The most influential expression of pessimism, Oswald Spengler's The Decline of the West, argued that Western Civilization was in the last of which three stages?
a. feudalism, capitalism, and socialism
b. hunting and gathering, herding, and farming
c. religion, nationalism, and cosmopolitanism
d. heroic youth, creative maturity, and decadent old age
e. despotism, aristocracy, and democracy
d
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Andrew Carnegie keep his profits high __________.
a. by building a loyal, well-paid workforce b. by using inferior materials in his production process c. by bribing government officials to bypass regulations d. by keeping wages low
Most of the modern demand for ivory comes from
a. Brazil. b. South Africa. c. the United States. d. Germany. e. China.
What did Jefferson consider the greatest danger of the prosecutions under the Sedition Act?
A. the threat to a free press B. the threat to freedom of religion C. political dominance by the rich D. the rising spirit of factionalism
Farmers were slow to organize and promote their interest because they
a. were divided between small, self-sufficient family farmers and large cash crop farmers with onerous mortgages. b. did not possess the money necessary to establish a national political movement. c. did not believe they could compete politically with wealthier, more powerful manufacturers and railroad barons. d. were too busy trying to eke out a living. e. were, by nature, highly independent and individualistic.