According to The Social Contract, the "general will" was
A) a meaningless abstraction and impediment to reason.
B) derived from the law of supply and demand.
C) a license to do as one pleased.
D) a social consensus to which the individual must bow.
E) identical to Locke's social contract.
D
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One thing that free African Americans could do that expressed their hopes and values and slaves could not was:
A) name their children. B) flee to Canada. C) establish colonies in Africa or the Caribbean. D) run for political office.
Which provision of the 1863 Conscription Act led to resentment by many Northerners?
A) the ability to buy one's way out of the draft in exchange for a high fee B) the inclusion of immigrants among those who might be drafted C) the clemency offered to those who disappeared to escape the draft D) the state-based quota system for the draft
Which famous American author articulated the idea of "the White Man's Burden?"
a. Mark Twain b. Rudyard Kipling c. Ida Tarbell d. Jacob Riis e. None of these choices
How does the statement from Monroe's inaugural address that expansion "to the Great Lakes and beyond the sources of the great rivers which communicate through our whole interior" meant that "no country was ever happier with respect to its domain"
contradict the country's actions in Florida and the West? A) If the United States was happy with respect to its domain, it would not have to expand to obtain Florida or more land in the West. B) If the United States was happy with respect to its domain, it would not have changed to a market economy and begun industrialization outside of the home. C) If the Great Lakes and the great rivers were important to the United States, it would not have built national roads. D) The Great Lakes and great rivers ended up being of little value to the United States during the early nineteenth century, causing the United States to seek more "domain." E) Because of poor relations with Native American tribes in the Great Lakes and great rivers regions, the United States was not truly happy in respect to its domain.