Baron de Montesquieu wanted to separate the powers of government among three branches to
a. Reduce the workload of public officials.
b. Prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful.
c. Reduce the cost of running the government.
d. Reduce the amount of bureaucracy.
Answer: b. Prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful.
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A. He trusted the ability of common people to participate in government. B. He believed that people were motivated primarily by economic self-interest. C. Rather than viewing the American republic as one nation, he saw it as a collection of sovereign states loosely bound together by a contractual agreement. D. His optimism about America's future was based on his belief that most people put the common good above their own personal desires.
After __________, major military conflict in the war was over.
a. Cornwallis’s surrender at Yorktown b. Burgoyne’s surrender at Saratoga c. the British evacuation of Boston d. the capture of New York City by French forces
The attitude of pre Civil War American workers toward the "work ethic" can best be described as:
a. on the whole, positive and enthusiastic b. less enthusiastic than British workers c. varied, depending upon the ethnic group d. cynical
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a. Great Britain. b. Canada. c. Mexico. d. Japan. e. the United States.