Which of the following statements BEST describes the Thirty Years? War?
A) It began as a religious struggle but ended as a political struggle.
B) It eliminated Protestantism in Central Europe.
C) It led to the formation of the Protestant League.
D) It ended with the defenestration of Prague.
E) It eliminated Catholicism in Eastern Europe.
A
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What led to the dramatic rise of literacy, particularly in Italy, in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries?
What will be an ideal response?
Theodore Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1905 for
A) mediating the end to the Russo-Japanese War. B) quelling the Panamanian rebellion against Colombia. C) quieting unrest against the Platt Amendment in Cuba. D) initiating construction of the Panama Canal.
Why is the Federal Reserve Act considered the most important law Wilson passed?
a. It instituted the first income tax, which still exists today. b. It settled disputes among Democrats and Republicans. c. It imposed necessary controls on banks, and still exists today. d. It won him great public admiration, securing his second term. e. It made the United States the richest country in the world.
Why did providing a Western-style education for native leaders fail to solidify colonial allegiance to the imperial state?
A) Study of European political institutions and philosophical ideas encouraged native leaders to seek national self-determination. B) Native leaders were neither culturally nor intellectually sophisticated enough to benefit from Western education. C) Western education was in general limited to males, while indigenous cultures were often matriarchal in structure. D) When colonial subjects received university training in Western Europe, they remained there instead of returning to their native countries. E) Increasingly, Western thinkers were criticizing standard scientific and philosophical ideas as naïve and no longer relevant.