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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The "Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation" was a key document for which man?
(a) George Washington.
(b) William Livingston.
(c) Joseph Addison.
(d) Jonathan Mayhew.

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

3. What defined modern politicians as "persons who have little, if any regard for the welfare of the republic unless immediately connected with . . . their own private pursuits"?
(a) The Philadelphia News Journal.
(b) The Niles Weekly Register.
(c) The Federalist Weekly News.
(d) The Republican Voice.

4. In 1800, what percent of the American labor force was in farming?
(a) 85%.
(b) 75%.
(c) 80%.
(d) 70%.

5. Who said that the mind could be cultivated like a garden?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) Thomas Paine.
(c) Lord Chesterfield.
(d) John Adams.

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

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

8. Who said that the secret of America's prosperity was the celebration of work?
(a) Theodore Sedgewick.
(b) Micheal Chevalier.
(c) Francis Grund.
(d) Edward Everett.

9. Who called traditional ties of a monarchical society "bonds of blood, family, and personal influence"?
(a) Owen Biddle.
(b) James Allen.
(c) Israel Williams.
(d) Jeremy Belknap.

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

11. Who resigned from Congress in 1778 because he did not feel he could be a good Congressman because of necessity he was also compelled to practice law?
(a) John Jebb.
(b) Thomas Stone.
(c) David Hume.
(d) James Iredell.

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

13. What did Leverett Saltonstall call "the great bond of civil society"?
(a) Christianity.
(b) Individual conscience.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Democracy.

14. In the 1790s, who labeled gentry as men of idleness, extravagance, and dissipation?
(a) Matthew Lyon.
(b) Abraham Bishop
(c) George Warner.
(d) William Drayton.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had an international reputation as a hero in the 1780s?

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

3. In 1774 Philadelphia, what was the Philadelphia Committee of Nineteen?

4. How many loyalists left the colonies during the revolution?

5. What did John Adams consider to be the main mark of a gentleman?

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