What nineteenth-century English thinker promoted individual freedom, universal suffrage, taxation of high personal income, and an extension of the rights of freedom and equality to women?
A. Cecil Rhodes
B. Jean Jacques Rousseau
C. Edmund Burke
D. John Stuart Mill
E. John Locke
Answer: D
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A) slavery was an expansionist institution. B) African Americans were entitled to the same rights as whites. C) slavery threatened the status of all workers. D) slavery should be treated as a local problem.
As a result of the Glorious Revolution in England,
a. the Irish gained a number of rights (petition, jury trial, etc.). b. William and Mary were deposed, and James II became the English ruler. c. Parliament enshrined divine-right absolutism in England. d. Parliament became a major participant in the running of the English government. e. Oliver Cromwell was driven into exile.
Russia’s victory at Stalingrad decisively turned the course of the European war against Germany
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
How did Lenin hold power in 1918, when it was threatened by the national Constituent Assembly?
A) He sent sailors to prevent the meeting of the Constituent Assembly so they could not enact legislation. B) He rigged the voting of the election for the Constituent Assembly. C) He signed a peace treaty with the Central Powers. D) He built a secret police force known as the Red Army to put down opposition to his party. E) He allowed his party members to speak across the radios to the public to garner support, while he prevented the public speaking of his opponents.