history missed questions

which statement describes the breakthrough implication of Louis Pasteur's work

Diseases were caused by specific living organisms that could be controlled.

One of the most important scientific and technological developments in the nineteenth century was a form of commercial energy developed from

Electricity

The nineteenth-century Danish theologian Soren Kierkegaard taught that

God's existence could not be proven, but believers must take a leap of faith and accept the unknowable.

Which statement best describes the result of the Mexican-American War?

It exacerbated tensions between the northern and southern halves of the United States as debate erupted over the extension of slavery into territory acquired from Mexico.

How did railroads affect the nature of production

Markets become broader, encouraging manufacturers to create larger factories with more sophisticated machines

In Africa, the slave trade primarily resulted in

More wars and likely fewer people

Which factor was important in both the rapid growth of the American stock market in the 1920s and its collapse in October 1929?

Overly optimistic stock brokers

Which statement best describes the principle of national self-determination that was promoted by U.S. president Woodrow Wilson?

Peoples should be able to choose government through dem and live free from outside interference

What did the early French socialist thinkers find disturbing about the emerging industrial society?

They believed that industrial society fermented selfish individualism and split the community into isolated fragments

The Factory Act of 1833 constituted a major victory in the prevention of the exploitation of children in that it _______________

banned children under nine years of age from employment

according to karl marx the driving historical force in the 19th century was

economic relationship between classes

Napoleonic Code

equality of all male citizens before the law and granted absolute security of wealth and private property.

In twentieth-century literature, the stream-of-consciousness technique uses

internal monologues to explore the psyche.

The industrious revolution was a result of

poor families choosing to reduce leisure time and the production of goods for household consumption in order to earn wages to buy consumer goods.

according to the doctrine of laissez faire the government should intervene in

the economy as little as possible

karl marx argued that socialism would be established

violent revolution

Which statement describes the role of women in guilds in the eighteenth century?

Both legal and illegal work in quids became more accessible to women

Who were the Luddites?

British handicraft workers who attacked factories and destroyed machinery they believed were putting them out of work

During the Enlightenment, reading changed as a result of the

Acquisition of literacy by the masses

After years of scientific investigation and reflection, Charles Darwin concluded that

All life had gradually evolved from a common ancestral origin

which statement describes an attitude toward behavior and morality on which the middle class generally agreed

Always adhere to strict moral code