What did decentralized feudal government offer that centralized government could not at the time?
A) It afforded security and justice for millions and bound them politically for five hundred years.
B) The claim of decentralized feudal government was less large scale warfare than with a centralized authority.
C) Decentralized feudal government offered an opportunity for economic stability unseen with centralized governments.
D) The appeal of decentralized government was the limited oversight the lower orders were subjected to.
E) Centralized government allowed kings and emperors to wield too much power over the lower orders; decentralized government diffused that power.
A
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Liberalism contains all of the following features except
a. emphasis on freedom of the individual. b. embracing civil liberties. c. extension of equality to women as partners of men. d. reverence for the law as a unifying standard. e. a laissez-faire approach to the economy.
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A) Washington administration B) Civil War C) Spanish-American War D) Jackson administration
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a. pray for him on a daily basis. b. administer the law. c. perform military service. d. increase agricultural yields. e. pay his taxes.