One of the major reasons the Protestant Reformation succeeded was that
A) Italian merchants realized it made fewer financial demands on them than Catholicism.
B) political figures could use its challenge to Rome's spiritual authority in order to increase their power.
C) the Catholic church was beset by papal luxury and bureaucratic corruption.
D) it encouraged democratic revolutions to overthrow monarchies throughout Europe.
C
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What was the goal of William S. Rainford's institutional church movement?
A) To seek new Episcopal congregants among inner city immigrant groups. B) To combat social ills such as prostitution, crime and excessive alcohol consumption. C) To establish a new Christian denomination for Irish immigrants. D) To insist that downtown churches provide social services to immigrants such as recreational facilities and industrial training programs. E) To improve racial and ethnic relations in the growing inner city
Why was labor strife so common following World War I?
What will be an ideal response?
The Portuguese slave trade began in the mid-fifteenth century with Portuguese raiders capturing African men and selling them in Europe. How had this trade changed by the mid-sixteenth century?
A) Portuguese raiders captured slaves and sold them in the Americas. B) Portuguese raiders captured slaves and sold them to British merchants. C) The Portuguese no longer participated in the slave trade. D) Portuguese merchants bought slaves from African raiders and sold them to Europe and the Americas. E) The Portuguese bought slaves from Dutch raiders and sold them in the Americas.
Which statement about Johnson's war on poverty is correct?
a. It was a failure; the poverty level actually rose while the program was in effect. b. It was barely passed by Congress and was never actually implemented. c. It lacked effective funding and, in the end, helped only about 80,000 people. d. It emphasized self-help and brought almost 10 million people out of poverty. e. It gave money directly to the poor and nearly solved the nation's poverty problem.