Which of the following statements best applies to Thomas Macaulay's thoughts on reform in Britain?
A) He opposed giving political concessions to the middle class.
B) He was convinced that reforms were largely unnecessary due to Britain's democratic heritage.
C) He supported reforms as a means of preventing more radical revolutionary movements.
D) He was afraid reforms would cause the collapse of the current Parliament and the political domination of the landed elite.
E) He adamantly opposed any and all political and social reforms.
C
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A) Leading the revolutionaries in Vienna as a teenager. B) When he began his art career in Vienna and became self-supporting. C) When he saw the German economy recover under his leadership. D) During his time as a soldier in the German army during World War I. E) When he was elected as Chancellor of Germany.
For ordinary workers to affect the industrial order, they had to develop their own kind of integrated system. Workers' systematic approach to industrialization was
A. individual stock ownership. B. socialism. C. fraternal cooperation. D. unionization.
Mary McLeod Bethune was a member of the __________
A) United Autoworkers B) STFU C) Black Cabinet D) DAR
Which of these was not evidence of growing opposition to U.S. policy in Latin America?
A) The 2002 Brazilian presidential election of Lula da Silva. B) The 2002 coup d'etat against Hugo Chávez, Venezuela's democratically elected president. C) The 2003 Argentine presidential election of Nestor Kirchner. D) The 2005 Ecuadorian presidential election of Rafael Correa.