All of the following were characteristics of urban life in the late nineteenth century except
a. city governments provided clean water largely for the middle and upper classes.
b. most working class city dwellers lived in overcrowded, unsanitary, disease-ridden tenements.
c. ethnic minorities maintained their communal identity by establishing churches and fraternal societies.
d. social classes and ethnic groups mixed freely in city housing areas.
e. many working class families lacked running water.
d
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Which of the following provisions was NOT included in the English Bill of Rights?
A) Taxes could not be levied without consent of Parliament. B) The king could not suspend laws. C) Religion would not affect who ruled England. D) Parliament was assured freedom of speech. E) Freedom of the press was guaranteed.
One may correctly say of John Stuart Mill's work On Liberty that
a. it influenced Marx's Communist Manifesto. b. it referred to liberty as a supreme good. c. it expressed a fear of anarchism if people were not somehow restricted. d. the state should restrict citizens' beliefs to Biblical morality. e. citizens can develop their moral and intellectual potential in an authoritarian state.
Which of the following was among Ronald Reagan's priorities when he was inaugurated as president in 1981?
A) reduction of the federal income tax B) reduction of military expenditures C) expansion of government-sponsored social programs D) expansion of government regulation of business practices
The term sophrosyne refers to
a. uncontrolled arrogance. b. moderation and self-discipline. c. inconsequential philosophical arguing. d. skillful rhetoric. e. the application of reason to lawmaking.