Isaac Newton and John Locke
A) created two antagonistic religious systems of thought.
B) provided inspiration for the Enlightenment by arguing that through rational reasoning and the acquisition of knowledge one could discover natural laws governing all aspects of human society.
C) claimed that mathematics and science would bring about the cure for the evils of society but only very slowly.
D) said the philosophes were the prophets of the future and that their rejection of the Scientific Revolution was justified.
E) had little influence on the later Enlightenment as they were perceived to be figures of the "old" seventeenth century.
B
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a. seaboard merchant. b. town artisan. c. indentured servant. d. independent farmer. e. industrialist.
Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner considered the Kansas-Nebraska Act a
A. blow to the institution of slavery. B. deal passed merely to placate northern congressmen. C. great moral wrong. D. well-crafted compromise.
Which of the following was true of suburban life in the 1950s?
a. Many young families had to share their homes with extended family members. b. Many parents were too focused on earning money to make time for family bonding. c. The suburban nuclear family did little to encourage feminism. d. Many children received little attention from their hard-working parents.
Which of the following best describes the results of the Peloponnesian War?
A) Athens defeated the Persians and rose to prominence as the most powerful Greek polis. B) Athens defeated Sparta and took control of the Delian and Spartan Leagues. C) The Greeks basically destroyed each other and opened the door for conquest by the Macedonians. D) The era of Athenian dominance was ended, and Sparta became the dominant force in Greece and eventually defeated the Macedonians.