PERIOD 2 STIMULUS MULTIPLE CHOICE PRACTICE

(Note--The concepts are directly from the Curriculum Framework’s Key

Concepts. The targets are Mr. Kujawa’s “student friendly” objectives which
mirror those sub-concepts found under each Key Concept. Refer to “Concepts-
Content” for each unit for a complete description of those targets on Mr.
Kujawa’s website found in the tab “Course Materials”.)

Source 1--17th Century Colonial Women

01. Which of the following conclusions about women in this time period is best supported by
the information presented in the images? [NAT, CUL; Interpretation; Concept 1, Target 3]
a. They shared related ideas on gender roles, labor, and fashion regardless of social standing.
b. They focused on domestic chores and leisure activities befitting of their status.
c. They fulfilled a multitude of duties, from wife to loving mother, to raise their rank.
d. They experienced harsh conditions and limited resources due to their lot in life.

02. Those who had rejected the ideas depicted in the image argued that women:
[NAT, CUL; Synthesis; Concept 1, Target 3]
a. must prove themselves in the political arena to earn rights against men.
b. possessed character traits inherently superior than men.
c. developed intellectually at a rate slower compared to the male species.
d. lacked economic opportunities at the expense of male chauvinism.

03. The ideas expressed in the images most strongly influenced which event in the mid-1800’s?
[NAT, CUL; Periodization; Concept 1, Target 3]
a. Seneca Falls Convention. c. Temperance movement.
b. The Underground Railroad. d. Second Great Awakening.

04. In the mid-1800’s, which of the following ideas serves to oppose the ideas depicted in the
image? [NAT, CUL; Synthesis; Concept 1, Target 3]
a. Republican motherhood. c. Cult of domesticity.
b. Equal work for equal pay. d. Elective franchise.
Source 2--Thomas Morton, “Of The Custome Of Burning The Country, And The Reason
Thereof”, 1637
The savages are accustomed to set fire of the country in all places where they come,
and burne it twize a yeare, at the spring, and the fall of the leafe. The reason that moves them
to doe so, is because it would otherwise be so overgrown...that people would not be able to
passe through the country out of a beaten path.

05. The ideas expressed in the excerpt most directly challenged the prevailing ideal regarding
Native Americans? [GEO; Contextualization; Concept 1, Target 2, 4]
a. They generally focused on hunting and gathering.
b. They never farmed in one place for extended periods of time.
c. They rarely altered their environment substantially.
d. They often unintentionally destroyed their resources.

06. Which of the following individuals would have been most likely to come to the defense
of the practice described by the author? [GEO; Use of Evidence; Concept 1, Target 2, 4]
a. Theodore Roosevelt. b. Andrew Jackson. c. Thomas Jefferson. d. George Washington.

Source 3--Historian Albert J. Raboteau, Slave Religion: The “Invisible Institution” In The Antebellum
South
In the New World slave control was based on the eradication of all forms of African
culture because of their power to unify the salves and thus enable them to resist and rebel.
Nevertheless, African beliefs and customs persisted and were transmitted by slaves and their
descendants. Shaped and modified by a new environment, elements of African folklore,
music, language, and religion were transplanted in the New World by the African Diaspora.
Influenced by colonial European and indigenous native American cultures, aspects of the
African heritage have contributed, in greater or lesser degree, to the formation of various
Afro-American cultures in the New World.

07. Which of the following most directly supports the author’s ideas expressed in the excerpt?
[NAT, CUL; Use Of Evidence; Concept 2, Target 3, 5]
a. The coronation of Our Lady of Guadalupe and other Latin American saints.
b. The attendance of slaves at weekly church services as ordered by their master.
c. The incorporation of Christian-themed lyrics into drum music native to Africa.
d. The construction of Baptist churches by emancipated northern blacks.

08. The patterns described in the excerpt most directly foreshadowed which of the following
developments? [NAT, CUL; Use Of Evidence]
a. Brown v. Board Of Education. c. The Freedmen’s Bureau.
b. The Underground Railroad. d. The Harlem Renaissance.

Source 4--John Eliot, Puritan Missionary, 1670

Methinks the Lord Jesus would never have made so fit a key for their [Native
Americans] locks, unless he had intended to open some of their doors, and so to make way
for His coming in. He that God has raised up and enabled to preach unto them is a man of a
most sweet, humble, loving gracious, and enlarged spirit, whom God hath blessed, and surely
will still delight in and do good by...
 I see so many things inviting to speak in this business that it were well if you did lay
before those that are prudent and able these considerations: 1) that it is chargeable to educate
and train up those children which are already offered us, in schooling, clothing, and diet, and 2)
that in all probability, many Indians in other places, especially under our jurisdiction, will be
provoked to desire preaching and also to send their children to us, when they see that some
of their fellows fare so well among the English.

09. Which of the following was the most common reaction by tribal groups to the ideas as
described in the excerpt at this time? [CUL; Causation; Concept 1, Target 2]
a. Exerting their cultural dominance.
b. Coercing Europeans to embrace their faith.
c. Resisting overt efforts to undermine their traditions.
d. Replacing their ways of life with European customs.

10. The ideas in the excerpt were most similar to those in which of the following periods in
American history? [CUL; Comparison]
a. The Roaring Twenties. b. The Gilded Age. c. Reconstruction. d. Manifest Destiny.

11. Which of the following would most likely reject the ideas in the excerpt? [CUL; Use Of
Evidence]
a. Harriet Beecher Stowe. c. Frederick Jackson Turner.
b. Helen Hunt Jackson. d. Thomas Jefferson.

Source 5--Englishman Joshua Gee, 1729

The surest way for a nation to increase its riches is to prevent the importation of such
foreign commodities as may be raised at home. The kingdom is capable of raising within itself
and its colonies materials for employing all our poor in those manufacturers which we now
import from such of our neighbors who refuse the admission of ours. The trade of a nation is
of mighty consequence and a thing that ought to be seriously weighted, because the happiness
or misfortunes of some many millions depend upon it.

12. Which of the following was the most direct cause for the author’s concerns as described in
the excerpt? [POL, WXT; Causation; Concept 2, Target 2]
a. Imperial corruption. c. Regional distinctiveness.
b. External competition. d. Inter-colonial trade wars.

13. In the excerpt, the author was reacting primarily to the problems faced by which of the
following groups? [POL, WXT; Contextualization; Concept 2, Target 2]
a. Anglican congregationalists. c. Colonial merchants.
b. Cotton and rice growers. d. Board Of Trade officials.

14. The issue highlighted in the excerpt most directly led to what British policy by 1770?
[POL, WXT; Causation; Concept 2, Target 2]
a. Writs of assistance. b. Salutary neglect. c. Repeal of internal taxes. d. Proclamation Act.
Source 6--Colonial Cooper Maker (Barrels) With Apprentice, 1751

15. The evidence in the visual most directly reflects which of the following turning points in
the second half of the 1750’s? [NAT; Periodization; Concept 2, Target 1]
a. The waning power of the gentry. c. The rapid growth of indentured servants.
b. The declining role of agrarians. d. The expanding influence of craft makers.

16. The development as shown in the excerpt is most similar to those in which of the
following periods in American history? [NAT; Comparison]
a. Post-World War II. b. The Great Depression. c. The Gilded Age. d. Reconstruction.

Source 7--Journal Entry, John Lok, Second Voyage To Guinea, 1554

It is to be understood, that the people which now inhabit the regions of the coast of
Guinea, and the middle parts of Africa, as Libya the inner, and Nubia, with great and large
regions about the same, were in old time called Ethiopians and Nigritae, which we now call
Moores, Moorens, or Negros, a people of beastly living, without a god, law, religion, or
common wealth, and so scorched and vexed with the heat of the sun, that in many places they
curse it when it rises...There are also other people of Libya called Garamantes, whose women
are common: for the contract on matrimony, neither have respect to chastity.

17. The ideas expressed in the excerpt most directly challenged the prevailing ideal regarding
Africans in the 1500’s? [GEO; Contextualization; Concept 2, Target 3, 5]
a. They proselytized the Christian faith.
b. They engaged in mercantilism.
c. They consisted of several distinct ethnic groups.
d. They developed a superior civilization.

18. Which of the following conclusions about European interactions with Africans in the
1500’s is best supported by the information presented in the excerpt? [CUL; Interpre-
tation; Concept 1, Target 1/Concept 2, Target 3, 5]
a. Europeans became disinterested in colonizing Africa.
b. Europeans admired several aspects of African civilization.
c. Europeans desired to sustain racially mixed populations.
d. Europeans sought to preserve their cultural autonomy.
Source 8--Drawing, French West Indies, 1655

19. Which trend found in the southern colonies in the 1600’s most closely parallels the
trend found in the image? [WXT. GEO; Comparison; Concept 1, Target 1, 3]
a. A business that was created to extract and transport raw materials.
b. A steady supply of immigrants used as a cheap labor force.
c. Harsh conditions that were overcome to plant corn and wheat.
d. Environment conducive to crops grown on a grand scale.

Source 9--Robert Beverly, The History And Present State Of Virginia, 1722
Because I have heard how strangely cruel and severe of this country is represented in
some parts of England, I can’t forbear affirming, that the work of their slaves is no other than
what every common freeman does; neither is any slave required to do more in a day than his
overseer; and I can assure you, with great truth, that generally slaves are not worked near so
hard, nor so many hours in a day, as the day laborers in England. An overseer is a man, that
having served his time, has acquired the skill and character of an experienced planter, and is
therefore entrusted with the direction of the servants and slaves.

20. Which of the following developments from the early and mid-1700’s is the excerpt most
responding to? [POL; Contextualization; Concept 2, Target 3]
a. Widespread slave rebellions. c. British laws regulating slavery.
b. Antislavery literature. d. Colonial legislatures prohibiting slavery.

21. Which of the following best expresses a continuing issue in the early and mid-1700’s not
addressed by the excerpt? [POL; Continuity-Change Over Time; Concept 2, Target 3]
a. Southern laws that attempted to control white-black sexual relations.
b. Southern laws that provided opportunities for slaves to read and write.
c. Southern laws that gave no protection to slaves from abuse by masters.
d. Southern laws that were vague on the status of children born into slavery.
Source 10--Chief Canassateego, Iroquois Nation, 1742, Arguing With Lieutenant Governor
Thomas, Pennsylvania
We are all very sensible of the kind regard that good man William Penn had for all the
Indians, and cannot but be pleased to find that his children have the same. We well remember
the treaty you mention, held with his son on his arrival here, by which we confirmed our
League of Friendship, that is to last as long as the sun and moon endure...whereof we lay down
this string of wampum...
We know our lands are now become more valuable. The white people think we do
not know their value, but we are sensible that the land is everlasting, and the few goods we
receive for it are soon worn out and gone...Your people daily settle on these lands and spoil
our hunting. We must insist on your removing them, as you know they have no right to settle
to the northward of Kittochtinny-Hills...
It is customary with us to make a present of skins, whenever we renew our treaties.
We are ashamed to offer our brethren so few, but your horses and cows have eaten the grass
our deer used to feed on. This has made them scarce, and will, we hope, plead in excuse for
our not bringing a larger quantity...and accept them in testimony of our regard.

22. The sentiments expressed by the author most clearly show the influence of which of the
following? [CUL, GEO; Causation; Concept 1, Target 2, 4]
a. Colonial attempts to proselytize tribal groups.
b. Colonial and tribal efforts to set aside past agreements.
c. Colonial laws forbidding marriage between whites and Indians.
d. Colonial trespassing on Indian territory.

23. The ideas expressed in the excerpt most directly reflect which of the following continuities
in United States history? [CUL; Continuity-Change Over Time]
a. Religious intolerance leads to conflict.
b. Competing interpretations over a concept leads to conflict.
c. Political instability within a region leads to conflict.
d. Economic inequality within a society leads to conflict.

PERIOD 2 SHORT RESPONSE PRACTICE

01. Respond to a), b), and c). [WXT, CUL, GEO; Causation; Concept 1, Targets 1-2, 4]
a. Explain how cultural differences shaped the relationship between two of the following
groups: Europeans, Native Americans, Africans.
b. Provide one example of an event or development that supports your explanation in a)
for the groups chosen.
c. Provide another example of an event or development that supports your explanation
in a) for the groups chosen.
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02. Use the map to respond to a), b), and c). [POL, WXT, MIG, GEO; Causation; Concept 1,
Target 1]
a. Explain how one of the following groups had the most significant impact on establishing
a European presence in the “New World”: Spanish, French, English.
b. Provide one example of an event or development that supports your explanation in a).
c. Provide a specific piece of evidence why one of the other groups was not as influential
in establishing its presences compared the group you chose.

Sir, having notice that under color of a trade to Newfoundland for fish, great quantities
of wine, brandy and other European goods, are imported from thence into his Majesty's
plantations, particularly New England, on an allegation, that the said New Foundland is
accounted as one of the said plantations. To which purpose, it is now become a Magazine of all
sorts of goods brought thither directly from France, Holland, Scotland, Ireland and other
places, which is not only contrary to law, but greatly to the prejudice of his Majesty's Customs,
and to the trade and navigation of this Kingdom. To the end, therefore, that so destructive and
growing an evil may be timely prevented, we desire you...to give public notice to all persons
concerned...that they be very careful not to suffer any European goods, other than what are by
the aforesaid law and Proclamation accepted, to be imported into New England.

03. These orders, written by a British official, were given to Massachusetts Governor Sir
Edmund Andros in 1686. Respond to a), b), and c). [POL; Contextualization; Concept 2,
Target 2]
a. Explain the point of view of the author.
b. Explain one specific development prior to 1686 that led the author to express this point
of view.
c. Explain one specific development prior to 1686 that would counter the author’s point of
view.
04. Use the image depicting a French trapper conducting trade with the Mohawk tribe in the
early 1600’s to respond to a), b), and c). [WXT, CUL, MIG, GEO; Contextualization;
Concept 1, Targets 2, 4-5]
a. Explain the point of view regarding French treatment of Native Americans at that time
period.
b. Explain one specific trend which supports a).
c. Explain one specific trend which contradicts a).

05. Respond to a), b), and c). [WXT; Comparison; Concept 1, Target 3]
a. Explain one specific economic similarity of the colonial regions by 1750.
b. Explain another economic similarity of the colonial regions by 1750.
c. Explain one specific difference in the economies of the colonial regions by 1750.

Comments on the back-country denizens of North Carolina, early 1700’s

The men for their parts, just like the Indians, impose all the work upon the poor
women. They make their wives rise out of their beds early in the morning, at the same time
that they lie and snore, till the sun has run one third of its course...Then, after stretching and
yawning for half an hour, they light their pipes and venture out into the open air, though if it
happens to be ever so little cold, they quickly return shivering into the chimney corner. When
the weather is mild, they stand leaning with both their arms upon the cornfield fence, and
gravely consider whether they had best go and take a small heat at the hoe; but generally find
reasons to put it off till another time.
William Byrd, Virginia planter

They marry generally very young, some at thirteen or fourteen, and she that continues
unmarried, until twenty, is reckoned a stale maid...Both sexes are very dexterous in paddling
and managing their canoes, being bred to it from their infancy. The women are the most
industrious in these parts, and many of them by their good housewifery make a great deal of
cloth of their own cotton, wool, and flax [for their large families]...The men are very ingenious
in several handy craft businesses...[while others] equalize with the Negroes in hard labour.
John Brickell, occupation unknown
06. Respond to a), b), and c). [CUL, MIG, GEO; Interpretation; Concept 2, Target 1]
a. Explain one significant difference between Byrd’s and Brickell’s interpretation of colonial
status.
b. Explain how one development from the period 1607-1763 not explicitly expressed in
the excerpts could be used to support Byrd’s point of view.
c. Explain how one development from the period 1607-1763 not explicitly expressed in
the excerpts could be used to support Brickell’s point of view.