History 111 - The Women in America » Winter 2021 » Chapters 1 2, and 3

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Question #1
When white missionaries sought not only to convert and "civilize" Native Americans, what outcomes were they striving for?
A.   They wanted Native Americans to live in multi-generational households where tribal matrons held significant power.
B.   They wanted at least 60% of Native American couples to get married in the church.
C.   They wanted them to adopt European notions of proper male and female behavior, such as men becoming farmers and women become farmers' wives.
D.   They wanted Native Americans to keep their traditional roles in the community.
Question #2
The first permanent British colonization of the American mainland was THIS settlement.
A.   Jamestown
B.   Boston
C.   New York City
D.   Newfoundland
Question #3
THIS system, which traced ancestry and control of land through the female line, consolidated women's position in Pueblo communities.
A.   mamalinea
B.   matrilineal
C.   mamaknowsbest
D.   matriarchy
Question #4
What did it mean for a woman to be a feme covert?
A.   Her legal identity was absorbed into that of her husband, meaning she had no separate legal identity.
B.   She was an undercover spy for King George III.
C.   Her legal identity was absorbed into that of her husband, meaning she took his last name and was given his political privileges.
D.   She was an astute colonial feminist.
Question #5
What does John Winthrop's last comment here reveal about his central criticism of Anne Hutchinson and her spiritual errors?
A.   He criticized Anne Hutchinson because she refused to teach eager "heathen" men the Bible, and he though she was wasting her spiritual gifts.
B.   Her crime was being "a woman not fit for our society," meaning she was acting in the male role set within Puritan belief that claimed women could not minister to men or hear directly from God.
C.   He criticized Anne Hutchinson because she was following Puritan doctrine strictly, but she was charging money for her religious teachings.
D.   He thought she was a spiritual and holy woman who needed to escape the pressures of religious leadership, so he sent her on a retreat to Rhode Island.

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