Lay investiture is the process by which:
A. ecclesiastical officials appoint bishops and other church officials.
B. bishops claim possession of the papacy without unanimous support of key clergy.
C. secular officials and rulers appoint bishops and other church officials.
D. the College of Cardinals elects Popes.
E. leadership positions in the church are determined based on heredity.
C
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What best describes the practice of European slave traders?
A. seizing free people in Africa and shipping them across the Atlantic B. selling slaves directly to plantation owners in the New World C. using gold and various national currencies to purchase slaves D. purchasing human beings who were already enslaved in Africa
What cargo was carried on what is known as the middle passage of triangular trade?
a. rum b. lumber c. tobacco d. enslaved people
The House of Representatives impeached President Johnson because he __________
a. dismissed officers in the southern military districts b. challenged the Tenure in Office Act by removing the Secretary of War c. vetoed the Reconstruction Bill d. attempted to abolish the Freedmen's Bureau e. opposed the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment
One of the least honored and most haphazard professions in colonial society was a
a. physician. b. teacher. c. minister. d. farmer. e. merchant.