In contrast to the American Revolution, the French Revolution

a) drew on Enlightenment ideas about liberty
b) sought to re-create society from scratch
c) sought to preserve existing liberties rather than to establish new ones
d) experienced no participation by women


Answer: b) sought to re-create society from scratch

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The peace settlement reached at the Paris conference of 1919 was called the ________ Treaty

A) Tuileries Garden B) Chartres C) League of Nations D) Versailles

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Booker T. Washington praised the black town of __________ as a model of black enterprise and leadership, and he raised money for its continued development

A) St. Louis, Missouri B) Brooklyn, Illinois C) New Philadelphia, Illinois D) Mound Bayou, Mississippi

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In colonial times, _____ slaves were at the bottom of Southern society.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Which of the following factors accounted for the doubling of the European population in the nineteenth century?

A. Fewer epidemics B. Improvements in the health sciences C. Lack of widespread wars D. Better nutrition E. All of these.

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