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