Why was the nineteenth century such a difficult period for Christian churches? What challenges did they face as Europe made advances in other areas?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. Intellectual challenges to the Bible
2. Bismarck's political attack on the Catholic Church in Germany
3. Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology as a challenge to the biblical creation story of the earth
4. Questions regarding morality and ethics as a challenge to the intellectual legitimacy of Christian doctrine
5. Increased secular control of education
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A resident who lived in Boston or Philadelphia from 1790 to 1807 and had accumulated large amounts of capital, probably obtained it from __________.
A. textile mills B. mining C. commercial farming D. international shipping
What were the main sources of discord in early New England?
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following was the most important reason that Native American relations with English settlers differed from Native American relations with other groups of European settlers in the 1600s?
A) Larger numbers of English colonists settled on land taken from Native Americans. B) English settlers were technologically more advanced than other European settlers. C) Native Americans understood the English language better than other European languages. D) English colonization along the Eastern Seaboard provided fewer opportunities for conflict between the two sides than did colonization in the interior.
Women in this European settlement enjoyed far more independence than in other colonies.
A. Spanish B. English C. Dutch D. French