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Chapter 4: The American Revolution

Multiple Choice Quiz #2

Multiple Choice Quiz #2
This quiz reviews some of the topics in this chapter. The answer choices are randomized, so the quiz will be different every time you take it. For each question, select the button next to the answer you believe is correct. When you are done, click “Submit for Grade” in order to see how well you did.

This activity contains 8 questions.

	As the Revolutionary War began, Britain's disadvantages included all the following EXCEPT   a poorly disciplined army European enemies anxious to take advantage of the situation lack of popular support for war in England a long supply line inefficient and poor military leadership

	The British military strategy for 1777 was to   employ "Macaulay Wedge" to divide New England from Canada occupy Boston invade the southern colonies hold colonial cities and let the Americans have the countryside isolate New England from the other colonies

	In the 1783 Peace of Paris, the new boundaries of the United States did NOT include the   Great Lakes 31º north latitude Mississippi River St. Lawrence River Gulf of Mexico

	Ratification of the Articles of Confederation was delayed by a dispute over   the financial obligation of each state to the national government the cession of state-claimed western lands to the national government the expansion of slavery into western lands using actual or virtual representation in the national government the responsibility of individual states’ war debt

	The most powerful institution in the new state governments was the   bureaucracy legislature Masonic Lodge courts governor

	A political innovation of the new states as they established their independence was   constitutionalism bicameral legislatures political parties representative assemblies political action groups

	The Revolution did NOT significantly improve   men's attitudes toward women's equality the appreciation of women's role in education of the young the appreciation of women’s role in farm and shop management women's ability to obtain divorce women's legal rights

	All of the following contributed to the development of American nationalism EXCEPT   George Washington George Clinton Benjamin Franklin Noah Webster

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