SAT II US History : Facts and Details in Intellectual and Cultural History from Pre-Columbian History to 1789
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Example Question #84 : U.S. Intellectual And Cultural History
During the American Revolutionary War, this general originally served the cause of the American Continental Army before defecting to the British. As a consequence of his treason, his name is now a popular byword in the States for betrayal. What was this general's name?
Vidkun Quisling
William Alexander
Benedict Arnold
Marquis de Lafayette
James Clinton
Benedict Arnold
Embittered by his experience with the Continental Army, General Benedict Arnold schemed to deliver the American fort of West Point to the British. Today, his name remains tarnished in the USA for his actions.
Example Question #2 : Facts And Details In Intellectual And Cultural History From Pre Columbian History To 1789
The Mesoamerican cultures do not include which of the following major civilizations?
The Toltec
The Aztec
The Maya
The Olmec
The Iroquois
The Iroquois
The Iroquois are a Native American tribe found outside of the mesoamerican time period and geography.
Example Question #85 : U.S. Intellectual And Cultural History
The Half-Way Covenant was passed to .
Ease membership requirements for the Puritan church
Ensure that no non-Puritans could serve in political office in the colony of Massachusetts
Eliminate non-conformists elements from the Puritan church
Maintain a secular government that still sustained a foundation of Christian ideals
Enforce stricter entrance requirements into the Puritan church
Ease membership requirements for the Puritan church
Entry into the early Puritan church in the seventeenth-century American colonies required that the user be baptized and undergo a “full religious experience,” but the church began to decline rapidly in membership as the children and grand-children of the first generation Puritans were excluded from the full religious community. In an attempt to counter this trend, the Puritan church passed the Half-Way Covenant to allow for the baptism of children of the holders of the Covenant. The idea was that these children would still reap the social and moral lessons of the Puritan church and then later in life would come to experience the “born again” moment and become full members.
Example Question #86 : U.S. Intellectual And Cultural History
Who wrote the pamphlets Common Sense and The Crisis to champion American independence?
Samuel Adams
Thomas Paine
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson
Patrick Henry
Thomas Paine
The writings of Thomas Paine, the Anglo-American revolutionary, inspired Americans to seek independence from Britain before their Revolutionary War.
Example Question #3 : U.S. Intellectual And Cultural History From Pre Columbian History To 1789
Benjamin Franklin was all of the following EXCEPT:
A decorated soldier
A delegate to the Constitutional Convention
An inventor
A signer of the Declaration of Independence
A diplomat
A decorated soldier
Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers, never served in the army.
Example Question #87 : U.S. Intellectual And Cultural History
What is the name of the city in which the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were both written?
Washington, D.C.
New York
Philadelphia
Richmond
Boston
Philadelphia
The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were both written at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Example Question #91 : U.S. Intellectual And Cultural History
On October 12th, 1492, this European explorer landed in the New World, beginning centuries of colonization, conquest and development for the West.
Christopher Columbus
Hernán Cortés
Leif Ericson
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Juan Ponce de León
Christopher Columbus
On October 12th, 1492, Christopher Columbus set foot in Guanahani, which he called San Salvador.
Example Question #92 : U.S. Intellectual And Cultural History
What is the name of the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States that was founded in 1636?
Yale College
The College of William and Mary
Harvard College
Brown University
The University of Virginia
Harvard College
Founded in 1636, Harvard College is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States.
Example Question #93 : U.S. Intellectual And Cultural History
The first American medical school was established at __________.
Emory University
Yale University
The University of Pennsylvania
New York University
Harvard University
The University of Pennsylvania
The first American medical school was established at the University of Pennsylvania in 1765. It was an important moment in the history of American intellectual identity and the pursuit of scientific understanding.
Example Question #11 : U.S. Intellectual And Cultural History From Pre Columbian History To 1789
_____________ was instrumental to the religious revival of the First Great Awakening.
John Winthrop
Martin Luther
Dwight L. Moody
John Calvin
Jonathan Edwards
Jonathan Edwards
Jonathan Edwards was a Christian minister and theologian whose religious traditions were rooted in the Enlightenment and Puritanism. He was one of the driving forces behind the First Great Awakening in America in the 1730s and 1740s. The First Great Awakening was a religious movement that swept through Europe and North America in the middle decades of the Eighteenth Century – it emphasized personal communion with faith and moved religious observation away from devoted adherence to ceremony and scripture.
Calvin and Luther were both Christian reformers in sixteenth century Europe who were primarily responsible for dividing Christianity into Catholic and Protestant branches. Dwight L. Moody was a notable religious figure during the Third Great Awakening in the nineteenth century. John Winthrop was a leading figure in the settlement of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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