HIST 101_Midterm_Angel Hernandez
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DIRECTIONS
Answer each question according to the written lectures, module postings and your Give Me
Liberty and Voices of Freedom texts.
No outside sources.
Use of outside sources will qualify as academic dishonesty and is subject to punitive
measures.
There are 32 questions in total, some questions are worth 1 point, others are worth 2 points.
Please include numbered questions with your answers upon submitting exam.
Feel free to highlight answers
The Midterm Exam has just been published. It covers 18th century slavery , colonies, Great
Awakening, French and Indian War, and the American Revolution.
1.
In regard to cultural identity, in the 1700s, enslaved populations in the British colonies of North
America were much more _______________than _____________. (fill in the 2 blanks)
2 POINTS
2.
Why was it difficult for enslaved peoples to maintain a sense of family stability on slave
plantations?
3.
According to Gail Smith, the historical interpreter at the Pin Point Heritage Museum, Gullah is
the ____________________ and Geechee is the ______________________. (fill in the 2
blanks)
2 POINTS
4.
According to Dr. Jennifer L. Morgan, Europeans set in motion a system of slavery that was
predicated on what idea? And according Dr. Jennifer L. Morgan, what is the “Middle Passage”?
2
POINTS
5.
According to Eric Foner, why did it take “quite a while” for a single African-American identity to
emerge in colonial America?
2 POINTS
6.
According to one of the articles, what was described as the “tip of His Majesty’s spear in North
America”?
7.
Throughout most of the 1700s, British colonists in North America never envisioned calling
themselves something other than British and from 1700-1750 they considered themselves
British and were content to be so. True or False
True
8.
What did Dr. Waucaush refer to as an "Instagram" of the colonial era and what was its message?
9.
The seeds of the American Revolution (1776 – 1783) were actually planted during which war?
10.
Why did the French hold such a tremendous advantage over the English at the beginning of the
French and Indian war?
11.
According to Dr. Waucaush, what three primary issues formed the “agenda” for the Albany
Conference?
2 POINTS
12.
What happened to Gen. Edward Braddock and his men outside of the French fort, Ft. Duquesne?
Why were the British essentially "moving targets"?
2 POINTS
13.
Explain
the following statement in reference to the French and Indian War: “Great Britain had
won the war but lost the financial battle.”
14.
According to Patrick Spero, what two reasons motivated the British Crown to create the
Proclamation Line of 1763?
2 POINTS
15.
According to your module content what did colonists see “when they looked westward” across
the Proclamation Line?
2 POINTS
16.
According to the written lecture,
what future US president legally represented the British soldiers
who shot protesters at the Boston Massacre?
17.
According to one of the module films, why was it important to keep West Point from being taken
over by the British during the American Revolution?
2 POINTS
18.
According to Dr. Waucaush, why did the Stamp Act outrage" everyone" in colonial society?
19.
English colonists living in British North America were considered country rustics or "bumpkins"
by London's cosmopolitan elite and gentry classes. The colonists were well aware of their rustic
image and in an attempt to compensate for their lack of aristocratic pedigree imported as many
English products as possible, in order to connect them to the elite classes of the mother-
country. True or False
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20.
Identify and define the “incredibly important concept” that Dr. Waucaush attributed for creating
an environment that gave rise to the American Revolution
. 2 POINTS
21.
What did Dr. Waucaush cite as an early version of wartime propaganda that portrayed the killing
of American colonists as a calculated pre-meditated attack by the British?
2 POINTS
22.
How did the British Parliament respond to the Boston Tea Part of 1774?
23.
To what does Dr. Waucaush compare the economic impact of closing Boston’s Harbor?
24.
Without the assistance of the nation of ________________, there is a strong possibility that the
United States would have lost the American Revolution. (fill in the blank)
25.
What did John Sullivan brag to Congress about after “keeping with explicit orders from
Washington”? What tribe was Sullivan referring to?
2 POINTS
26.
. According to Dr. Waucaush, what group is the "most vulnerable population" during a war?
2
POINTS
27.
According to the “Animated Battle Map” video, who fired the first shot “heard around the world”
at the Battle of Lexington?
2 POINTS
28.
In early 1776 France secretly began sending weapons to the Americans, but before the French
would do more, the Americans needed to demonstrate their determination. What did
congressional delegates do, to signal to France, that the United States was committed to
victory?
2 POINTS
29.
Why did Ben Franklin frequently parade around Paris in a beaver fur hat?
2 POINTS
30.
How did incessant warfare (consecutive world wars) effect the Great Lakes region?
2 POINTS
31.
What leader emerged that spoke of a “spiritual path forward that would being vitality and
stability back to the native people?
32.
What was the leader’s (in the above question) message to his people?
2 POINTS