An important reason why Henry VIII broke with the Roman church was because
a. he became a Lutheran.
b. he wanted to develop a distinct English Christianity for nationalistic reasons.
c. the Archbishop of Canterbury had a direct confrontation with the Patriarch of Constantinople.
d. he could not get Rome's permission to divorce his wife, Catherine of Aragon.
e. his dislike of women caused him to become an Anglican priest.
d
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Which of the following is true of the presidential campaign of 1848?
A. Although Martin Van Buren lost all of the Southern states, he won the election by carrying the Northeast and Northwest. B. Zachary Taylor campaigned in favor of the exclusion of slavery in the territories. C. The number of votes received in the North by Martin Van Buren indicated a deepening division between Northern and Southern public opinion. D. Lewis Cass appealed to Northern voters because he called for the immediate abolition of slavery.
Technological changes in the petroleum industry in the late nineteenth century
A) were retarded by the monopolistic control exerted by John D. Rockefeller. B) had little impact compared to those in iron and steel. C) occurred rapidly and put a premium on refining efficiency. D) were slow in coming because there was a limited consumer demand for petroleum products.
Mesopotamian ziggurats are characterized as
a. pyramids. b. circular structures. c. surrounded by columns supporting a roof. d. steplike temples.
Hitler's racial nationalism included all the following EXCEPT
a. a Social Darwinist emphasis on progress through life and death struggles between individuals of different value. b. a Volkish contempt for the Slavs, who Hitler regarded as "a mass of born slaves who feel the need of a master." c. a conviction that a reawakened, racially pure German would build a new superior European civilization. d. the concept of Lebensraum in which the superior Germans would seize Slavic lands and put it to better use. e. a conviction that the darker the race, the more inferior the race.