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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who said, "the attracting force of universal love" existed in all people?
(a) Joel Barlow.
(b) William Channing.
(c) George Cabot.
(d) William Sampson.

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

4. Who believed progress and social harmony would result from the enlightened conclusion of the new American society?
(a) John Quincy Adams.
(b) James Allen.
(c) Jeremy Belknap.
(d) Robert Munsford.

5. Who said America was "just emerging from the rude unpolished condition of an infant country"?
(a) Joseph Addison.
(b) William Livingston.
(c) Jonathan Mayhew.
(d) George Washington.

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

7. 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.

8. When did the first American Congress meet?
(a) 1786.
(b) 1789.
(c) 1788.
(d) 1787.

9. What did John Locke write about the common moral sense of every man?
(a) That men are amoral.
(b) That men must be taught what is good and bad.
(c) That men are disposed to do bad.
(d) That men are disposed to do good.

10. Who drew up the Virginia Declaration of Rights?
(a) James Cheetham.
(b) George Mason.
(c) Charles Carroll.
(d) William Livingston.

11. What was the population of America in 1810?
(a) 8 million.
(b) 6 million.
(c) 5 million.
(d) 7 million.

12. How many American whiskey distilleries were there in 1830?
(a) 15,000.
(b) 20,000.
(c) 25,000.
(d) 10,000.

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

14. Who said, "All Christendom has been decomposed, broken in pieces" in this "fiery furnace of democracy"?
(a) Harrison Gray Otis.
(b) Thomas Campbell.
(c) Samuel Blodgett.
(d) Elias Smith.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What eventually became the sole criterion for the political worth of a person?

2. Who wrote "Common Sense"?

3. In the 1790s, who labeled gentry as men of idleness, extravagance, and dissipation?

4. How much were the first congressmen and senators paid per day of service?

5. By 1820, which territories had doubled the size of America?

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