Which of the following is not true about women's participation in Indian reforms?
A. They represented almost 10% of the people arrested and jailed for participating in protest movements.
B. They demanded overthrow of the anti-sati law.
C. They promoted the spinning and wearing of homemade cloth.
D. They helped gain passage of the Sarda Act of 1929.
E. They formed associations for reforms including birth control and better education.
Answer: B
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A. the upper class B. rural life C. Western Europe D. eastern Europe
Why were the persecutions of witches less violent in the more Catholic regions of Iberia and the Italian peninsula?
a) The Inquisition in these regions was more concerned with suppressing heretics and secret Jews; by contrast, places like the German Empire had multiple versions of Christianity, so “heretics” were harder to spot, but there was greater agreement on who was a “witch.” b) The Inquisition had a specific order of offenses, and being a secret Jew or Muslim outranked being a witch in the hierarchy of serious crimes against the Church. Consider This: How big a role did magic and the occult play in the daily life of the ancien régime? See 3.5: Narrative: Spells for Sale. c) Witchcraft was not really present in the more Catholic regions and, even where it was, it was fairly minor, as with Laura Malipiero’s love potions. Consider This: How big a role did magic and the occult play in the daily life of the ancien régime? See 3.5: Narrative: Spells for Sale. d) The papacy declared that certain kinds of witchcraft were permissible as long as they did not directly invoke the Devil; this of course did not hold sway in Protestant regions. Consider This: How big a role did magic and the occult play in the daily life of the ancien régime? See 3.5: Narrative: Spells for Sale.
A famous description of life under slavery penned by Harriet Beecher Stowe is:
a. Uncle Tom's Cabin b. Go Down Moses c. Pride and Prejudice d. Gone With the Wind
According to the principle of popular sovereignty, which of the following would be allowed?
A) ?Congress would determine whether a territory would have slavery. B) ?The Supreme Court would determine whether a territory would have slavery. C) ?Settlers would determine whether a territory would have slavery. D) ?Slavery would be mandated in all new territories. E) ?Slavery would be excluded from all new territories.