Among the components that Siegfried Marcus designed for his combustion-engine automobile were all of the following except:
a. A braking system.
b. A carburetor.
c. Keyless ignition.
d. Shifting gears.
c. Keyless ignition.
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What did Edmund Burke argue in Reflections on the Revolution in France?
a) He praised traditional class-based society and stable, conservative rule. b) He praised the constitution of 1791, calling it a model for the world. Consider This: Burke did not believe in radical change based on reason. See 6.2.2: Threats from Abroad. c) He condemned Louis XVI for not wholeheartedly embracing the Revolution. Consider This: Burke did not believe in radical change based on reason. See 6.2.2: Threats from Abroad. d) He condemned the French aristocracy for their free-spending, licentious behavior. Consider This: Burke did not believe in radical change based on reason. See 6.2.2: Threats from Abroad.
How did Spain justify enslaving Native Americans?
a. The Spanish believed that enslavement could liberate Native Americans from their backwardness and savagery and introduce them to Christian civilization. b. Pope Alexander VI had approved Spanish slavery but banned slavery in Portuguese holdings in the New World. c. The writings of Bartolomé de Las Casas explained that the Bible approved slavery and that therefore it was acceptable. d. If England and France were to be defeated in the quest for empire, Spain needed to take a step they had avoided, imposing slavery upon the native population. e. The Spanish actually never enslaved Native Americans; the charge that they did was simply part of the "Black Legend" spread by the English and other enemies.
All the following factors inhibited the growth of better labor standards EXCEPT
A. ethnic divisions among workers. B. the political strength of industrial capitalists. C. the inability of women to form craft unions. D. laws and courts hostile to the labor movement. E. the large number of immigrant workers.
Apartheid is best defined as a policy of
A) segregation and discrimination based upon race. B) extermination of native populations in Africa to control resources. C) seclusion for the white rulers in Africa to prevent assassination. D) promotion of natives as part of decolonization. E) equality in South Africa after decolonization.