Tycho Brahe contributed to the advance of astronomy by

A) working out the theory of inertia.
B) making accurate observations of the planets.
C) calculating the pull of gravity on the tides by the moon.
D) calculating the distance to the sun.
E) inventing the astrolabe.


B

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A) certain people were ruining a good thing for everyone else. B) no matter what, capitalism is more harmful than good. C) life is unpredictable. D) U.S. corporations were playing an ever-bigger role in the economy.

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A) opposition at home B) lack of support from other powers C) violent extremists on both sides D) Congressional intervention

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The "right to work" radicals earned the support of which socialist that had set up national workshops?

A) Louis Blanc B) Louis Philippe C) Thomas Malthus D) David Ricardo E) Frederick Wilhelm

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