The nobleman de Tocqueville argued that in a democracy
a. one might eventually develop vulgar hedonism, an interest in possessions rather than interest in the public good.
b. the majority would retain its concern for protecting the individual and the individual's beliefs.
c. local government will remain secure, for citizens would rarely have occasion to surrender their power to the central government.
d. one need not be concerned about the tyranny of the majority.
e. natural privileges are ignored much to the detriment of society.
a
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A) vocational training B) liberal arts education C) professional training to be a doctor or lawyer D) professional training in the sciences.
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A) considered abdicating B) moved to Scotland C) visited New York D) fired his ministers
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a. Mesopotamia and Egypt were both the birthplace of civilization and the spiritual ancestors of the West. b. Mesopotamia and Egypt were the birthplace of civilization, but only the Greeks and the Romans were spiritual ancestors of the West. c. Mesopotamia and Egypt were the birthplace of civilization, but the Hebrews and the Greeks were the spiritual ancestors of the West. d. The Greeks and the Romans were the spiritual ancestors of the West because they totally ignored the older civilizations in Mesopotamia and Egypt. e. Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Hebrewsand the Greeks were all spiritual ancestors of the West.
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A) cultivation of new crops that did not deplete the soil. B) allowing more land to lie fallow. C) cultivating potatoes. D) feeding livestock on new crops over the winter and using their manure to improve yields. E) more farmers being driven off their land and made destitute.