What is meant by the belief held in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries that "genuinely new knowledge" about nature and humankind could be discovered? How did this differ from earlier assumptions, and how was this concept put into action?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. Previous assumptions that ancient sources were superior to contemporary scholarship
2. Movement away from religious forms of knowledge about fundamental truths
3. Criticism of the university and its potential as an engine for developing new knowledge
4. Combination of the new science with ideas about political liberty
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How did economic and political changes in Europe facilitate overseas expansion?
What will be an ideal response?
How did ordinary Europeans view Wilson when he arrived in Europe?
A) They cheered enthusiastically for him. B) They pelted him with eggs and rocks. C) They ignored him. D) They remained neutral in their opinion of Wilson.
The Boulanger Crisis in France had the end result of
A) strengthening the monarchists. B) rallying French citizens to the cause of the Republic. C) splitting the support and allegiance of the army. D) causing the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871. E) toppling the Third Republic.
During President Clinton's tenure in office
a. Congress failed to reduce federal spending. b. the United States economy was mired in recession. c. tax revenues declined. d. the federal deficit was erased, which lowered interest rates and increased investment.