In the mid-1800s, the reform impulse in the United States included the idea that
A) man is essentially good and capable of positive change
B) man is inherently wicked, and nothing can be done to alter his dismal fate
C) America has achieved near-perfection and needs only to preserve its virtue
D) working-class citizens need to help themselves
Ans: A) man is essentially good and capable of positive change
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A) Black men were supposed to keep their hats on in the presence of a white person. B) Black and white people could shake hands, but only if the black person looked the white person in the eye. C) Black men were never to look at, and certainly never to touch, white women. D) Blacks should behave coldly in the expectation that whites would treat them with respect.
Cubist painters such as Georges Braque and ___________ saw painting as an autonomous realm of art with no purpose beyond itself
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
The Gupta era marked a peak of popularity for the works of the playwright and poet ______ (fl. fifth century CE), sometimes called the “Indian Shakespeare”.
a. Fa Xian. b. Vatsyayana. c. Kalidasa. d. Patanjali.
Which event was most crucial in steam becoming the leading energy source in the United States by the year 1900?
a. a series of large-scale strikes by coal miners b. the discovery and opening of large coal deposits c. the building of new dams across major rivers in the West