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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the late 1760s, who dismissed people's right to participate in government if they didn't have a liberal arts education?

3. What was the most radical ideology initiated by the Revolution?

4. Who wrote "Common Sense"?

5. Before the revolution, what was labor associated with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the reason for the American 'economic miracle' of the 19th century?

2. In colonial America, how did the meaning of the word civility change in the last half of the 18th century?

3. How did the numerous bankruptcies and financial collapses of the 1790s contribute to the democratization of America?

4. According to John Toland, what is the difference between a man who is free and one who is dependent?

5. What was hoped to replace fear and favor in enlightened colonial American society? How would the replacement be manifested?

6. How was liberalism measured during the Enlightenment?

7. Towards the end of the 18th century and beginning of the 19th century, what was the result of Americans believing that every man was his own moral agent who was his own master in all respects and could dispose himself as he wished?

8. By the end of the 18th century, what was the source of the American aristocracy's downfall?

9. What does this quote mean? "Idolatry to Monarchs, and servility to Aristocratic Pride was never so totally eradicated from so many in so short a time."

10. On what precept was freemasonry organized?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Samuel Blodget taught that common economic interest was the best adhesive a society could have. Explain Blodget's four 'social ties' and how they related to 19th century American economy.

Essay Topic 2

Explain how family networks in the colonies were used in politics. Cite the details of one specific family from the book and give descriptions of the network that generally apply.

Essay Topic 3

The revolutionaries' desire had been to remove all private interests from government, but by the 1790s private interest so pervaded Congress and statehouses that Americans found it almost impossible to conceive of disinterested officials. Using Timothy Ford's example of dealings in South Carolina, explain how special interests replaced the original republican goals of keeping private interests out of the government.

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