Which of the following helps explain why the Great Awakening struck a chord among African Americans?
a. Evangelical preaching shared certain qualities with traditional African religious styles and beliefs.
b. Evangelical preachers almost always called for the abolition of slavery.
c. Evangelical preachers almost always stressed racial equality.
d. Many evangelicals had been missionaries in Africa.
a. Evangelical preaching shared certain qualities with traditional African religious styles and beliefs.
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Which statement best describes Mecca during Muhammad's life?
A) a haven for thieves and lawbreakers B) a cosmopolitan center of trade C) one of the least religious cities in Arabia D) open to new religious views E) accepting of the new precepts of Islam
In the United States in the early 1900s,
A. wealth was widely dispersed, with the richest nine percent of the population in 1900 owning only fifteen percent of the wealth. B. the nation was still primarily agrarian, with over three-fourths of the labor force owning farms. C. the government had still refused to send troops outside the nation's territory, and would do so until it entered World War I in 1917. D. socialists were strong enough to push laws dealing with meat inspection and a national health insurance system through Congress under Presidents Wilson and Debs. E. over forty percent of the population lived in cities.
Andrew Jackson's inauguration as president symbolized the
a. return of Jeffersonian simplicity. b. newly won ascendancy of the masses. c. supremacy of states' rights over federal power. d. reemergence of a dominant Federalist ethic of government and Federalist economic policies. e. All of these choices are correct.
Which of these was true of the relationship between political events in England and English colonization in North America?
A) The two were unrelated. B) Events in England impacted the direction of colonization repeatedly. C) After about 1650, events in England had no effect on the colonies. D) Colonization caused the fall of two English governments in the 1600s. E) Because of the difficulty of ocean journeys, events in England produced no effects in the colonies.