Which one of the following statements is NOT true of the Salem witchcraft episode?
A) Most of the accusers of witches were young single women.
B) The hysteria was related to political and economic tensions within Salem.
C) Twenty accused witches were executed.
D) The event revitalized Puritan religious fervor throughout Massachusetts.
D
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The Hohenstaufen Empire faced increasing problems with the papacy when Henry VI __________.
A. divorced his wife B. married an heiress to the kingdom of Sicily C. conquered Sicily D. attempted to invade Rome
In response to South Carolina's nullification of the Tariff of 1828, Andrew Jackson
a. publicly threatened to hang the nullifiers. b. dispatched naval and military forces to the state while denouncing nullification. c. worked quietly to defuse the confrontation. d. mobilized the other southern states to oppose nullification. e. sought a Supreme Court ruling declaring nullification invalid.
Although it was condemned by the church, Da Vinci gained knowledge of human anatomy through ______________.
A. dissecting bodies B. hiring nude models C. painting nude figures D. going to medical school at a secular university E. None of these.
Jackson's attitude toward nullification was to
A) oppose it because John C. Calhoun supported it. B) support it because it was a Southern doctrine and he was a Southerner. C) oppose it because of his devotion to the Union. D) oppose it as being divisive in practice, but support it as being correct in principle.