The practice introduced during the reign of King Henry II of England of having an assembly of men report the major crimes in the area to a circuit court judge became the basis of the __________ system
A) grand jury
B) rotation
C) three-field
D) university
A
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A) Roger Taney B) Preston Brooks C) James Buchanan D) Charles Sumner
The flagellant movement and more frequent depictions of the Last Judgment were responses to what medieval crisis?
A) the Black Death B) the failure of the Crusades C) the Hundred Years' War D) the Mongol invasions E) the Great Schism in the church
As slavery became a larger part of Athenian society, most were drawn from __________.
A. foreign war captives B. Greek war captives C. the criminal population D. foreign slave markets
The Salem witchcraft trials were
a. a result of Roger Williams's activities. b. the result of unsettled social and religious conditions in rapidly evolving Massachusetts. c. caused by ergot in the Puritans' bread. d. unique to the English colonies. e. accusations made by the daughters of business owners.