The late-nineteenth-century sociologist Lester Frank Ward
A. believed that human intelligence, not natural selection, shaped society.
B. believed that government intervention in society would be harmful.
C. argued that people could do little to alter the economic stratification of society.
D. suggested that industrialism was creating "organization men."
E. sought to apply Darwinian laws to human society.
Answer: A
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a. Completion of high school was expected of boys but not of girls. b. Regardless of one's social status, literacy was considered essential. c. Higher education was available to all young men. d. A small number of young men from elite families began to enroll in colleges to study for careers other thanthe ministry.
William Penn and the Quakers differed from the Puritans of New England in their belief that
A. the government should promote morality by passing laws. B. the government should be based on equality and consent. C. the state should guarantee all inhabitants freedom of worship. D. a model society could be created in America.
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a. Tripoli. b. Istanbul. c. Jutland. d. Gallipoli. e. Malta.
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What will be an ideal response?