Explain why, despite its vast human and natural resources, the South experienced more severe poverty than the West.
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How did Joseph Needham's book Science and Civilisation in China help improve the reputation of Chinese science?
a. It made a case for the lack of opportunity of China to harness its scientific potential. b. It validated the important history of science of China from which the West had learned the basis of most of its progress in technology until the seventeenth century. c. It gave credibility to the herbal and natural medicinal practices in China. d. It outlined the ways that China should have been given initial credit for advancements claimed by the West.
Pope Gregory I is credited with all of the following EXCEPT:
a. Making the papacy powerful in Western Europe. b. Dispensing with papal armies and military retainers. c. Laying the foundation for the Papal States in Italy. d. Allying with Frankish kings in order to strengthen both the Church and the developing Frankish kingdom.
The Amnesty Act of 1872 __________
A) forgave men who resisted the draft during the Civil War B) allowed former Confederates to resume active roles in politics C) forgave the debts of former slaveholders D) forgave the debts of the states of the former Confederacy
The Marshall Court upheld the constitutionality of the Bank of the United States
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.