In the late nineteenth century educational reforms, new institutions of higher learning placed emphasis on which of the following?
a. languages
b. national history
c. ethnology
d. science and mathematics
e. political science
d
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Who was Philip IV?
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a. They grew suddenly rich. b. They were forced to work in deadly, hellish conditions. c. They had been so decimated by disease that they barely noticed the new mine. d. Realizing how valuable silver was to Europeans, they began digging for their own mines throughout the Andes.
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