Read the section drawn from the Popol Vuh (see Textbook: Sources from the Past: The Popol Vuh on the Creation of Human Beings). Compare this creation story to others studied in the class. Why did the gods create humans in the first place? Why would it make sense for humans to be made of maize?
What will be an ideal response?
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Chief Justice Roger Taney’s decision in the Dred Scott case included all of the following provisions EXCEPT
a. slaves were not citizens of the United States, and could not bring suit in court. b. free blacks were not citizens of the United States, and had no rights which whites must respect. c. the federal government could bar slavery from territories, but not from existing states. d. the Missouri Compromise had been unconstitutional.
In the election of 1852,
A. the Free-Soil Party endorsed the Compromise of 1850. B. neither party endorsed the Compromise of 1850. C. the Whigs were united. D. the Democrats selected a war hero as their candidate. E. the Free-Soil Party gained strength.
Compulsory elementary education included all of the following except it
a. was supported by employers' growing needs for skilled workers. b. was predominantly administered by female teachers after the 1880s. c. dramatically increased adult literacy in western Europe. d. produced a new mass culture that, in turn, created new forms of mass leisure. e. sparked revolution in Germany against Otto von Bismarck.
The relationship between political authority and religious proselytizing was
a. closer in the New World than on the Iberian peninsula. b. more distant in the New World than on the European continent. c. defined by the pope, who insisted on political control in the New World. d. not influenced by national economic goals.