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978-0393418248 Chapter 1
CHAPTER 1 A New World This chapter concentrates on the contact between Indians and early European explorers and settlers in the Americas. It begins by examining the sophisticated Native American cultures in South and North America before European contact. Another […]
978-0393418248 Chapter 10
CHAPTER 10 Democracy in America, 1815–1840 This chapter concentrates on the last of the three historical processes unleashed by the Revolution that accelerated after the War of 1812—the rise of a vigorous political democracy. Democracy increased as the electorate enlarged […]
978-0393418248 Chapter 11
CHAPTER 11 The Peculiar Institution This chapter explores the history of slavery in the Old South between 1800 and 1860. The chapter begins by discussing the economic dominance of cotton in the South and how the northern and international textile […]
978-0393418248 Chapter 12
CHAPTER 12 An Age of Reform, 1820–1840 This chapter concentrates on the history of reform, including various communal endeavors, public institutions, abolitionism, and feminism. The chapter begins with the story of abolitionist and women’s rights advocate Abby Kelley. The reform […]
978-0393418248 Chapter 13
CHAPTER 13 A House Divided, 1840–1861 This chapter concentrates on the events that led to the Civil War. It opens with a vignette demonstrating the touchiness of southerners about slavery by the 1850s: Mississippi’s Jefferson Davis objected to placing a […]
978-0393418248 Chapter 14
CHAPTER 14 A New Birth of Freedom: The Civil War, 1861–1865 This chapter concentrates on the history of the American Civil War, touching on some major battles, the coming of emancipation, and early experiments with Reconstruction. The chapter begins with […]
978-0393418248 Chapter 2
CHAPTER 2 Beginnings of English America, 1607– 1660 This chapter concentrates on the early history of the Chesapeake and New England colonies between 1607 and 1660. The chapter begins by exploring the motives behind English colonization of the New World, […]
978-0393418248 Chapter 3
CHAPTER 3 Creating Anglo-America, 1660–1750 Opening with the crisis of King Philip’s War, this chapter concentrates on the reasons behind colonial crises as well as the unifying experience of a uniquely Anglo-American understanding of liberty. The chapter begins with a […]
978-0393418248 Chapter 4
CHAPTER 4 Slavery, Freedom, and the Struggle for Empire to 1763 This chapter concerns the simultaneous growth of slavery and freedom in British North America up to the immediate aftermath of the Seven Years’ War. It opens with an account […]
978-0393418248 Chapter 5
CHAPTER 5 The American Revolution, 1763–1783 This chapter concentrates on the events leading up to the American Revolution and on the war itself. Beginning with the 1765 rioting at the home of Massachusetts lieutenant governor Thomas Hutchinson by an angry […]
978-0393418248 Chapter 6
CHAPTER 6 The Revolution Within This chapter concentrates on the political and social changes resulting from the American Revolution. It focuses on how the concepts of liberty and freedom continued to evolve during the Revolution and how they transformed society […]
978-0393418248 Chapter 7
CHAPTER 7 Founding a Nation, 1783–1791 This chapter concentrates on the making of the U.S. Constitution and begins with a description of some of the colorful celebrations held in cities to honor the ratification of the Constitution. The chapter explains […]
978-0393418248 Chapter 8
CHAPTER 8 Securing the Republic, 1790–1815 This chapter concentrates on the political history of the new nation as it enlarged its boundaries and solidified its independence. Starting with George Washington’s inauguration, the chapter explains how the founding fathers believed that […]
978-0393418248 Chapter 9
CHAPTER 9 The Market Revolution, 1800–1840 This chapter concentrates on two of the three historical processes unleashed by the Revolution and accelerated after the War of 1812: the spread of market relations and the westward movement of the population. Americans’ […]
978-0393418248 Test Bank Chapter 1 Part 1
TEST BANK Learning Objectives 1. Describe the major patterns of Native American life in North America before Europeans arrived. 2. Explain how Indian and European ideas of freedom differed on the eve of contact. 3. Explain what impelled European explorers […]
978-0393418248 Test Bank Chapter 1 Part 2
71. Where was the Spanish settlement Santa Elena located? a. Florida b. Texas c. New Mexico d. Virginia e. South Carolina ANS: E TOP: The Spanish Empire DIF: Moderate REF: Full p. 32 | Seagull p. 31 MSC: Remembering OBJ: […]
978-0393418248 Test Bank Chapter 10 Part 1
TEST BANK Learning Objectives 1. Identify the social bases for the flourishing democracy of the early mid-nineteenth century. 2. Describe the efforts made in this period to strengthen the economic integration of the nation and identify the major crises that […]
978-0393418248 Test Bank Chapter 10 Part 2
a. They deserved to receive all the rights of American citizenship. b. They should remain slaves or be freed and sent abroad. c. They should be pushed west of the Mississippi River. d. They should all be freed but remain […]
978-0393418248 Test Bank Chapter 11 Part 1
TEST BANK Learning Objectives 1. Explain how slavery shaped social and economic relations in the Old South. 2. Identify the legal and material constraints on slaves’ lives and work. 3. Explain how family, gender, religion, and values combined to create […]
978-0393418248 Test Bank Chapter 11 Part 2
72. In which role was a slave most likely to experience the harshest conditions? a. doing fieldwork on a sugar plantation in southern Louisiana b. doing fieldwork on a rice plantation in South Carolina c. manning a riverboat on the […]
978-0393418248 Test Bank Chapter 12 Part 1
TEST BANK Learning Objectives 1. Identify the major movements and goals of antebellum reform. 2. Describe the different varieties of abolitionism. 3. Explain how abolitionism challenged barriers to racial equality and free speech. 4. Identify the diverse sources of the […]
978-0393418248 Test Bank Chapter 12 Part 2
69. Which book was to some extent modeled on the autobiography of fugitive slave Josiah Henson? a. An Appeal to Reason b. Society in America c. Twelve Years a Slave d. Uncle Tom’s Cabin e. Slavery as It Is ANS: […]
978-0393418248 Test Bank Chapter 13 Part 1
TEST BANK Learning Objectives 1. Identify the major factors contributing to U.S. territorial expansion in the 1840s. 2. Explain why the expansion of slavery became the most divisive political issue in the 1840s and 1850s. 3. Identify the combination of […]
978-0393418248 Test Bank Chapter 13 Part 2
75. The Republican Party founded in the 1850s strongly endorsed the same policy about slavery in the territories that ________ had begun advocating in 1846. a. David Wilmot b. Stephen Douglas c. John C. Calhoun d. Roger Taney e. Henry […]
978-0393418248 Test Bank Chapter 14 Part 1
TEST BANK Learning Objectives 1. Explain why the Civil War is considered the first modern war. 2. Describe how a war to preserve the Union became a war to end slavery. 3. Explain how the Civil War transformed the national […]
978-0393418248 Test Bank Chapter 14 Part 2
76. The U.S. Sanitary Commission a. was the first major organization to be run entirely by women. b. raised money for the families of soldiers on both sides. c. coordinated war donations on the northern home front. d. was the […]
978-0393418248 Test Bank Chapter 15 Part 1
TEST BANK Learning Objectives 1. Identify the visions of freedom the former slaves and slaveholders pursued in the postwar South. 2. Describe the sources, goals, and competing visions for Reconstruction. 3. Describe the social and political effects of Radical Reconstruction […]
978-0393418248 Test Bank Chapter 15 Part 2
72. What made the Burlingame Treaty unique? a. It was actually a declaration of war against China. b. It recognized the sovereignty of China. c. It declared all of East Asia’s ports to be America’s sphere of influence. d. It […]
978-0393418248 Test Bank Chapter 2 Part 1
TEST BANK Learning Objectives 1. Describe the main contours of English colonization in the seventeenth century. 2. Identify the obstacles the English settlers in the Chesapeake had to overcome. 3. Explain how Virginia and Maryland developed in their early years. […]
978-0393418248 Test Bank Chapter 2 Part 2
c. integral to leading a religious lifestyle, as they played a prominent role in the Bible. d. vital because they had been discouraged from enjoying these back in England. e. detrimental to the individual but ultimately a positive development for […]
978-0393418248 Test Bank Chapter 3 Part 1
TEST BANK Learning Objectives 1. Explain how the English empire in America expanded in the mid-seventeenth century. 2. Explain how slavery was established in the Western Atlantic world. 3. Identify the major social and political crises that rocked the colonies […]
978-0393418248 Test Bank Chapter 3 Part 2
e. a middle-aged woman who was outspoken, economically independent, or estranged from her husband 76. Why did the accusations of witchcraft in Salem suddenly snowball in 1692? a. The only way to avoid prosecution was to confess and name others […]
978-0393418248 Test Bank Chapter 4 Part 1
TEST BANK Learning Objectives 1. Explain how African slavery differed regionally in eighteenth-century North America. 2. Identify the factors that led to distinct African-American cultures in the eighteenth century. 3. Identify the various meanings of British liberty in the eighteenth […]
978-0393418248 Test Bank Chapter 4 Part 2
c. The revivals inspired a renewed sense of national unity. d. The revivals helped to expand the circulation of newspapers and pamphlets in the colonies. e. The revivals inspired slaves to cling more closely to their African religions. 70. Which […]
978-0393418248 Test Bank Chapter 5 Part 1
TEST BANK Learning Objectives 1. Describe the roots and significance of the Stamp Act controversy. 2. Identify the key events that sharpened the divisions between Britain and the colonists in the late 1760s and early 1770s. 3. Identify the key […]
978-0393418248 Test Bank Chapter 5 Part 2
a. He led the British troops that fought Washington throughout the Northeast. b. He served as a representative in the Continental Congress from New York. c. He was a silversmith who spoke eloquently against taxation without representation. d. He headed […]
978-0393418248 Test Bank Chapter 6 Part 1
TEST BANK Learning Objectives 1. Explain how equality became a stronger component of American freedom after the Revolution. 2. Describe how the expansion of religious liberty after the Revolution reflected the new American ideal of freedom. 3. Explain how the […]
978-0393418248 Test Bank Chapter 6 Part 2
d. he owned just one household slave. e. he owned more than 100 slaves. 62. Which statement is true about the founding fathers and slavery? a. Only the northern founding fathers owned enslaved people. b. All the founding fathers supported […]
978-0393418248 Test Bank Chapter 7 Part 1
TEST BANK Learning Objectives 1. Identify the achievements and problems of the Confederation government. 2. Explain how the major disagreements and compromises molded the final content of the Constitution. 3. Explain how the Anti-Federalist concerns raised during the ratification process […]
978-0393418248 Test Bank Chapter 7 Part 2
d. They emphasized the need for the nation to have one single interest that superseded all others. e. They reinforced the belief that westward expansion was essential to freedom. 72. Anti-Federalists included a. Patrick Henry and John Adams. b. George […]
978-0393418248 Test Bank Chapter 8 Part 1
TEST BANK Learning Objectives 1. Identify the issues that made the politics of the 1790s so divisive. 2. Explain how the competing views of freedom and global events promoted the political divisions of the 1790s. 3. Identify the achievements and […]
978-0393418248 Test Bank Chapter 8 Part 2
69. Why did Jefferson use the U.S. Navy against North African states? a. French pirates held American merchant ships hostage, and Jefferson sent in the navy after his agreeing to pay a ransom failed to fix the problem. b. Jefferson […]
978-0393418248 Test Bank Chapter 9 Part 1
TEST BANK Learning Objectives 1. Identify the main elements of the market revolution. 2. Explain how the market revolution sparked social change. 3. Explain how the meanings of American freedom changed in this period. 4. Describe how the market revolution […]
978-0393418248 Test Bank Chapter 9 Part 2
c. Individualism was strictly un-American. d. The key to living as an individual was division of labor between interconnected parties. e. “Individual” was another word for “traitor.” 72. During the first half of the nineteenth century, individualism a. came under […]