Through its interpretation of the Fourteenth and Tenth Amendments, the Supreme Court ______________.
A. consistently demonstrated its acceptance of the progressive legal concepts advanced by Oliver Wendell Holmes
B. increased the regulatory powers of the federal government in cases involving individual rights
C. demonstrated its rejection of laissez-faire concepts
D. often acted as an impediment to reform
Answer: D
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Jansenists were seen as problematic because of their belief that
a. there was no such thing as divine right. b. that the Pope was the highest authority in the world. c. Louis XIV must actively and forcefully spread Catholicism in French colonies. d. human sinfulness was similar to Calvinist interpretation. e. France must allow religious toleration to improve the state.
One major sign of Christianity's spread in Rus was
a. peasants wearing crosses instead of pendants to show social rank. b. arrangements of individual family homes instead of single homesteads. c. no further engagement in slave trading. d. burying the dead instead of cremating them. e. the Byzantine emperor issuing rules on church building.
Which of the following statements is FALSE?
A) Native American men were more receptive to Christianity than were the women. B) When Indians and whites married, the European partner usually chose to live among the Indians. C) When trading with Native Americans, Europeans easily took advantage of the Indians. D) Europeans had little success “civilizing” the Indians. E) Native American women jealously guarded their traditional cultures.