History 111 - The Women in America » Summer 2022 » RQ 1

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Question #1
Why did African women become crucial to the development of permanent and inherited enslavement?
A.   African women became crucial to the development of permanent and inherited enslavement once transatlantic slavery shifted away from working Africans to death, and African women were the ones having the children who would become enslaved themselves.
B.   In 1830, African women created a petition and presented it to President Andrew Jackson..
C.   African women were abolitionists.
D.   African American women, like Elizabeth Freeman, were not active participants in the emancipation process.
Question #2
What is material culture and why is it an important vein of historical inquiry?
A.   Material culture is what Madonna sung about in "Material Girl." It's an important vein of historical inquiry because the 80s rocked.
B.   Material culture are the artifacts of the past, such as a pearl-encrusted comb. It's an important vein of historical inquiry because the things people owned and used can tell us something about how they lived.
C.   Material culture are the things that wealthy people owned. This is an important vein of historical inquiry because historians should only study those with money and power.
D.   Material culture is the fashion of the past. It's important, but not as important as written primary sources.
Question #3
What did it mean for a woman to be a feme covert?
A.   She was an astute colonial feminist.
B.   She was an undercover spy for King George III.
C.   Her legal identity was absorbed into that of her husband, meaning she had no separate legal identity.
D.   Her legal identity was absorbed into that of her husband, meaning she took his last name and was given his political privileges.
Question #4
The first permanent British colonization of the American mainland was THIS settlement.
A.   Boston
B.   Newfoundland
C.   Jamestown
D.   New York City
Question #5
What message was being conveyed through the "English manner" portrait of Pocahontas regarding the Jamestown settlement?
A.   The portrait conveyed that Native Americans were accepted in English society as they were, which means that their traditional clothing and names were items that should not be changed.
B.   The portrait conveyed the possibilities of colonizing and "civilizing" Native Americans, which means they could turn into refined and "gracious" people like Pocahontas became.
C.   The portrait is a farce since it was created in 1975 by an indigionous person to show what a "gracious lady" Pocahontas was in the 17th century.
D.   The portrait conveyed that Pocahontas had a nice hat and a fancy fan. Don't overthink it. The portrait doesn't convey anything.

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