The two scientists whose work proved that diseases are caused by germs were
A) Pierre and Marie Curie.
B) Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch.
C) James Clerk-Maxwell and Heinrich Hertz.
D) John Dalton and Michael Faraday.
E) none of the above.
B
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As a result of the Nye Committee's findings, __________
a. Congress passed the neutrality acts of 1935, 1936, and 1937 b. Secretary of State Kellogg signed the Kellogg-Briand Pact c. R.O.T.C. was temporarily disbanded d. the pacifist movement in America dwindled significantly e. Congress banned the sale of guns inside the United States
What was Proposition 13, and what is its continuing impact in California?
a. It was a 1972 ballot measure that restricted union organizing efforts by farm workers. Its passage meant that most farm workers have not been able to join unions; their wages remain low, and health-care coverage is almost nonexistent; but this allows producers to sell fruits and vegetables at low prices. b. It was a ballot initiative in 1978 that reinstated the death penalty. Today, California has hundreds of prisoners on death row. c. It was a ballot measure in 1978 that set property taxes at 1 percent of assessed value and limited annual increases in assessed value to a maximum of 2 percent per year. As a result, the state's revenues for public services and projects, including schools, have been greatly reduced from past levels. d. It was a ballot measure in 1982 that opposed construction of the California Water Project. As a result, farmers in the Central Valley and water consumers in Southern California have faced water shortages for the past twenty years.
"The stench of the hold while we were on the coast was so intolerably loathsome, that it was dangerous to remain there for any time, and some of us had been permitted to stay on deck for the fresh air . . . " This quotation probably describes
a. an American warship during the American Revolution b. the Mayflower c. an Irish immigrant ship in the early 1700s d. a slave ship bound for the Americas e. a German immigrant ship in the early 1700s
If a former slave could not prove he or she had been legally freed, then he or she was likely to be __________
A) reenslaved B) deported C) arrested D) fined E) executed