Define the term "renaissance," and explain why that period in western history is referred to as such. identify some of the major figures (at least three) associated with the renaissance, and discuss their contributions to history.

renaissance means "re-birth" which means that European re-discovered ancient Roman and Greek culture, became aware of longtime repressed aspects of human nature and life (pleasures, nature, sensual aspect of life, body) including induviduality or autonomy. At the same time it was a moment of inflated European "ego" which was expresses in discoveries overseas. In painting Giotto di Bondone is referred as a beginning of renaissane. In philosophy there was a Florence renaissance Platonism (Pico della Mirandola, Marsilio Ficino), alchemy and medicine (Paracelsus), utopianism (Francis Bacon, Tomasso Campanella, Thomas Moore), reformation (Luther, Melanchton, Calvin), science was opening to nature and experimentation (Francis Bacon in "Novum Organon, Leonardo da Vinci), in architecture (Brunelescchi). Discoveries overseas took place southward (Vasco da Gama getting to the Cape of the Good Hope) and westward (Columbus). There are also great epic works versing about discoveries (Camoes). Renaissance was open to improbable discoveries and was closing with the emergence of counter-reform !

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i thing that the best option is a.they feared it would cause a second economic collapse.

one of the most negatives aspects of the new deal was that it upset the balanced federal budget and led to a huge deficit for the nation while at the same time failed to end increasing unemployment. roosevelt's program, based on keynesian theories of economics, called for massive government spending to stimulate the economy. as he   failed to do this with large tax increases; large sums of money were borrowed to fund new deal programs. when the economy showed some improvement, roosevelt was concerned about inflation, and ordered cuts in government spending. unfortunately, he did so at a time when the new social security tax had cut people's disposable income. businesses were too afraid of spending, and the economy in 1937 was in worse shape than in 1929. at the end of that year, two million people were unemployed.

the answer is a. since they were a huge producer of cotton and wanted the most money for it.