Siddartha Gautama ( or "Buddha" ) was a leader of a sect of Sramanas in India. Siddharta abandoned his home and lived as a homeless ascetic ( so he had a personal experience with extremes ). Siddharta preached of the equality of men. He described that the middle way ( or the middle ground ) between the ascetism and a life of luxury leads to liberation and finally to Nirvana. Answer: C. a middle ground.<span> </span>
Siddharta’s new ideas proposed that everyone would be equal, contrary to Hinduism’s strict adherence to the caste system.
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On April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson asks Congress to send U.S. troops into battle against Germany in World War I. In his address to Congress that day, Wilson lamented it is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war. Four days later, Congress obliged and declared war on Germany.