In the Enlightenment, many intellectuals argued that women were by nature inferior to men
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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The ability to make yarn at a much faster pace
a. was achieved by the development of George Stephenson's Rocket. b. was retarded by adoption of the Lysenko Doctrine in 1808. c. became necessary after the development of the flying shuttle. d. depended upon the inventions of Charles Seurat. e. was the result of new resources of cotton from South America.
The founding of the American colonies by the British was
a. accomplished in a well-planned fashion. b. based on the high-minded aspirations of groups such as the Puritans and the Quakers. c. undertaken by the government in every case. d. undertaken in a haphazard manner. e. rarely undertaken by trading companies or religious groups.
Which of the following would LEAST likely be true of Americans influenced by the Enlightenment?
A. They would have faith that society could be improved through human effort. B. They would be from the educated upper class. C. They would hold to a religion that believed human beings could, under a benevolent God, follow Jesus' moral teachings. D. They would understand knowledge as valuable for its own sake, independent of any practical usefulness.
What happened with the English Poor Law Act of 1834?
a. It established workhouses where jobless poor people were forced to live. b. It placed a tax rate of 50 percent on the wealthy and redistributed that money to the poor. c. It never got out of Parliament. d. It reclassified people with less than one hundred pounds annual income as poor. e. It forced the poor into the British navy.