What was the Carolingian Renaissance?
A) The construction of the Aachen Cathedral under Charlemagne
B) The influence of Byzantium on the architecture of the West
C) The rebirth of art, literature, and education in the West under Charlemagne's rule
D) The acceptance of classical teachings into Christian Europe under Charlemagne
E) None of these
C
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What has been the dominant idea in the American South and West in the second half of the twentieth century?
A) Power and wealth located in the East threatens the individual liberty of southerners and westerners. B) Western values shaped American history in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century; southern values will shape the nation in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century. C) Both regions are heavily dependent on federal spending and are in no position to challenge the national government. D) The two regions are in competition to dominate national power and the national economy.
Although there were additional factors as well, by the final decades of the nineteenth century the chief cause of urban growth was
A) rural discontent and migration. B) natural increase among urban families. C) the expansion of industry. D) the improving quality of city life.
Evaluate the following statement: The Kennedy Administration's efforts to "stand up to the Soviet Union" made the United States less secure
What will be an ideal response?
How was slavery an obvious contradiction to the principles of the American republic?
A) Slavery showed how poorly treated black women were. B) Americans claimed to be fighting for freedom, but still enslaved others. C) Slavery funded much of the Revolution, so it was part of the new republic. D) Slavery was a British institution and had no place in an independent America. E) People who fought in the war and enslaved others were too violent for a republic.