The witch hunts ended because, among other things, ________

A. they threatened the social order
B. Protestants were more preoccupied with the devil
C. the power of words seemed greater after Gutenberg
D. no judges were left


Answer: A

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Which of the following contradicts republican ideals?

a)  awarding rights to people based on noble birth b)  selling off government land to balance the budget c)  electing representatives to state legislatures d)  abolishing laws of primogeniture and entail

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Originally, the Freedmen's Bureau was primarily intended to provide ________ for the freedmen

A) food and clothing B) land C) jobs D) transportation to the North and West

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A literary genre called ________ presented a comic-realistic depiction of daily life, turning the attention away from the weakened structure of the polis

A. Middle Comedy B. Old Comedy C. epic poetry D. lyric poetry

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Why did the Soviet Union invade Hungary in 1956 and Czechoslovakia in 1968, and threaten to invade Poland in 1980, if those countries were supposedly its own allies?

a. Soviet leadership's long-harbored resentment against those countries for their lack of support during World War II b. To free these countries of foreign occupation c. To crush reformist movements that they feared would spread throughout the Soviet alliance d. Misunderstandings

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