During the seventeenth century, royal and princely patronage of science
A) declined greatly.
B) was common only in Italy.
C) became an international phenomenon.
D) replaced funding by the church.
E) was directed only towards pure research.
C
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a) Navigation Acts b) Bacon’s Rebellion c) Glorious Revolution d) Stono Uprising
Dwight Eisenhower's policies toward Native Americans included
a. efforts at preserving tribal culture and self-government. b. the attempt to create a single intertribal government for all Indians. c. incentives for Indians to move from the reservations to the cities. d. "terminating" tribes and returning to the assimilationist goals of the Dawes Act of 1887. e. an emphasis on education and job training for Indians.
By 1919, an emboldened United States produced ________ percent of the world's industrial output
a. 15% b. 27% c. 42% d. 65% e. 81%
The reaction of the League of Nations to the Japanese occupation of Manchuria
A) deterred warlike nations from future acts of aggression because of the energetic and purposeful response of the League. B) caused aggressive nations to pause and think twice about future warlike actions, although many ended up undertaking them anyway. C) encouraged aggressive nations, when they saw the ineffectual and weak response of the League. D) caused some of the aggressors to renounce warfare and join with the other countries of the League in denouncing Japan for their warlike actions. E) had no impact whatsoever on affairs of state.