What were the essential elements of Enlightenment thought, and what prominent thinker was associated with it?
What will be an ideal response?
Students should be able to explain that Enlightenment ideas centered on reason and a search for natural laws. Especially important is their identification of the Enlightenment's rejection of "divine right" government. Good students will also relate that the Enlightenment embodied the notion that humans are capable of self- improvement and that with it they have faith in the progressive improvement of society. John Locke is the philosopher most associated with Enlightenment thought. Students need to explain that Locke posited that people make a social contract to follow the laws of a state in return for protection of their natural rights.
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A. was between French troops and an alliance of Vietminh Front, Japanese, and Korean forces. B. saw France agree to a negotiated peace after French public opinion tired of the "dirty war." C. was conducted as an anti-imperialist war by an alliance of nationalist groups led by Deng Xiaoping, leader of the Indochinese Liberation Party. D. led to the permanent defeat of the communist military forces. E. was ended with the use of atomic weapons by the French.
__________ argued that American racial problems could be overcome if whites would accept that American race relations did not reflect American democratic ideals
a) Gunnar Myrdal b) Robert Weaver c) W. E. B. Du Bois d) William Frick
Generalizations are based on limited data
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Rice slaves worked under __________ system
A) the Lowell B) the gang C) the task D) a reward and merit