Conservatives such as Burke believed all the following to be true EXCEPT
a. human nature and social relations are too complex to be subject to social engineering.
b. the Enlightenment and revolutionaries had reduced people to abstractions divorced from their historical environment.
c. individuals have only limited intelligence and must rely on "the general bank and capital of nations and of the ages."
d. beneficial institutions need not be rational or intellectually elegant.
e. society is a complex mechanism that should be overhauled.
e
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A. Each duchy was a subordinate member of a unified kingdom. B. The pope could not be counted on for support. C. Princes could be relied on to manage their own provinces independently. D. Corruption flourishes under systems of centralized authority.
What did the Millerites anticipate first in March 1843 and later on October 22, 1844?
A) the banning of alcohol B) the return of Christ C) the liberation of all slaves D) that William Miller would ascend into heaven E) that Earth would stop in its orbit around the Sun
Which of the following could best be described as having had the most to do with ending the Great Depression?
The election of 1892
A. saw the debut of the People's Party. B. saw Populism do well at the local level but fail to elect anyone to Congress. C. exposed the declining political power of farmers. D. saw few Populist-backed candidates get elected. E. saw the Republicans sweep into dominant power.