The problem of poverty in eighteenth-century Europe was
A) most severe in Great Britain, a country lacking a system of poor relief.
B) solved largely through the efforts of private and religious charities.
C) aggravated by the hostile feelings of government officials toward the poor.
D) solved in France in the 1770s through massive royal public works projects.
E) entirely the result of the Industrial Revolution.
C
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What will be an ideal response?
Many of the leaders of the Progressive movement __________.
a. were professionals b. got their start in radical labor groups c. tended toward radical views of reform d. opposed the expansion of women's rights
The members of the caste known as the untouchables, or pariahs, were
A. so holy that they would be contaminated if touched even by high priests. B. given extensive opportunity to achieve social mobility. C. the largest percentage of the population. D. composed primarily of priests and financial planners. E. given jobs such as handling dead bodies or collecting trash.
Lyrical Rococo depictions of aristocratic life were expressed in the work of
A. William Hogarth. B. Antoine Watteau. C. Joachim Orlov. D. Balthasar Neumann. E. Johann Sebastian Bach.