By which route would medieval women have been most likely to find and alternative path to life outside of marriage?
a. practicing witchcraft
b. joining a crusade
c. becoming a nun
d. entering banking
e. joining the priesthood
Answer: c. becoming a nun
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A. the papacy B. Frederick II C. Henry IV D. Louis VII
According to Map 7.3, what did Justinian succeed in doing during his reign?
A) incorporate the views of the Monophysites into the Greek Orthodox Church B) forge alliances with the Franks, Visigoths, Anglo-Saxons, and Lombards C) regain control over some of the western provinces of the Roman Empire D) create a syncretic religion that merged the views of Arians with Chalcedonians
In Gibbons v. Ogden the Supreme Court a. recognized workers' rights to organize by declaring that strikes are legal actions. b. recognized that workers have the right to organize if their intent is to improve their working conditions. c. expanded Congress's power by ruling that trade on the nation's waterways fell under the commerce clauseof the Constitution
d. protected the sanctity of contracts against state interference.
Rural laborers new to the factory had difficulty adjusting to the
A) relative freedom of the factory system. B) segregation of men and women in the workplace. C) absence of children in the workplace. D) rigid timetables of industrial work. E) All these answers are correct.