What was the Scientific Revolution?
A) A time of breakthrough in the understanding of the components of the universe
B) The general name for the revolutionary discoveries in astronomy and other fields that took place between 1500 and 1700, and above all, for the development of new methods that made the acquisition of scientific knowledge a rapid and continuing process
C) The name for the revolutionary discoveries in medicine made between 1500 and 1700, and the development of new methods that made the acquisition of scientific knowledge a rapid and continuing process
D) The branching out of human knowledge from 1500 to 1700 that took the form of Socratic questioning of the universe supported by mathematical calculations
E) The acquisition of Arabic scholarship, combined with ancient theory during the sixteenth century that produced advances in science
B
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A) popular sovereignty in the territories B) prohibition of slavery in the territories C) election of Fillmore, who opposed Buchanan D) secession from the United States E) election of Buchanan, who opposed Fillmore
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A) Neutralization B) Positive illusion C) Temporal selection D) Topical segmentation
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A) African Americans B) recent immigrants C) poor women D) young girls
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a. They spoke in public to mixed audiences of men and women. b. They formed an all-female antislavery society? c. They advocated free love and mixed-race marriages. d. They argued that women’s rights were more important than ending slavery.