Why did Spain try to invade England in 1588?
a. Queen Elizabeth had broken her promise to convert to Catholicism.
b. It was the only way King Philip II could take Spaniards' minds off their poverty.
c. The Spanish needed to demonstrate that they were the dominant power in the Atlantic.
d. Spain was nearly bankrupt and needed to plunder English riches.
C
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Around the year 1500, what was one of the complaints raised by religious Europeans?
a. Catholic Christianity was being infiltrated by Eastern Orthodox and even Islamic doctrines. b. The clergy were too interested in financial matters and disinterested in religion. c. The orthodox beliefs and practices of the church were too exoteric. d. Pope Erasmus wanted to divide the church. e. Manichaeism was corrupting the clergy.
All of these foreign powers attempted to interfere with American trade and independence after the revolutionary war EXCEPT
a. Dey of Algiers b. Spain c. France d. Portugal e. Britain
What was trial by ordeal?
A) Proving guilt or innocence by purging oneself by water B) Proving guilt or innocence by trial by jury of peers C) Proving guilt or innocence by purging oneself by water or some other torture D) Proving guilt or innocence by torture E) None of these
At the conclusion of President Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial,
A. every Senate Republican voted to convict. B. a majority of senators voted to acquit. C. Johnson was acquitted by a margin of one vote. D. Johnson was convicted and then pardoned by the Senate. E. Johnson resigned from office just prior to the vote.