According to Dan Fodio, Muslim rulers in the past had violated the principles of proper government by all of the following means except
a. pursuing wealth and material rewards.
b. eating forbidden food and drinking forbidden beverages.
c. overtaxing their citizens.
d. fighting unnecessary wars.
d
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Modernists were driven by:
A. admiration for middle-class society and morality. B. a concern for the aesthetic. C. a deep concern with social issues. D. a respect for the values of their predecessors. E. religious zeal.
According to the text, as Rome declined
a. religious fervor increased. b. philosophy "committed suicide" by abandoning the centrality of reason. c. the Stoic virtue of dutiful service to humankind declined in favor of a personal quest for individual salvation. d. Neo-Platonism replaced Stoicism as the predominant philosophy of the elite. e. all of the above
The former Democrat who became president upon the death of William Henry Harrison was ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
What reform effort suffered a temporary political defeat through the gag rule?
A. the antidrinking crusade B. the abolitionist drive to petition Congress against slavery C. the campaign for women's suffrage D. the movement to improve prison conditions