How Did the Encyclopedia Contribute to Enlightenment Goals of Social

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Multiple Choice

How did the Encyclopedia contribute to Enlightenment goals of social reform?

• A) It promoted the spread of knowledge that could be used to make informed decisions about social problems.
• B) The proceeds from its sales funded charitable schools set up jointly by Diderot and Voltaire.
• C) It provided systematic plans for social reform that could be used by anyone who was able to read.
• D) It proved that a state-run system of education could turn out scholars capable of contributing to sophisticated intellectual projects like the Encyclopedia.

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Transfer Payments

Payments made by the government to individuals without any expectation of a good or service being provided in return, such as pensions or welfare benefits.

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Domestic Output

The complete total of the value of all outputs and services fashioned within a nation's borders across a defined time span.