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