Regular police forces and prison reform were geared toward
A) the creation of more disciplined and law-abiding societies.
B) appeasing the public outcry against the barbarism of the ordeal and the rack.
C) protecting the poor from exploitation by rich businessmen.
D) adding an element of fear to society for psychological manipulation of mass populations.
E) ensuring the continuance of oligarchic government.
A
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The Etruscan aristocracy gained wealth through:
A. trading slaves. B. agriculture, mining, and trade. C. public service, trade, and mining. D. agriculture, industry, piracy, and commerce. E. theft, pillage, and piracy.
________, a reaction against the Enlightenment, stressed individual intuition and feeling rather than reason as the means to truth.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
____ collected Greek and Latin manuscripts and helped start the monastic practice of copying classical texts
a. Isidore of Seville b. Boethius c. Theodoric d. Cassiodorus e. Alcuin
Before the civil war slavery expanded in the south rather than in the north because
A. The constitution contained a clause the out-lawed the transportation of slaves into the northern states B. Congress passed a law forbidding slavery in the north C. Northern states passed affirmative action legislation D. Geographic conditions in the south encouraged the development of large plantations