"Republicanism" in the eighteenth-century Anglo-American political world emphasized the importance of ___________ as the essence of liberty.
A) protecting the natural rights of all humans
B) active participation in public life by property-owning citizens
C) a strong central state
D) supporting royal authority as opposed to parliamentary authority
E) voting rights for all adult men
Answer: B) active participation in public life by property-owning citizens
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A) enjoyed the benefits of unemployment insurance. B) substantially increased their share of the total wealth of the economy. C) derived some benefits from the economic developments of the period. D) could usually find steady work even though wages were low.
Who promoted the idea that there is a law of nature that men should recognize and institute in society?
A. Caesar B. Caligula C. Cato D. Cicero E. Claudius
In 1972, Henry Kissinger announced that "peace is at hand"
A. after the United States threatened to use nuclear weapons against North Vietnam. B. right before the American presidential election. C. after a failed North Vietnamese offensive. D. right before American troops embarked on the Easter offensive. E. before the final American ground troops were pulled out of Vietnam.
The Central Pacific Railroad first hired Chinese to build the railroad because
a. they worked for less pay than white men. b. many American men were either fighting in the Civil War or had gone to Nevada to mine silver. c. they were more skilled in using dynamite to blast through the mountains. d. American men believed that construction work was beneath them.