The policy of enriching a nation's wealth through direct management of people and resources was known as _____________.

A. mercantilism
B. capitalism
C. enlightened despotism
D. cameralism
E. chartism


Answer: D

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Tougaloo, Hampton, and Fisk are examples of:

A) black teaching colleges after the Civil War. B) places where lynchings took place. C) towns founded by freed African Americans in the West. D) missionaries who went South to help in "wayside schools."

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Politically, what aspects of Western culture did Peter the Great emulate in Russia?

A) Parliamentary government B) Aristocratic control of the bureaucracy C) Royal control over the bureaucracy and military organization D) Republicanism

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