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The pragmatists were a school of American philosophers who emphasized
 
  a. the provisional and fallible nature of knowledge and the value of ideas that solved problems.
  b. that most academic knowledge was based on bourgeois ideas that oppressed the working class.
  c. that the traditional Greek ideals of Plato and Aristotle should be revived.
  d. that scientific experimentation provided a new and absolutely certain basis for knowledge.
  e. All of these choices are correct.

Question 2

Napoleon chose to sell Louisiana to the United States for all of the following reasons except
 
  a. he had suffered military misfortunes and setbacks on the island of Santo Domingo.
  b. he feared that British control of the seas would force him to cede Louisiana to the British, giving Britain an important strategic advantage in his fateful and protracted war with his rival for imperial dominance in Europe and across the world.
  c. he did not want to drive America into a political and military alliance with the British.
  d. mosquitoes carrying yellow fever had decimated thousands of French troops on Santo Domingo.
  e. he was afraid that the Spanish might seize Louisiana in a new war.



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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

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tingc95

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Reply 2 on: Jul 4, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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