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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A was sent to college by her blue vein parents.
B published the Red Record, the first documented statistical report on lynching.
C argued that free blacks were fortunate to be given so many opportunities in freedom.
D wrote an pamphlet that chastised women for trying to vote.
Question #2
A Mississippi
B California
C Wyoming
D New York
Question #3
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #4
A Harriet Tubman
B Mary Ann Bickerdyke
C Dorthea Dix
D Clara Barton
Question #5
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #6
A was helped to freedom by her free husband.
B escaped slavery to avoid being forced into a slave marriage
C carefully avoided returning to Georgia where she was born.
D escaped slavery through the underground rail road and returned many times to the South rescue hundreds more.
Question #7
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #8
A a law by female reformers to keep men from drinking their wages in taverns.
B women who did piece work for factories in their homes.
C when a wife kicked out her husband for abusive behavior.
D when factories had lay-offs of employees.
Question #9
A ran the family apple farm business well while her husband was away during Revolutionay War
B resented being called a “factory girl” and called for women to recognize the universal bond of womanhood
C argued that girl’s intellect was equal to boy’s but unequal access to higher education created a gap
D an enslaved woman who sued under in Massachusetts state constitution and won
Question #10
A an enslaved woman who sued under in Massachusetts state constitution and won
B argued that girl’s intellect was equal to boy’s but unequal access to higher education created a gap
C was a Quaker minister, active in the abolition and suffrage movements.
D ran the family apple farm business well while her husband was away during Revolutionay War
Question #11
A resented being called a “factory girl” and called for women to recognize the universal bond of womanhood
B an enslaved woman who sued under in Massachusetts state constitution and won
C was a Quaker minister, active in the abolition and suffrage movements.
D ran the family apple farm business well while her husband was away during Revolutionay War
Question #12
A resented being called a “factory girl” and called for women to recognize the universal bond of womanhood
B was a Quaker minister, active in the abolition and suffrage movements.
C an enslaved woman who sued under in Massachusetts state constitution and won
D argued that girl’s intellect was equal to boy’s but unequal access to higher education created a gap
Question #13
A ran the family apple farm business well while her husband was away during Revolutionay War
B argued that girl’s intellect was equal to boy’s but unequal access to higher education created a gap
C resented being called a “factory girl” and called for women to recognize the universal bond of womanhood
D was a Quaker minister, active in the abolition and suffrage movements.
Question #14
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #15
A New Jersey
B Rhode Island
C New York
D Massachusetts
Question #16
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #17
A numbered only 50 in a total colony population of 75,000.
B were all slaves or indentured servants with little money or influence.
C were mostly women, either married or widowed.
D were not even allowed to be present at the court proceedings.
Question #18
A was a successful business woman in New Amsterdam able protect her assets after her first husband died.
B wrote poetry, frustrating Puritan women who thought she should be sewing instead
C described her life as an Indian captive as surprisingly civil before she was ransomed.
D was exiled from Massachusettes for challenging Puritan doctrines of works and predestination.
Question #19
A was exiled from Massachusettes for challenging Puritan doctrines of works and predestination.
B wrote poetry, frustrating Puritan women who thought she should be sewing instead
C was a successful business woman in New Amsterdam able protect her assets after her first husband died.
D described her life as an Indian captive as surprisingly civil before she was ransomed.
Question #20
A was exiled from Massachusettes for challenging Puritan doctrines of works and predestination.
B wrote poetry, frustrating Puritan women who thought she should be sewing instead
C was a successful business woman in New Amsterdam able protect her assets after her first husband died.
D described her life as an Indian captive as surprisingly civil before she was ransomed.
Question #21
A wrote poetry, frustrating Puritan women who thought she should be sewing instead
B was a successful business woman in New Amsterdam able protect her assets after her first husband died.
C described her life as an Indian captive as surprisingly civil before she was ransomed.
D was exiled from Massachusettes for challenging Puritan doctrines of works and predestination.
Question #22
A highly sexual beings available to white masters for sexual sport.
B All answers listed are correct
C detached emotionally to their children.
D animal-like creatures who could give birth and go right back to work.
Question #23
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #24
A the town gossip who created chaos.
B the first female governor in the colonies.
C skilled in business and legal matters.
D the most qualified person to work in the shipping office in Baltimore.
Question #25
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #26
A she knew how to use her feminine wiles to seduce a man into marriage.
B she was the village minister who performed the ceremony to marry herself and her husband.
C her father was wealthy and insisted she retain property in her own name.
D she was able to get away with telling her husband “No obey” during the marriage vows.
Question #27
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #28
A were considered their husbands property, covered under the law with no legal status of their own.
B were single and had equal rights to men in business and land rights.
C were often listed in court cases against men who were trying to cheat them in business.
D were not responsible for running the house and helping in the fields when needed.
Question #29
A were exempt from field work, mostly tending to domestic duties.
B were required to work for a master for 4-7 years and were often sexually abused.
C were required to be set free by their owners if they got married and had children.
D soon became more numerous than male indentured servants in the South.
Question #30
A no match for the European women in the fields.
B lazy and self absorbed.
C poor mothers who neglected their children to attend work.
D heathen savages and sexual deviants.
Question #31
A created such anger in Virginia that the couple had to move to Maryland.
B meant that her father essentially disowned her for marrying a white man.
C was probably a marriage of love but at the same time served diplomatic goals.
D quickly followed John Smith’s refusal to marry her because she was an Indian.
Question #32
A contracted measles shortly after visiting Jamestown.
B met John Smith with flowers when he first arrived.
C learned English during visits by earlier ships from England.
D was very influential with her father and the people of Jamestown.
Question #33
A maintained the majority of the tribe’s livelihood, responsible for food, clothes, home and children.
B tended to marry later than contemporary women in other places.
C were valued only for the fishing nets they made.
D survived by hunting and gathering but did no farming.
Question #34
A matrilineal
B patriarchal
C patrilocal
D matriarchal
Question #35
A All answers listed are correct
B birth and death records
C census records and Wills
D diaries and journals
Question #36
A TRUE
B FALSE