What event signaled the start of the Great Depression, the greatest depression in the history of the modern world?
A. "Black Friday"
B. Great Britain abandoning the gold standard
C. the Bull Market Bubble
D. the Great Crash
Answer: D
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A) human beings should strive to dominate the natural world. B) God could only be understood through rigorous contemplation of nature. C) biblical precepts be rejected in organizing the new mendicant orders of the church. D) his followers must accept strict vows of poverty and live by working and begging for food. E) wealth aided believers in achieving salvation.
Compare and contrast the poleis of Athens and Sparta. How did two such different city-states emerge from the same general geographic region? Why did they end up going to war with one another?
What will be an ideal response?
John Winthrop, in his 1630 speech on the Arbella, expressed the belief that Puritans were on a divine mission to show what a godly community could achieve.
a. true b. false
Why did Republicans nominate Rutherford B. Hayes for president in 1876?
a. He had won a reputation for honesty and appeared to be safe from charges of corruption. b. His state, New York, was crucial to winning the election. c. He promised to end Reconstruction, which had become a Republican liability. d. His relationship with Grant would protect prominent but corrupt Republicans.