Enlightenment advocates of laissez faire economics championed the idea that
A. urged rulers to guide their societies in rationally determined directions.
B. were vigorously opposed by Adams Smith.
C. Absolutist rulers could levy whatever taxes were best for the State.
D. were led, unofficially, by Montesquieu and ideas contained in his Encyclopedia.
E. believed that individuals should be free to pursue their own economic self-interest.
Answer: E
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a. less rigid. b. the same as before. c. more rigid. d. outlawed.
The French initiated a war with Mexico on the basis of
a. protecting Catholicism. b. protecting French investments in an unstable political system. c. unpaid debts owed by the Mexican government. d. a French attempt to reinstate Spanish power in Mexico, since the Spanish and French thrones were related. e. weakening the power of America in the Caribbean region.
By 1932, what percentage of American workers were unemployed?
a. 10 b. 12 c. 25 d. 33 e. 50
Mount Auburn Cemetery and other cemeteries associated with the rural cemetery movement borrowed architectural elements from ________
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