In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the elite
a. continued to participate in popular events.
b. were active patrons of popular culture.
c. believed they knew how to control and overcome popular unrest.
d. supported the expansion of literacy for all and believed learning was positive for the masses.
e. all of the above
c
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In what way did Theodore Roosevelt embody pragmatism?
a. In breaking the trusts, he demonstrated that he believed in natural laws instead of actions. b. In deciding to run for office a second time (for his third term as president), he demonstrated a belief in the absolute truth of his right to the presidency. c. In his brokering an agreement between coal miners and owners, he showed that he could pick manageable problems and work to solve them. d. In his conservation of wilderness in America, he demonstrated his belief in divine laws, meaning that God had given America the land to take care of. e. In his unequal treatment of African Americans, he demonstrated the pragmatic ability to be "tough-minded" in a world with no easy answers.
Before 1882, Americans restricted ________ from immigrating to the United States
A) almost no one B) Irish Catholics C) the Japanese D) political revolutionaries
As Greek society emerged from the Dark Age, Greek religion included all the following EXCEPT
a. Olympian gods, already present in Homeric epics, led by Zeus. b. the cult of Dionysus which featured ecstatic dancing and frenzied prayer to the god of wine and agricultural fertility. c. the Eleusinian cult with its denial of life after death and focus on an earthly life of moderation. d. the Orphic cult and its doctrine that the soul is imprisoned in the body as punishment for an unknown fault. e. belief in local gods and rituals special to each city.
The key to Oneida's financial success was
a. its move from Vermont to New York. b. the establishment of Bible communism. c. the manufacture of steel animal traps and silverware. d. its tax-exempt religious status. e. its linkage of religion to free-market capitalism.