Enlightened Absolutism
a. was based more on practical measures to strengthen the power of the state than to "reform" and free their populations.
b. was best illustrated by the activity of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.
c. was truly applied only briefly, in the ten months before the death of Emelyan Pugachev.
d. was limited by the desires of the middle classes to retain their special advantages.
e. best describes the British government in the eighteenth century.
a
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Celtic is a member of which language group?
a. Indo-European b. Altaic c. Semitic d. Bantu e. Sino-Tibetan
The example that most signified American expression of traditional liberal beliefs was the a. construction of new public universities
b. establishment of reservations for relocated Native American tribes. c. lowering the property qualifications for suffrage. d. building detention schools and penal institutions. e. permitting women to retain their own property.
Which of the following statements about Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation is LEAST accurate?
a. It exempted from its provisions 800,000 slaves living in the Border States. b. It was justified primarily on the grounds of military necessity. c. It exempted from its provisions large numbers of slaves in conquered Confederate territories. d. It was widely ridiculed by African Americans and European liberals as an empty gesture.