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

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1. Who was the intended audience for an advertisement like source 1?

Wealthy women seeking to supply their homes

Shopkeepers and tavern-keepers buying inventory

Working men preparing to entertain their friends

Middle-class families looking for good buys

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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2. Considered together, sources 3 and 4 would lead a historian to which of the following conclusions?

Women’s consumption of alcohol was frowned upon in early nineteenth-century America.

Drunk urban workers were rowdier than drunk men from the elite classes at this time.

Urban taverns were a threat to harmonious family life in nineteenth-century America.

Americans’ customs and preferences for alcohol consumption varied by class and location.

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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3. What does source 2 imply about why Benjamin Chew risked providing rum to his slaves at the time of the harvest?

He did it to reward them and encourage their hard work.

He believed it was necessary for good health.

He believed that drunk slaves would be more compliant.

He did it to promote their devotion to and respect for the overseer.

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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4. The painting titled Village Tavern, 1814 (source 4), depicts a postman arriving at a Pennsylvania tavern with letters and newspapers. The evidence presented in the painting and in the public notice in source 5 supports which of the following historical conclusions?

Alcohol consumption was a regular part of the work day for government employees.

In the early nineteenth century, there were few boundaries between work time and leisure.

Urban taverns in the early nineteenth century served as vital centers of community life.

Women and children served as the primary referees of men’s alcohol consumption.

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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5. What is Tom the Tinker’s goal in the notice featured in source 6?

To muster all whiskey distillers to participate in protests against the new excise tax

To organize Pittsburgh’s troops to round up the illegal whiskey distillers in the area

To publicize the government’s proposal to institute a prohibition on whiskey distilling

To register his discontent with the region’s congressional representative, John Reed

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.

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

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