According to phrenologist Orson S. Fowler, what was the advantage of living in an octagonshaped house like the one in this image?
A) It was more efficient in material costs and was therefore thriftier to construct.
B) It encouraged harmony by approximating the shape of a circle.
C) It was a metaphor for the cycle of birth to death.
D) It was focused toward heaven and so would encourage religious worship.
B
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All of the following statements about the Cold War's impact on American life are true EXCEPT:
a) the Cold War reshaped immigration policy. b) the Cold War promoted the rapid expansion of higher education. c) Cold War policy supported scientific research in medicine and computers. d) the Cold War contributed to the dismantling of segregation. e) Cold War military spending weakened the economy.
The most persistent problem of medieval political history was:
A. the role of the church in politics. B. the competing claims of the "one" and the "many". C. difficulty in raising troops for armies. D. determining the line of succession. E. raising funds to support the government.
In the late 1940s, the Supreme Court ruled in the Mendez and Delgado cases that __________
A) language was not a barrier to citizenship B) the separate but equal doctrine applied to Mexican Americans C) Mexican Americans could not be excluded from jury lists D) segregation of Mexican Americans was unconstitutional
The "American system of production" depended on the use of all of the following EXCEPT
A) standardization. B) interchangeable parts. C) mass production. D) skilled craftsmanship.