The Council of Trent was a
A) council of bishops within the Church that altered the practices of the Church in the sixteenth century.
B) Catholic council of bishops that upheld the traditional doctrine against Protestantism and acted against corruption and wrongdoing within the Church.
C) council that declared indulgences outlawed within the Catholic Church.
D) council that determined simony and pluralism were illegal within the Catholic Church.
E) All of these
E
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Although most industrial centers were located in the Northeast and Midwest, the state of _________ in the West also experienced significant urban growth.
a. Arizona b. California c. Oregon d. Washington
Why was the Hartford Convention significant?
A) Madison's peace plan won a popular endorsement. B) Peace was reached with Indians in the Northwest. C) The New England states threatened secession if the war did not end. D) Plans were prepared for incorporating Canada into the United States.
German troops marched into Belgium in 1914
a. to get control of Belgium ports. b. to commandeer the railroad system. c. to carry out part of a military plan to envelop the French. d. because Belgium had honored its alliances and had declared war on Germany. e. to attack Holland.
Characteristic of the thought and policies of the eighteenth-century Spanish Enlightenment was
A) a rigid orthodoxy in religion and politics. B) acceptance of French anticlericalism and deism. C) distrust of the power of reason to reform society. D) support for the Inquisition's right to pursue and punish heresy.