Issues of taxation helped spark each revolution. In each revolution, Enlightenment ideas contributed to the popular desire for more rights and liberties. b The American Revolution overthrew a distant colonial ruler. In the French Revolution, the people overthrew their own existing social order. c The American Revolution guaranteed freedom of religion; the French Revolution challenged the role of the Catholic Church. d Both revolutions led to violence. However, the American Revolution proved much more violent than the French Revolution.

1. which of the following best explains why president roosevelt proposed his 1937 “court-packing” plan? a. he argued that more juries were necessary to hear challenges to the new deal. b. he wanted to add to the supreme court more justices who supported the new deal. c. he argued that the supreme court lacked the authority to overturn new deal programs. 2. the federal deposit insurance corporation (fdic) was created primarily to address which problem? think of where deposits are made. a. the widespread bank failures that resulted from bank runs b. the freezing of credit that resulted from high unemployment c. the increase in personal debt that resulted from rising food prices