What is the best characterization of the wars that occurred in Europe during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?
A) They were civil wars within Christendom more so than political contests.
B) Europeans learned to resolve differences by peace rather than war.
C) Religion ceased to be a major force in European society.
D) The Reformation played little role in international disputes.
E) Values and ideologies play little role in human conflict.
Answer: A
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A) Political leaders enhanced support for the state by boasting about their achievements in colonial wars. B) Winning new lands overseas increased European states' ability to win military victories at home. C) Imperialism secured overseas ports and coaling stations for European navies. D) European investors were encouraged to put more of their capital in overseas possessions. E) Territorial expansion allowed Western states to show their moral superiority to savage peoples.
Thomas Jefferson felt it was important that the U.S. government ________
A) foster strong ties with Great Britain B) support business and industrial development C) decrease the role agriculture played in the American economy D) lean toward France in the event it clashed with Britain E) expand the franchise
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A) The law required only lawmakers to help capture suspected runaways. B) The law would punish citizens who failed to help capture runaways. C) Southerners were personally responsible for recapturing their slaves. D) It actually weakened previous laws, due to abolitionist outcry.
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A) the U.S. government B) American business and political elites C) Cuban immigrants to the United States D) sympathetic Filipinos E) the New Panama Canal Company