In his Essay on Crimes and Punishments, Cesare Beccaria's suggestions for reform were based on the assumption that __________
A) criminals could be rehabilitated
B) capital punishment was humane
C) judicial torture was effective
D) imprisonment wasted money
A
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Between 1820 and 1860, the number of free blacks doubled in the United States
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Which of the following is true of President Johnson's response to the August 1964 report that U.S. destroyers had been attacked twice by North Vietnamese patrol boats in the Gulf of Tonkin? a. Even though evidence of the second attack was questionable, President Johnson ordered retaliatory airstrikes against North Vietnam
b. Johnson suggested the use of tactical nuclear weapons against strategic targets in North Vietnam. c. Johnson expressed grave fears that the incident would bring the United States and the Soviet Union intoarmed conflict. d. The incident convinced Johnson that North Vietnam was being supplied with sophisticated military equipmentby the Soviet Union.
All of the following are features of the middle-class lifestyle except
A) the work ethic. B) Victorian morality. C) respect for diversity. D) consumerism. E) opposition to women working outside the home.
By 1850, there were more than __________ free black people living in the South
A) 100,000 B) 200,000 C) 300,000 D) 500,000