Examine the rise of theories of conservatism and liberalism. Who were the leading thinkers? How could they both have taken the French revolution as a starting point for the expression of their ideals? Did these groups have different political goals in mind?
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In the early eighteenth century, wealthy colonists
A) possessed wealth, power, and gentility surpassing that of most English aristocrats. B) enjoyed a standard of living equivalent to that of the English gentry. C) lived in sparse and primitive conditions. D) were laying the foundations of an English-style hereditary aristocracy. E) aspired to a lifestyle like that of the English gentry but had not yet attained it.
How did the United States defeat Japan?
A) They built up a new Pacific navy. B) They cut off the flow of supplies from the conquered lands of the "co-prosperity sphere" to the Japanese homeland, using submarines. C) They used surface fleets to "island-hop" to bases within aerial range of the Japanese home islands. D) They reduced Japanese cities to ashes using giant bombers. E) All of these
W. E. B. Du Bois __________
A) supported the views of Booker T. Washington B) advocated revolutionary tactics for African Americans C) was popular with African American and white society D) believed educational advancement was the key to success E) was the author of the Atlanta Compromise