Perhaps the greatest inhibiting factor for American artists in the first half of the nineteenth century was the
a. lack of first-rate art schools.
b. Puritan prejudice that art was a waste of time.
c. cultural dependence on Europe.
d. lack of adequate patronage from the wealthy or the government.
e. popular suspicion of artistic creativity.
b
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Thomas Hobbes appealed to Enlightenment thinkers by his
a. concept of a state of nature superseded by a social contract. b. belief that self-interest is not a valid reason for political activity. c. support for the absolute power of the state. d. view that human nature is greedy and warlike. e. all of the above
By the mid-eighteenth century, most of the British North American colonies __________.
A. were ruled by royal governors B. were governed by proprietors C. had few rights of local self-government D. had become democracies
Probably the best-known artistic achievements of the Ming era were the famous
A. court paintings of the artists of Yangzhou. B. silk masterpieces of the chinoiserie. C. blue-and-white porcelain objects. D. intricately carved lacquerware in bold shapes and colored cloisonné. E. jade jewelry works.
The Emancipation Proclamation
A) freed all slaves in the western hemisphere. B) freed all slaves who took up arms against the southern states. C) had little immediate effect on the status of slaves. D) freed all slaves in the western territories. E) promised to free all slaves at the end of the Civil War.