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For too many years scholars of African American history focused on the harm done by slaveholders and by the institution of slavery, rather than on what Africans in the United States were able to accomplish despite the effects of that institution. In Myne Owne Ground, T. H. Breen and Stephen Innes contribute significantly to a recent, welcome shift from a white-centered to a blackcentered inquiry into the role of African Americans in the American colonial period. Breen and Innes focus not on slaves, but on a small group of freed indentured servants in Northampton County (in the Chesapeake Bay region of Virginia) who, according to the authors, maintained their freedom, secured property, and interacted with persons of different races and economic standing from 1620 through the 1670s. African Americans living on the Chesapeake were to some extent disadvantaged, say Breen and Innes, but this did not preclude the attainment of status roughly equal to that of certain white planters of the area. Continuously acting within black social networks, and forming economic relationships with white planters, local Native Americans, indentured servants, and white settlers outside the gentry class, the free African Americans of Northampton County held their own in the rough-hewn world of Chesapeake Bay.
The authors emphasize that in this early period, when the percentage of African Americans in any given Chesapeake county was still no more than 10 percent of the population, very little was predetermined so far as racial status or race relations were concerned. By schooling themselves in the local legal process and by working prodigiously on the land, African Americans acquired property, established families, and warded off contentious white neighbors. Breen and Innes do acknowledge that political power on the Chesapeake was asymmetrically distributed among black and white residents. However, they underemphasize much evidence that customary law, only gradually embodied in statutory law, was closing in on free African Americans well before the 1670s: during the 1660s, when the proportion of African Americans in Virginia increased dramatically, Virginia tightened a law regulating interracial relations (1662) and enacted a statute prohibiting baptism from altering slave status (1667). Anthony Johnson, a leader in the community of free African Americans in the Chesapeake Bay region, sold the land he had cultivated for more than twenty years and moved north with his family around 1665, an action that the authors attribute to a search for “fresh, more productive land.” But the answer to why the Johnsons left that area where they had labored so long may lie in their realization that their white neighbors were already beginning the transition from a largely white indentured labor force to reliance on a largely black slave labor force, and that the institution of slavery was threatening their descendants’ chances for freedom and success in Virginia.
The authors emphasize that in this early period, when the percentage of African Americans in any given Chesapeake county was still no more than 10 percent of the population, very little was predetermined so far as racial status or race relations were concerned. By schooling themselves in the local legal process and by working prodigiously on the land, African Americans acquired property, established families, and warded off contentious white neighbors. Breen and Innes do acknowledge that political power on the Chesapeake was asymmetrically distributed among black and white residents. However, they underemphasize much evidence that customary law, only gradually embodied in statutory law, was closing in on free African Americans well before the 1670s: during the 1660s, when the proportion of African Americans in Virginia increased dramatically, Virginia tightened a law regulating interracial relations (1662) and enacted a statute prohibiting baptism from altering slave status (1667). Anthony Johnson, a leader in the community of free African Americans in the Chesapeake Bay region, sold the land he had cultivated for more than twenty years and moved north with his family around 1665, an action that the authors attribute to a search for “fresh, more productive land.” But the answer to why the Johnsons left that area where they had labored so long may lie in their realization that their white neighbors were already beginning the transition from a largely white indentured labor force to reliance on a largely black slave labor force, and that the institution of slavery was threatening their descendants’ chances for freedom and success in Virginia.
1. The author of the passage objects to many scholarly studies of African American history for which one of the following reasons?
(A) Their emphases have been on statutory law rather than on customary law.
(B) They have ignored specific historical situations and personages in favor of broad interpretations.
(C) They have focused on the least eventful periods in African American history.
(D) They have underemphasized the economic system that was the basis of the institution of slavery.
(E) They have failed to focus to a sufficient extent on the achievements of African Americans.
(A) Their emphases have been on statutory law rather than on customary law.
(B) They have ignored specific historical situations and personages in favor of broad interpretations.
(C) They have focused on the least eventful periods in African American history.
(D) They have underemphasized the economic system that was the basis of the institution of slavery.
(E) They have failed to focus to a sufficient extent on the achievements of African Americans.
2. Which one of the following can be inferred from the passage concerning the relationship between the African American population and the law in the Chesapeake Bay region of Virginia between 1650 and 1670?
(A) The laws affecting black citizens were embodied in statutes much more gradually than were laws affecting white citizens.
(B) As the percentage of black citizens in the population grew, the legal restrictions placed on them also increased.
(C) Because of discriminatory laws, black farmers suffered more economic setbacks than did white farmers.
(D) Because of legal constraints on hiring indentured servants, black farmers faced a chronic labor shortage on their farms.
(E) The adherence to customary law was more rigid in regions with relatively large numbers of free black citizens.
(A) The laws affecting black citizens were embodied in statutes much more gradually than were laws affecting white citizens.
(B) As the percentage of black citizens in the population grew, the legal restrictions placed on them also increased.
(C) Because of discriminatory laws, black farmers suffered more economic setbacks than did white farmers.
(D) Because of legal constraints on hiring indentured servants, black farmers faced a chronic labor shortage on their farms.
(E) The adherence to customary law was more rigid in regions with relatively large numbers of free black citizens.
3. The author of the passage most probably refers to Anthony Johnson and his family in order to
(A) provide a specific example of the potential shortcomings of Breen and Innes’s interpretation of historical events
(B) provide a specific example of relevant data overlooked by Breen and Innes in their discussion of historical events
(C) provide a specific example of data that Breen and Innes might profitably have used in proving their thesis
(D) argue that the standard interpretation of historical events is superior to Breen and Innes’s revisionist interpretation
(E) argue that a new historiographical method is needed to provide a full and coherent reading of historical events
(A) provide a specific example of the potential shortcomings of Breen and Innes’s interpretation of historical events
(B) provide a specific example of relevant data overlooked by Breen and Innes in their discussion of historical events
(C) provide a specific example of data that Breen and Innes might profitably have used in proving their thesis
(D) argue that the standard interpretation of historical events is superior to Breen and Innes’s revisionist interpretation
(E) argue that a new historiographical method is needed to provide a full and coherent reading of historical events
4. The attitude of the author of the passage toward Breen and Innes’s study can best be described as one of
(A) condescending dismissal
(B) wholehearted acceptance
(C) contentious challenge
(D) qualified approval
(E) sincere puzzlement
(A) condescending dismissal
(B) wholehearted acceptance
(C) contentious challenge
(D) qualified approval
(E) sincere puzzlement
5. The primary purpose of the passage is to
(A) summarize previous interpretations
(B) advocate a new approach
(C) propose and then illustrate a thesis
(D) present and evaluate an interpretation
(E) describe a historical event
(A) summarize previous interpretations
(B) advocate a new approach
(C) propose and then illustrate a thesis
(D) present and evaluate an interpretation
(E) describe a historical event
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Para 1- for a long time, scholars of African American history focused on the harm done by slaveholders and by the institution of slavery,
ground,Breen and Innes -a shift from a white-centered to a black centered inquiry into the role of African Americans in the American colonial period
Para 2- Breen and Innes- details, shortcoming- underemphasize much evidence that customary law, only gradually embodied in statutory law
1. The author of the passage objects to many scholarly studies of African American history for which one of the following reasons?
(E) They have failed to focus to a sufficient extent on the achievements of African Americans.- Correct
For too many years scholars of African American history focused on the harm done by slaveholders and by the institution of slavery, rather than on what Africans in the United States were able to accomplish despite the effects of that institution.
2. Which one of the following can be inferred from the passage concerning the relationship between the African American population and the law in the Chesapeake Bay region of Virginia between 1650 and 1670?
(B) As the percentage of black citizens in the population grew, the legal restrictions placed on them also increased.
during the 1660s, when the proportion of African Americans in Virginia increased dramatically, Virginia tightened a law regulating interracial relations (1662) and enacted a statute prohibiting baptism from altering slave status (1667).
3. The author of the passage most probably refers to Anthony Johnson and his family in order to
(A) provide a specific example of the potential shortcomings of Breen and Innes’s interpretation of historical events- Correct, so the picture portrayed by Breen and Inne's is not consistent with the following-
But the answer to why the Johnsons left that area where they had labored so long may lie in their realization that their white neighbors were already beginning the transition from a largely white indentured labor force to reliance on a largely black slave labor force, and that the institution of slavery was threatening their descendants’ chances for freedom and success in Virginia.
4. The attitude of the author of the passage toward Breen and Innes’s study can best be described as one of
(A) condescending dismissal- incorrect, the author does not dismiss it completely
(B) wholehearted acceptance- incorrect, the author does point toward a shortcoming
(C) contentious challenge- incorrect, the author does not challenge it
(D) qualified approval- Correct
(E) sincere puzzlement- incorrect, the author is not puzzled
In Myne Owne Ground, T. H. Breen and Stephen Innes contribute significantly to a recent, welcome shift from a white-centered to a black centered inquiry into the role of African Americans in the American colonial period.
Breen and Innes do acknowledge that political power on the Chesapeake was asymmetrically distributed among black and white residents. However, they underemphasize much evidence that customary law, only gradually embodied in statutory law, was closing in on free African Americans well before the 1670s
5. The primary purpose of the passage is to
(D) present and evaluate an interpretation- Correct, the author welcomes the shift and then evaluates it
In Myne Owne Ground, T. H. Breen and Stephen Innes contribute significantly to a recent, welcome shift from a white-centered to a black centered inquiry into the role of African Americans in the American colonial period.
Para 1- for a long time, scholars of African American history focused on the harm done by slaveholders and by the institution of slavery,
ground,Breen and Innes -a shift from a white-centered to a black centered inquiry into the role of African Americans in the American colonial period
Para 2- Breen and Innes- details, shortcoming- underemphasize much evidence that customary law, only gradually embodied in statutory law
1. The author of the passage objects to many scholarly studies of African American history for which one of the following reasons?
(E) They have failed to focus to a sufficient extent on the achievements of African Americans.- Correct
For too many years scholars of African American history focused on the harm done by slaveholders and by the institution of slavery, rather than on what Africans in the United States were able to accomplish despite the effects of that institution.
2. Which one of the following can be inferred from the passage concerning the relationship between the African American population and the law in the Chesapeake Bay region of Virginia between 1650 and 1670?
(B) As the percentage of black citizens in the population grew, the legal restrictions placed on them also increased.
during the 1660s, when the proportion of African Americans in Virginia increased dramatically, Virginia tightened a law regulating interracial relations (1662) and enacted a statute prohibiting baptism from altering slave status (1667).
3. The author of the passage most probably refers to Anthony Johnson and his family in order to
(A) provide a specific example of the potential shortcomings of Breen and Innes’s interpretation of historical events- Correct, so the picture portrayed by Breen and Inne's is not consistent with the following-
But the answer to why the Johnsons left that area where they had labored so long may lie in their realization that their white neighbors were already beginning the transition from a largely white indentured labor force to reliance on a largely black slave labor force, and that the institution of slavery was threatening their descendants’ chances for freedom and success in Virginia.
4. The attitude of the author of the passage toward Breen and Innes’s study can best be described as one of
(A) condescending dismissal- incorrect, the author does not dismiss it completely
(B) wholehearted acceptance- incorrect, the author does point toward a shortcoming
(C) contentious challenge- incorrect, the author does not challenge it
(D) qualified approval- Correct
(E) sincere puzzlement- incorrect, the author is not puzzled
In Myne Owne Ground, T. H. Breen and Stephen Innes contribute significantly to a recent, welcome shift from a white-centered to a black centered inquiry into the role of African Americans in the American colonial period.
Breen and Innes do acknowledge that political power on the Chesapeake was asymmetrically distributed among black and white residents. However, they underemphasize much evidence that customary law, only gradually embodied in statutory law, was closing in on free African Americans well before the 1670s
5. The primary purpose of the passage is to
(D) present and evaluate an interpretation- Correct, the author welcomes the shift and then evaluates it
In Myne Owne Ground, T. H. Breen and Stephen Innes contribute significantly to a recent, welcome shift from a white-centered to a black centered inquiry into the role of African Americans in the American colonial period.
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4. The attitude of the author of the passage toward Breen and Innes’s study can best be described as one of
Explanation
(D) corresponds to the shift that occurs between the paras: Para 1 praises Breen’s and Innes’s book, and Para 2 then focuses on criticism. Only (D)—“qualified approval”—corresponds to the mixed review.
(A) Far too negative.
(B) Far too positive.
(C) Too negative.
(E) ??? No evidence anywhere for “puzzlement.”
• Pre-phrasing helps again. If you recall the outlines of the argument (the gist of each para) and roughly pre-phrase the likely answer (the author’s attitude is “mixed”), you can sidestep distracting choices like “contentious challenge” and “sincere puzzlement” and zero straight in on (D).
Answer: D
Explanation
(D) corresponds to the shift that occurs between the paras: Para 1 praises Breen’s and Innes’s book, and Para 2 then focuses on criticism. Only (D)—“qualified approval”—corresponds to the mixed review.
(A) Far too negative.
(B) Far too positive.
(C) Too negative.
(E) ??? No evidence anywhere for “puzzlement.”
• Pre-phrasing helps again. If you recall the outlines of the argument (the gist of each para) and roughly pre-phrase the likely answer (the author’s attitude is “mixed”), you can sidestep distracting choices like “contentious challenge” and “sincere puzzlement” and zero straight in on (D).
Answer: D
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