According to the Textbook,Stanford University Was Founded as

question 31

Multiple Choice

According to the textbook,Stanford University was founded as

• A)a monument to Leland Stanford himself.
• B)a tribute to Leland Stanford's deceased son.
• C)a tax write off.
• D)an attempt by Leland Stanford to diminish the influence of the University of California.

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Definitions:

Revolution

A fundamental and often sudden change in political power and political organization, usually occurring when the population revolts against current authorities.

Owen

Robert Owen was a Welsh textile manufacturer, philanthropic social reformer, and one of the founders of utopian socialism and the cooperative movement.

Communitarianism

Social reform movement of the nineteenth century driven by the belief that by establishing small communities based on common ownership of property, a less competitive and more individualistic society could be developed.

Workers

Individuals engaged in manual labor or work for wages in a variety of fields, often considered the backbone of the economy; the term may refer to both skilled and unskilled labor.