Why does the writer of the anonymous pamphlet against democracy argue the "best" citizens oppose democracy?
A. The poor are inclined to bad behavior and are very numerous.
B. Democracy leads to unfair distributions of wealth.
C. Powerful families became popular leaders under democracy.
D. Democracy limits the ability of cities to raise armies.
Answer: A
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a. African Americans lost an enormous amount of wealth and property during Reconstruction and by the end were reduced to poverty. b. Congress made no efforts to address the rights of African Americans in their attempts to repair the damaged South during Reconstruction. c. Although African Americans saw signs of equal rights at the start of Reconstruction, once it ended many of these rights were not enforceable. d. Many laws were passed by Congress during Reconstruction that deliberately restricted the rights of newly freed slaves. e. African Americans who left the South for the North after the Civil War found that their rights there were slowly being restricted as Reconstruction progressed.
Luther denied the Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which of the following was one of the justifications given by William Seward for the purchase of Alaska?
A) The United States needed the land to conduct nuclear operations. B) The fertile soil of Alaska would prove beneficial for America's agricultural industry. C) The United States needed more land for expansion. D) The long coastline of Alaska would improve trade relations with neighboring countries. E) The United States needed a sea-link to Russia.
The European country whose application to join the European Union was controversial because of its human rights record and its large Muslim population is
a. Serbia. b. Bulgaria. c. the Ukraine. d. Turkey. e. Libya.