Question 1
For American civilians, the Revolution
A) resolved prior problems of housing and public health.
B) struck hardest in the rural regions.
C) seldom touched their lives in a threatening way.
D) often caused destruction or confiscation of their property.
Question 2
The medical treatment soldiers received
A) did little good and often did harm.
B) relied heavily on amputation to save lives.
C) saved many from death.
D) was nearly non-existent.
Question 3
As the Revolutionary War lengthened and its costs increased, which of the following groups would have been LEAST likely to contribute soldiers for the cause?
A) men of wealth and influence
B) former indentured servants
C) recently arrived immigrants
D) unskilled manual laborers
Question 4
During the American Revolution, the state militias
A) increasingly attracted volunteer recruits.
B) served to legitimate the war among the people.
C) required service of only the poorest class of men.
D) provided an effective, well-equipped fighting force.
Question 5
Britain lost the Revolutionary War because it
A) pursued overly aggressive military strategies.
B) failed to capitalize sufficiently on its advantages.
C) abandoned traditional European battlefield tactics.
D) proved economically inferior to the combined American states.
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