The World's Columbian Exposition, held in Chicago in 1893, was the last and the greatest of the nineteenth century's World's Fairs. Nominally a celebration of Columbus' voyages 400 years prior, the exposition was in actuality a reflection and celebration of American culture and society, and a blueprint for life in modern and postmodern America. The fair had a profound effect on architecture, the arts, Chicago's self-image, and American industrial optimism.
The exposition covered more than 600 acres (2.4 km2
The correct answer is: Option B. Businesses influence the passage of favorable legislation.
Regarding government, "Lobbying" is described as the action, performed by individuals or private groups, of influencing government agents on political decision-making. This practice is aimed mainly at the votes of legislators.
This description fits the example as presented on Option B, since a business is considered a private group.
The major difference between Charles Darwin and Herbert Spencer's theory of evolution was based on misapplying Darwin's biological evolutionary concept by political, economical and social-based concepts.
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Charles Darwin was an important person in history who wrote: " On the Origin of Species". In this work, he summed up both history and science. He explained that human evolution is base on natural selection ( Organisms evolve as new species by spontaneous mutations such as reproductions, having offspring, battling for foods with other organisms and avoid being killed.)
Social Darwinists used Darwin's idea and made their own ideologies. That the biological world got evolved socially and economically. Herbert Spencer one of the Social Darwinism follower coined the term " survival of the fittest". He expressed that the world only contains two divisions: rich and poor.
The rich were naturally fittest to survive and the poor was weak and unfit. Also, they believed that it was an error if the poor allowed to continue breeding.
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The ancient Maya, a diverse group of indigenous people who lived in parts of present-day Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, had one of the most sophisticated and complex civilizations in the Western Hemisphere. Between about 300 and 900 A.D., the Maya were responsible for a number of remarkable scientific achievements–in astronomy, agriculture, engineering and communications.
The Ancient Maya
Mayan civilization lasted for more than 2,000 years, but the period from about 300 A.D. to 900 A.D., known as the Classic Period, was its heyday. During that time, the Maya developed a complex understanding of astronomy. They also figured out how to grow corn, beans, squash and cassava in sometimes-inhospitable places; how to build elaborate cities without modern machinery; how to communicate with one another using one of the world’s first written languages; and how to measure time using not one but two complicated calendar systems.
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