This emperor tried to make the Christians of the empire scapegoats for the great fire that struck the city in 64 C.E.:
A. Claudius
B. Nero
C. Trajan
D. Hadrian
E. Caesar
B
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Which of the following is true of yeoman farmers in the antebellum South?
a) They owned land they worked themselves. b) They owned between five and 20 slaves. c) They were a minority of southern whites. d) They were vocal supporters of abolitionism.
Massachusetts Bay Puritans
A) were Calvinists. B) were separatists. C) wrote the Mayflower Compact. D) believed hard work assured one of receiving God's saving grace.
Cities within the empire provided entertainment in all of the following ways except ______________.
A. theatrical performances B. circuses C. athletic competitions D. gladiatorial games E. religious retreats
As the end of the 19th century approached, all the following were consistent with popular philosophy EXCEPT
A) a mood of rejection. B) the belief in the decadence of Western civilization. C) hostility toward the parliamentary system. D) the belief that instinct was superior to reason. E) a rational reaction against anti-liberalism by the younger generation.