According to historians, how many years would it take for the populations of Syria and Egypt to return to pre-plague levels after the plague outbreak of 1348?
a. 20 years
b. 100 years
c. 50 years
d. 200?300 years
e. 500 years
d
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Which of the following was the most rapidly growing social group by the mid-nineteenth century?
a. Servants b. Artisans c. Factory workers d. Rural laborers e. The middle class
What did Saint Dominic seek to achieve as the founder of the new Dominican order of preachers?
a. Limit papal power. b. Reject poverty for the members of new church orders. c. Create a new order of learned prelates to fight heresy within the church. d. Work closely with popes to reform the College of Cardinals. e. Preach on street corners to common people.
The Supreme Court ruling in the case of Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) held that
A. the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional. B. states were not allowed to abolish slavery within their borders. C. the freedom of a slave could not be purchased by a black person. D. slaves were property unless they moved to a free state. E. Scott must be freed under federal law.
In American society after the Revolution, people believed more and more in ________, while in reality many parts of society were becoming ________.
A. capitalism; neo-feudal B. equality; unequal C. religion; secular D. reforming society; complacent about the Republic's future