Why were women so easily excluded from the Enlightenment, given its underlying philosophies of egalitarianism? Why were the efforts of British feminist Mary Wollstonecraft and French feminist Olympe de Gouges a to address this exclusion so fiercely resisted or outright ignored by political and economic elites in Britain and France??

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a. self-awareness. b. geometry c. calculus d. elementary physics. e. logical analysis.

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The Federal Reserve System, created by Congress in 1913, was

A) part of the new welfare state created under the New Deal. B) the first reorganization of the banking system since the Civil War. C) a plan to colonize Native Americans in Canada. D) a system of wildlife conservation parks.

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What organization emerged from a meeting of trade unions in Baltimore due to increased violent industrial strife in 1866:

A: American Federation of Labor B: National Labor Union C: Congress of Industrial Organizations D: Service Employees Int'l union

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What fueled the massive growth of cities in the second half of the nineteenth century?

A. The availability of affordable housing B. The improvements in urban health and living conditions C. The rise in home construction for the middle class D. The relocation of key industries and jobs to urban areas E. The tax incentives many municipalities provided for new business development

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