The response of American intellectuals such as Walt Whitman and Henry Adams to the new industrial civilization was to
A) denounce it as leading to the worship of money and material success.
B) view it as evidence of the continuing progress of the human race.
C) unite the workers to fight for socialism.
D) call for Christian revivals to refocus Americans on eternal values.
A
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returning to America from Vietnam? Why?e. Please list five war crimes that John Kerry maintained were regularly committed by American soldiers in South Vietnam.f. Did Kerry and Muller suggest that the American soldiers who served in Vietnam were brutal by nature or did they imply that the war led them to behave in that way? Explain.g. Why do suppose that Kerry and Muller became antiwar activists after serving in Vietnam? What will be an ideal response?
The New Deal's first step to achieve recovery dealt with
A. the trusts. B. public works. C. unemployment. D. banking.
Compare and contrast Abraham Lincoln's approach to abolition with that of John Brown.
What will be an ideal response?
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