<u>Why did the growth of trade and industry weaken feudalism?</u>
A. Peasants left manors for towns where they could find work.
<u>Which of the following is a major reason that Italy was the birthplace of the Renaissance?</u>
A.
City-states in Italy were centers of trade and commerce.
<u>The secularism of the Renaissance was a shift from what feature of medieval life?</u>
C.
emphasis on religious values
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English church leader and scholar
*Sir Thomas More*
believed that Jesus's life and lessons should be the model for church practices
*Desiderius Erasmu*
wrote a book about an imaginary place governed entirely by reason
*Sir Thomas More*
used satire to criticize church leaders and practices
*Desiderius Erasmus*
French monk, doctor, and scholar
*François Rabelais*
wrote comic tales to criticize religion, education, and politics
*François Rabelais*
used the character Gargantua in his writings
*François Rabelais*
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act was passed by Congress, with the support of President Benjamin Harrison, in 1890. Such act declared illegal any business combination that sought to restrain trade , in an attempt to curb the growth of monopolies.
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act was used when the workers of the American Railway Union were on a strike, known as the Pullman Strike, which occurred in 1894 when George Pullman, the president of the Pullman Palace Car Company, decided to reduce the salaries of his workers. As a result of the application of the Trust Act on such conflict the president of the American Railway Union, Eugene Debs, was arrested.
The United States was called the Arsenal of Democracy because it was the country where all weapons were kept. it provided supplies for both the Axis and Allied powers. it provided supplies for the entire Allied war effort. it was the country where all aircraft were housed.