Voltaire
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Social critic, attacker of Christianity, defender of the principle of autonomous human reason, and author of Candide
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Why was Leopold II of Austria so invested in invading France and stopping the Revolution?
a) Leopold was himself an absolute monarch like Louis, and his sister was Marie Antoinette, the French queen. b) Leopold chafed under his older brother Joseph, who had inherited the title, so when Joseph died Leopold could only think of proving himself. Consider This: Why did Louis try to escape with his family to Austria? See 6.2: The People’s Revolution. c) Leopold, a devout Catholic, was scandalized that the philosophes had a foothold in French politics. Consider This: Why did Louis try to escape with his family to Austria? See 6.2: The People’s Revolution. d) Leopold had developed a new model of infantry and wanted a chance to try it out before going to war with Poland. Consider This: Why did Louis try to escape with his family to Austria? See 6.2: The People’s Revolution.
In March 1916, when Pancho Villa led raids across the Mexican border and killed dozens of Americans:
A) Wilson withdrew diplomatic recognition of the Huerta government. B) Wilson sent Secretary of State Bryan to Mexico to negotiate reparations. C) dispatched General Pershing and U.S. forces to capture Villa. D) sought mediation of the dispute by the League of Nations.
At the Munich Conference of 1938,
a. the British and the French representatives allowed Hitler to take over the Sudetenland. b. the British prime minister refused to agree to the demands of Adolf Hitler. c. the policy of appeasement successfully put a stop to German expansion in Europe. d. eventual Nazi control of all of Czechoslovakia was avoided. e. Winston Churchill gave his support to the policy of appeasement.
Through the Adams-Onís Treaty of 1819, the United States
a. gained possession of Florida. b. made Illinois a free state. c. made Kentucky a slave state. d. acquired land west of the Mississippi.