What was the overall message conveyed in Leviathan?
A) Humanity would find its way to a better future.
B) Humanity could make more progress once religion was abolished.
C) Humanity was irredeemably stained by original sin.
D) Humanity by nature would do good if taught to do so.
E) Humanity recognized its need for a strong government to maintain control of society.
E
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Which of the following best characterizes Huey Long’s plan to end poverty in America?
a. He proposed to take money from the wealthy and distribute it among the rest of the population. b. He proposed to abolish private property. c. He proposed to shrink the size of the federal government. d. He proposed to eliminate all taxes.
One key to Henry Ford's success in the mass production of automobiles was
A. the use of welds instead of rivets to speed production. B. a reduction in the size of his labor force. C. his encouragement of labor unions in organizing his factories. D. the moving assembly line. E. the training of highly skilled workers.
Étienne Condillac and other Enlightenment theorists of drama and poetry believed that
a. good drama and poetry were composed according to strict rules. b. for drama and poetry to progress, they had to break with classical Greek and Roman models. c. the individual artist should follow his or her imagination. d. only aristocrats could compose truly great poetry and drama. e. poetry had to plunge us into "the original chaos of human nature."
During the Civil War,
a. blacks were enlisted by the Union army only after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued. b. Southern armies found no way of utilizing slave labor. c. thousands of slaves rose in armed rebellion behind Southern lines. d. about one out of every four Union troops was black. e. captured black soldiers were treated well by Confederates.