The United States entered the 1990s:
a. threatened by rival alliances in Europe and Asia
b. slipping behind much of the world in technological development
c. still preoccupied by the cold war
d. with limited influence beyond its borders
e. as the world's only remaining superpower
Answer: e. as the world's only remaining superpower
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Contributing factors to lay criticism of the Church included all of the following EXCEPT:
A. the laity in the cities were becoming increasingly knowledgeable about the world. B. the laity traveled widely. C. new postal systems and the printing press increased the information at the disposal of the laity. D. lay people gained greater control over the cultural life of their communities. E. urban society was increasingly atheistic.
The greatest economic consequence of the transcontinental railroad network was that it
a. enabled farmers to make a highly profitable living by shipping their goods across the country. b. enabled people from farms and small towns to visit the big cities. c. united the nation into a single, integrated national market. d. made it possible for some immigrants to settle in the West. e. developed a skilled industrial workforce.
Why did states that initially opposed the proposed Constitution of 1787 ultimately ratify it?
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Johannes Kepler is credited with which discovery?
a. He discovered that bodies orbited the sun in an elliptical motion. b. He discovered that there was no such thing as retrograde motion in planetary orbits. c. He invented the telescope. d. He discovered a new star and he proved that the universe was constantly changing. e. He discovered that the earth was smaller than Jupiter.