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Early American Culture

Quiz by Paul Bachman

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  • Q1
    What gave the colonists rights and prosperity?
    the King
    land ownership
    George Washington
    citizenship
    30s
  • Q2
    What determined your social rank in the colonies?
    how much money you had
    who your husband was
    what you did for a living
    all of these
    30s
  • Q3
    Who could vote in the colonies?
    slaves
    everyone
    generally white land-owning men
    white men and women
    30s
  • Q4
    Which of these could a woman do in the colonies?
    hold public office
    none of these
    vote
    run a business
    30s
  • Q5
    why did people have large families in the colonies?
    they were given more money
    more workers and farm hands
    more children meant higher status
    they loved children
    30s
  • Q6
    What did many young boys do at age 11?
    start a mission for the church
    leave home to join the military
    start searching for a wife
    become apprentices and learn a trade
    30s
  • Q7
    What was the purpose of having children learn to read in the colonies?
    getting employment
    becoming good citizens
    understanding the bible
    impressing their friends
    30s
  • Q8
    The literacy rate (able to read) was high in colonial America. Who was highest at 85 percent?
    None of these
    New England Colonies
    Middle Colonies
    Southern Colonies
    30s
  • Q9
    What was the most popular book published in the Colonies?
    Biography - interesting people
    Novel - adventure stories
    Almanac - home remedies, recipes, jokes
    Dictionary - word meanings
    30s
  • Q10
    What movement united people of the colonies and brought them together?
    Great Awakening
    Gaming
    Temperance
    Progressivism
    30s
  • Q11
    Which preacher terrified listeners with images of God's anger, but promised they could be saved?
    George Whitefield
    Jonathan Edwards
    30s
  • Q12
    Which preacher inspired colonists to give to charity and help others?
    George Whitefield
    Jonathan Edwards
    30s
  • Q13
    Unlike the Great Awakening which was a movement back to religion, this movement emphasized reason and science as paths to knowledge.
    The Age of Art
    A Time of Thinking
    Enlightenment
    30s
  • Q14
    This Enlightenment philosopher felt that people have natural rights which can't be taken away.
    John Locke
    Ben Franklin
    Mr. Bachman
    Abraham Lincoln
    30s

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