Before becoming Lord Protector of England, Oliver Cromwell gained fame as a
a. member of the House of Lords.
b. member of the House of Commons.
c. military commander.
d. religious leader.
e. judge.
c
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In John Calvin's view, which of the following would be saved?
A) everyone who followed the Ten Commandments B) a select few chosen by God C) those who were most generous in their gifts to the church D) anyone who abstained from drinking, dancing, and swearing
Albert von Wallenstein was the
A) chief minister of Holland. B) major Protestant commander in the Thirty Years? War. C) leading Catholic general in the Thirty Years? War. D) ousted king of Bohemia. E) Austrian heir to the throne.
Which statement best describes punishments in the slave South?
a. Southern slave codes protected slaves from excessive beatings. b. Slaveholders rarely beat their slaves, not out of kindness, but because it would interfere with production. c. Masters regularly beat their slaves, sometimes even when it meant a serious financial loss. d. Masters on large plantations were brutal; on the smaller farms, where there were fewer slaves, slaveholders treated their slaves much better.
Johnson was narrowly acquitted on the impeachment charges ultimately because
a. Secretary of War Edwin Stanton aided Johnson's defense by spying on congressional prosecutors. b. radical Republicans recognized that Johnson's successor would be worse. c. many people favored destabilizing the federal government. d. sufficient numbers of Republican senators recognized that the impeachment charges were legally dubious and politically charged and voted "not guilty." e. Johnson promised to reverse his Reconstruction policies and adopt all of the radical Republicans' positions.