The eighteenth-century Enlightenment philosophers believed that society could best achieve progress through "rational thought and pragmatism", since these thinkers called into question the blind faith many people had in monarchy and God.
<span>The correct answer is C) The lynching of a Jewish businessman.
</span><span> The lynching of a Jewish businessman </span><span>in </span>Marietta<span> by a group of armed men who had organized themselves as the Knights of Mary Phagan, resulted in anti-Semitic sentiments which together </span><span>with the ongoing racism fueled the Klan's resurgence.</span>
The major causes of World War II were numerous. They include the impact of the Treaty of Versailles following WWI, the worldwide economic depression, the failure of appeasement, the rise of militarism in Germany and Japan, and the failure of the League of Nations.
