The Enlightenment was the ________
A. the eighteenth-century movement that held that change and reform were both desirable through the application of reason and science
B. the twentieth-century movement that brought scientists and philosophers together to reconcile their differences on the state of the natural world
C. the eighteenth-century movement that attempted to interpret the events of scripture based on scientific observations of the natural world
D. the nineteenth-century movement that saw the growth of industry and the increase of manufacturing
E. the sixteenth-century movement in which people returned to the ideas of antiquity and was characterized by a flourishing of art and culture
Answer: A
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a. was dominated by southern landowners b. controlled Congress but not the White House c. controlled the White House and both houses of Congress d. controlled the Senate but not the House
What event was not directly caused by the Vietnam War?
A. the organized feminist movement's rise B. Lyndon Johnson's refusal to seek re-election C. the popularity of the hippie counterculture D. the formation of radical student groups
The Compromise of 1877 resulted in
a. a renewal of the Republican commitment to protect black civil rights in the South and the continued presence of federal troops in the South. b. the withdrawal of federal troops and abandonment of federal protection of black civil and voting rights in the South. c. the election of Democrat presidential candidate Samuel Tilden to the presidency. d. Republican support for an inflationary silver-money policy. e. None of these choices are correct.
The most significant reform of the republican campaign against artificial privilege was the
A. elimination of inherited political privilege. B. dismantling of state-supported churches. C. elimination of inheritance taxes. D. None of these answers is correct.