John Winthrop, in his 1630 speech on the Arbella, expressed the belief that Puritans were on a divine mission to show what a godly community could achieve.
a. true
b. false
Answer: a. true
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A) leadership of Kodak as the world's major photographic company B) successful and prosperous General Electric Company C) role in creating the first commercial telegraph D) use of vertical integration in dominating the oil industry
In the aftermath of John Brown's 1859 raid on Harper's Ferry,
A) public opinion condemned the raid. B) public opinion shifted from mainly condemnation to some level of support. C) Northerners called for a moratorium on the issue of slavery. D) Southerners called for a Civil War.
What did Blaise Pascal argue about humans?
a. They can know infinity through reason. b. They are the summation of all things. c. They can only understand that which is revealed to them by the Bible. d. They are uniquely separate from the rest of the animal world. e. They cannot understand infinity; only God can do this.
In 1918, Nannie Helen Burroughs was placed under surveillance by the War Department after she
a. publicly attacked President Wilson for refusing to denounce lynching. b. called on black men not to enlist in the military until their right to vote was guaranteed. c. published an editorial asserting that only a socialist government could solve the country’s racial problems. d. alleged that war was being fought not to spread democracy but to fill the coffers of rich capitalists.