Progressive academics and legal scholars argued:
A) man had the ability to control laws and social rules.
B) precedents were everything to the preservation of society.
C) laws were immutable and could never be changed.
D) education was only beneficial for the elite.
Answer: A
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Why was the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 so vehemently opposed by northerners?
a. It permitted slavery in all the states west of the Kansas and Nebraska territories. b. It permitted slavery in all the states east of the Kansas and Nebraska territories. c. It permitted slavery in an area where it had previously been prohibited. d. It made it much more difficult for escaped slaves to find freedom in the North. e. It abolished slavery in all the states west of the Kansas and Nebraska territories.
Which of the following was not a position taken by Martin Luther?
a. Salvation would be achieved through faith. b. The purchase of indulgences would not lead to salvation. c. The German princes should establish a reformed German church. d. Acts of good work are the sole source of salvation. e. Reading the Bible is important.
What caused the Thirty Years' War?
A) The new (Catholic) Habsburg ruler Ferdinand II in Bohemia withdrew the edict of toleration, forcing Protestant nobles to revolt, overthrowing Ferdinand. B) This was a Catholic uprising in response to the territory gained by Protestants over the intervening decades and an attempt to reclaim that territory. C) The peasant revolt in Europe for freedom from religious persecution, whether Catholic or Protestant D) A Protestant uprising in response to the Catholic Reformation and their consolidation of power and the subsequent fight for territory for each branch of Christianity E) The seventeenth-century struggle for power among the leading princes of Europe
"His Majesty's Seven-Year Guests" were:
a. royal officials whose transportation to America was paid by the King b. British officials who were given "plums," or profitable appointments in America c. merchants who arranged transportation for indentured servants d. convicted felons shipped to America to serve employers for a compulsory seven-year term