All of the problems below began disturbing Roman Catholic laypeople and some clergy from the later 15th century onward, EXCEPT:
a. The Church’s high taxation of peasants.
b. The entanglement of upper clergy and the papacy with the centralizing rulers.
c. The ambitious and opulent artistic programs undertaken by popes and cardinals.
d. The use of the sale of indulgences to raise money.
a. The Church’s high taxation of peasants.
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A) Native Americans B) slaves C) free blacks D) women
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A) He wanted to destroy southern blacks for helping the Confederacy. B) He thought that blacks should be sent to Africa rather than stay in the United States. C) He not only wanted to abolish slavery but to show that blacks and whites were equal. D) He wanted to join southern forces to fight for the continued enslavement of blacks.
Immanuel Kant argued that the enlightened mind would logically choose democracy as a political reform.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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A. After the Tampico incident, American troops marched on Veracruz, uniting the differing warring factions within Mexico in opposition to the perceived U.S. invasion. B. The ordered bombardment of Tampico after the arrest of U.S. soldiers there caused many civilian deaths and the rise of a strong anti-American sentiment in Mexico. C. President Wilson publicly supported the tyrant Porfirio Díaz who, while brutal to his own people, protected U.S. business interests in Mexico. D. He ordered General Pershing to capture and arrest General Huerta, which was seen as an affront to all Mexicans.