In the months leading up to World War 1, the United States wanted to maintain its neutrality because it felt that the issues taking place in Europe had nothing to do with them, and they did not want to sacrifice American lives for another country's fight.
The answer is D. Purtians. Purtians were one of the first religious groups in the New American Colonies. By the 1670s however, the stern religious rules of the original puritians had less influence over New England. Other religious groups had broken off from the Puritians by this time and this was one of the reason they were less influencial.
The greatest social shifts during this time in the United States were caused by the Second Great Awakening, which was a religious revival that sought in part to curb immigration. This of course led to calls for prohibition, because it was believed that mostly immigrants were the heavy drinkers.
<span>Albert Einstein became famous for the theory of relativity, which laid the basis for the release of atomic energy. </span>
Answer: The Inquisition was a powerful office set up within the Catholic Church to root out and punish heresy throughout Europe and the Americas. Beginning in the 12th century and continuing for hundreds of years, the Inquisition is infamous for the severity of its tortures and its persecution of Jews and Muslims. Estimates of the number killed by the Spanish Inquisition, which Sixtus IV authorised in a papal bull in 1478, have ranged from 30,000 to 300,000. Some historians are convinced that millions died.
