The Pharisees differed from the Sadducees by
a. their religiously conservative position on the Torah.
b. following "the Teacher of Righteousness."
c. their withdrawal from the world.
d. their expectation of the Messiah's imminent arrival.
e. having a more liberal interpretation of the Torah and an acceptance of oral tradition.
e
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Woodrow Wilson ordered the marines into the Dominican Republic __________
A) to show that he was not weak in foreign affairs B) to appease the Republican Party C) when the Dominicans refused to allow their finances to be controlled by U.S. bankers D) after the Dominican people attacked the U.S. embassy
By 1800, one-fifth of the US federal budget was allocated to
a. pay bribes to the Barbary pirates in north Africa. b. develop manufacturing and industry along the lines of Hamilton's ideas. c. purchase large fleets of naval frigates to protect US merchant ships. d. expansion to western lands.
Which of the following statements is true of feminists?
A. They are often portrayed as man-hating women. B. They are often portrayed as fighting with each other. C. They are often portrayed as lesbians. D. All of these answers are correct.
The great legacies of the Second World War included all the following except
a. an unprecedented capacity for destruction. b. incontrovertible recognition of the depths human cruelty could plumb. c. emergence of the Soviet Union as an unrivaled economic world power. d. Cold War confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States. e. none of these choices.