Which of the following was characteristic of the codes of behavior that developed in Renaissance Italy?
a. the placing of greater importance on a person's birth
b. the placing of more value on what a person accomplishes than who he is
c. a rejection of personal ambition in favor of collective success
d. a narrowing of the notion of honor to include only military achievement
e. a simplicity in manner and tastes that continued to tie the elite to their roots
b
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Federalists responded to women writers such as Judith Sargent Murray by arguing that women __________.
A. should be content with their roles as wives and mothers B. had as much right as men to be literary figures C. should leave teaching civic virtue to their husbands D. were incapable of benefiting from education
One of the major problems faced by Union armies during the campaigns of 1862 was
a. poor training and inexperience of the troops. b. inadequate supplies and war materials. c. resistance to the draft. d. Lincoln's hesitancy in pressing the war effort. e. McClellan's reluctance to fight.
President Truman's primary motive for using nuclear weapons against Japan was to __________
A) impress the Soviet Union B) kill as many Japanese as possible C) make sure these costly weapons were utilized D) completely destroy Japan E) end the war as quickly as possible
John C. Calhoun developed his doctrine of nullification by drawing ideas from the
A. Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions. B. United States Constitution and the Missouri Compromise. C. United States Constitution. D. ideas of Madison and Jefferson, along with the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution. E. Missouri Compromise.