Who wrote, "If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties"?
a. Isaac Newton
b. Francis Bacon
c. Immanuel Kant
d. Galileo Galilei
e. René Descartes
b
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What was a main characteristic of Dunham's dance choreography?
A) It was very conservative and often compared to classical ballet. B) It was frequently filled with sexual movements and innuendo. C) It was a forerunner of tap dancing. D) It was quickly adopted by whites across the South.
What was one of the unique features of South Carolina as one of England's mainland colonies in the seventeenth century?
A) It used a headright system of land distribution. B) It outlawed indentured servitude. C) It was heavily populated by immigrants from Barbados. D) It produced a profitable cash crop for export.
Under the new Constitution, the federal government was given all except which of these powers?
a. establishing a system of uniform weights and measures b. regulating all interstate and foreign commerce c. enacting laws dealing with marriage, education, and divorce d. issuing patents and copyrights
Technological innovations that came about directly as a result of the War of 1812 included
A) the building of the first steam engine. B) the creation of the cotton gin. C) the development of textile mills. D) the invention of the printing press. E) mass firearm production .