Science became an integral part of Western culture in the eighteenth century because
A) people perceived it to be rationally superior to other belief systems.
B) its mechanistic nature was popular with the lower classes.
C) the victory of radical political groups throughout Europe encouraged freedom of expression.
D) it offered a new means to make profits and maintain social order.
E) it allowed an alternative religious belief system to that of Christianity.
D
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A) 1/4 B) 1/3 C) 1/2 D) 3/4
Which is the best description of the most important message Richard Hakluyt's stories communicated to European readers?
a. Readers were convinced that the New World was a paradise that was theirs for the taking, and they paid little regard to the native people already living there. b. Readers were cautioned not to settle in the New World without first being aware of the potential dangers that they could face. c. Readers were convinced that the Native Americans were agreeable and eager to help them get settled in exchange for trading new ideas and goods. d. Readers were warned to be sensitive to the concerns of Native Americans and not to treat the New World as a place that was simply theirs for the taking. e. Readers were convinced that they would find precious metals in North America, and Hakluyt's stories told them where to find those precious metals.
What did George McClellan and other Peace Democrats want?
(A) To punish the South for causing the Civil War (B) To end the war and let the South go (C) To make Kansas a slave state (D) To fight only a limited war, not a total war, against the South
The Embargo Act reminded many Americans of the __________
A) Sedition Act B) Coinage Act C) Intolerable Acts D) Alien Act