HIST109 African Enslavement British landowners History of USA Questions
African enslavement of other Africans:
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A.
resulted from the arrival of Europeans.
B.
included no form of rights for the slaves.
C.
was the only kind of labor on that continent.
D.
involved the enslavement of criminals, debtors, and war captives.
E.
accelerated with the arrival of the French in the 1520s.
After exploring the Atlantic Coast in the late sixteenth century, an Englishman writes in his journal about untouched wilderness. What could this description mean to a European?
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A.
The land was beautiful.
B.
It would take the expedition too much effort to build a settlement.
C.
The Native Americans had protected the land.
D.
The Native Americans never used this area, so the land now belonged to the English.
E.
The Native Americans were actually hiding in tree forts.
Both the Aztec and Inca empires were:
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A.
rural and poor.
B.
small in population but sophisticated in infrastructure.
C.
large, wealthy, and sophisticated.
D.
large in geographic size but sparsely populated.
E.
rural, with few impressive buildings.
The Black Legend described:
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A.
the Aztecs’ view of Cortés.
B.
English pirates along the African coast.
C.
Spain as a uniquely brutal colonizer.
D.
Portugal as a vast trading empire.
E.
Indians as savages.
According to Zinn, when Columbus landed on the island he named Hispañola (locally known as HaitÃ), he ordered all of the Arawak indigenous people fourteen years or older to collect a certain quantity of gold for three months. What happened to them three months later?
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A.
If they brought him enough gold, he gave them a copper token.
B.
If they didn’t bring him enough gold, he ordered one of their hands to be cut off.
C.
Most of those whose hands were cut off bled to death on the spot.
D.
All of the above.
E.
B & C, but not A.
According to Zinn, what happened when the Algonquin chief Powhatan refused to send back to the English settlers some of their number who had left the English settlement to live with the Indians?
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A.
The English attacked, killed some fifteen Indians, and burned their village and crops.
B.
The English took the queen of the tribe and her children as hostages and put them into English boats.
C.
The English threw the children overboard and shot their brains out in the water.
D.
All of the above.
E.
A & B, but not C.
According to Zinn, what were some of the ways in which Iroquois women were honored and respected within their society?
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A.
Iroquois society was matrilineal, that is, the family line descended through the mother.
B.
Sons who married went to live with the families of the women they married.
C.
The senior women in a village selected the men who represented the various clans at village and tribal councils, as well as selecting the chiefs who comprised the ruling council for the Five Nation confederacy of the Iroquois.
D.
When an Iroquois woman wanted to divorce her husband, she could do so by simply setting his things outside the door.
E.
All of the above.
F.
A & B only.
According to Zinn, during the Pequot War (1636-1638) in New England, the English developed a tactic of war used earlier by Cortés against the Mexica (Aztecs) and still used in warfare today. What was that tactic?
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A.
Psychological manipulation and flattery of the enemy leader.
B.
Effective implementation of superior military technology.
C.
Deliberate attacks on non-combatants to terrorize the enemy.
D.
None of the above.
E.
A & B, but not C.
According to New England Puritans, witchcraft:
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A.
was perfectly acceptable when it was used for proper purposes.
B.
was punishable by hanging unless it was used to reinforce men’s standing and God’s will.
C.
resulted from pacts that women made with the devil to obtain supernatural powers or interfere with natural processes.
D.
was restricted to Salem.
E.
was due entirely to exposure to Catholicism.
The Virginia slave code of 1705:
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A.
simply brought together old aspects of the laws governing slaves and slavery.
B.
completely rewrote and changed the earlier slave laws.
C.
embedded the principle of white supremacy in law.
D.
made clear that slaves were subject to the will of their masters but not to anyone who could not claim ownership of them.
E.
was the work of Nathaniel Bacon.
What was one of Pennsylvania’s only restrictions on religious liberty?
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A.
Settlers could belong to any denomination but had to sign an oath affirming that they would not oppress Quakers.
B.
Holding office required an oath affirming a belief in Jesus Christ, which eliminated Jews from serving.
C.
Atheists were welcome as long as they promised not to publicly attack religion.
D.
Church attendance was mandatory, but the state did not specify which type of church.
E.
There were no restrictions.
Which of the following was true of small farmers in 1670s Virginia?
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A.
The economy was doing so well tha
