The _____ helped usher in an age of leisure
A) use of electricity
B) use of cotton in textile manufacturing
C) introduction of popular fiction
D) increased use of domestic workers
E) equal distribution of wealth
Answer: A
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A) communist subversives. B) homosexuals. C) Nazi sympathizers. D) racists.
The outcome of the Democratic-Republican attempt to remove Federalist Justice Samuel Chase from office is significant because it
a. led the Senate to institute confirmation hearings for judicial appointments. b. convinced federal judges not to make public speeches. c. caused a serious division in the Democratic-Republican party. d. helped preserve the Supreme Court's independence.
The greatest Parthian conqueror was Mithradates I.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
How did the church, perhaps inadvertently, support common people's superstition and reliance on magic?
A) The sacramental power of the Roman Catholic clergy was itself a form of magic. B) The church had always stressed the reality of demonic powers, opposed to God, in this world. C) The church often employed astrologers to assist in determining the church calendar. D) Folk magic often had its roots in pagan religion. E) Superstition was inconsistent with literate civilization.