History - Practice Test Questions (CLEP)

History - Practice Test Questions (CLEP)

University

13 Qs

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History - Practice Test Questions (CLEP)

History - Practice Test Questions (CLEP)

Assessment

Quiz

History

University

Hard

Created by

Emma Riley

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13 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 5 pts

The French and Indian War led Great Britain to

encourage manufacturing in its North American colonies

impose revenue taxes on its North American colonies

restrict emigration to North America

ignore its North American colonies

grant increased self-government to its North American colonies

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

All of the following were common characteristics of many colonial New England families EXCEPT?

a hierarchical institution in which the father represented the source of authority

a place that sheltered men from the workplace

a social institution that cared for the needy and the poor

a social institution that provided vocational training

a basic farming unit

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of these is correct about the use of slave labor in colonial Virginia?

It was the first time Europeans enslaved African people.

It fulfilled the original plans of the Virginia Company.

It first occurred after the invention of Eli Whitney’s cotton gin, which greatly stimulated the demand for low-cost labor.

It spread rapidly in the late-seventeenth century, as enslaved Africans replaced European indentured

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Roger Williams defended liberty of conscience on the grounds that

all religions were equal in the eyes of the Creator

the institutions of political democracy would be jeopardized without it

Puritan ideas about sin and salvation were outmoded

theological truths would emerge from the clash of ideas

the state should not interfere in church matters

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which of these is true of White women in the British North American colonies?

They were allowed to be ordained as ministers.

They were considered politically and socially equal to their husbands.

They were eligible to work as teachers in public schools.

They were eligible to run for political office.

They were restricted in holding property and making legal contracts after marriage.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 20 pts

Which of these was NOT a consequence of the Great Awakening in the American colonies during the mid-eighteenth century?

More accessible, democratized piety caused separatism and secession from established churches

Heightened interest in the supernatural caused the renewed persecution of people for witchcraft

The growth of institutions of higher learning to fill the need for more ministers to spread the gospel

More intensive religious devotion caused the missionary spirit to flourish

The lessening of doctrinal rigor and a concomitant appreciation for more direct experiences of faith

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 20 pts

The present King of Great Britain . . . has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws.

The protest that the king had “combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution” referred to George III’s

alliance with the king of France

use of Hessian mercenaries

reliance on his representatives in the colonies

approval of parliamentary laws impinging on colonial self-government

intention to place a German prince on the throne of British America

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