What were the motivations and primary targets of the witch hunts? What role did religion play in the witch hunts?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. The targeting of single women over the age of forty
2. The role of non-Christian spiritualists in rural life
3. Clergy and the state working together to supplant local authority
4. Scientific developments and the end of the witch hunts
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The next major financial panic after those of the 1880s occurred in
A. 1899 B. 1890 C. 1893 D. 1896
The main reason that it took so long to admit new ______ such as Texas and California was the issue of slavery.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Which of the following was NOT a common form of government found in western Europe during the twelfth century?
A. republic B. monarchy C. small principality D. independent city-state
In 1846 the United States signed a treaty dividing the Oregon territory along the forty-ninth parallel with which country?
A) Great Britain.
B) Russia.
C) France.
D) Canada.