How did the Scientific Revolution pave the way for the secularization of European society?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
a. Galileo's trial highlights the conflict between science and religion.
b. Although the Church won this battle, it ultimately lost the war as religion came to be removed from science in subsequent centuries.
c. The emphasis on reason and skepticism led people to question the Church's authority over the non-religious areas of their lives.
d. The inclusion of the sciences in the university curriculum began to edge out theology as the basis of education.
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In 1861, the First Battle of Manassas
A. ended in a stalemate. B. was a victory for the Confederates. C. proved a severe blow to Confederate morale. D. was witnessed by President Lincoln. E. saw a much larger Union force oppose Confederate troops.
Where did the Sumerians acquire the copper that they needed to make bronze weapons?
a. Nile Valley b. Ethiopia c. Nile Delta d. Anatolia e. Caucasus Mountains
The Emancipation Proclamation freed
a. all the slaves of the South b. only the slaves of the border states c. all the slaves of the South and the territories except those already under Union control d. only those slaves contributing to the Confederate war effort e. none of these choices
In the beginning, the Civil War was a ________
A) struggle to free the slaves B) struggle to preserve the Union C) personal struggle between Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis D) struggle to preserve “King Cotton” E) struggle over control of new and future territories