Quiz for Thinking Like a Historian: The Social Life of Alcohol

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Correct. The answer is b. The advertisement, which offered a huge selection at reduced prices, was intended to appeal to shopkeepers and tavern-keepers seeking to stock their shelves.
Incorrect. The answer is b. The advertisement, which offered a huge selection at reduced prices, was intended to appeal to shopkeepers and tavern-keepers seeking to stock their shelves.

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Correct. The answer is d. Based on the evidence put forth in these two sources, a historian would conclude that Americans’ customs and preferences for alcohol consumption varied by class and location. The elite men in the first image are drinking wine or punch in a formal setting out of fancy glasses, whereas the common men in the tavern are gathered casually around a table drinking beer.
Incorrect. The answer is d. Based on the evidence put forth in these two sources, a historian would conclude that Americans’ customs and preferences for alcohol consumption varied by class and location. The elite men in the first image are drinking wine or punch in a formal setting out of fancy glasses, whereas the common men in the tavern are gathered casually around a table drinking beer.

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Correct. The answer is a. Since Chew was instructing his overseer to allow the slaves to have a moderate amount of alcohol only during the harvest, the source suggests that he permitted it primarily to reward them and encourage their hard work.
Incorrect. The answer is a. Since Chew was instructing his overseer to allow the slaves to have a moderate amount of alcohol only during the harvest, the source suggests that he permitted it primarily to reward them and encourage their hard work.

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Correct. The answer is c. The painting, which depicts the arrival of the postman, the arrangement of newspapers on the back wall, and the men discussing the news around the table over beer, supports the conclusion that taverns served as vital centers of community life.
Incorrect. The answer is c. The painting, which depicts the arrival of the postman, the arrangement of newspapers on the back wall, and the men discussing the news around the table over beer, supports the conclusion that taverns served as vital centers of community life.

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Correct. The answer is a. Tom the Tinker’s notice was intended to pressure all of the region’s whiskey distillers to participate actively in the organized protests against the new federal tax on spirits and to threaten noncompliant distillers with public exposure in the newspaper.
Incorrect. The answer is a. Tom the Tinker’s notice was intended to pressure all of the region’s whiskey distillers to participate actively in the organized protests against the new federal tax on spirits and to threaten noncompliant distillers with public exposure in the newspaper.