Why did Teddy Roosevelt see those exposing corruption as 'muckrakers'?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Their stories focused on the worst about political and industrial leaders; playing to the 'baser instincts' of the public.
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Which statement best explains why the French Revolution grew more radical and bloody up to the formation of the Directory?
A) Some groups were dissatisfied with their share of power in the new order, and economic troubles and foreign armies threatened the nation. B) The Jacobins planned a more radical revolution from the start, but needed time to gain control from the dominant Girondists. C) Increased radicalization of the French peasantry forced government leaders to take more extreme positions to satisfy them. D) Liberals such as Lafayette grew increasingly radical as a result of the king's unwillingness to accept any changes. E) It took years to rally the majority of the French people in favor of the more radical goals of an end to the monarchy, the weakened power of the Catholic Church, and the need for a republic.
All of the following illustrated how the issue of freedom and liberty was gaining ground for slaves in North America after 1776 EXCEPT
A) word spread throughout North America that in 1794, in the midst of the French Revolution, the French National Convention had abolished slavery. B) slaves in France's most lucrative Caribbean colony had won independence for what became the Republic of Haiti. C) after the Revolutionary War ended, many former slaves who had supported the British settled as free people in Canada. D) the planter elite in the Deep South released their slaves from bondage at an increasing rate after 1776.
What did John Calvin write that provided the fundamentals of Calvinism?
A. In Defense of the Catholic Church B. In Praise of Folly C. "Letter to the German Nobility" D. Spiritual Exercises E. Institutes of the Christian Religion
The text authors point out that during World War II American politics witnessed "a resurgence of conservatism both in Congress and in the country at large". Why? Give examples of this new conservatism in action
What will be an ideal response?