History 3.5

Question 1

The new nation’s main economic problem after the Revolutionary War as caused by

Answer 1

borrowing

Question 2

Which statement best describes how Native Americans in Ohio responded to the outbreak of the Revolutionary War?

Answer 2

They supported the British

Question 3

Which political change was a result of the Revolutionary War?

Answer 3

The United States became an independent country.

Question 4

How did Sybil Luddington further the Patriot cause?

Answer 4

she mustered troops

Question 5

What was the purpose of the Dunmore Proclamation?

Answer 5

to persuade enslaved African Americans to fight on the British side in the Revolutionary War

Question 6

In what way did the country become more democratic immediately after the War?

Answer 6

taxation without representation was ended

Question 7

“Can it then be supposed that the negroes will be better used by the English, who have always encourages the upheld this slavery, than by their present master who pity their condition?”

Why would the author of this letter most likely support American Independence.

Answer 7

He believed British slaveholders would be cruel

Question 8

Which of these headlines would most liekly have appeared in an American newspaper during the Revolutionary War?

Answer 8

Virginia Women raise money to support american troops

Question 9

The free Black population was mostly made up of __________ and their _______. Others were free Black _________ and people whom enslavers had freed.

Answer 9

former indentured servants, descendants,black immigrants from the west indies

Question 10

He also wanted to _________ the Patriots and have the enslaved Africans attack their _________

Answer 10

weaken, owners

Question 11

Many enslaved blacks continued to support their ______ owners. Some helped _____ their home, took place as ________

Answer 11

patriot, defend, soldiers

Question 12

As many as ________ Free Black people and enslaved Africans fought on the side of the Patriots.

Answer 12

5000

Question 13

In the _________, most enslaved Africans had fought against their owners, on the ________

Answer 13

south, british side

Question 14

The British could not keep the promise to grant them__________. Instead, the Americans recaptured many of the Black Loyalists and _________

Answer 14

freedom, enslaved them

Question 15

In general, the war ________ change the conditions of free Black citizens or enslaved Africans. However, it did add some strength to the movement to abolish, or end, _________

Answer 15

did not, enslavement

Question 16

Native Americans wanted to preserve their ______ and _______. To them, neither side seemed to deserve support in the Revolutionary War.

Answer 16

lands, ways of life

Question 17

Many natives to stay _______ of the fight. They knew that nothing good could come of the war for them.

Answer 17

out

Question 18

Some________ Native Americans supported their colonist neighbors. They had remained on friendly terms with them.

Answer 18

New England

Question 19

Why were Native Americans more friendly with New England colonists?

Answer 19

they were less forceful about settling lands to the west

Question 20

Native Americans near ____________, officially served in the Continental Army.

Answer 20

stockbridge, massachusetts

Question 21

______________, most of those who fought in the war worked with the British. Some took action against the colonists on their own. For instance, early in the war, __________ warriors attacked many American frontier settlements in the South.

Answer 21

West of the Appalachians, Cherokee

Question 22

The six nation of the _________ were split.

Answer 22

Iroquois League

Question 23

_______, ________, ________, and __________ sided with the British

Answer 23

Mohawk, Onondaga, Seneca, and Cayuga

Question 24

________ and _________ sided with the Americans

Answer 24

Oneida, Tuscarora

Question 25

For the Iroquois, the Revolution became a ____________. At the __________in 1777, two Iroquois groups, the Oneida and the Seneca, battled against each other.

Answer 25

civil war, Battle of Oriskany

Question 26

Eventually, Native Americans _________their lands. It did not matter whether they had sided with the British or not.

Answer 26

lost

Question 27

Because_________ were needed for the army, women on the “home front” learned to adjust to shortages of everyday goods.

Answer 27

supplies

Question 28

Sometimes, a lack of _________or ___________ threatened the lives of women at home. Women had no choice but to follow the _______

Answer 28

supplies, enemy advances, army

Question 29

Women at Valley Forge gathered ________, _______, and ________ They also nursed sick and wounded soldiers. Some women worked for ________. However, many were women who came to army camps to stay alive.

Answer 29

wood, cooked, washed clothes, pay

Question 30

Many young women and girls were _________ and __________ for American generals. They risked being caught and killed.

Answer 30

spies, messengers

Question 31

Women were an important part of the Continental army. They did work such as ______, ______________, ________, _______, and ______

Answer 31

cooking, looked for battlefield equipment left behind, bring water to clean the guns, handed gunpowder, filed in for soldiers who were wounded or killed

Question 32

Some women hoped the ________ would improve women’s status in the American society.

Answer 32

Revolution

Question 33

John Adams and Benjamin Rush declared it women’s duty to educate the next generation in _________ and __________. This caused an increase in __________ for the education of women in the 1780s and 1790s.

Answer 33

patriotism, civic virtue, academies

Question 34

While the purpose of these schools was to enable women to educate their _________, the result was the beginning of a revolution for women in the field of education.

Answer 34

sons

Question 35

This freedom meant there would be no more __________ from the British.

Answer 35

protection

Question 36

The new country would deal on its own with other nations, such as France, Spain, or the Iroquois. During the war, ____________ from the 13 colonies, or states, had met to form a new government.

Answer 36

representatives

Question 37

Socially, the Revolutionary War was, in many ways, similar to a ____________. The land war was fought mostly on __________

Answer 37

civil war, American soil

Question 38

Loyalists worked against the Patriots by __________. They also _______ supplies to the British army. They _______ in the British army as well. They also spread ________ to upset everyone.

Answer 38

spying, sold, served, false information

Question 39

For this reason, the end of the war led to exile, or forced removal, for many _________. Many found they could no longer live alongside their neighbors. They had no choice but to leave__________. They went to ____________ or ________. They had to give up their homes, businesses, and land.

Answer 39

loyalists, America, British Canada, England

Question 40

The american revolution made it clear that the new country needed a national __________ system.

Answer 40

economic

Question 41

Wars are expensive. The new country had not had the money to pay for all the weapons and supplies it needed. As a result, it had _______________ money for the war. Now, America had to repay its ___________

Answer 41

borrowed, debts

Question 42

America had to repay its debts, but how? One way to repay debts would be to ________. However, because the country was brand new, no one would _______the newly printed money to keep its ________

Answer 42

print money, trust, value

Question 43

The new country would have to design a trustworthy __________. It also needed to find a way to raise money.

Answer 43

money system

Question 44

Gaining a solid footing in terms of _________ would be a major goal of the nation in the coming years.

Answer 44

money