The owners of _____ were tried for manslaughter because the foremen had bolted the exits when a massive fire broke out in the factory, leading to the death of 146 workers
A) Philadelphia's Wanamaker's
B) New York's Macy's
C) the Standard Oil Company
D) the Triangle Shirtwaist Company
E) the National Biscuit Company
D
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On which doctrine did Calvin and Luther disagree?
A) the implications of predestination B) the need to reform papal practices C) the authority of the Bible D) salvation being entirely a gift from God E) the selling of indulgences
In the 1960 presidential election, John Kennedy
a. lost all of the southern states. b. was hurt in some states because of his Roman Catholic faith. c. gained votes because of his honesty about his health problems. d. lost a substantial number of votes because of his call for a reduction in the size of America's nuclear arsenal.
Historians who insist on a rigid separation between “prehistory” and “history” may be forgetting that: _____________.
a. The scientific instruments used by anthropologists have a high failure rate in the field. b. Archaeologists developed the parameters of field surveys long before “history” existed as a literary form. c. Written records can be highly unreliable documents, subject to manipulation before, during, and after their original production. d. Written records have survived from 2 million years ago, but the languages in which they were composed are, at least today, untranslatable.
How did disagreements between Federalists and Antifederalists reflect the political climate of the 1780s and predict the climate of the 1800s?
A) The disagreement showed that Americans were strangers to the political process and had a lot to learn. B) The disagreement threatened the young nation throughout the 1780s and well into the 1800s. C) The disagreement was inconsequential as most Americans agreed about state, federal, and individual rights. D) The disagreement was quickly cleared up, demonstrating that Americans were able politicians. E) The disagreement showed how the country was divided and would be divided for the next several decades on state, federal, and individual rights.