World War I signaled all of the following EXCEPT
a. the triumph of the irrational elements in human nature
b. an important, but ultimately brief, interruption of continual progress.
c. a questioning of the idea of human perfectibility.
d. a calling into question of the value of technology.
e. the disintegration of the Enlightenment tradition.
b
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India's distress gold was associated with
a. families selling heirlooms to avoid loss of their land. b. families raising the price of dowry payments before agreeing to let their daughters marry. c. couples selling their wedding gifts to buy food. d. couples marrying at younger ages. e. families working in the mines, hoping to find small bits of gold to help the weather the worst of the economic downturn.
George W. Bush’s ambitious plan for education reform, passed with bipartisan support, was called __________
a) “No Child Left Behind” b) “The Great Society” c) “Race to the Top” d) “Common Core”
What do James Rosenberg's etching Oct. 29 Dies Irae (Day of Wrath) 1929 and the photograph taken on Wall Street that day convey about Black Tuesday?
A) Both images reflect the hardships that the stock market had on rural Americans. B) Both images show that investors leapt to their deaths from city skyscrapers after the crash. C) Both images capture the frenzied panic that swept Wall Street after the stock market crash. D) Both images indicate that the United States was merely facing a minor economic recession.