Why were coffeehouses sites of meeting and exchange of ideas for the philosophes? In general, where and among what groups of people could the philosophes be found in eighteenth-century Europe?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. The open and public atmosphere of the coffeehouse
2. Coffeehouses as an example of middle- and upper-class urban life
3. The philosophes' tendency to come from the urban professional classes of government bureaucracy
4. Philosophes' tendency to rely on patronage
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a. The limited availability of slaves caused an increase in slave prices. b. Southerners there gradually accepted the idea of abolitionism. c. Slaves were less crucial to the region's growing industrial sector and diversified agriculture. d. The slaveowners had personally witnessed the brutality of slave traders.
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What will be an ideal response?
In 1951, President Harry Truman relieved General Douglas MacArthur of command because MacArthur
A. both publicly criticized Truman's policy in Korea and refused to support Truman's plan to use atomic weapons in Korea. B. refused to support Truman's plan to use atomic weapons in Korea. C. None of these answers is correct. D. publicly criticized President Truman's policy in Korea. E. publicly stated that an invasion of China would be a military disaster.