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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What supported the colonial southern plantations that made networks of influence unnecessary?
(a) Slavery.
(b) Outside investors.
(c) Farming.
(d) Family networks.

2. In colonial America, what emerged after politics cease to be a contest among prominent families?
(a) Fair laws.
(b) Money for good causes.
(c) Political parties.
(d) Honest officials.

3. Historically, what kinds of men are guilty for all wars and tyrannies?
(a) Egotistical men.
(b) Extraordinary men.
(c) Educated men.
(d) Politically powerful men.

4. What did the colonial American courts treat more seriously than violent acts?
(a) Cheating.
(b) Disobedience.
(c) Laziness.
(d) Profanity.

5. What happened in colonial America when more and more people demanded land?
(a) Common people became land owners.
(b) Land prices went up.
(c) There wasn't enough land.
(d) Land was controlled by the government.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said, "Idolatry to Monarchs and servility of Aristocratic Pride was never so totally eradicated from so many in so short a time"?

2. In the 1790s, who proclaimed that every man and woman in every society ought to work?

3. What percent of the American colonial population was poor?

4. By 1800, what percent of the Philadelphia labor force were indentured servants?

5. What kinds of laws were proposed in colonial America to curb spending?

(see the answer key)

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