Am. History 4.3

True or False: Many people in the American Colonies died of smallpox. Mark only one oval.

• True

• False

Which of the following might an apprentice learn? Mark only one oval.

• farming

• carpentry

• fishing

• reading

In Massachusetts, public education laws required __________. Mark only one oval.

• parents to teach their children to read and write at home

• parents to teach their children to read and write at school

• widows and unmarried women to run the schools

• each community with 50 or more homes to have a school

True or False: Literacy levels were highest in the Southern Colonies. Mark only one oval.

• True

• False

The Great Awakening was ________.

• the formation of a single church in the colonies

• a return to a strong religious faith

• a church ritual

• an interest in science to improve society

True or False: The Enlightenment emphasized knowledge, reason, and science.

• True

• False

Censorship is __________.

• allowing people to print anything they want in newspapers

• disapproving of printed materials because they contain lies

• banning of printed materials because they contain unpopular ideas

• talking about ideas that are unpopular or offensive

True or False: Freedom of the press was an important issue in Colonial America.

• True

• False

Another reason for the growing number of people in the colonies: ______ families

• small

• helpless

• large

• crazy

Which type of person did NOT educate or teach children?

• parents

• farmer

• religious groups

• craftspeople