How did World War I represent the culmination of the Progressive Era?
What will be an ideal response?
The Progressives had long emphasized the need for efficiency and centralized management, and the war offered the government the opportunity to direct the economy for maximum efficiency. The war also provided an excuse for implementing Prohibition, another Progressive cause, and women's suffrage was viewed as a way to keep women's support for the war. But good students should also point out that the war brought serious curtailments of civil liberties, which were not in keeping with Progressive ideals.
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A) Declaration of Rights and Grievances. B) Virginia "Resolves." C) Massachusetts "Circular Letter." D) Olive Branch Petition.
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A. a definite influence from the Tang dynasty. B. a Confucian influence. C. the growing influence of Islam. D. the influence of both Hindu and Buddhist traditions. E. that the Khmer were the only kingdom in southeast Asia that avoided Indian influence.
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A. Iran B. Afghanistan C. Syria D. Turkey
What is meant by the industrial transformation, and why did it occur in western Europe?
What will be an ideal response?