Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
In 1790, the highest percentage of people of English descent lived in: - CORRECT
ANSWER - New England
In 1790, the highest percentage of enslaved Africans lived in: - CORRECT ANSWER - the
South
There was little use of indentured servants or slaves in New England because: - CORRECT
ANSWER - it was an impractical place to cultivate cash crops
New England was the most uniform region in America for all of the following reasons -
CORRECT ANSWER - Puritan values, few blacks and native Americans
What was different about the population of New England compared to other regions? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Women outnumbered men
The most ethnically and religiously diverse region in early America was: - CORRECT
ANSWER - mid-Atlantic region
Mid-Atlantic culture was characterized by all of the following - CORRECT ANSWER -
rich diversity of ethnicity and religion, wider job market, "breadbasket" of American Farming
What factor made the South the populous region in the early United States? - CORRECT
ANSWER - large number of slaves
Slaves made up the majority of the population in all of the following regions except in -
CORRECT ANSWER - Piedmont region near the Appalalachian Mountains
, Social tensions between lowcountry and backcountry Southerners included vast differences in... -
CORRECT ANSWER - wealth and religious practices
Which geographic region best describes the American West in 1790? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River
During the 1780s, all of the following happened in the West - CORRECT ANSWER -
Mortality rates were high, especially among infants, slavery spread into the southern regions of
the West, white population surpassed the Native American population
Occupied land even though they held no title on it - CORRECT ANSWER - Squatters
Describe the Northwest in 1790 - CORRECT ANSWER - British forts not abandoned,
Indians wished to stop the spread of American settlers, British encouraged separatist movements.
The national census of 1790 revealed that the number of white and black Americans was: -
CORRECT ANSWER - 4,000,000
At the time of George Washington's first inauguration, all of the following were true -
CORRECT ANSWER - two states had not yet ratified the Constitution, conditions in the
West were unstable, the government faced a huge debt.
John Adams proposed that George Washington be addressed as: - CORRECT ANSWER -
His Highness
The most democratic members of Congress felt that George Washington should be addressed as:
- CORRECT ANSWER - Mr. President
The first government's base of support was strengthened by: - CORRECT ANSWER -
passing the Bill of Rights