Colonial schools and colleges placed their main emphasis on
a. math.
b. science.
c. modern languages.
d. literature.
e. religion.
e
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What will be an ideal response?
Democratic presidential candidate Alfred E. Smith lost the 1928 election primarily because
a. he was Catholic. b. he was a “wet.” c. he came from New York. d. voters associated prosperity and stability with the New Era. e. all of these choices.
What was Abraham Lincoln’s position on slavery in his debates with Stephen Douglas?
A) He suggested a new balance between slave and free territories. B) He took a position similar to Douglas on the issue of slavery. C) He suggested that not opposing slavery was the same as endorsing it. D) He differed with the Republican platform by supporting slavery in new territories. E) He avoided discussing the issue of slavery altogether.
Jacques Callot, a French artist, became famous for his paintings and etchings about ______________.
A. everyday life B. the excesses of royalty and nobility at court C. the horrors of war D. religious devotion in the Counter-Reformation E. new landscapes in the Americas