Which of the Following Statements Best Reflects the Impact of Enlightenment

question 15

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements best reflects the impact of Enlightenment thinkers on nineteenth-century nationalists?

• A) The political boundaries of a nation should reflect people's shared past, culture, and tradition.
• B) People should be politically divided based on their religious beliefs and practices, with one state for each religion.
• C) Workers need to abandon local identities in order to band together and focus on overthrowing capitalism, their shared enemy.
• D) All people are equally prepared for self-government and political autonomy.

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Definitions:

Sensational Accounts

Reports or stories exaggerated or sensationalized to attract attention or provoke public interest and emotional reactions.

Platt Amendment

An amendment to a U.S. army appropriations bill (1901), which stipulated conditions for the withdrawal of United States troops remaining in Cuba following the Spanish–American War, and shaping the Cuban-U.S. relations thereafter.

Military Intervention

The act of a nation deploying its armed forces into another territory, typically for conflict resolution, peacekeeping, or to enforce a political objective.

Women's Christian Temperance Union

An organization founded in 1874 advocating for the prohibition of alcohol, using women's supposedly greater purity and morality as a rallying point.