Thomas Jefferson drew from which Enlightenment thinker's ideas when he wrote the Declaration of Independence?
a. Adam Smith
b. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
c. John Locke
d. Voltaire
Answer: c. John Locke
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In what way was Taft more of a conservationist than Roosevelt?
a. He opposed Ballinger's sale of millions of acres of public land. b. He opposed Ballinger's sale of Alaskan land to coal companies. c. He instituted the nation's first recycling program. d. He was a vegetarian and opposed to hunting animals. e. He conserved more public land than his predecessor.
The victor in the 1952 presidential elections was __________
A) Harry Truman B) Douglas MacArthur C) John F. Kennedy D) Dwight Eisenhower
All of the following contributed to the appeal of the Second Great Awakening to women except
a. it offered women an active role in bringing their husbands and families back to God. b. it encouraged women to enter into professions normally reserved for men in order to make these professional more ethical and morally upright. c. it provided a springboard for them to turn their attention to reforming society. d. it preached a gospel of female spiritual worth. e. it allayed women's concerns about the expanding market economy.
In early China, it was believed that the universe was divided between two primary forces,
a. the sun as the yang and the moon as the yin. b. the sun as the yin and the moon as the yang. c. the sun as the tin and the moon as the tang. d. the sun as the tang and the moon as the tin. e. heaven as the qing and earth as the ming.