Which phrase best describes John Winthrop?
a. A reactionary English archbishop who persecuted Puritans
b. A stern clergyman from Geneva associated with the doctrine predestination
c. A strong leader who served as the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
d. A believer in religious toleration and supporter of Indian rights who was banished from Massachusetts
e. A wise, self-educated man who led Plymouth Colony in its early years
c
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North of the Chesapeake, slaves were used in all but which of the following?
A) cattle raising B) commercial farming C) iron making D) dairy operations
Which of the following appears to have caused the decline in the birthrate in the late 1800s and early 1900s?
A. The increasing shift from a rural to an urban society B. The decrease in the number of married couples C. The increase in infant mortality rates D. The climbing divorce rate
Glasnost is a term used to describe
A. Soviet political reform. B. religion in the USSR. C. the relationship between the USSR and United States. D. a meeting between Reagan and Gorbachev.
The cult of St. Iphigenia was attractive to blacks because
a. she was seen as resistant to magic. b. she sanctified virginity in a slave society where women did not want to produce children who would become slaves. c. she was close in spirit to a traditional fertility goddess. d. both because she was close in spirit to a traditional fertility goddess and she sanctified virginity in a slave society where women did not want to produce children who would become slaves.