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Quiz for Reading the American Past, Chapter 5

Quiz for Reading the American Past, Chapter 5

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Document 5-1: Elizabeth Ashbridge Becomes an Indentured Servant in New York

Document 5-2: Poor Richard's Advice

Document 5-3: An Anglican Criticizes New Light Baptists and Presbyterians in the South Carolina Backcountry

Document 5-4: Advertisements for Runaway Slaves

Document 5-5: A Moravian Missionary Interviews Slaves in the West Indies, 1767-1768

Question

1. Why did Elizabeth Ashbridge's father disown her? (See Document 5-1: Elizabeth Ashbridge Becomes an Indentured Servant in New York)

She emigrated to the American colonies.

She prostituted herself in London.

She eloped without his consent.

She was convicted of theft.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is c. Elizabeth Ashbridge's father refused to have anything to do with his daughter because she had eloped at age 14.

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2. What did Benjamin Franklin's Father Abraham think of leisure? (See Document 5-2: Poor Richard's Advice)

It was the time to do something useful.

The luxury of doing nothing was a privilege of the successful.

A citizen ought to engage in nothing but the pursuit of profits.

Leisure was to work as night was to day.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is a. Benjamin Franklin's Father Abraham described leisure as the time for doing something useful.

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3. For what did Charles Woodmason criticize New Light Baptists and Presbyterians? (See Document 5-3: An Anglican Criticizes New Light Baptists and Presbyterians in the South Carolina Backcountry)

He believed the New Lights turned orderly citizens into religious fanatics.

He believed the new denominations undermined the Sabbath and eroded morals.

He believed Presbyterians and Baptists empowered the colonial elites.

He believed the New Lights further removed Christians from the personal experience of faith.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is b. Charles Woodmason chastised Presbyterians and Baptists for diluting the importance of the Sabbath and for fostering immorality in the community.

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4. What did the vast majority of runaway slave advertisements have in common? (See Document 5-4: Advertisements for Runaway Slaves)

They announced brutal punishment for the fugitive.

They accused Northern troublemakers for the escape.

Most of the runaways were healthy males between 14 and 40.

Most of the advertisements were issued by colonial governments.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is c. Most of the runaways were healthy males between 14 and 40.

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5. What did Christian George Andreas Oldendorp believe to be a common characteristic amongst all Africans? (See Document 5-5: A Moravian Missionary Interviews Slaves in the West Indies, 1767-1768)

Language

Food

Religion

Lack of conscience

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is d. Oldendorp stressed the diversity in faith and culture but noted that, in contrast to whites, "Negroes had no self-reproach about anything."

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6. Which Christian denomination would have been most welcoming to Elizabeth Ashbridge? (See Document 5-1: Elizabeth Ashbridge Becomes an Indentured Servant in New York and Document 5-3: An Anglican Criticizes New Light Baptists and Presbyterians in the South Carolina Backcountry)

The Catholic church

The Church of England

The Baptist church

The Mormon church

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is c. Given Woodmason's description of Baptists as excessively catering to sinners and social outcasts, it is safe to assume that Elizabeth Ashbridge would have found a welcoming home among Baptists rather than in any of the older churches.

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7. What do both the runaway slave advertisements and Christian Oldendorp's observations indicate? (See Document 5-4: Advertisements for Runaway Slaves and Document 5-5: A Moravian Missionary Interviews Slaves in the West Indies, 1767-1768)

In the eighteenth century, white colonists were aware of the distinct regional origins of slaves.

As early as the eighteenth century, white Americans had formed uniform racial theories about African Americans.

Slavery consisted of the same brutal regime of oppression everywhere.

While living in South Carolina and Virginia were tolerable, slaves still had many reasons to flee.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is a. Both the runaway slave advertisements and the history by Christian Oldendorp indicate an awareness of the different regions and nations along the coast of West Africa.