Apart from Henry David Thoreau, _____ was the best-known Transcendentalist
A) Ralph Waldo Emerson
B) John Davenport
C) Nathaniel Hawthorne
D) Laurence Humphrey
E) Herman Melville
A
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Quran means ________ in Arabic
A) "word of God" B) "scripture" C) "divine" D) "recitations"
In ruling on the Dred Scott case, the United States Supreme Court
a. freed Dred Scott but upheld the Missouri Compromise. b. denied Scott's appeal but held that slaves could not be taken into free territories. c. essentially upheld the doctrine of popular sovereignty. d. tried to settle the immediate issue on technical legal grounds. e. argued that Congress could not prohibit slavery in the federal territories.
The 1796 election
a. all of the following b. was the first contested presidential election in US history c. saw Thomas Jefferson narrowly defeat John Adams d. ended in a tie vote which was settled in the House of Representatives e. saw George Washington unanimously re-elected to the presidency
For many Americans, the main appeal of the Enlightenment was its focus on __________
A) searching for useful, practical knowledge B) reviving interest in classical education C) defending traditional Christian beliefs D) pure scientific research E) achieving a classless society