The Following Questions Are Based on the Excerpt Below

question 22

Multiple Choice

The following questions are based on the excerpt below.
"In the history of revolutions around the world,the moderation of the American leaders is almost unique...American revolutionary leaders were...familiar with the political theories of the day.But in addition to those theories,they had also acquired experience in the give-and-take of ordinary politics ...The leaders of the French Revolution were also well schooled in political theory,but they had virtually no practical experience in politics to temper those theories… [as' the French people had been excluded from participation in government...The stage was set for the downfall of their revolution when the French rejected not only the self-restraint and moderation of the American leaders but also their insistence on due process and the inviolability of individual rights."
Susan Dunn,"Advice (Not Taken) for the French Revolution from America," History Now,2012
-Because of the nature of the French Revolution,American conservatives

• A) insisted upon avoiding permanent foreign alliances.
• B) advocated liberalizing the American political system to be more inclusive of the common man.
• C) sought to compromise with members of the political opposition.
• D) expanded the nation's trade agreements with the French.