by emphasizing their similarity to common people?
(a) Abraham Bishop.
(b) Matthew Lyon.
(c) George Warner.
(d) William Drayton.

7. What defined modern politicians as "persons who have little, if any regard for the welfare of the republic unless immediately connected with . . . their own private pursuits"?
(a) The Federalist Weekly News.
(b) The Niles Weekly Register.
(c) The Philadelphia News Journal.
(d) The Republican Voice.

8. Who had an international reputation as a hero in the 1780s?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) John Adams.
(c) Ben Franklin.
(d) George Washington.

9. Who said about Americans that their "universal roar is Commerce"?
(a) William Crafts.
(b) Samuel Mitchill.
(c) Oliver Evans.
(d) Philip Freneau.

10. What eventually became the sole criterion for the political worth of a person?
(a) Loyalty to the party.
(b) Loyalty to the people.
(c) Loyalty to the administration.
(d) Loyalty to the state.

11. What most alarmed the American colonial gentry of the 1760s and 1770s?
(a) That common people disrespected the gentry.
(b) That their wealth was dependent on common people.
(c) That common people were striving to become gentry.
(d) That common people wanted to participate in government.

12. Who believed that each individual was responsible for his or her eternal salvation or damnation?
(a) Elias Smith.
(b) Lorenzo Dow.
(c) Lyman Beecher.
(d) Barton Stone.

13. Who was the speaker of the House of Burgess in 1766?
(a) John Criswell.
(b) John Robinson.
(c) Richard Henry Lee.
(d) Algernon Sidney.

14. What form of address came into general use in the late 18th century?
(a) Mr.
(b) Goodman.
(c) Freeman.
(d) Sir.

15. How many Boston merchants were named in the Massachusetts Banishment Act of 1778?
(a) 47.
(b) 46.
(c) 44.
(d) 45.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many loyalists left the colonies during the revolution?

2. Who said, "All Christendom has been decomposed, broken in pieces" in this "fiery furnace of democracy"?

3. The "Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation" was a key document for which man?

4. Who believed progress and social harmony would result from the enlightened conclusion of the new American society?

5. Who said, "the attracting force of universal love" existed in all people?

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