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