In the 1960 presidential race, John F. Kennedy:
a. promised to provide health care to all Americans
b. appeared nervous and unknowledgeable in a televised debate
c. promised to use the White House to promote religion
d. opposed civil rights
e. promised to get the country "moving again"
Ans: e. promised to get the country "moving again"
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The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution
a. established broad patterns of civil rights. b. abolished slavery. c. prohibited political activities by former Confederates. d. imposed military government on the South.
Isaac Newton and John Locke
A) created two antagonistic religious systems of thought. B) provided inspiration for the Enlightenment by arguing that through rational reasoning and the acquisition of knowledge one could discover natural laws governing all aspects of human society. C) claimed that mathematics and science would bring about the cure for the evils of society but only very slowly. D) said the philosophes were the prophets of the future and that their rejection of the Scientific Revolution was justified. E) had little influence on the later Enlightenment as they were perceived to be figures of the "old" seventeenth century.
Calvin rejected free will in favor of what belief?
a. The importance of the Bible b. Practicing charity c. Rejecting Catholic doctrine d. Unquestioning devotion to God e. Predestination
Congress enacted special legislation in 1980 and again in 1990
a. to restrict the number of immigrants coming in from South America. b. authorized 1.4 million Indochinese to resettle in the United States and assisted them in getting here. c. authorized a total amnesty for all Asian immigrants. d. to encourage Cuban refugees to migration to America. e. massively restricting all immigration into the United States.