Deck 3: The Rise of Anglo American Society

Question 1

After three generations,most Indians were:

A) culturally assimilated.
B) not assimilated at all.
C) culturally and secondarily assimilated.
D) primary and secondarily assimilated.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The English-dominated culture in America was:

A) identical to that in Britain.
B) identical to that in Australia.
C) unique to North America.
D) identical to the Napoleonic culture in France.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The doctrine of vacuum domicilium declared Indian lands:

A) available to purchase.
B) available to lease.
C) unoccupied.
D) military offensives.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The practically universal tendency of considering one's own race to be superior to all others is ? called:

A) ethnocentrism.
B) ethnic cleansing.
C) ethnic domination by violence.
D) ethnocalibration.

Question 5

Minority groups with a strong sense of group identity and are socially self-sufficient are likely ? to resist assimilation:

A) only in the beginning.
B) only near the end of their existence.
C) when things can't be resolved.
D) strongly and for long periods of time.

Question 6

________ are the serious concerns and customary practices that regulate daily life and which ? concern society's welfare.

A) Mores
B) Laws
C) Folkways
D) Fears

Question 7

It's estimated that ________ bands or tribes of Indians existed across America when the settlers ? first arrived.

A) 50
B) 150
C) 200
D) 1,500

Question 8

The ethnocentrism of the colonist led them early on to hope the Indians would do all of the ? following except:

A) fight so the English could exterminate them.
B) cede their lands.
C) recognize the English superiority.
D) convert to Christianity.

Question 9

Roger Williams argued that the Indians should be able to ________ their lands.

A) cede
B) abandoned
C) surrender
D) sell

Question 10

The Iroquois were combined from all of the following tribes,except the:

A) Powhatans.
B) Cayugas.
C) Mohawks
D) Oneidas.

Question 11

Legally,in the late 1600s Black slavery became:

A) nearly outlawed.
B) shortened in duration.
C) shortened if Christian conversion transpired.
D) extended for life.

Question 12

The Powhatans eventually:

A) converted to Christianity.
B) killed one-third of the settlers.
C) convinced English to keep searching for accommodations with Indians.
D) convinced English to return to England.

Question 13

In the early years of the colonies,the doctrine of ________ supremacy became established.

A) military
B) agricultural
C) cultural
D) White

Question 14

________ are the minor things of daily life--customary practices which regulate every aspect of ? life.

A) Mores
B) Laws
C) Folkways
D) Fears

Question 15

Archeological evidence indicates that ________ really did discover America.

A) Columbus
B) Spanish
C) Indians
D) English

Question 16

King Phillip was really:

A) a pirate.
B) a settler Puritan.
C) an Indian herdsman.
D) an Indian chief.

Question 17

The colony at Jamestown depended heavily on this Indian tribe for survival its first year.

A) Powhatans
B) Cayugas
C) Mohawks
D) Oneidas

Question 18

Dutch efforts to colonize New Netherlands ________ in comparison to English efforts in other ? colonies.

A) mimicked
B) failed
C) succeeded
D) exceeded

Question 19

Both Jamestown and Plymouth were founded by:

A) King James III.
B) private companies.
C) renegade pirates and slaves.
D) pioneers to the west.

Question 20

Virginia's unexpected source of wealth became:

A) gold.
B) silver.
C) meat.
D) tobacco.

Question 21

Considerable evidence suggests that Blacks ________ slavery.

A) resisted
B) invited
C) welcomed
D) legislated

Question 22

Which group had the slowest overall assimilation after three generations?

A) English
B) Germans
C) Scotch-Irish
D) English, born in America

Question 23

The English exhibited ethnocentrism from the onset in the American colonies.

Question 24

The resolution of conflict with the Powhatan Indians created the reservation system for ? Indians.

Question 25

The settlers defined the Indian lands as occupied and worth fighting over.

Question 26

King James I eventually backed away from direct control of the settlements.

Question 27

The best way to describe Scotch-Irish assimilation after three generations is:

A) underway, but not complete.
B) neither underway nor complete.
C) complete.
D) not even started.

Question 28

During the first ten years about 15-20,000 Puritans came to America.

Question 29

Most of the early Irish came from all of the following backgrounds,except:

A) Ulster.
B) descendents of immigrant Scots.
C) Northern Irish.
D) Southern Irish.

Question 30

There were too few Pilgrims to really have any influence on the culture of America.

Question 31

Many Indians were eager to trade with the settlers.

Question 32

All of the following describe early German immigrants,except:

A) Dutch.
B) Palatines.
C) Mennonites.
D) Catholics.

Question 33

After three generations,Blacks showed:

A) complete assimilation.
B) marginal primary assimilation and complete marital assimilation.
C) very low levels of all assimilation.
D) high secondary and cultural assimilation.

Question 34

Eventually the term "slave" came to mean:

A) any servant.
B) White and Black servants.
C) African descended servants.
D) European born, American raised servants.

Question 35

The Iroquois formed a confederacy against the English.

Question 36

The Indians all spoke the same language in America.

Question 37

The Anglo American leaders led the majority of those who assisted in all the following,except:

A) signing the Constitution.
B) leading after the Revolution ended.
C) joining slaves to resist the Revolution.
D) leading the revolution.

Question 38

The most frequent destination of the Scotch-Irish immigrants was:

A) Jamestown.
B) Virginia.
C) Maryland.
D) Pennsylvania.

Question 39

All of the following supported the Anglo conformity model,except:

A) melting pot
B) American Revolution
C) immigration patterns in 18th century
D) post-revolutionary U.S. government

Question 40

The Powhatans tried a large scale peaceful attempt to resolve differences with the English ? before the English destroyed them.

Question 41

Africans did not arrive in the early period of American settlement.

Question 42

Briefly describe the key historical facts that contributed to the Anglo American standard of ? assimilation in the early American period.

Question 43

Describe the role that land played in the maltreatment of Indians early on.List key legal and ? attitudinal shifts that contributed.

Question 44

Anglo Americans quickly became the standard during the early American period.

Question 45

Compare and Contrast Scotch-Irish to German immigrants in terms of: cultural,primary,? secondary assimilation.
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Question 46

South Carolina had very few Black slaves compared to White servants.

Question 47

Which factors inhibited the collective resistance of Indians against European settlers? What ? role did diversity play in their plight?

Question 48

Germans did not move very often.

Question 49

Explain how the White Protestant majority became the dominant group in spite of resistance ? from German immigrants.

Question 50

Briefly describe the forms and intensities of White efforts to dominate Black slaves and to react ? to their resistance.

Question 51

By the end of the seventeenth century,Indians were expected to give up their lands or move to ? the frontier.

Question 52

Eventually,whether a Black slave was baptized or not,he or she was a slave for life.

Question 53

Ulstermen were regarded as clean,hard working,and literate.

Question 54

Scotch-Irish left dire poverty to come to America.

Question 55

Briefly describe the evolution of slavery and servitude as discussed in the chapter,listing key ? turning points in the definition of the duration of servitude.

Question 56

The Anglos feared that the Germans would set up their own German state.

Question 57

Black and White slaves had the same odds of successfully escaping slavery.

Question 58

Germans were united behind the Revolutionary cause.

Question 59

Briefly summarize the forms and intensities of Black resistance to slavery.

Question 60

The Germans abandoned their old home ways once in America.

Question 61

Define ethnocentrism and list ten examples of it from Chapter 3.

Question 62

Describe how the Revolution enhanced English domination of mainstream culture.