As a result of mccarthyism, most americans were slow to criticize mainstream society. however, these four intellectuals were prominent for their outspokenness in the midst of 1950s uniformity. match each writer to the work he produced.
(1) argued that advertisers have proportionately too much influence in our culture
(2) argued that the pursuit of productivity has surpassed the importance of social and economic infrastructure
(3) argued that the independent thinker has been replaced by the team player
(4) argued that political democracy for the ordinary person is obsolete
(a) vance packard
(b) john kenneth galbraith
(c) william whyte
(d) wright mills

a, c, & d are correct:

they wanted lands to settle the extra population.

they wanted new markets for english goods.

they wanted to avoid civil war.

france,russia and prussia had absolute monarchy and it meant:

when louis xiv inherited the throne, he was able to serve as his chief minister.louis xiv ruled as an absolute monarch.

the romans were initially interested in expansion via sicily (which at that time was a cultural melting pot), part of which lay under carthaginian control. at the start of the first punic war (264-241 bc), carthage was the dominant power of the western mediterranean, with an extensive maritime empire

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