Which mathematician's measurements of the cosmic rotation of the planets was used to develop the three laws of celestial mechanics?
A) Blaise Pascal
B) Tycho Brache
C) René Descartes
D) Benjamin Franklin
E) Nicholas Copernicus
B
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What was true of female employment during the 1930s?
A. The number of women working outside the home increased throughout the decade. B. Women employed in low-wage manufacturing jobs were far more secure than women employed in domestic service. C. Women often found that employers were more willing to hire them than men because of the higher productivity rate of women. D. Unemployment in "women's jobs" remained significantly higher throughout the decade than unemployment in "men's jobs."
Most of the seventeenth-century migrants to the Massachusetts Bay colony came as __________
A) whole congregations B) servants C) independent families D) debtors
President Wilson's decision to ask Congress to declare war on the Central Powers was based on all of the following except which principle?
a. Germany's all out submarine warfare was costing American lives. b. Allies like France and England made America secret promises for territorial gains. c. Wilson believed preserving democracy was essential for world peace. d. Small nations deserve their liberties.
Which statement about American views of the French Revolution is FALSE?
a. At first most Americans welcomed the French Revolution as a peaceful blow against tyranny. b. After the Reign of Terror began, Jeffersonians believed that some bloodshed was a small price to pay for liberty. c. After Britain and revolutionary France went to war, Washington proclaimed America´s official neutrality despite the Franco-American alliance of 1778. d. Pro-French Jeffersonians and Federalists both accepted the need for Washington´s neutrality policy, which calmed partisan tensions for a time. e. After years of French provocations, Federalists wanted to wage war on France.