Enlightened thinkers can be understood as secularists because they strongly recommended
A) the application of the scientific method to the analysis and understanding of all aspects of human life.
B) the rational dismantling of all churches and their competing but empty ideologies.
C) a complete stop to all efforts at the reform of justice.
D) rigorous state control of all forms of education.
E) the establishment of democratic republics throughout Europe.
A
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In the elections of the Gilded Age:
a. eligible voters usually cast their ballots in national elections, ignoring local elections b. voters were concerned with issues rather than personalities c. eligible voters only voted when they were paid to do so d. a far larger proportion of the eligible voters cast ballots than today
The Roman senator who led the movement for the complete destruction of Carthage was
A) Cato. B) Scipio. C) Marius. D) Pliny the Elder. E) Sulla.
What was the head of the Ottoman Empire called?
A) pope B) king C) sultan D) khan
The overall practical political purpose of the court of Versailles was to
a. isolate Louis XIV from any contact with the bourgeoisie and other members of the old Third Estate. b. reduce the independence of the high nobility and royal princes. c. act as a reception hall for state affairs. d. serve as Louis XIV's residence from which to survey Paris. e. give Louis XIV a life of privacy away from spies.