GED 232 Unit 2 Assignment & Unit #2 Essay Early United States History

Multiple Choice Questions (Enter your answers on the enclosed answer sheet)

The Cherokee War took place where?
the southern Appalachian highlands
New England
Florida
the Mississippi River
In 1760, the Cherokees captured:
Fort Loudoun.
Fort Duquesne.
New Orleans.
Fort McHenry.
Neolin, who urged Indians to reject European goods and influence, was known

as:

the Pennsylvania Prophet.
the Ohio Prophet.
the Maryland Prophet.
the Delaware Prophet.
Pontiac, who led the Indians against the colonists and British troops, was a(n)

_____ chief.

Ottawa
Cherokee
Delaware
Oneida
The Paxton Boys massacred a group of which Indians?
Delawares
Oneidas
Conestogas
Cherokees
Who convinced the Paxton Boys to disperse as they threatened the Pennsylva-

nia Assembly?

Franklin
Penn
Hamilton
Washington

Unit 2 Examination

GED 232 Early United States History

The Parson’s Cause involved Anglican ministers in which colony?
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
New York
At the start of the Revolutionary War, who commanded militia forces from

Massachusetts?

Ethan Allen
Benedict Arnold
John Adams
Paul Revere
Fort Ticonderoga was located at the southern end of:
Boston Harbor.
Lake Champlain.
Lake Erie.
the Hudson River.
What document asserted American patriots would “die freemen, rather than

live as slaves”?

The Olive Branch Petition
The Declaration of Independence
The Constitution
The Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms
John Adams of Massachusetts nominated George Washington as commander

in chief of the army because:

they were old college friends.
Washington was from a southern state.
Washington was willing to spend his own fortune on arms for his troops.
Washington had agreed to support Adams’ bid to be the first president.

Unit 2 Examination

GED 232 Early United States History

Of what battle did a British officer remark that another such victory “would

have ruined us”?

Battle of Lexington
Battle of Concord
Battle of Fort Ticonderoga
Battle of Bunker Hill
In March 1776, the British evacuated their troops from Boston and moved to:
Providence.
Portland.
New Haven.
Halifax.
Most state constitutions put into effect by the end of 1777 included all of the

following EXCEPT:

the curbing of the powers of the governor in the states.
the establishment of annual elections as a norm.
expressions of the rights of common citizens.
a commitment to custom rather than written constitutions.
State constitutions tended to:
increase the power of the national government.
exclude a formal bill of rights.
lower property requirements for the right to vote.
strengthen ties between the state and the Anglican Church.
Voting power in Congress in 1785 was:
based on population.
concentrated in the New England states.
divided equally among the thirteen states.
based on how much states had contributed to the war effort.
The most democratic constitution of the revolutionary period was passed in:
Massachusetts.
New York.
South Carolina.
Pennsylvania.

Unit 2 Examination

GED 232 Early United States History

Framers of the Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776 established:
a constitutional monarchy.
a one-house legislature without an executive officer.
the right to vote for all people 21 or older.
a system which narrowed voting rights for the duration of the war.
A unicameral legislature is:
a one-house system of government.
the dominant power in all constitutional monarchies.
the foundation of federal republicanism.
the key ingredient of bicameral governments.
Under the Articles of Confederation, the American states were:
bound by strict statutes of economic and trade policies.
had little power compared to the national government.
subject to the rule of the national judiciary.
created as a loose association of autonomous states.
Slaves made up the majority of the population in all of the following re-

gions EXCEPT:

the swampy region of South Carolina.
the Georgia lowcountry.
the Piedmont region near the Appalachian Mountains.
the Tidewater region in eastern Virginia.
Social tensions between lowcountry and backcountry Southerners included:
residual hatred over their differing roles in the Revolution.
the backcountry farmers’ insistence on engaging in commercial farming.
different interpretations of their shared worship in the Anglican Church.
vast differences in wealth and religious practices.
Which geographic region best describes the American West in 1790?
from the Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River
from the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean
from the Appalachian Mountains to the southern Canadian border
from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean

Unit 2 Examination

GED 232 Early United States History

During the 1780s, all of the following were true about the West EXCEPT:
Indians and whites had not yet reached the point of conflict.
the white population surpassed the Native American population.
mortality rates were high, especially among infants.
slavery spread into the southern regions of the West.
John Adams proposed that George Washington be addressed as:
“His Highness.”
“Republican.”
“Mr. President.”
“Sir George.”

Unit 2 Examination

GED 232 Early United States History

Written Assignment for Unit Two

Include your name, student number, course number, course title and unit number on each page

of your written assignment (this is for your protection in case your materials become separated).

Begin each written assignment by identifying the question number you are answering followed by

the actual question itself (in bold type).

Use a standard essay format for responses to all questions (i.e. an introduction, middle

paragraphs and conclusion).

Responses must be submitted as a MS Word Document only, typed double-spaced, using a

standard font (i.e. Times New Roman) and 12 point type size.

Word count is NOT one of the criteria that is used in assigning points to written assignments. However,

students who are successful in earning the maximum number of points tend to submit written assignments

that fall in the following ranges:

Undergraduate courses: 350 – 500 words or 1 – 2 pages.

Graduate courses: 500 – 750 words or 2 – 3 pages.

Doctoral courses: 750 – 1000 words or 4 – 5 pages.

Plagiarism

All work must be free of any form of plagiarism. Put written answers into your own words. Do not simply cut

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Please answer ONE of the following:

Describe relations between the Indians and the various European and colonial powers

in the period just prior to the American Revolution. How did these relations differ

from those of earlier periods?

What role did printed media play in generating support for the independence

movement?

How did the post-war era and the Constitutional Convention reveal and foreshadow

the existence and growth of sectional and class differences in the United States?

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Multiple Choice

The Cherokee War took place where? the southern Appalachian highlands

In 1760, the Cherokees captured: Fort Loudoun.

Neolin, who urged Indians to reject European goods and influence, was known

as: the Delaware Prophet.

Pontiac, who led the Indians against the colonists and British troops, was a(n)

_____ chief. Ottawa

Essay

What role did printed media play in generating support for the independence movement?

Thomas Paine was instrumental in getting composed media out to Americans and helping them see what the British were truly like. At the point when Thomas Paine set foot on American soil he rapidly got the notoriety of being a man with radical thoughts and convincing works. He composed a handout that was called Common Sense, which was distributed in mid 1776 in the city of Philadelphia. In this intense written work he scrutinized King…..