How did merchants and manufacturers respond to the economic tribulations of the fourteenth century?
a. Increasing their prices
b. Restricting competition and resisting the demands of the lower classes
c. Blaming the Jews and persecuting them
d. Pressuring the government to raise the prices of their products
e. Adopting laissez-faire policies
b
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A. Antifederalists B. Whigs C. Republicans D. Federalists
Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal was noted for
A) voyaging to the area of Brazil long before Columbus. B) sponsoring the slave trade which brought so much profit to his nation. C) discovering the southern tip of Africa. D) improving and codifying navigational knowledge in order to find a route to Asia.
Mercantilist policy makers sought to establish a favorable balance of trade
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Modernists claimed victory in the Scopes trial because a. they believed the testimony in the trial proved fundamentalism to be illogical. b. they believed that William Jennings Bryan's eloquent defense of academic freedom led to greater nationalacceptance of that concept
c. the Supreme Court subsequently overturned the conviction of John Scopes. d. the state of Tennessee repealed its law prohibiting public-school instructors from teaching the theory ofevolution.