In his 1837 address "The American Scholar," Ralph Waldo Emerson argued that Americans needed to
A) improve their literature by emulating European forms.
B) trust themselves rather than rely on Europeans for their sense of culture.
C) create literature that conformed to universal standards of beauty and taste.
D) reform their education system.
E) to turn away from scholarship and concentrate on farming.
B
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A. the French monarch B. Dutch electors C. Italian despots D. the Spanish Habsburgs
Paleontologists believe that Homo sapiens sapiens developed this ability in order to form male hunting parties
a. The act of speaking. b. The act of swimming. c. The act of farming. d. The invention of the wheel. e. None of these choices
In some special cases, the ____ paid the colonial Governor directly, which angered the colonists.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Warsaw Pact
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