What Did the People Associated with the Shaker Community, the Mormon

question 95

Multiple Choice

What did the people associated with the Shaker community, the Mormon community, and Brook Farm have in common?

• A) They wanted to establish a more communal environment to replace the excessive individualism associated with the emergence of a market economy.
• B) They wanted to withdraw completely from civilized society.
• C) They wanted to return to a state of nature.
• D) They wanted to establish societies based on Biblical law.

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