Author Question: The growing strength of the agricultural sector of the economy in the late 1920s gave hope to many ... (Read 61 times)

melly21297 · **on:** Sep 12, 2019

Question 1

Intellectuals at the end of the nineteenth century increasingly believed that

a. though people were basically rational, their emotional side should not be neglected.
b. reason exercised a very limited influence over human conduct.
c. the extent to which a person can control his impulses and instinct should determine that person's position in society.
d. evolution and the history of humanity showed that human beings are becoming increasingly rational.
e. democracy and a rising standard of living made people into the rational beings the Enlightenment assumed they were.

Question 2

The growing strength of the agricultural sector of the economy in the late 1920s gave hope to many European nations that prosperity and peace might last.

a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false