Luther's break with the church was prompted by
A) the Council of Pisa's declaration that maintained the necessity of purgatory for salvation.
B) the increase of papal taxes on the German peasantry.
C) widespread sale of indulgences by preaching monks.
D) the declaration that the German clergy must pay taxes.
E) the papacy's threat to depose the German emperor.
C
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A) mustard gas B) machine guns C) trench warfare D) submarine warfare
After President Nixon's opening to China, American and Chinese conferees reached which of the following agreements?
A. The Soviet Union should not be allowed to make gains in Asia. B. The United States should break its ties with the Nationalist Chinese government of Taiwan. C. China should relinquish control of the province of Kashmir to Pakistan. D. The United States should withdraw its forces from Laos and Cambodia.
Following Germany's occupation of Poland, Denmark, Norway, Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France, President Roosevelt
A) was reluctant to assist Britain in defending itself. B) focused on New Deal programs to end the Great Depression. C) created the "destroyers-for bases" deal and then the Lend-Lease Act. D) entered into talks with the Soviet Union.
By the end of Roosevelt’s presidency in 1909, all of the following were true except
a. Congress sidestepped many of his legislative proposals. b. he had handpicked William Howard Taft as his successor. c. the Republican presidential candidate won easily. d. his deep personal popularity remained undiminished. e. none of these choices.