How did Adam Smith perceive the relationship between humanity, nature, and the production of goods and services?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. Smith's argument that government should provide education and support private enterprise
2. Smith's reputation as the founder of laissez-faire economics
3. Smith's theory of stages of economic progress
4. Links between Smith's theory of stages and European imperialism
5. Human self-interest as a driving factor that would encourage competition and progress
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The Ostend Manifesto
a. demanded that Spain sell Florida to the United States b. was the formal agreement handing over the Louisiana Territory to the United States c. set the boundary between Canada and the United States d. denounced the annexation of Texas e. threatened a U.S.-supported revolution in Cuba if Spain would not sell the island to the United States
President Nixon's 1970 invasion of Cambodia led to
a. a successful suppression of Viet Cong gains in South Vietnam. b. congressional approval for an expanded war effort. c. a growing threat from the Soviet Union to enter the war on the side of North Vietnam. d. dramatic new waves of bitter domestic protest against the war. e. an end to the secret American bombing campaign against Cambodia.
Gandhi was assassinated in 1948 by a
a. Communist b. Fellow Hindu c. Muslim fundamentalist d. C.I.A. agent e. Christian fundamentalist