At best, Jefferson considered government
A. inherently good.
B. the highest calling a person could aspire to.
C. the domain of the privileged.
D. a necessary evil.
Answer: D
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Copernicus believed that the sun was the center of the universe
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Which of the following is true of organized American labor during World War II?
A. Opposition to strikes was led by the influential United Mine Workers. B. Many states passed laws expanding the influence of unions. C. "Wildcat" strikes were the most common. D. No major union went on strike. E. Unions accepted a freeze on wages until the war ended.
In general, the circumstances of white servants and black servants or slaves in the first decades of the Chesapeake colonies differed in all of the following ways EXCEPT
a. courts often levied harsher punishments on blacks than on whites. b. whereas white servitude was always temporary, black servitude was always permanent. c. census records list surnames for white servants but not for black ones. d. black servants’ indentures sometimes lasted over twice as long as was typical for white servants.
Both the Union and the Confederacy suspended habeas corpus during the war in order to minimize dissent against the war effort.
a. true b. false