The Following Questions Refer to the Excerpt Below

question 40

Multiple Choice

The following questions refer to the excerpt below.
"The spirit of improvement is abroad upon the earth.It stimulates the hearts and sharpens the faculties not of our fellow-citizens alone,but of the nations of Europe and of their rulers.While dwelling with pleasing satisfaction upon the superior excellence of our political institutions,let us not be unmindful that liberty is power;that the nation blessed with the largest portion of liberty must in proportion to its numbers be the most powerful nation upon the earth,and that the tenure of power by man is ,in the moral purposes of his Creator,upon condition that is shall be excercised to ends of beneficience,to improve the condition of himself and his fellowmen."
John Quincy Adams,1825
-John Quincy Adam's argument,as presented here,makes sense in the broader context of which of the following wide-spread contemporary social movements?

• A) The Second Great Awakening
• B) The women's suffrage movement
• C) The Enlightenment
• D) Modernism

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Definitions:

Microsystems

Small-scale, tightly integrated systems combining hardware and software to perform specific tasks, often part of a larger system.

Dwelling

A place where people live, such as a house or apartment.

Power

The ability or capacity to influence or control the behavior of others or the course of events.

Authority

The authority or capability to issue commands, make choices, and ensure compliance.