Francis Bacon promoted the use of __________ to explain the world.
A) deductive reasoning
B) inductive reasoning
C) common sense
D) tradition
B) inductive reasoning
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Who were the new professionals of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? How did they see themselves?
What will be an ideal response?
One may say of the Second Estate that
a. ownership of church lands offered its members considerable profit. b. the bourgeoisie was its major component. c. most were intolerant of the ideas of the philosophes. d. it consisted of about two million persons. e. it performed the most useful services for the state.
The United Nations __________.
A. opposed colonialism B. supported the status quo of European empires C. avoided considering the future of European colonies D. supported independence movements that were democratic in nature
Which statement about W. E. B. Du Bois is most accurate?
a. Although he was a highly regarded black leader, he was virtually illiterate. b. He urged that black people think of themselves as human beings and pay no attention to irrelevant characteristics like skin color. c. He refused to work with white people. d. He challenged Booker T. Washington's leadership and urged black people to demand their rights.