According to the Sayre textbook, "After the War", what is believed to have compounded the pessimism that gripped many of the intellectual Europeans ever since the turn of the century?


Answer: The Holocaust and the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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One of the contradictory elements of Puritan colonial settlement and society was the:

a. lack of tolerance for others who did not follow their religion b. use of women in the church as leaders, but not in the home c. whole-hearted support for other religions and beliefs d. development of slavery as the main labor force for cash crops

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What was the purpose of the annual Long Drives?

A) to patrol the Plains B) to ensure sufficient grazing for cattle C) to bring cattle to market D) to hunt buffalo E) to maintain Western land claims

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Which of the following challenges Carl Jung's theory of the "collective unconscious"?

A) hyperinflation B) existentialism C) Négritude D) Satyagraha

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The Pilgrims landed at Jamestown

a. true b. false

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